Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-02-23
TO rxr .c1rurxs OF iowa.

as. "a ,hs t,itisens Of Iowa, by State Temperance
Convention held at low City. for the purpose Of de-
vis,nr means II secure an approval OF tue 'eeeh',
.rn,a,,.a Prohibitory Liquor Law. bill has pass
,h hon.., Of The General Assembly aud received inc
.,.n,,uys Of tht Governor, providing forth saom's-
~, ~ the question 10 YOU At the coming Aprh eec
t,n whether the manufacture and SAFE OF 'n."A""
| ling liquor shall be prohibited by Law
| The ,lme has come when every true iriehu o' 's"
,ernnce Is called to exert himseif-'he next e'e.o'
Iii form an era In the annals of your State. never
before has there been time when the means "e.e -
con, hand. 10 sfecualiy suppress the ira c IN Aieo
=, v.,r representatives In the General Assembly,
fsr receiving your SURFACES, and rendering 10 70"
mi, n,cay.. in return. might cater to M mystic
| no~s, of Rum or the executive block up inc whee's
afIe,,.,,,ion by his veto. 1t Ia nov, however, %
rond the rea.h Of both and II u fail 70 eeeohe
of,he land Il will is defeat TO inc pe"pis'
| xir,ory for which the friends Of Temperance
long and a.sluousiy labored 10 now more thah n'''
| accumulated Tho numheress inhaenees tha' n"'
| been exer,ed to defeat the measure, resa'u,es'
/ popular demand, have all been warheao on ps =" Az
ra.,,... indeed We may now congratulate oarse'ves
ON the fact that point from whence tue mos' a'''
%, r., expcc,ed has been passed Although u hard
= am,,taa off doubt but what its friends through
~, ,he state in numbers in the ascendeney' ys'
h n. baen the m ish,y struggle of the opposi'oh !"
,he Ieeala,ure that for long time In that BOD! us
| fate was doubtful.
| Among the men who most strsnaousy oPpose '"0
.p,c,mcut Of prohibiory law are found those ~nose
business depends upon its defeat, hence the ''oieh'
manner o, this opposition; hence ais" 'he sapP'''
which portion Of the members OF the last Legis'a'ut'
| ,sndcred "a their naster-Ram. They, no douo''oe
\ U,yrd that the support Of men whose business ""N
| livelihood were depending, lie worth more 'hah '"
| who are ina aeaced by principle aione' acting UNI"
,., conc,,.iou they ventureA 10 oppose the will OF
| III majority forthe approval OF aiew' ~Ao p,oa
- ,,s.n, future friendship Then, We say, that The
,,.na. a, temperance should rejoice that the law Is
n.xo.d tn. danger OF legislative defeat depending
,o upou no other contingency than the disapprovai
| o. the people.
To be careless in respect to the vote at the neN'
election. would bu. throw the act back lhio
| the Legislature at Its next SESSION. su'9's
ae.tu 10 a conflict with a vena' opposhoh.-
sueh cousid. ratiens call loudly upon every
o.,d 81 prohbition the law from de'ea AZ tho
,,uo, hox. and the cause Of temperance from the
whitening blast which that result would bring upon II
TIE condemnation Of popular vote won'' susre'eor
the powerful advantage which We no" comaana-oi'
hc. ne rhaps wears would fail to regain The oppo-
s,on at the next session. would aim .h'' e'e", ~
for their redoubed eser.ions, aud The careless
by them as m expression Of disapproval Ia wofd'
seteat the Law now submitted will consign u Tor
xa,r. Ia fate from which ordinary power can re-
,,va 4, and throw over the pail darker ihan
tia crave Its friends viii hereafter DO met WIN INC
.,e,n rehuks that all should bow 10 the mandate oil
nonular sovereignty, and that the ballot box Is the
last appeal Then let the privilege OF cleo
tive franchise be exercised by all who possess IL, for
once every impulse ofhumanity demands that no one
should remain inactive.
The aryumen ut has already been advanced oy me op
position that the law, IL approved, will be uneohshu
,iona, bu, i, ,not deuli discover that they frefer
defeating /, at the pos rather than riskng its validity
ihs sams question has been favoraby adudlea'ed In
otner States with constitutional provisions similar to
ouy own The latest decision made Ia the 81 te
y.rm,nt wh.,sin Chief Justice Rsda5id, in dcliy-
sring tho opinion, says:
Sat is admitted all hands thai the Legislature may
enact laws hch shall be made to depend upon con-
upgeacy. This cannot be questioned "th any Saw
ar r.a,op or logic. II has been practlsed ~ All se
STAT. for hundreds Of aud noone has been boih
enough to declare such Was on 'ha' ae-
cnnnf void or irregular; and II is, ia IN. Judgment
that the discovery should have hrt oee"
made in the free Denoeraeies oil .merlsa M H. x
i.n,urcs have power alter county and town ithrs
and n aces OF holding coarts: yet numerous Statues
upon those subjects whose bsnding ioree mas hvNe'
been questioned, have bsan made TO depend Tor the
vitality up IN the votes Of those Interested NUNS
rous insta be- found ~hers statutes nave
eudent upon fatafe rontngeh tc,, nov
only time OF their coming into force, oa1 Tor
their Vitality and no question their validity has
. been made upon that grond. This has oeeh ,ecog
ixed ms sound those VIII have attempted 10 ar
que that aw IN ade dependent on the popular Y"le Is
different from dependent upon other cohtln-
gencies. But ali such attempts seem 70 me h'uso'.
captions and frivolous"
Tn. same au s,ion has also been decided III other
States Leaving hardy chance for any future oeneh
to find precedent enough upon which TO base coh'rn
ry decision.
Itwa, made onr duty as State Committee to appoint
county Committees throughout the State, with the re-
quest that they would that horsngh organization
was made in every precnct. fthis Is DONE here i
no doubt what there viii be majority in ihvor oil
the law; II contrary result occurs its friends will be
alone to bans. They have the votes-"''i ihe! use
,hemr Thisis the question which come. up from eve
~ corner ofte STATE, and which will continue to
be repeated with anxiety, until the result, ofthe April
ection is known. Too much anxiety cannot be felt,
or TOO yrea, au estimate paced upon united rail-
ly.
FELLo The labors OF the friends Of Tenn
pcrance are yet ended Could each one be len TO
vote according to the dication OF his own judgmen,
would have nothing to fear. But this will mol be
the case N my II man, who would thank Heaven for
the light OF hat day, which reveaso him country IN
which the existence OF Alcohol is unknown ind whose
perverted appetite is beyond his own control will be
TAKEN from the drinking saloon 10 the polls and de
post vo.e the contents OF which he Is ignorant be
there, and you the fatal ballot la his grasp sa!
him he is holding his breast adder worse
than ,at OF the Nile. Tell him that his enemies have
armed him with the weapon OF his own destruction
and u rye that the suicidal hand may be stayed
II The friends TEN suffer the law to be de-
fated they may willingly surrender the fruits years
81 toll for that result must place the far back
from its position. Yon sustain the liyin;
bat it Will be dificut ;, revive ths dead. So $50,
you either promote the cause-or suffer II to ex-
prs. Than organize. Lei there be thorough organ
zloa in every precinct throughout the State, let