The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1855-04-11

We rejoice in the belief that the rule
Of rum in Iowa has been oycrthrown. that
the people aav, acted judiciousIy and cor
reclly--have considered it a great moral
question AMI have spoken their minds
through the ballot box - they have refused
to be influenced by politicians aud dem
agogues WAC have long KEEP. from them
fair expression upon the all important
subject, From every quarter the returns
are cheering. lIerculean efforts were
made to defeat the law every ruse and
,un ing was resort, d to TO gain vote a.
yainss it, yet the law has ,riumphed.
How could j, be otherwise We had
to much respec, for the judgement and
morality of the people OF Iowa to suppose
they would ignore it. 1t would be enough
to secure its success, could the scenes
which were enacted in Upton on the day
OF election be seen by the people gener.
ally. We must confess that among the
opposition we're many respectable men,
yet the great mass Of the opposition were
made up Of haggard victims of depraved
ap2eti.es, Of men whose prejudices were
directed by the demon worm Of the still,
under whose influence they were operat-
ing. We hope under the operation of
this law to see no more the demonstra-
tions which were made on election day
we should say the demon STATIONS for
some men did &C, more like demons than
rational beings. The liquid fire was
freely distributed; every man who would
par,ake was rendered dram bottles were
filed and soon empned. jugs were brough,
INTO the public streets, the anxious sopers
gathered around and drank their fill.
The jugs and bottles then were raised
above the heads Of the inebriate squads,
while each man strained his throat with
"Hurrah for Whiskey," again the jugs and
bottles would be sent around to add an
other blamish upon the mind and charac-
ter and standing of each encircling whis-
keyi,e. In these circles could be seen
no. the worthy and es,imable citizens.
not the men vino regarded the welfare Of
the rising generation, not the men who
live for usefulness and strive to obtain
character and standing as good citizens,
but hloated faces, wI:hered intellects,
rum stained noses, ard whiskey made
wsctches. In these crcles were the
reckless. the vicious aud the Nnprovident
TIe men who syuander their time, who
squlnder their meaas, whose families
live in gre,chejness deprived Of neces-
saries or comforts, and whose children are
growing up 10 maturity IN rags and ig-
norance. How gratifying it mast have
been to the rum seller who furnished
them with their llqui poison TO look up
on them as they paraded and reeled
through the streets or as they assembled
around the jugs and with vocilorous bias
phemy cried ''hurrah for whiskey." New
er was Upton so disgraced. Never before
was there such display OF drunkenness
in this town. Many men came to vote
with the intention of voting against the
law, but upon arriving In town and wit
Messing the despicable opponents chang
ed their minds and voted for it. saying,
they could not vote with such a crowd.
When evening came many who had i'm.
bibed too freely were laid away in the
neare., and most convenient place, to
wallow In their yomit until conscious
ness should return sufFicien. for them to
reach their homes.
We glory IN the triumph OF the law
hoping il will forever Danish such scenes
of drunkenness aud depravi,y.