The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1854-05-06
THE VOTE ON THE LIQUOR LAW

We have adslcl.ed lhe iaw ali -hali
vote for it. but wiihou, expressing or cutter.
tanning any disrospeo, OF u feeling towards
those who oppose 1t. 'iAose who object to
the law, do 50 oa two grounds LIT. They
assume Tint lhe law is unjust that it takes
away the liberties Of the citizen. Ind
That . piIl no, subscryc the purpose Tor
which it u1s intended that there VII be
as much liquor sold then as here Is now,
aud more dissipation than there would be
under the quar-, Iaw.
We DO not recognize the force of the
first Objection. II II were valid. II might
be affirmed against the enforcement Of
many other euactncu's passed for the pros
lection Of society. \ man has r'ght TO
erect black smith shop on his own ground ,
he has figh, 70 build large Gre in bis
back ward ie'. Il by 50 doing he endan
gers the property Of oihers, municipa! reg
ulauous ptcqenl bim from the exercise Of
this privilege Many men believe they
have q rish, 70 gamble yet the law pro
hibiu them from doiag SO, because It IN.
te,lercs with the happiness oi others, and
the we'll be.os Of anciety.
Nedo not h.leyc that the law vii re.
strain nuy man who is determined To- dfipk
Il is possible that there viii be AS much
drinking ~ there would bee under the ofc
ra,ions VI the quart law; but Of this we
entertain very spriou. doubts Il viii have,
in our opinion. several good effects. lst
1t viii remove the temptation from those
who wish to quit drinking Under the
quart law, many stores and every family
grocery would keep liquors to sell u
this law is paesod such viii not he Ia"
case. Stores nor family groceries will not
koep it. generally, because society has put
a ban npou it. and viii have said it Is not
tirlt to do 80 Tho temptation will not
i,o 1T every corner 81 the street. man
to purchase liquor IN Marshall viii have 10
pur Huns, II to soma trouble to get i, md
he viii act IN tho face Of public opinion.
Persons who ssl It secretly cannot Afford
to keep good aquors heacn thcir custom
vii! be- limited Eat the main good the
aw viii do. il It achieves ANY, will be
public opinion against the sale of spiriin.
Gus liquors. aud their hourly usc as bow
etare. And tni. is the main reason why
wc support iho law.
ilpr Our cltzens have beon loetnred
u good dead about the Danger to be appre
hend,d from Gfe ou our public sgnars, aud
a proposition was made some time ago to
purchase O. fire engine. We have been in
Marshall five yeafs, and during that time
there ha. been but ono fire. suppose an
engine had been Purchased, when We first
came here, where would 1t have been bt
this tme' With nothing 10 do lor two CT
three wears It IL 'taeouAbl- to suppose that
When required it would be out OF ifs, and
could not he used Bot there is something
that we want more than u fire engine an
Indispensable article that seeais to have
been entirely forgotten II is water. sup.
posi- FIRE were to occur at ans portion OF
our sduafc. hoW could water he procured
TO arrest the lllnc. Ia the dcaftb OF
summer Il is difficult to get sufficient tor
drr king Intposcs, let alone a supply large
enough to arrest q couihgration lhl, !. a
matter chat Is worthy Of attention. BE,
sides. crofy building should be eupplcd
with one or two long ladders, that could
be- used in ease Of au emergency.
M,RprEiR AcgrtIfrp.-Ma U Ward
who killed a school teacher in Louisville,
ky., u year OF two ago, was 'rled at Eln
abethtown, Ky where the cnsc had been
removed. aud was acquitted on the 9th
ult The verdict Of the jury created great
excitement in Louisville aud an iudigua
ton meeting, composed OF six or eight
thousand persons was held ON the lst inst.
The meeting passed resolutions requesting
Hon. Iohn j. Cri,iendcn to resign bis seat
IN the L =. Senate, and Nathaniel Wolfe
70 resign hi. seat in the State senate, also
requesting Matthew + Ward 10 leave the
State. Cli,londen aud Wolfe were Wards
eoiviseI. Great prejudice existed in Louis
willie against Ward
or The last number of the Mansfield
Advertiser contained a reqcest to exchange.
We were under the impression that our
Republican was regularly forwarded TO the
Mansfield ncighbor but ON reference to
our book, we were surprised to find that
such was not the case How long the in.
iafruption has continued, we are not al
visci bat We are certain that it has not
hecn educational.
MN PARIA There was party at
Jefferson ON the 1T last, \ friend who
was present on the occasion, says it was
superb affair The attendance was large,
and the supper prepared by Mrs. c. NJ,
HINT. Of the Jefferson Hotel, ono of the
finest ever given in jefferson. Mrs n
sent Us a piece OF the cake, for which to.
ken OF circumference We tender her our