, 1854-05-13
Remarks Of Nj. MOsslsy
urov the lRomB.roRY | L.QUoE Ii

UToN TIE iRoKlB.ToRY L.QUoI Law.
Ir. Syeaksr,-l lis. 10 assign my rea
sons, bri,fly, ior not supporting this bill
Some OF its provisions are too string ut to
be successfully enforced in this rernlo. y.
And ! venture 10 predict that ii this bill
passrs, every possible exprdirnt will Le r.
So.ted TO TO evale it. In Confi nation ol
this | will advent 10 flw facts which ha'e e
come under my observation. Subsequent
10 the passage Of law similar to this IN thr
Stale Of Name, the rum loving peopl o,
that State came over into tne city u Bos on
to purchase th,ir liquor. Some concealed
the bottles containing il in barrels "f clover
seed others in wood boxes fashioned aud
painted like cotflha These wee few OF
The many ways contrivrd 10 rlude the vigi,
liant officers who were ever on the qui rice
Tor all violations Of thr law Ii this Law
cannot be enforced with success in one Of
the Oldest States Of the Union, can it he
done in new Territory like this Mosl
assurediy not.
A few years since law was enact in
Massachusetts p.ohitiiug the sale oE spirit
ous liquors in less quantity than "fiu, ,rn
gallons.u And what was the result =
Many who were mode ate drinkers or whl
only took an occasional glass, b'came cnn
frmed drunkirds, and for tn, obvious u
son that The Fifteen gallon law COMPEL d
those who used il at all, 10 have large
quantity in their Possession. The PERM
cious IF cts Of the law were soon pa,c pli
BILE, aud consequently il was repealed
mol however until a very ingenious method
of evading il had bren invented, to wit : a
pig with stripes across its back and wher.
ever sign containing a "stiiprd pig" was
visible there il was we'll known that SONS.
thing might be obtained for ons's "stoInsch
sake and often iufrmiiies."
Subsequently law was passed allowing
county commissioners 10 grant licensrs, and
they were lequirrd TO prosecute all ''known
violations OF the license law" Did this
suppress the i.a(ic; No! The law was
viO aied times without number And one
way Of e,ading il was 10 procure il in bot
Ties made Of wood, ressnbli z book, aud
with the words departed spirits" inscribed
upon them. And people travelling through
that State and unscquainird with the facts
were very naturally led TO the conclusion
that its Inhabitants were very literary.
Since the enactment Of law similar 10
this in the old Bay State, "leagues" have
been formed with, in some instances, capital
10 the amount Of twenty thousand dollars
To be employed in frrrrting out and bring
ing 10 Justice all offenders of the law. Has
this law produced the desired effect No.
The law has now heen in existence th-rt
two years, and there is very strong prob
ability that before another year expires il
will be revoked. From papers Lately re
crivrd from that State ! learn that very
healthy town, containing less than foa
thousand inhabitants, has sold during the
past year upwa ds Of sereateeR hpRdred dol,
lars trorth Of liquor for medicinal purposes
Aud | hazard nothing in saying that ii we
enact this law the rnviable reputation which
our Territory has hitherto enjoyed for
hralthluln,ss, will be reversed. And so
long As this law cannot b. enfrced in State,
where their statutes are far more perfect
than those Of this Territory can at present
possibly be, SO long shall continue to be-
lievs that il is impnli'ic 10 enac, il he,e.
Louis Napoleon has " lite ma letter to