Plymouth banner. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1852-1855, 1854-06-29
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A PrOhibit0rY Law.

Mr.. EDITOR My friend w. comes
down on my scripture quotations like "a
thousand Of brick" Every creature of
God is good he acknowledges, but de-
MES that Whiskey is creature of God.
Well. if he had stopped there. would
have fought him a while. bot then he
says every creature of God is not TO
Ell, or drink" Now that is true, and
the best way for me to dispose of that
Come, friends. you who may have been
looking 20 me TO defend your rights, don't
get out of humor with me, for making
this concession. for as an honest man
can't bel p il, and after all may We no; be
wrong in our opposition to prohibitory
law. The pesk, thing is sweeping over
The land las Mrs. Darlington says.) like
Torpedo. You recollect. perhaps. in
one OF my former communica iions. said
Ohio would not go for the Maine Law,
but contrary 10 all expectation she has
prohi 5itory law. And then there is old
Connecticut. "the land Of steady habits"
has also gone lately by large majority
for "A prohibitory law And here is
another thing, but | would not like to
say much abou! that. so as 10 have it get
TO the ears of our opponents; bu; friends
III ir:buatlon, opposed To curtiiling of
our Liberties, this is true:-the GREAT
NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY in conven-
ton assembled have resolved That in
temperance is great moral md social
evil, for the restraint and correction of
which legislative iHterpOsitiOn is ncceS
Sdry and proper and you know what
they say is generally about so, a; any ra te
we consider il so, and act accordingly
If Maj. Mace cannot upset the thing .thc
cakes dough am afraid We look
with inter-, st 10 this matter. SO far as
present indications go think. as Martin
Luther said by Tetzel. he will knock II
whole III their drum head; for gus s.
when Petit came home 10 coun;eract the
Maj.'s influence it was no 90, the resolu-
tions were voted down, and as Maj. Dow
ming said. "Some Of the big boys laugh
ed" Blu, after all if the MAJ; SHOULD
succeed am afraid j. would be jumping
out OF the frying pan into the fire. =
The Maj used TO love the creature, which
is. "o1r all the ills Of life victorious.
but he has quit his former practices il
this particular. and | am not sure but hi:
main election TO the resolution Of III,
Convention is the search, seizure anC
c0nfscatiOn feature. Now if it shoult
turn cut that he is in favor of these prin
ciples. we will be in d worse fix thar
ever, If he should succeed, for as long n:
we can keep these olious principles GU
of the law, We don't care much about il:
they may go on with prohibition. for ",
can manage the matter well enough. -
Now ii could say 10 you friends, with
out the rest Of mankind'' hearing it,
would say, all you that want TO be on tn
safe side, for all the wEiskey we wan,
so for the democratic platform, for a
sure as we lose that we are gone ducks
One word by way of explanation. Il,
not want this community to think Oh
a whiskey guzzlrr. am a good temper
ahce man enough. well--you know
how il is, as the fellow said when fight
ing the Indians, when it comes to run
ming time want 10 be on the right sid
Of the hedge or way left to get there
OBSERVER.