The Delaware herald., 1854-04-12
= Carried in one branch Of the Legislature.
Correspondence Of the Morald.
M1nnLrrowx. Del. March %. 1851.


MEssRs. EDIToRs The time is not far dis
tant when the people Of tn. State viii again be
called upon to cast their votes FOR men TO make |
laws by which they arc to be governed. Al !
ready, the infatu2ting storm Of political excite
ment is beginning 70 gath.r, and soon It's aoi- |
tatinr effects VIII be poured out in our midst. !
The press-that mighty engine Of political
wuriare-is even row throwing an occasional
shot into the encmy's camp; and ere long the
marshallcd hosts Of the two contcndlnT plrties
VIII DC seen marching forward to the contest,
which the ballot-boX must decide.
What is he point OF contention What
important question is to be submitted to the
consideration of the PEoPLs Il Is, inlcoA. III
important question; and one that, in all Prob
biltv, will fix the future destiny of hundreds OF
our fclluII-.,srn; one that viii decide whether
or not nearly every school district in our State
/ is still 70 have theatre for The midnight reycl-
Ter. And I might, With ccull propriety, ada,
whether or EOt Il :rcat many Of those by VT IN
wc arc surrol ndod, are to be .reosen or ..4;y'.
Bat to explain al in as few words as pos
bic: The noAeatous AMI 0ll-imp0rtant Gu
ton which must IL decided at the comiAr cleo
ton, is, whether or not mcl shall be elected
who will pass a Law that VII suppress Ia,
run traffic; and tins banish forever jha perni-
cious iatlu nce o5 d-uakcna3ss from the State
Of Delaware.
Let ~ h ~ s'bH,t few plain, though I'M
portant questions to the consideration OF an In
tclircnt and discerning public Have not tie
reo2lc Of this State suffered long enough from
the degrading effects Of tha Intoxicating howl !
= Has #ot R,;@---tilt tnli-dostroyor Of domestic
peace aul sabiaary p.ncss-slrcaiy sent
enough human beings to dishororablc an: pr
mature Graves! Has not the grocery homicide
the biastcr o. hope and destroyer Of l.'', long
ago dealt out Il sufficient amount Of misery auJ
5 woe TO uaollandng women and children Ar
: there not, now in our midst by far. too mary
; "marks" at who.a the cold and unrrlentnn
0 finger Of scorn is ever pointing Has not thC
calm rcpose Of our peaceful citizens been broker
n and disturbed often enough by the m.dnigh
d orgies Of the worshppers at the DacchonaGai
c shrine Has not the dark - 'strcam OF death,
II whose waters are daily sweeping counties
C boutcd victims over the precpicc OF hell, flow
+ ed through our fertile valleys long enough -
&c And should not the life aud soll-dcstroyin!
e. fountain be to'ally Cried up! Are not, then
- the people OF this State ready for a LAW tha
oi Will put stop to every variety Of sin an
IS misery caused, directly or indirectly, by Rum
'u Citizens of Delaware, ponder we'll the abov
" questions; and when you are called upon t
Fl cast your votes for men to lcgisatC for YOU Ft
Id member, each one Of YOU, that upon YOU th
I'd happiness or misery Of hundreds Of your felo,
O. mortals may depend--thut your vote may be tn
"a means Of staunching the life current which
ed gushing from a thousand bleeding hearts,
IL Allow me, Messrs Editors in this paragraph
oi the privilege of speaking a few words to tbs
class of persons who are opposed to a Prohib
IL tory Law upon the ground that it is takin
3 away mems lberty,"--that it is an act of iniu
8 tce to ''prohbit men from doing as they please.
- And let me here remark that among that clas
% that there are many who profess TO be striC
. moralsts, and even some whose names are re.
SO istered upon the church record. Do you dee
54 it tyrannical to prevent men from killing eaC
5S other! Would you think it All act of -injuetiC
81 to wrest the upl5fted dagger from the homiciC
81 who was in the act of striking the fatal blow
,ot some unfortunate maniac Would you dee
in it despotic to place the weapon Of selfdestru
,ve ton beyond the reach Of Il man who was dete
md mined upon suicide, and whom you knew to
laboring under In alteration of mind NJ
You would frowri upon any man who would r
fuse to assist in rescuing from the assassin's kni
the monOmaRidc. Why, then, will ye refi
to assist in destroying the means by which o.
man may poison another! Why refuse to gi
your votes in favor of men who will break {
md chains which bind men down in degradatiC
are and let them once more be- FREQ. r.
per And, in conclusion, let me add that this il l
Ms first letter, and will perhaps be my last, unl'
some " common soldier" in the ranks of HI
ave Alcohol, should feel disposed to engage in
the discussion Of Rnm and ANT. RIM, tben 7 :,
ana again take up the pen. SENEx