Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-04-29

10 the Lquor-Irat1c, there are more than seventy
times as much 10 be mourued for, the victims II
that burning Theatre were. Remember how com.
monty the demon of Strong Drink makes the best
men his prey: then consider how many of those
annual victims have been the loved and honored
centres of circles, humble or exalted, where true
and loving hearts rested upon them through long
years, fter subsection TO their enemy had hegun;
and, as that subsection grew from month to month
more absolute. while the MAN was becoming
| brute, how much misery he inflicted upon those
loving hearts in his mad hours, and himself in the
dreadful collapses of his half sober intervas!-and
consider, that those lingering years of loathsome,
pence. destroying life, were closed by death
| parcel with which any sudden death is enviable!
And then say if the Liquor Traffic does not every
year repeat, witt enormous aggravations, the ca
tastrophe of that Richmond Theatrel s=z-lz.t.f.s-
You. People Of Virginia, by one word, can put
an end to the annual repetition of that aggravated,
and heart-rending tragedy! Will you not speak
that word? sa.5. Il
1t is the g.eat duty Of Society," 10 protect itself
| and its people against wrong and evil; whether
coming by violence, or fraud, or pernicous and
corrupting allurements. This is chief end-nay
tits The Eul-for which Society and Governments
are formed. Society, or the State, through its Lee
gislature, should protect its citizens against what
ever threatens their lives, property, morals peace
or happiness. No sane man ever deemed such a
protecting law "invasive of individual right, or
| freedoms" because no sane man ever deemed Free
dom to be the right of doing mischief with impunity.
| Your Code teens with instances of such legisa-
| VIuCllCeS VI WHICH HONey HOE all
put together. are thousandth part so destructive
to health, property, morals, peace, happiness and
| life, as the Liquor-Traffic is.
| An amiable and excellent lawyer-a husband
and father-in 1903, was killed in duel. Our
Legislature Immediately passed the stringent law,
not only declaring it murder to kill in a DUEL but
making whoever should send, accept or carry a
challenge, incapable of holding Office; and requ-
ring from every man elected TO any Office, oath
that he had not pioated that a,u and pou not pio-
| late it tDhile he should hold the Office
| affirm. without hazard of Just contradiction,
that for every Virginian much loved and re-
spected as that lawyer, who had fallen in duel,
more than thousand such have died of strong
| drink, made and sold for lucre.
Agaln-ln 1888, young man having killed an
other with pocket-pistol in a conflict which the
slayer had sought and was prepared for-though a
Jury acquitted him-your excited Legislature for
babe any person, under severe penalties, 10 keep
or carry about him pistol, dirk, other such
weapon, hidden from common observation. Be-
cause he might, perhaps, in passion, shoot or
stab somebody. 1t may be doubted, if the practice
OF carrying concealed weapons has caused, in this
Commonwealth, since its foundation, five, or even
three deaths per Gnnnm.
10 import, print, sell, publish or distribute any
book or other thing containing obscene language,
or any pnnt, figure, description tend
ing TO corrupt the morais of the youth; to intro
duce into any family place Of education ii. e.
school, or to buy. or haze in possession any such
thing for sale, exhibition or circulation or tuit
tent 10 introduce IL into any family place Of edtcd-
/ fion; is punishable by years imprisonment, and
fine of $500. iva. Code, p. TAO, 8 ILL.,
To establish or conduct any Lottery, or sell any
Lottery-ticket, is totally prohibited by The new
Constitution of Virginia; and is made severely
punishable by an act of 1852. Sessions Acts,
p. 81, O.
II any OF you set up or promote lottery or rattle,
or knowingly permit il any house under his CON
trol orpet The sale there Of any lottery ticket, &c.,
or permit any thing to be ratified there or ICON b1
dice or other game of chance ; he is punishable
bya fine Of $1,000. [Code, TIA, 8l1.l
And by fine ofSl00if he sell, or have in pos.
session for sale, any lottery ticket share of
[Same p, 8 IL.
All money and things of value, drawn orpropo.
sed TO be drawn by an inhabitant ofthis state, OF
received by him as owner of lottery ticket, are
forfeited to the COntmcn1eaith.-[p. 745, S15.l
| CONTINUED TO MORROW.