Smyrna times., 1855-07-11
WHOLE NO., 224.


cidedly from their proposition. l do not admit
that lntoxication is the only nor the chief evil
to be guarded against; | believe that all alco.
hoc stinulants perncOus and injurious il
mblbed, except as any poison may be-by the
diseased under the prescription Of a skillfnl
and thoroughly temperate physician. Were it
certain that no man should eveTmore become
intoxicated, | should stll regard it as a griev-
Gus mistake to drnk-a ruinuus error to per-
Petuate the production and Use of alcoholic
beverages These do not iniure merely by in
toXcaung, nor those only whom they intoxicate.
they undermine the health and shorten the days
OF thousands who never were drunk in their
lives.
Champions of Temperance in America, and
especially in New York be entrcated to listen
to no compromise, to be satisfied with no sue
cess short of the complete nterdiction of the
traffic IN Intoxicating Drinks. Better struggle
twenty years longer than be lulled into mac
uvlty by dclusvc and baseless triumph. Cn-
der the most rigid Introduction there win
always be drinking enough Just as other vices
flourish IN spite of the laws which resist them
Just as crimes are committed in spite of the
penalties which are denounced against them
bnt we must triumph at last if we do not ruin
our cause by compromise. We can be beaten
only by cry that, while we deny the poor man
his grog, we allow the rich man his wine and
THIS we must preclude at all events. Our most
arduous labor Is achieved, for the majority is
now with us; the law has declared for us and
we lave now to meet only the dying furries of
the Liquor Irdttlc and the sOphlsIcal bubbles
OF lis well-tecd attorneys. These will of
course do all that money can buy or ingenuity
suggest; but there is an end to the longest
rope, and theirs will all be paid ont within the
next two or three years at turtbest. Revou-
tons go not backward, aud where Gambling
and Lotteries now are, there-nnder the i'm
movable and potent ban OF the Law-the LIQUOR
Traffic Is and shall remain. Grudge not, then,
the efforts needed TO render our triumph per-
lcCt d"u luLutdDIe' II. G.
e. TIE following sections are from law
passed by Congress in 1884. The law was
signed by General Jackson. Will some of the
liquor papers tell us something about the con-
stltutiOnality of these sections land what
right the Governor had to destroy such pro-
perty"
Sec. 20. And be it further enacted, That
If any person shall sell, exchange or give away,
barter, or dispose of any sprltuous liquors or
wine, to an Indian in the Indian country, such
persons shall forfeit and pay the sum of $500.
And II any person shall introduce anv spirtu.
Gus liquors or wine into the Indian country, ex-
cept such supplies shall be necessary for the
United States troops such persons shall forfeit
and pay sum not exceeding $500.
Sec. D. If any superintendent of Indian
affairs, Indian agent, sub-agent or comma ndent
OF military post, has reason to suspect or is
informed that any white person or Indian is
about TO introduce or has introduced spirituous
| liquors or wine into the Indian country, in vio-
laiIOn OF the provisions of this section, it shall
be lawful torsuch superintendent Indian agent,
or sub-agent, or military officer, to cause the
boats, stores, packages. and places of deposit of
such persons to be searched.
And If any such spirituous liquors or wine be
found the goods, boats, packages, or paltries of
such persons shall be seIzed and delivered TO
the proper officer, and shall be proceeded against
by libel in the proper court, and forfeited, one
half to the use of the intormer, and the other
half to the United States. And it shall, moreo-
yer, be lawful for any person in the United
States service, or for any Indian or white per-
son to take and destroy any such liquor or wine
as they may find in the Indian territory, not
used as supplies for the army.
Sec. %. Treats of dIstil ing in the Indian
territory, and makes it such violation as to
incur the fine of 81 900; and any person may
INFORM the cOmmandant ota military post, whose
duty it shall be to order out troops to destroy
all such prOperty-even to the utter destruc-
ton OF all the buildings and implements used
in such work of distillng.