Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1854-04-07
VOL. XXII.-NO. IS.


been accomplished. We trust tho
obstacles thus interposed are on the
eve Of Disappearing. Baltimore has
likewise chosen afulli MAINE Law ticket
Ia premonitory, we trust, OF the tri-
umph Of Prohibition in Maryland.
though TO that end another struggle Is
requisite. Pennsylvania, Ohio and
New-Jersey have made some efforts in
the right direction. but rs yet with
limited success. The friends Of Pro.
hibition are not discouraged. but will
try again and again until their efforts
shall be crowned with success. 1ndi-
ana and Illinois viii be powerfully
agilmcd By aine Law effort at their
next Elections. Wisconsin, having
had the question submitted by the
Legislature TO the People, emphatcally
answered Yes but the Legislature
seems surprisingly deaf. and talks Of
passing prohibitory act and submits
ting Maf 70 the People 20 make sure
that they meant what they said last
fall. This is n party device TO gain
time. and il will gain nothing else
Ultimately, the will Of the majority
must prevail.
The present state Of the question.
therefore, may be summed up thus:
|. Less than three years have trans
p~ed since 'hc first act of absolute
prohibition and Contraband Liquor
Destrucs.an was passed in any State.
anu WITHIN r@is time five States and
one Territory hsse affirmed the princi.
pie OF Prohibition, rhile another State
and the greatest of all, has chosen
Legislature TO do Likewise, had A seventh
! (Wisconsin) has instructed ns Legis-
lature to follow in their footsteps,
2. Not one State that ever adopted
Law ofProhibition has repealed il, and
in no one instance have the People,
when appealed to, failed to sustain the
principle of Prohibition by decisive
majority.
The cry for repealgrow everywhere
weaker with each years experience of
the workings Of Prohibition. When
the act of Maine first took effect, the
lovers ofliquor, or the profits made
by selling it, were confident that they
shouldbe able TO repeal it; but now
they have no longer hope of this,
and their force in the Legislature has
dwindled to handful,
lneach State where it has been tried
Prohibition has steadily gained ground.
Boston has been the stronghold of op
position in New-England, as it is the
focus Of the rum traffic; yet Boston has
at length chosen aine Law Mayor
and commenced the prosecution OF
law breakers. All through Massa-
chusetts, the law is better enforced at
this moment than twas at any time
prior TO the present year. and in most
localities liquor-sellingis either extinct
or as stealthy and secret as any other
violation of law. 1t is becoming more
and more disreputable to sell, and the
business falls constantly into lower
and meaner hands, where it is not
utterly abandoned.
Such are the established, notorious
facts in the case; in the face of which
our Senators Brooks, Pratt, &C., stand
up to predict, and guess, and demon
strate, that Prohibition won't answer,
or can't be enforced, or won't stand,
or won't diminish drinkingl Why
don't they argue that the sun never
gives light, or that Columbus did not
discover the Western Hemisphere
How can such logic be expected TO
avail with men who are not utterly
ignorant of the facts?