Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-06-10

markets SO true Is II thata good cause does no,
defeat Let the yiru0us be frightened from their
by the canor of the vicious Tor by the trepdaon Of h
tlmd that The peace of society IL disturbed by api,a,n
good cause. The storm will reveal brighter sky rs
my word for i'll not consult the experience Of p,,
and il will tell YOU that powerful is the associaon 8
tween merit und success that he who under the precep
the Gospel labos 10 enlarge The stock Of human knos,
or extend the example OF virtue, be Justly sa.e
be- amid uninterrupted disasters Unsuccessful ma
have thus attempted and rrust with some good d.o
of success 10 establish the position that something os
be done 10 he on the cause we nave espoGsed
that by opening view and suhJec,ing 10 nyecr
great evils of the which all but plainly n
rrive be yet prevalent and which all alike denn,
but have done It on the premises which they who
the petition themselves selected their pround
the must be enlisted have also aiietnp
ed trust, with like success show that objection
the petition which resolves itself at most into fear thar 40
rmen from certain events might accrue To The trade OF this
town is both premature aud unsustanaee consistently with
sound devotion the think couli show thar nm
success Interior design OF the friends q, he
petition would inIurc The prosperity OF This any Other
part OF The Stale But suppose II were Uhewise-suppose
That To interdic The traffic and continue il
amc city OF Richmond would inurc the trade Of this town
ms cause which seek 10 help on 10 wider dominion ID
'he cause OF honor, virtue and humanity How much me.
ney "ouid outweigh the desire ot the good give il
higher attainment the public aiicctons should dislike
The labor Vi counting b. hundred dollar notes nr golden
eagles cannot but believe mat very many OF those who
nave o"eit on ms ooIecton at most o questionable
sls'ency VIII give up and the work with renewed
spirit AMI exalted vig0r. And have established The pos
un illustrated By the very instance which they who obect
10 the petition have selected should HE ultimate of The
friends oi The petition be unattsncd BY The first effort thai
there - recupcralive energy in moral principle which
brings orlh from defeat collected acrias for another con
test IL It's friends be the itself Is coed their
Efforts vi" be crowned with than the most
sauguine expect
Let Us .rcur The single object of the petition
men TO have an expression Of the will OF the people BY
counties. taken throughout the State in LEGAL wov AMI
ncn sent up TO the LesIsla authentic form O,s
Sn 5Ippnse that any friend OF The though opposed
!" phth s2isla"n $50 To ca! it,) would support the
ascertain Inc VIII OF The people in all the Stale Ry Th,yo
reverted 10 The petition for the purpose of con,.;
briefly considering The chief object of It's advocate, Ira,
object is by legislation 10 nave the sale of in,oxIcano
drinks beverage and as articles Of traits ntetc,et in
such electoral divisions of the State may be (un8 r.,
nave maIorilies desiring The legal inertc,.
This Is scheme-no untitled experiment. YOu wiI
excuse therefore, for eseeming what have a.eaty
urged almost sufficient vindicatc aemp, 10 in,,o
duce il into this Whilst do underva uc the OF,
perience Of The past confess thai sicklcr al What
others have done, when considering what may ought 10
du. Ii Is not so gold rule that should do as we
wond be done by Yet. am MOI regardless OF example
invoke and value its influence in most matters
There are very many examples this interesting subject
Ten OF the Salcs-hc federal constitution OF all which
VIII say In passing Is the richest Of human gnry the
world has wirnesSoJ and the supreme court urde,
which, has appeal decided the States respectively
have the right 10 make their laws this subject
o. these States and OF them precisely petition
proposes, have cgsatcd SUBJECTIVE OF them as
as Ohio and Maryland and these by Iftb
people OF Rhode Island, where places of ,ra.e are SO
contiguous, deferred By fear or e,rment TO the
commerce from partial legislation, perceive why
We by that consideration should be airghed where the
toxins so distant from another.
Why have those adopted mode legisla by
counties or townships which proposed by the friends
tins petition as their Interior degn The is obv
uS anh OF universal application. IL because IL Is less
difficult 10 secure part than the whole OF any communly
10 operate in any moral movement There hope
Ilt some VIII act wisely and others follow the example
thAn that all will net wisely And how, ask-on
what principle of human conduct he who is friend Of
The refuse seek the smallest good and yet expect
the larger
TIE objections 10 new legislation on the subject, mos.
sTenaousy Insisted by those who u.s. relate
the existing laws revenue, deprecaie ans
l,recr cunaiirnt natural liberty am not prepared To
say what this scheme of costs this State; bur in
year in Maryland, whose population and climate
very ike ours has been surprisingly uscertaued by riga
survey that whilst the revenue from licenses was $50 6 g.
The expenditure the result 81 the traffic. was S22 c7 go
Fox every dollar collected for licenses the tax payers that
paid six dollars for the support OF lis houses ana
PRISONS.
As TO the curaiment of natural liberty it is subject
ruch talked about and little understood. ! think that he
who complains This score in his country Is most
il the savage state. agree with The liberal stranger
pon Raumer who traversed country in 1874 when he
that 'r IN Europe unnecessary supervision and yran
neal ntermeddng often occur there frequently ft the
United States lack of useful and essential restraint" II
: bat too true.
On the subject under discussion and here The simple III
lrry is, shall tecinc attempting legislative coercion
shce we have found that moral appliances will not suffice
cIuly on many =" the (more or lcss educated and can
scarcely b. brought 10 bear al all very large portion
Large Class OF our population! Shall we not erect bar
not easily broken moral sldsion When Pleasure
cald) lights tier CANDY lamp sight ind human
beings gay sport in its Ting rr shall we not pat form
strong arm ani "wh tender Violence" pull them away
whether they will M; but them destroyed by It:
Tres hope The petition will support all The
Total AbSncnfs present here night and the sigma Of
very in 1t idle striving the effects
u, drunkenness while we preserve the Let make
IN effort u remove the caus"tO remove the traffic III 10
oXcating drinks BY legislative COERCION conceived in kt
,c+s md wearing generous aspect, and clothed win
h. virtue which seek cnkiniIe Cettainly, the
CENTER will unanimously support plan which seetc
. which uhaiaciuy and extensively
drives away from that social equality
which constitutes the moral and symbol civil
zed lite, and impat- knowledge The schemes the
mi energy D The eirrIS of .. brave.