The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-08-06
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| mall hings part. of the city of Bed
Stick, the vote is 10 be re taken in ref
erenee to the great he1luIn question Of
License or No License 1t is on,
duty as ono Of the sentinaIs on the
watch tower IF liberty. TO sing ont to
YOU in warning Vol G, when the
geese in the temple below cack}e, and
now-we, who have never yet cried
wolves - when there were no wolves,
are forced to sing out Il Is very,frue
that the General Assembly III It's lie
eisla'ire wisdom has passed a law Il
law which is the infinitely step to a
long series of other lawS to give to the
maloritles the right to rnle mlnoritles
10 lespotic manner, in all matters con
corning social habits, which have here
tufure been deemed sacred to the in
diviluaI The law before us to-day
opens wide the door to contention aud
fanaticisn, and gives to the mob. n
power that sets at naug' t all written
law, and abrogatos the necessity Of a
constitution. We know 'lellow eitl-
zena'' that the example Of other States
for insane temperance movements, Is
before us, but has not their action, III
this matter, rather been the result Of II
WbrIwind of excitement bodering on
f1natcism, than the result OF seberuess
aud reason , We def any one to
look on the eiect--to sec the strife
aud contention in communities whore
prohibitory laws eSist--and witness
the law suits continually growing ont
of them, to como to any other conc'u-
sion. Call Us not a grog shop adVo-
cate for talking thus, this IS orr honest
and unbiased conviction. The use
and abuse of alcohol. in all its variou,
seductive forms, can uercf be pre-
vented by law, AM l'opr'hibl1ion in
public, makes plirntc hyp"crltes Of
the people. Rai.e thu tax on coffee
houses and you dignity them, and drive
ont of existence the miserable DIGGER
los. but never think 70 pnrga the NOR
Al atlnoe phere, By mere brute force in
the tyranny of plumbers. This is Red
Stick. and this is the Second Ward IN
Red Slick--let the people act, as "be-
comes thcm. IN conclusion let lis
say that if you do not wisl, to charge
Red Stick into Blue Sick. vote Obi
censc.' The Blue laws Of Conncti-
cut, are b. hind this arbitrary enact
ment Of the 1egi <laturc, and a Prcsby
tcrian-sl'aieht Jacket manuf'tory
viii soon be required in Louisiana, at
ter it gets the full force Of numbers.
MrErlNe or THE LADIES. Il he Ia
lies interested III getting up n fund
several years ago, by public far, O.
enclose he Protestant cemetery, ~
ut the residences OF .Iam's NJ. Elam
Esq, on Thursday last to make u final
disposition of the fund, The money
raised by far. was about SIX hnndred
dollars. which amount was p!acetl in
'he hands Of ". $ Pike, E,q. pending
The prayer of the ladies' Of Bnton R"uyt
to Congress, that the spot Of ground
might be given in eahrge Of the town
or that our citizens, (many OF whom
have friends or relatives sleeping on
the spo') might be permitted to enclose
it with fence. This was a matter
to the juggling politicians at the Ma
tiona' CapatoI, of minor importance
though of no little interest TO our citi
zens. Suffice TO say, that notwlth-
standing the repeated efforts of the
ladies' through our Representatives il