Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-07-19
For the Register,
"License or no Licensc.''

To THE VorFRs OF HARRISON Co.
Fellow citizens, it is apparent that we
will have an opportunity on the Sd day of
August next, the time appointed to hold
special election. to FL the vacancy oc-
casioued by the death of our late mem Der
Of Congress from this district. TO say.
through the ballot box, whether we are
in favor OF " License or no License"
When we Coz lily and deliberately COM
pare the mi<chiefs. produced by the sale
of ardent spirits as beverage, with all
the other evils that have ever existed.
which have had tendency to excite the
passion, the fears, or the horrors Of man
kind or when compared with wrongs
that have aroused nations to revolt, and
dethroncd kings and rulers, their mis-
chiefs dwindle into insignifcance in the
comparison.
From we'll authenticated sources. it
has been aSsertained beyond doubt,
that fifteen hundred deaths occur annu-
ally within the Sta Of Virginia from the
Use of alcoholic drinks as beverage, that
the direct annual expenditure is tive mil
| lions Of dollars, and that an equal amount
! is lost BY bad management, time wasted,
and other forms Of i'll thrift; it also Gre
ates two thousand paupers. for which II
takes annually S 100000 to support. say
ing nothing about the countless multitude
of impoverished men, women, and chill.
dren, who are not avOwcd paupers, and,
when we consider, that at least four h;ths
OF all the murders. thettS, and Other
breaches Ofthe peace, and mIsdemeanors
that engage our courts, are brought about.
directly or indirectly. by this cursed trait
tic, why will we. fellow CiIzens. hesitate
to vote, having these distressing facts star
in, us in the face when we by one word,
on the day Of the election, can put stop
to the heartrcnding tragedy, as far as
Harrison is concerned Will you not
speak that wDrI, and entail blessings on
your family. and your country regard
it our duty as citizens, and parents, and as
lovers of our race. to protect our families
and the communities at large, from what
would threaten our lives, our property.
morals. peace and happiness; and |
would ask. in all candor, what is more
destructive to our well being, rs a com
munity, than the influence of this all
pervading destroyer?" he who comes
in IL mask of kindness and friendship, and
prolfers the cup Of enchantment. which, il
INDUCED in, leads TO misery and want.
We have had elections annually within
the county of Harrison. for upwards Of
half century, but in my estimation, there
never has been one in which there was so
much Of happiness or misery involved, as
in the special election to come off on the
81 day OF August, 1854. We will then
have the opportunity Of saying, through
the ballot box. thanks to the magistrates
who presided at the June term. for the
opportunity given, whether we shall still
Succumb to King Alcohol and his cohorts,
and. consequently, suffer the miseres en-
tailed thereby. to wit: drunkenness, de-
bauchcry, pAuPeriSn, and as a matter Of
COURSE. taxation. DC.
| But, ON the other hand. if we vote " no
license for Harrison county," we as con-
sequence, vote peace in our families,
peace in our neighbOrhoods, peace in our
towns and villages peace on our farms.
and in our counting houses, and in all pla-
ces Of business and resort.
We presume. in this day of news pa
pers aud knowledge, with the every day
occasions vi life around US, that very few
will deny the above statements. outside
Of those engaged in the traffic, and if sue
! are the acknowledged evils, accrung on
the one side from the licensing Of grogge-
ries and taverns. throughout the limits OF
our county, and, on the other side, the
diffusion Of peace and happiness within
Lur borders.
We say then, come to the polls. attend
your respective precincts, and as men
who have much at stake, vote {" no license, I"
and you will confer boon upon the pres
ent and rising generation that will ever
be remembered with gratefulness.
PRoHIBITIoNIsT.