Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1853-12-02
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elections on Monday last. The Wing party will
again have the power Of administration, and with
it, Ihe responsibilities, and these viii not, during the
succeeding year, be either few or small. Upon the
terms and conditions, 50 20 speak, which they sub
mitted in the canvass, aud upon which they asked
the people 10 continue them their political agents,
they stand pledged to accomplish certain plain and
Important teiarms and oljects.- Whatlheee are, il
ven understood. and heresre, !, IS unnecessary to
pasJiculaize. As honorable NEE, we hope they will
redeem their pledges though faith in this res.
pec, regret to say, irosl the already deprecatory
and opposing tone of many Of their presses and party
leaders, 10 somewhat shaken,
Every new investment Of State power becomes
interesting and important, even in ordinary times,
from the fact, that laws, Of some kind, viii be
enacted, and existing ones repealed less
modified, by each succeeding Legislature. Society,
with us, does not and cannot stand still, and the bu-
siness, morals, interests, and honor Of The Common
wealth must all pass in annual review, ard expert
ence, in greater less degree, the toach for good
or for evil, Of the law making power
The intelligent citizen and well wisher of com.
munly knows and feels this fact ,aud when the safety
OF the destruction Of aw,nvoving the happiness,
prosperity, andbe interests Of the whole body po-
litic, is to be submitted 10 such ordeal, he natur
ally regards every such investment of power
with deep socitude and concern.
Such, unquestionabIy, is the feeling Of thousands
at the present moment in respect TO the present Ii.
quor Law of The State. They are men who did moi
choose 10 cut loose from their respective political
parties upon this question, but they nevertheless
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the Law would still be preserved unmpaired aud un-
harmed. We refer alike 10 the humane and upright
men OF all parties.
The opponents Of the Law worked with much enc
ergY and in such political connection as they thought
best to It's repeal and evidently regarded the
triumph Of the Wing party as the means most like
y to secure this object.
Well, the Wing party have succeeded, and now
what is to be the resuIla Is the Law be repealed?
Is tito be modified, deprived of its inhercpt Wig
or and power. in the slightes, drgree2 We trust
not. Are the Wing party under any oblipatioo to
The enemies Of humanity of law and order u morals,
virtue, and public happpesp, aud prosperity, by any
promise OF pledge they have made heh to destroy,
or in any manner to mpair, the LAT We know
of none. The Wing party, Ather its leaders,
may have seemingly,by their ded'mciatons Of sump.
tuary laws, in one place. aeStheir cunning and sig
nifcant silence in anotheD1heId out the idea to The
advocates and promotes Of sensualily, ignorance,
poverty, wretchedne,s and crime, that they might
expect something fsForabe, the death or emas-
cuiation Of The Law, in the event of their triumph
But il they haze, ii was all game-a mere ruse de
gueus-and 0othing which the unprincpIed support
ers qf tbgmscrY and death traffic have any moral
right, % say The least, expect will be lu6IIed--
Eye&in the case of an express promise, covenant
Nth Satan and bond Of iniquity is better broken
than kept. and SO, believe, all writers upon moral
\ philosophy and law agree. Even the good old com
mon law regards contracts against good morals and
public policy, invalid and not TO be enforced, and
so reason and humanity must ever decide,-and
high above Lis the sanction Of the Divine law upon
the point.
As 10 the new Governor, --he has been represent.
ed, and so the supporters Of rum believe and
regard him, as an opponent Of the Law although in
theory and practice temperance man. We have
no evidence that he is enemy Of the Law. We
hope and trust he is not To suppose him such,
would argue that he is Of bad heart and an
obuse or prejudiced mind; Tor no rational and hon.
est mind can suppose lor moment, after The wears
Of struggle, labor, and defeat which the principle Of
moral suasion, IN the cause Of temperance, has en-.
couniered and suffered, that the evils of the rum
traffic can be countersced and suppressed BY any
other means, mainly, than that of penal law wisely
and vigorously applied'and carried ont
The rum traffic is CRIME. in the light Of nature,
in the light Of reason, the light Of reveation and
its prosecutors and abettors must be considered
eTsrninais,-sand communities, whether civilized or
barbarous, do not petition criminals suspend their
guilty and neiarious work. Such course only eIe.
Yates crime TO the dignity ofvrtue, and confers upon
It's brutal perpetrators the respect due only to honor
able subjects,-.besdes inaicnng ridcue and con-
tempt upon The institutions and proceedings or Grim
inal Jurisprudence generally
Will the new Governor recommend the repeal Of
the Law, in his official addressq Will he sanction il,
shovld the Legislature even be SO recreant 70 the
honor and interest OF the State, % humanity and to
God, as to present its repeal for his approvall Such
an act wonid be the great enormty ofihe age! and
call down upon his and memory the condelnna
tion, and may cay, the erecaiiOn, Of all wise and
good men Of the present aud future time, Of whalev-
er party, sect, creed.
We have said that the rum traffic Is erin x and
that penal law is the only instrument which caa
suppress il. IL Is crime against natural law, be.
cause il is the fuitlu cause and parent Of gnorance
sensuaity. poverty, wreehedness. anc general deg
radiation Il is crime agaisst society and the state
because it is the immediale and prolific canse Of
nearly all the crimes which stain tle criminal caen.
dar and outrage the community and because il tram
pies under foo, the great principles a private and
social right and well being, ncofporaied and pro-
muga,ed 10 the Ball Of Rights Il is 40 axiom which
intelligent and honest mind will gainsay or con.
froyert, that free republican government can ex.
ist and be perpetuaied without private and public