Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-02-07

mortal Randolph once said the floor Of Congress- thai
"ead not into temptation but deliver US from ev
the best prayer for a motals that put up
heavens thronc aud the daily and hourly experience
human life vcrics the truth OF the remark.
The truth is and Il cannot 10 dened that the cxces
sive OF slcoholic liquor as beverage most
mous gigantic wide spreading, desolang public nuisance
and scouge of the human II has yearly It's thou
sands and thousands Of Victims and penury want distress
and misery OF countless innocent and helpless families fol
low In the wake Of its J.gger ndne car. The great Mr.
Writ remarked that IL tho greatest scourge
known to tho human frmiy-greater than war; pesteuco
aud famine combined. and IL Is the traffic in this monster
which chiefly, almost exclusively, affords tho facilities
for It's mischcvous effects Is the main instrument in part
by which these horrible desoatons effected; and now
let us ask h in the name of every thing that sacred
this be does Il not behoove civilized moral and
an world to endcavor restrain this traffic by all posi-
bia schemes and efforts which It's wisdom can in
vent or devise within the narroWcst possible limits For
the writer's part hc must say he form conception
oil the moral insensbitr Of that who feel nd.
| fercnt to such an effort, or it, results.
The writer Is that IL Ia In the mouth of every on.
poncnt that the law cannot DO executed or will DO in
great degree cva1ed aud Of tho friends Of the sys
tenn seem to think also may DO cvaded a considera.
bio extent Wcl admit that should be found prnc.
tcabe to the full extent descd-st may IL not achieve
an immense amount OF goods Or avered an
amount OF distress wretchednes aud misery s-and in
view OF this possible not to probable rcsut-docs Il
not present case worthy Of firm systematic aud cncr
getic effort to obtain the best possible RESULT
lou admit, Messrs Editors In your comments on tho
London article that there Is much better chance for III,
success OF the scheme this side OF the water than ON
the other; aud who doubt that the scheme woold
when sustained by the moral stamina Of this good old
commonwealth be much moro likely to succeed b,rc
han would us you say with the universal md etcr.
nal Beer drinking of England; and espccially IN
lana where tho doctrine advocated and promulgated
that II Is the inaenable birth right Of every indyid, o
make dog or beast of himself much as no plenscs
SO that he does not directly interfere with tho safely
comfort and morals OF others ~
But Indeed IL be true that In this avoursJ nj M
mise and Of hope this sheet anchor of republican lber
and Of moral virtue which the true and
oay ono basis OF that liberty, has already come to this
that so large portion Of tho population has become so
addicted welded the nccurscd beverage ma To mako
It very doubtful whether To abolish tho odous and
deestabe public traic-in the article can DO enorced.
IL such things say arc "done In the grecntrce what il
tn be said OF the dry and not high time in order IN
avert worso state Of things that the axe should be at
law to the of the bill and Is II moi the ~
wisdom that IL should be dopey
But the question arises will the ,r,r,
the facilities for making the experiment whether such law
can be enforced or moi. rather in the first place to a..
certain whether majority Of the people in tho diff
feent counties desire that such law should be
that such experiment should be made or not IL Ia
that they will not aud the chief assigned for not
doing so il that deemed nexpedent to .risac nm tho
subject in any FORM lest il should lead to making polti
CAL or test question in elections Now as to ths,isi moi
easily ODE oreseen that the very assigned for NOT
granting the facilities asked for may aud in ali
will eventually prove to be the ready and eT.cui
way OF forcing the advocates of the measure to do The
very thing which they Affect with avods These on
poncnts. if they perscvere in their refusal 70 grant VIZ
Is asked Tor may depend on it. that will certain as day
have the effect which they deprccac in order TO
procure sufficient number in the legislative BODY who
may be disposed to grant the reasonable facilities desired
me advocates oil the temperance reform constitute Il Ia
Wen known very large and respectable portion of the
community amounting 1t is believed in many f not most
OF the counties 10 decided msories It's friends too
number In its ranks many Of The most enlightened
citizens OF the Statewide too Of the purest md
most elevated moral habits and character and known also
to be determined in purpose and resolue in
ana who duly apprecating the immense consequences
involved In this great Temperance reform of the age TO
,ne happiness and welfare Of the human family, will be
1uhd not 10 be easily foed in their efforts TO accomplish
the otjcct-nom rerrons