Hannibal journal. (Hannibal, Mo.) 1853-1853, 1853-06-02
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IlI1sS great rex ikrOwlnk sAaaow for lie re!
freihmsnt Of olnost ell lAnds.a One Of bur 6xs
changes bPlntt HS extracts fFofithe SsaIhi India
TSmFwahee J6.nNei ga very excellent and eT.
AcIent paper Judging from the sElPaeIs--Erom
ghIek We gather that some things which are
gshsruliy understood 10 be facts a tklt halt Of
The world, manage 10 say 20 after they Ret 10
the Cher. Rum mAnlfSsis the sams ability OF
ouFslnE and activity 10 doing ~ AZ h does any
whore, and the British Government and East
India Company Ant the tfaiie sufficiently 70.
numsfativs 70 pay, net that they are resi- Onsl.
BILE At ALT the natives WIN drink, Of course.
poor wrs,shss, they can't bl1mS any body but
thsm'slvss' We copy part d q memorial from
ldSns iT council, (BonSay') presented last 'un-
"ThSt we are now under the sOvsrnmen. o.
the English, l. b. ne mean. itself, q eauss Of
sorrow 10 uSg but we are filled with snxisty md
alarm In the view II the fact that tho evil Of
strong drink 70 invariably fellows Tie lntrodue.
ton OF Brliiah rule. When this great evil once
gets q footing, Il cannot without much diGleully
be sndisA,ed, AL remedies full. II Royrrn.
rnent once begin 10 raise q revenue from this
source, there seems little " no hepe that Il will
ever be rellnquished Hi future time.
The way In which lhit evil commences ssens
10 b Tint when Europeans begin 10 reside In
any place, Intoxicating liquors are In tile nnt
instances brought Tor their USE But our poo.
pie soon become great prOfcienls In thb
vice, and spend upon Il those means which are
required Tor the support Of their families thus
leaving their wives and children 10 suffering
and want, This state Of thlnRs Il then TUNED
10 account BY the government, which raiss. &
large revenue from the greg shops and dIshl.
lerls', on the plea Of checking the pVOsEssa Of
lintemperAnes,
But u tho Objse, In view In imposing a tan
On diliillDries and LIQUOR shops 10 10 save the
people from intsmp eraneC, then would Il net or
every account, be better 10 suppress them alta.
gSihrr, and thus nip the evil III the bud The
remedy now re'ortsd ~ by Government seems
wholly lnadsquatrrfory Notwithstanding the lax
imposed, drunkenness aud ruin continue 10
spread on all sides.
! Possibly II may be said that Il Ia not the duty
OF government 10 interfere with tho wishes OF
the people H. regard 10 what they shall eat unl
drink. But lot the ruin caused Nv Intoxicating
drinks be considered. The Government shouI
not forbid the uso Of that which l. nutrition.
and bsnGRoinlI but Il 10 tile boundsn duty Of
} GevsrnmSnIt TO save the people from ruin, When
osy through ignOrsnoS and folly, are rushing
into Il,
u may be thought that some are required BY
! their religion TO Use Intoxicating drinks, and
:, that TO suppress the diItlsrisS and Rror shops
would be an unjust Interference with the ref.
4ion Of all parties, Hut the Use OF spirut l.
hot required by any religion whatever. On the
contrary, all religions diSIuade from their nae.
According to our Hindu religion the person who
drinks spirits commits sin from which he will
SSSk in vain to be purified. Other religion,
may not severely condemn the use Of spirits,
but according TO no religion 10 n 10 abstain
from their use.
We earnestly, therefore, bsSeeeh the Gov.
eminent not 10 allow the great evil Of intoSica-
ting drinkS 10 enter and dsvaslate eur haphv
! territory, Asws ere mereifully protected from
thieves and robbers, so lot our city Be safely
guarded against the entrance OF THE DESTROYER.
And should the Government refuse 10 llstsn "a
this our humble prayer, your memoralIt will
> continue from time 10 time 10 urge their "a.
guest, until Il shall finally BE- granted,
, ACsylon papers says,
'Fhe better classes OF natives iuSlly PevAPd
the dram chops a. an unmillRaIed evil and tkev
view with surprise the course Of puv0rnmNI
n aulhOrtsiRg their establishment threurhout
the country, TAs widespread impvsssIeN l.,
, that In licensing these shops, the RoVOPnmenc
mantGsstS the meat hsarlsss lndlfserenes tO ths
welfare and the wishes oflha paople, TAls h
everywhere subject Of loud and bitter eoms
paint EaIopeans gSnSEAlly have no proper idea
OF the tSslinsu otrSSpeetA6lO natives on this sUb.
Isee' nor OF the amount Of rSpPoaeh and osnMra
which 10 daily oASt upon the government In
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