The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1853-01-22
r SATURDAY MORNING JANUARY % 1853

the meaning of that petiton--''lead US
not into temptation," and also the text
which declares woe to him that putteth
the bottle to his neighbours mouth is
not every one who upholds license
system, which places grog-shop in the
midst of every community, placing
temptation in the drunkard's path, and
/ putting the bottle to his mouth!
! After pronouncing homly on the
poor diunkard, Mrs. D. slys-'.weIl,
any body in such a predicament is GER
tainIv to be pi.ied, and 50 is the man
who finds himself unable to resist the
temptation of stealing his neighbours
horse; or coaXing away his nflghhor'S
servant" with several other examples
Of the same kind, which are altogether
foreign and irrelevant to the case, as the
simpl-st b!oc'thead may easily see, and
were it not for the high regard | have
tor the pen that wrote .IHc DYING Year.
wonld pronounce ii sheer nonsense.
Mrs. DAVIS IN combating The Maine
Low, srpn 10 confne her view Of the
subject entirely to a particular statute
iaw Of tie State OF Maine; and she con-
tends that some oil the details Of that
law are unconstitutional. One obiec
ton to it, is, it requires excessive bail;
another, it doubles penalties in cases OF
appeal; searches and arrests may be
made without warrants or oath, sc.
All those objections and similar ones
may be urged against a law TO prevent
theft or burglary; but do such objections
affect the principle OF IA SaIuary law !
\ more >tateSman-like view Of the sub
irct is to correct those objectionable
features, and not condemn the principle
because some OF the details may need
modifying.
When we speak or write in reference
to tie .naiAe lar, We don't exactly
mean TO be understood as endorsing
wholly, verbatim, that particular statute
of the State Of Maine, winch aboIlshes
the licensing OF grog shops in that State.
! But we mean simply tins &: The present
! license law Of the State Of MARYLAND,
as far as u authorises and protects the
sale of ardent spirits as a beverage, is a
n&iyanro, political and moral evil; it
! inirri"reS in greater Or less degree
with the interest, repOse, and comfort
of ever man, woman, and child IN the
community; that all the capital and en-
| terprisn invested in the trade, directly
or indirectly, are M; only lost to socir-
| ~, but form an on irg power to the
advance OF EnoW!edg Of social and do
nestle happiness Sin IA word to the pro-
motion OF refinement and morality
throughout the State, and we advocate
a Law to suppress this evil. The legal
traIlic Of Intoxicating drinks keeps up a
set Of lazy droneS in society. 1t telnpts
the poor nlan to spend his hard earn
ngs for worse than nothing. 1t saps
and undr.mincS the peace OF many
families, it robs many more Of the ne
cessarIes Of life. 1t sinks thousands to
sham" and hopeless misery. 1t fills ou'
prisons with criminals and our aims
joUs@> with paupers. In word it
spreads ,iseu>e vice, and misery through
ou' the land, and the wages of honest
industry are consumed 10 remedy the
lnscEirfs which are inherent to The sys-
tenn. All these crimes are chargeable
TO it. and ten Thousand more beside,
without one single redeemjns quality.
In view Of these facts if the present
license system is not public nuisance
and common injury what is it, Mrs.
Davis And hold, that the law which
grants licenses to few Empowering
them to intlict an injury upon the conn
munity is unconstitutional; for no law
can be constitutional that grants privi-
Ieges to an individual to inilict an injury.
by his business, upon the community
vet custom, to all intents and purposes
has made the wrong a raght.
Mrs. Davis concluding remarks car
the climax Of absurdity. "Ihe rum
trade can easily be stopped without a
law like this if the rum drlnker will
cease to purchase" The same argument
will apply to any other criminal prac-
tice. Theft will be stopped without the
and OF law II people Will only quit steal
ing, and so can murder, and SO can in
cendiarism on any other evil Of the
kind. But ViN they be prevented with
out the aid Of law No: Neither will
the miSeries of the rum trade cease or be
restrained without the same means be
applied, for they are all children OF the
same family. L.
TRIUMPH OF ANOTHER AMERICAN STEAM
sulp.-rhe new English steamship Ara
bia, which put into Halifax, from Liver
pool, the other day, after passage OF
nearly l3 days-equal to IS to New
York -wasbuilt expressly 20 beat Amer.
lean steamships. One of the latter (the
BaItic) left Liverpool the day after the
Arabia. and arrived at New York on the
Al