Plymouth banner., 1854-05-25

tanning SoH;e Tour or I'VE OdIfeie oi iiquoi
drs,ine.. fos car market. stopped fer the
night r. miles W. ST Of ilis place, and
so".c 'ii'.e during the nish,ihey were tsp-
pei with gimblc,, and the greater por-
tion Of their contents ran gu. upon the
ground. We believe ii is not known te
those interested who did the boring, nor
is ii probable Tia, they have well ground
td sasricions.
Temperance advocates should keep sober
themselves liz their efforts TO all their
causr. and if it was ;heir work, we must
coufrss that it Was not very strong ar
aafnent in the establishment OF lheir
creed. Any cause must Sc weak indeed
tia, requires lis advocates 10 hide them
selves behind the darkness Of midnight
hours TO sustain it. IL the liquor trafic
can be suppressed by legal enactment. ii
Is prorer anil right to make such laws
and enforce them. When they fail 10 ac
com sliSh the work, we should conStrue
thcir failure-in legal ssnse-as tanta-
mount % the establishment of tie right
20 engage in the trriic; bu, we anticipate
no such results.
After we had prepared the foregoing,
one OF QUO prominen, citizens handed us
The following Cox publication: We give
IL place to still further show that we
are not alone IN ouE disappToval of night
arguments. though we not sufficiently
acquainted with the parties and citcum
stances to JUS :ify US in endorsing any of
he in,ima,ions of the writer, IS to the
cnuse OF the t'espass. or W ho committed it:
Mr. EntToR-Therc has been some con.
siierab bic talk in our town for few weeks
past in relation to the sale Of liquors. ari-
sing ffor, the fact of iiceIs Sc having been
taken cut by 'Tommy'-as he is familiar
ly calied-au Irishman. ond shop open
ed on the south side of the river Last
week ope Of our farmers brought load of
high wiaes from Lapo!te, 70, Tommy
Near :; .;ht he reached home. some three
miles west Of town. drove his load up 10
the feI.ce. and left i. in the wogon. in
tending TO bring i. into town the mex,
morning Duting the night. somebody
bored FIVE Of the casas with spike GIN
blet, broke tie handle in the sixth and
last barrel, and in ,he morning five of the
barrels were empty. We have no idea of
the person who did il. but the thing hos
made considerable talk. one fight and no
small excitement We give the sugges
ticns we have heard Some think il was
done BY some oveE-zealous temperance
man. with more zeal than jrdgms NJ.
Others think il was done by anti tenn
pe.auce persons. to throw the odium on
the temperance folks. and thus create ex-
element agains, them. Others still.
think it was done by some one having
grudge against tic carrier. (shinking he
would have II to pay FOR. aud crafty
petty spiri, Of revenge. I, is imina;eri-
al who did il. il was dirty trick-un-
worthy of anything decen;ly huiaan. and
III. party really guilty deserves ssvete
punishment We hardly think any ,e..-
2essnce man did it. for two principal rea
sons at leasi--frst: Any Temperance man
would know that it would injure and not
benefit the cause. Second: A nun who
had moral principle and seEse enough TO
be temperance ts man, would have too
snuch moral principle and good sense to
commit such crime in tie night.
We have heard ba, one opinion ex-
pressed from all parties in relation to it.
and ;hai Is. one OF unquslifird condem-
nation and regret.
II the law authorizes Tommy TO sell +
whiskey the way is for every nun TO go
TO the bsilot box ond utter the lew. If
he 1buses his privilege before that cu be
done. every community possesses the
physical por7er and has the moral right
20 stop hiG hy !ruwn5. warnings. or rea
sonab'e force. il neccssary-not riot or
outfage-but firm. digni6ed movement
OF ihe people in mass; TO enforce a great I
civil and moAl right. and remove source
OF great wrong. But we take il fox gran
I'D that no man at this day would at
tempt TO trample on the wishes OF the +
people If whole toWn. 10 matter " beth
er few fiiends in the country desired it
or not; and if the majority Of tie town
is opposed TO retail establishment. we
have an idea Tommy would leave if they
requested him properly to do so. We
nope no secret outrages will be resorted
TO. to gain any moral end. and for one, we
shall always as we do in this instance
deprecate il. end class those who do il.
with other criminals.
A CITIZEN.