The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1854-04-08

Our contemporary Of the Huntsville Item
!, out in An article Of some leng'h. The man
purpose OF which seems to he to eh"'ee
us with Inconsistency. inasmnch As we aye
a strong state righi. msn, aud At the s"'"s
,;o,. /, favor Of the temperance reform.
The editor thinks the two opinions incoh
patibl., for the reason that the aholi'oh-
at. B.echer. Greeley. and Hale are tenn
I perance men While We appreciate the
compliment alent Robinson pay-us, ~ an
other pl,ce in tn. same article. and while
we cheerful, concede To the Item the Guar
acter Of an interesting journal, We are "e'
.ttbeless at A Toe. to understand the force OF
HI. logic lie carry 1t out. We must be ~
all respect. the very anupodrs oi tho "o'
litoni.t., what they love ~e mast hate,
aud What tbes hate We mus, love. 'frel"N B.
perhaps. r.l.be- sweet potatoes, aud Sh'm
nntr. alrohol. Hence, M n good sist"
NIGHT. man. We should .hhof sweet P"~
toe. aud drink alcoholic hqupr.--ln large
quantities
We are sorry that our c"trmp"fatN
should have taken AS serious reflection on
his moral. aud his independence, what We
Intended n-f.l, ns y harmless icu desprh
We do not wish han Ia get anefy with Us :
lor to force upon him the necessity OF eh
pstia,iuy so Iarysl, on h. own virtues.
We are Wiling TO pass him safely through
the decalogue, aud to Acknowledge that he
3 possessed OF most oil the cardinal virtues
sufficient at least, to satisfy any ressona.
b. editor.
We are certainly astonished tina, gen.
tl.man of hs intelligence should oppose
the temperance reform, aud We think It
has originated from the Tact that be- has not
considered the subject property, There are
no advocates. at this line. IN Texas. for the
Maine law. II the editor had read his es,
changes he would have discovered thu.
much All tina, temperance men have re-
commended is til. regulation OF the sale o
Intoxicating liquors. The whole question
resolves itself into this Has the legisla
tnre, or the people the right to abste mus
ances, And II 80, is the presen, mode Of
selling and using Intoxicating liquors a
nuisanee' We have known parents "a
behold with grief son--perhaps II favor
Ito -on-the tenant @! the coffee house
drunk from day to day. We have known
wife, left in poverty and want TO get
along ss best she could, while the husband
was dfinking up everything he could con
vert into whiskey. Md vet there vas no
way to stop these individuals ~ their down
ward career A. long as they could ra's,
money, or there WAS any chance Of pay
there were men despieable enough to sci
them liquor. Indeed they pay license tc
do 1t and well do they periorm the task
Nine teu,hs of the CRIME which loads our
.tatuta books--the cost OF which is sus
,s,ued by the community at large, is the re.
suit nf alcoholic liquors. Fully four tiith,
of the social unhappiness aud strife wheel
exist among US may be traced to the sam,
source. AID shall We be told Ihs, we AZ,
committing a serious ohrnse by endeavo-'
ing to srres, the evil Certainly our i,ttel-
liuent contrere canuutthink NJ. We hope
earnestly hope-that,he people will CONSIDER
he question IN all is be- ulns. ,rf that the
vote on the question on the brst Monday IN
August next, will result m puttl"g Az end
to the retail traffic Throughout The state.