The organ of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, O. [Ohio]) 1852-1853, 1852-03-26
From the Am. Temp. Journal.
Twenty Five Objections to the Maine
Law, Considered and Answered.

l.
II is unconstitutional
1t has been decided otherwise in the Su-
preme Court of the United States. Says
Chief ustice Taney every State may reg
ulate its own internal traffic, according TO
its own Judgment, and upon its own views
Of the interest and we'll being Of its citi-
zens." And, says the Governor of Maine,
If we can legislate for the determination
of ravenous beasts, we may for the extermi.
nation of the greatest of evils which reduces
the human form divine to a condition worse
than that of savages."
II.
II destroys private property, and toithOut
compensation
Itdestroys nothing legally held nothing,
which man keeps for his own use or for
lawful sale; nothing but what Is confscated
by known an wilful defiance of law. And
who ever heard OF compensation for confis-
Gated property-for mad dog, for instancei
III.
II is srmptnary LalU, interfering Nth a
mans household.
1t does so in no sense. A man may eat
drink, and wear what he pleases; have wine
brandy. and cider, daily, on his table put
the bottle to his neighbor's lips and make
him drunken, and the Maine Law makes nc
interference.
w.
! Hintegferes Vith and destroys uGst amount
Of regular business
So did the Gospel with the business Of
silver shrine making at Ephesus SO does
machinery with hand-wOrk SO do canals
and railroads with turnpikes and steam
with ship navigation. What thenI
v.
! Hrenders that unlGcful ,ohich has euey been
held legal.
I So did the law against the Slave trade
and SO do laws against lotteries and gamb.
ling, and horse racing, and other laws too
numerous to mention. And why should
they not The good of the community re.
quires it,
4 VI.
/ II toiu prOus destructiDet to Uast liquor manu-
factories
\ If it does, it may be blessed thing fol
the community but if we may credit theiI
owners, these will have full employ in sup.
plying medicine, the arts and the holy Sa,
crament.
VII.
Congress regulates commerce, and CORoTest
aLlotCs importation and sale, in Is Gallon. casks
And the Maine law offers no hindrance
but allows the sale for medicine and artistic
and sacramental purposes forbidding Il
only where It will be destructive to the body
polite.
VIII.
j 1t t5iH be an aRiDaTrGnted and impOlitie iR
reference lOith ths agricultural and Commercial
prosperity Of The State.
If it renders some crops useless, It vii
: leave the grounds for others. If prevents
! a vast expenditure Of money for one articl,
and that worthless, it leaves it in the hand
| Of the people for expenditure for other arti
cles. If the ten millions Of dollars, nov
Z expended for liquor, were to be expende,
for bread, and meat, and clothing, and fur
niture, and comfortable houses and eduea
/, tion, the public would be no losers but gain
ers' Every branch Of industry would b
! benefited, and millions Of capital would b
7 added to the State.
4 TX.
II tgil interfere tUih tie ready supply of al
c0hot tor medicine and the arts and Of s1ia
! for tke SGcrGment.
Not in the least /; manufacturers and i'm
4 Porters and agents may still furnish all tina
is needed.
!. x.
e The public arc not prepared, for Z.
! Some portions of the public are most thol
!, oughly prepared; some fathers and mother
some tradesmen and mechanics, some farm
; ers and ship.owners, some drunkards an
!. hard drinkers. The crime, the pauperisn
d the taxation, the suffering Of the State ca
for it. Some men are not ready, but cannC
: tell why and some, because Of the cray
, ings Of appetite and the love Of gain, VIII
Is never win be.
d XII.
lis a latg too stringent IN as character.
Not for any willing to obey. Il has n
( one feature too hard for the ohedient--n
: etringencv hut "a aacura ia ohiaef