Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1854-09-15

Like a disease; yet cannot be 'scaped,
But, eanker-likc, ea:s through tho poor men 4
hearts
Taatilve about him nevor has commerce
With any but 10 ruin thsm."
Each member Of the human body fills
a very important office. And while
each dlls its proper sphere and meets lis
appropriate dlties, health and harmony
prevail through the whole system. IL
is so with the community. Each per-
son in the neighborhood is n member of
the social compact, ard is inseparaby
connected with the weal or woe OF ev.
cry other. In other words. the con .
duct OF every person will affect for good
or i'll every other person in the the So
ciety. A man may think he Is inde-
pendent and at liberty 90 do what he
pleases, without any regard to the effect
OF his conduct upon others. This is n
pslpable mistake. IL il principle
which, IL admitted and adopted, woul
disorder, dernnge, and finally destroy
human society. II Is this principle
which actuates the rumseller. and all
who sustain him and apologize for him.
II Is the idea that he has n right In a
free country TO do what he pleases that
induces him to SOW broadcast In the
community the seeds Of disorder, ruin
and death.
The rumsellci who has license has
legal right TO do tbs, IL Is true but he
can have no natural or moral right, eith-
or with or without license. That
which Is wrong In itself, human enact
ments cannot make right. That which
results in evil TO the community at large
no man can be properly authorized to
psrpftrate, though he may have ten
thousand legal enacimen's TO sustain
him. Ilerod passed law that all male
children Of such an age should be slain; /;
but did that law make IL right Will
", In the final judgment, clear those
who stained their hands with Innocen,
blood When God shall make "in.
qulsition for blood" will they be able to
establish their innocence by pleading
the legality Of their offence
The people OF the Stale OF New York
say the rumseler for five or ten dollars
may sell as beverage toxicating liq.
uors, from which results loss Of health
character, property. reason. leading mer
directly to degradation, crime, pauper.
: ism, premature death, and a miserable
eternity. But is II right because the
people say the rumsellcr may do all this
: win the people say, when closely ques
D toned upon this subject, they have III,
: least shadrw Of right to authorize mel
TO traffic in that which unayoidably re
suits In a manner so runous and disas
ferrous 10 the bodies and souls Of men
! Genlle reader, are you voter Ifso
!, you are one of the sovereign people,
. Come, now, end let US reason togethe
for few moments upon this subject. -
What right have you TO license the rum
seller to destory your neighbours health
)f blight his lair character, send miser
u into his family, swallow his substance
) dig down his dwelling, send him to
premature grave aud drunkard's hell
- What right have you for FIVE or ten do
> lars to multiply paupers. fill our ails Wit
criminals, the count y with heart broke
a widows and orphans, and The land wit
- lumentatio-, wailing, and woel WIS
'e right have you, my Iellow-ci.izen OF II
Empire State. to give your reighbor a