Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1853-09-08


be abused, and so may any law on on
statute book. He illustrated the ide
bE cases under our law.
Suppose a man crosses my shee]
pasture without my leave. He commit
a trespass. Suppose he passes througl
my orchard, and picks up some of m,
fruit under the trees. He commits
theft. l may prosecute him for these
But who attempts 10 do so in ordinar,
cases? Nobody; and the man tha
should attempt it would be hooted on
of society. And yet laws on this sub
Iject are necessary, and nobody thinks o
opposing them, because they may b,
perverted from their original and legiti
mate purpose. So, nobody would thinl
of disturbing the farmer who made
cider for his own use, or if he should
sell some of it to his neighbors fol
neighborhood common use. But if the
man should take the hard cider to the
doggery, and keep about him set o.
lazy loafers, guzzling it down, spending
their time and corruptng the morals o.
the neighborhood, it would be diff
ferent case, and ought to be attended to
by the officers of the law.
Here his hour expired, when the
meeting adjourned till O'Clock, p. m.
AFTERNOONS DEBATE.
AT 2 O'Clock, p. m, the audience
again assembled, and Mr.. Beebe pro-
ceeded to occupy his half hour.
He thought his positions had NOT
been met; that the argument of his op-
ponent did not apply. Where it had
been attempted he thought he should
be able to show that it was not conclu-
sive. He thought the decisions of the
U. S. Court were not pertinent. The
questions there decided were between
the United States and the States, and
did not apply to the present question.
But Judges may become superanuated
and fanatical, and Judges of the United
States may have erred. He thought
after the individual had paid duty, the
government was bound to protect the
individual in it, and that no State had a
right to pass laws to destroy it. Itwas
the Constitution of Ohio that we were
now discussing, and whether the clause
upon which the people have voted made
any such law in this State unconstitu-
tional. He thought the first clause of
the question had been decided in his
favor by the failure of his opponent to
meet them.
He said the government ought not to
seize any mans property or interfere
with any man, till an offence is COM
mitted. That was the safest rule
The man who drives through the streets
fast is liable to injure other peoples
property, and for this injury he ought
to be made responsible. Neal Dow, in
a letter, admits that the law does not
work well in Boston and Rhode Island.
The law, he believed, could not be en-
forced in Ohio. He thought the people
of this State were the last that would
submit to such an enactment.
In answer to the sweet-corn argu-
ment, he said that any man from New
York had right to go over the State of
New Jersey and buy them and take
them home. But the corporation had
authority to forbid the sale of what
they thought unhealthy in their mar
ket. He referred briefly to one or two
of the positions of his opponent, when
his half hour having expired he took his
seat.
DR.. Jewett resumed. He thought
the attempt to disparage the opinions of
the United States Judges, was not in
good taste. That Court was one of the
ablest in the world. He referred again
briefly to the decision of that Court
He referred them to the Ohio constitu
ton on the license question. What did
the makers of that constitution design?
Nothing like the provisions of the
Maine law. 1t is not to be done for
private gain, but as the agent of the
townships. The Supreme Court of
Ohio, since the present constitution,
has decided that law restricting the
sale of liquor in quantities less than
quart is constitutional. Now, if it may
be restricted in quantities less than
quart, may they not pass laws restrict
ing it altogether? We have now law
authorizing the township trustees to
prohibit the sale of liquors in townships,
and this is a full confirmation of our
views on the constitutional question
About laws for prevention, can the law
apprehend man who is about to apply
a torch to a dwelling, or who is about
to commit a murder? Clearly they
can, and they do.
In reply to the trotting horse argu-
ment, we would not complain so much if
these rummies did not constantly run
into our buggies. That is the trouble
The sale of rum Injuries not only the
user but all the rest of the community.
This is just the difficulty. After a
reply to some other propositions, his
time having expired; when
Mr.. Beebe again took the stand
His speech was mostly in the discussion
of propositions heretofore given. He!
passed to the second part of the ques-
ton, the effect of the Maine law upon
the peace and good orderof community.
He had been called an infdel. He
pronounced it falsehood. He had a
great respect for the preachers when
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