The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1855-01-31
THE LAW.

u 4lOSLCOO . "a - -
sion of the Supreme Court in favor of
the Constitutionality of the Temper
ance Law. While the Columbus Jour
nal mixes up epithets With denuuciations
of the Act, calling it " Looofcco Law"
&C., many wing papers treat it fairly
and temporarily. Although not origi-
nally faYoring the act, We cannot do less
than support it heartily now, and be-
lieve it will eventually prove an honor
to the State and of i~ncaIculable good to
the people. In this connection We find
some wholesome advice from our city
exchanges on the subject of the fulfill
ment of the terms of the law.
The " alchoholic dept" of the Phil
lips closed yesterday, and we under
stand that the proprietors of several
drinking establishments removed their
decanters, and intend to give up the
/" traffic. It is said that a disposition
is generally manifested among those
who have been engaged in selling liquor,
to I" close up and quit while it is "wena
with them. This is the sensible and
prudent course -Dayton Journal.
The Cleveland Herald thus remarks
So far as we have observed, the keep
ers of the leading hotels in most of the
cities of Ohio have we1y sensible mani
tested a positiea to obey the law, pro-
nouneed constitutional by the Supreme
Court, and discontinue thesale of ardent
spirits. It is the only wise course, it is in
obedience to public opinion as well as law.
In Cincinnati, however, the principal
landlords have resolved to observe the
local law of the city prohibiting the sale
of liquor on Sunday, and to close their
bars on that day. The law ofthe State,
however, they have resolved to resist
the execution of. Since the decision of
the Supreme Court, the landlords of the
principal Cincinnati hotels, restaurants
and drinking houses held a meeting at
the Burnett House, and formed an asso-
citation to take legal steps to resist the
law. Some $1,000 was SUBSIDIZED, and
a committee was> appointed to circulate
the subscription list, for signatures, among
the landlords throughout the city. Pay
ment of SIS ,00is the admission fee to the as
ISOLATION, but if arrested for violating the
law in order to secure themselves the ben.
eft of mutual protection, the payment Of
an additional sum of S45 is required.
The law is sustained by almost the
unanimous voice of the press of Cincin-
natl, and of the State. Tho Cincinnati
i Gazette says it can neither approve OF
nor defend the com bination of persons
interested in the retail traffic of ardent
spirits in that city, and pertinenNy adds;
As regards combinations, one thing
is clear if combinations are formed tt
resist the law, combinations Will be form
ed to support it; and as the highest
Court of our State has declared the Law
> constitutional in all its parts, it will b.
the fault of the friends of the law if it i
not enforced. But we. observe by thu
papers that the Mayor has given direc-
tions to the police of the city to see thai
, : the law is not violated, and if they at
I tend to their duty and do as they are di
4 rccted, the statute will soon have its eff
a feet. We shall wait patiently the action
of the authorities, and see if they en-
force or evade the statute.
Should thsIaw be enforced W. believ
: that unteId blessings will result from i
and that in a short time even those VIII
: now feel so aggrieved, will turn in its ia
9 Yor-that sickness, disease, and dealt
will be greatly diminished in conse
: quence. Tipping results more from
l habit than from real love for liquor, BIZ
: ifthe habit is once formed, it becomes
serious Inconvenience, and often leads t
habitual drunkenness. There is no pa
ront who would like to have his son
:. ltippler, and therefore all parents shoul'
!, give whatever influence they may have
i to have the places where tipplers ar
= made, abated as much as possible. lie
the law be enforced.