Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1853-03-31

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church and Stale. He wanted this cloud
broken. He then presented an extrnct
Of an article from DR.. Lord OF Dartmouth
College, on the union OF church and
State, depre' aiing such union.
The fourth reason Tor The repeal OF
tie law is that II attempts 10 put a e
responsibility oi drunkenness on the
wrong par'y-it puts IL Oh HE manuia6-
iurer and seil.r. IL il Teaching the
world bad morality and a bad religion,
aud that Is, that n man, If lie errs is not
chiefly respousible-he 10 the victim
the dis,ilier aud seller is the sinner. !
deny this, and yet II 10 taught in this
law. He hesitated not 10 say that The
time will come when the ordinary traf-
lc in ardent spiris will be treated az
any other traffic. and when mnn sells
il to a responsible nan his responsibility
ceares. There is crime OF drunken.
ness and i. rests upon the drunkard-
No man can make wreck OF himself
and rot be primarily and chiefly guilty.
God has given 10 every man the respon-
slbii,y for himself. The universe can.
not hurt man unless he hurt himself.
When this refuge oil lies is swept away,
and man 10 placed OH his own RESPONSE.
bility, you raise him to dignity. Not
wilhs,anding the stories abort Boston,
there is nothing here that will hurt a
country member il he is tolerably vir-
luous aud minds his own business
The friends oil this law draw an argu-
ment from the Old Testament, when q
mischievous OK was let loose, and com
mitting injury, was slain-but there 10
no analogy IN the case. Here in this
case the temptation is mutual. Ahoth-
er point is, that il man exercise his own
best judgment for his own interest, you,
us la W makers, have nothing to do with
him. The chief responsibility Of the sin
OF drunkenness is upon the man who de-
bases himself by indulgence and sin.-
Go 's law takes cognizance Orhim. In
this connection Mr. Lovejoy read the
Swedish liquor law, as published in the
Journal day or two since, and said
that under tina, law scarcely drunkard
IL found.
Next, the law ought to be repealed
because it wantouly destroys property.
The ancient law run that under the new
dispensa,ion, every man should Sit
under his own vine and fig Tee.-but if
this law is carried out, a vine would be
the last place where man would sit
for safety. Deacon Hollss cider case
was alluded TO IN this connection. The
only reason given for this destruction is
q rhetorical one" We have got the
liquor where the drunkard was.' There
is 10 common sense in it, and the des-
truction is wanton and wicked and he
could prove il. Whie barrel OF gin
was being destroyed in Portland, orders
were being sent TO Boston for another
barrel tor the agency. TLis destruc-
ton was loss to the commercial
world, and the example is pernicious IN
sundry ways. II a man IL punished
Justly, there is a response from the
bosom hui il he is punished wantoE-
ly, It will awaken resentment und retalia-
ton. Such is the result oil The act
mentioned above. Therefore the law
ough, 10 he repealed, and when it is
repealed provision should be made that
every drop OF liquor which has been
spilled under il rha,l be paid out ol the
treasury OF the Commonwealth, and then
you are Just, and nothing more than
just
VIVA, is the excuse for this destruc-
ton tllu the liquor is u temptation !
All property is iempta ion IN one form
or another, and To carry out the argu-
ment all must be destroyed. This is
the first step of Il wide spread agrariaD-
ism which will sweep the land. 1t is
The fruit French sociaIism-that
deadly upas-,ree which he hoped never
to see transplanted here.
Again, II ought tU he repealed be-
cause it Is IN itself temptation. lie
lid not know that there Was any dli-
terence in the eye oi God between lying
and drunkenness. The devil had been
rightly called the " father OF lies" and
he had nothing else to do the past two
years in Maine, but put on his gloves
and g, to the city agencies and read
the lies recorded there. Human nature
would tell this would be the result. The
city Of Bangor is indicted under this
very law. In Portland the agency was
abolished soon after tho author Of the
law lel! the office of Mayor. The peo-
ple OF the State OF Name are divided
into two classes There are great
number Of mechanics, and the rest are
sick.
Again, he would submit the point that
the law Is unconstitutional, and referred
the committee to The decision Of Judges
Curtis and Pi,man. lie would not stop
to argue this point.
The law ought TO be repealed because
it cannot be enforced. Ii is not enforced
in the city Of Portland, whore, above all
Ilaces in the world, II ought TO be en-
forced. Its author was in the Mayors
chair when il came into power but the
law brought him down. Under Mr..
forced. and the editor OF the temperance
paper there says it is PROSTATE. Ii Is
not executed in Cambridge. The
Deputy Sheriff would not execute the
law, saying, it was different thing to
talk about destroying properly to wha,
i, is to 90 and do il. That is the ror
popull. Ii is the poE Dei-and that
voice will be heard and obeyed.
The last reason is that the law will
be repealed within a few years, and
hence the sooner il is aOne the better.
IT. is repealed now, it will save the
feelings Of envy and strife which will
result from it. Tie history OF the law
in Maine shows that the law here will
be repealed. What swept Governor
Hubbard away bu, the Maine Law 7
There is no other reason Tor it. Where
is cur own Governor, who neither
few, nor lii, nor hovered 7"-Why he
cannot be elected IRON the smallest
munic paIty. lie made great blunder
ard he must atone for il.