The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1854-03-18


citizens the Hon: Senator so ably represents,
oifirs many such opportunities for the invest
mont ofcapi'al.
The computation that only "livc in every
hundred persons" are guilty os excess in the
use Of intoxicating liqro:s, may OF may not
be correct; but certainly the Senator will not
say that only five in every hundred persons
who usc them as beverages, are less useful to
themselves, their families and TO society be-
in every hundred, who use intoxicating H.,
quors rs a beverage, either habitually or oc
casionally, become ou;casts upon society, and
in some form burthen upon the public. Of
the ninety five hundred hs Of the community
who are sober, a large portion make no use
whatever of liquor as q beverage, and it is
simply ridiculous to talk of furnishing" poo
pie who already punish themselves, if punish
mcnt it can be called The antiqua.cd and
oft r>futcd arguments that we might as lcg;i
matcly place legal restrictions upon "knivcs;
tobacco &C., have long ago been laid aside
by the advocates Of the traffic, nor does tlcir
revival even in this important State Iarcr'
give them either dignity or force. If the Hon.
Senator will tell us, that cngros'cd with the
cares of his profession he has been deaf and
blind to the ct'e't of The liquor trallie-if c
will assure Us that the cxl c,'cncc Of the pas.
has not proved to him that wherever license
was granted, and house Of cncd for the sale
Of whiskey, there the invarab!c and uncycep-
ted coAscqueac; has b>en, that some one
member of the community who was formerly
sober, industrious and honest, has been rcl-
dcrcd, and that too, solely by this liquor
shop--a nuisance to himself and to society
that many more have by the same cause be-
come less useful as ritiZcns-that by this self
same cause rioting Of every kind has hetn in
creascd-that more E.nlilcs are destitute and
more children untducatcd that, in Il word
more of suffering and vice CT every kind has
been occasionod-wc say, if he will assure Us
that his experience has not taught him that in
crery case these alc the effects of licensing Il
whlskcy shop, we care not ofwhat prctcns. H.,
then VIC will excuse his dullncss of perception
but cannot pardon his presumption in assert
ing that drunkenness is rather the "chll than
the parent" of paupcrism and crime. And
because these are the invarible effects of this
traffic, We say it is matter for legislative
ccgnzancc. TO talk of .knivcs" and "tobac-
co" III connection with such a subject is the
vcricst clap-trap, and only shows to what
petty excuses the advocates of the traffic are
driven, though clothed with the dignity of Of
flee, and dating their miserable cant from the
committee room off, Senate.
There are many other points i'll this report
on which VIC had intended to touch, but the
article has already grown longer than We in
ed d. There arc a f.w Inconsistencies, and
more absurtlitics, going to prove that even
Senator'S arc not inralliblc, but we must let
them pass. As a sta .emcnt of facts it is
grossly erroneous. AS political essay it is
alike discrcditablc to the head and heart of
either great or good man. False i'll its
premises, despcable in its conclusions, its
only excuse is that it is e,nincntly worthy Of
the cause in which it is enlisted. That it
will be hailed with cxubcrant joy by those.
who, lost to all sense of shame, engage in a
traffic that is sprcesling moral degradation,
disease and death in every corner of the land,
none can doubt. To their jublations we leave
them; and to the gratifying reflection that he
has aided, to the fullest Of his ability, in en-
failing upon his state curse in the shape Of
a SYSTEM, which is depicting her treasury,
retardinS her improvements, corrupting the
virtue and restraining the intelligence of her
citizens, we leave the Hon. Senator. Grccncr
laurals who ofus could wish.
PROHIBITION.