The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1854-08-29
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The Canse I'm Great Britain.

Stsss From tie ProhiJihonist. -
The Cause i'm Great Britain.
We would clean much Of interest, for our
! readers ffem. our British exchanges and cor
! sssspondence, but our wishes in this matter must
sbe governed by our space. From almost eve.
srysouarter OF the United Kingdom, however,
our accounts are of the most encouraging cha.
Sactef. &c. -: *
Dr. Lees, whose visit to this country, year
MO, is pfeasurably remembered by many, has
recently held two meetings in Leeds, for the
pnspose of forming an Alliance auxiliary to the
United Kingdom Alliance. The mayor pre-.
ssided, the meetings were largely attended, and
their influence for good marked undecided.
We give passage from DR.. Lees speech on
The first evening. Said he:
The traffic in strong drink was peculiar
tratfic, and must be dealt with on peculiar prin-
ciDles. In his evidence before Parliamenta.
IN Committee Mr.. Daniel Whittle Harvey de-
eiared his opinion that the Legislature had no
more more right to deal with publicans than with
: grocers and bakers-with the man that sold
spirits and ale any more than with those who
sold chops and outlets. Did any man ever
hear. of man beating his wife or committing
almost any other act of disgraceful violence,
without also hearing the plea that it was drink
hat did ita Hear) But did any man ever
hear Of man beating his wife because he had
taken mutton chop too mucha Laughter.)
Mr.. Whittle Harvey was Inconsistent; for
whilst he would not allow interference with
puhliehouses, he would prohibit the sale Of in
ytoxicating drinks in the Sydenham Crystal
Palace, because he objected to the people be-
ing sstified with intoxicating drinks there
Mear, hear.) If those liquors stiaed' the peo,
ple 10 such q beautiful place, where they were
surrounded by all that was elevating, and in
spring, and ennobling, what must be the effect
of the traffic in places where none OF these
good Influences existed to counteract the evil:
in the courts, and alleys, and back slums Of
ON large townsa (Applause.) But legisla-
5 tive interference was not new in this matter
! In 1862, an act was passed by the Legislature
:dsnouneiBg the open trade in intoxicating
drinks, reciting the manifold abuses which had
Tor centuries existed in what were commonly
called tippling houses, declaring that the traf
] &c in strong drinks was incompatible with the
morality, the civilization, and the well being OF
I sthe people, and enacting that no person should
sbc allowed to sell such Intoxicating liquors un-
/ less he had license from the State SO to do.
From that time to the present, during three
! hundred years, the Legislature had passed act
after act, always making the same declaration
ssof the immortality and crime consequent upon
the existence of tipping. houses; but from first
ia last the whole three hundred years of leg.
islation on this subject had been miserable
: failure (nesr, hear, hear, ,)--and Committee
{ OF The House Of Commons had just declared
that the evil was as great now as it had been
8 at any period in this country. These facts led
irresistibly to the conclusion, that all attempts
20 restrict the traffic had ended in entire failure;
and having failed in all their endeavors to
regulate, it was their duty to give trial to
stiIe principle of ofprohibition."
a.On the second evening Dr.. Lowell, an emf
anent London physician, was among the speak
{ ess. His testimony of the evil effects CT the
drinking customs of society Dpon morals and
health. was most emphatic, all the more so, as
being the result Of fifty years experiences and
observation.
s. - He said that he had travelled through ma,
Z NJ counties Of England, and visited many Of
: TX raolA. From three.fourths Of the inmates
81 these gaols he had learned that they had
become criminals through the drinking Gus
st0ins Of the age. Three.fourths Of the pau.
soefisrn, and three.fonrths Of the lunacy of the
country were attributable to the same cause
and sffer ifty years, experience as medical
man. he was prepared to declare that four
s;rf6s of tie disease Of asis country soas clearts
iraceaEk 10 tie drinking habits Of the diseased
thsnselves, or TIER parsnts.1
SuprREssros OF THE SUSDAY TRarT1c.-lu
! Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee. and other towns
y ,sn;orce the Law against Sunday lienorsshops
.rd 4. t;upI;nr. So far the result has been mos
Z sras;fyipa, and is seen in the dipinution q
drunkenness aud rioting, and the increased de.
scorum of the iaboring classes. The following
extracts from the Scottish papers will be read