The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1855-03-15

from spirits and beer, "a revenue, how great
may be inferred from the fact Of two London
brewsries paying each o million dollars OF
excise per anaum,) unite with the pubhc
spirited friends of the people IN purchasing
and laying out parks, and opening sociological
gardens, and museums, and galleries Of stat
aary, and painting, graiui.ously 10 The peo.
pie, ior thsir improvement and diversion,
from the hsunts of yics and intexication. -
Shall We no: begin TO do Iikewisef Shall
we continue to spend millions Of the peo-
ple's taxes every year to teach the children
to read, and then. when they have learned
10 read, afford them no facilities for reading.
and no inducement 10 preserze them in the
pa.hes OF yirtues Printing - By stsam,
keeps up to the age, nay, il pioneer TO oil
other improvements, and books are cheap
Shall The people then not hare Libraries TO
read in every neiehborhood1 !. Is believed
to be the cheapest expenditure that can be
made. and will produce benefits even grea-
ter than the public schools, as compared
with the cost in preserving the youth from
vice, in making the people nsre inlelligsn,
and peacefully inclined to al obedience 10
law and good order.
Though vastly less is dons 10 England
for popular education than here, Liverpool
has taken a successful start in forming libra
ries and reading rooms for the people that are
resoned 10 In crowds, and wild beneficial re-
suits. Such purpose is mad feature in
The bills now reported; but It's execution
will Of course depend upon the willingness
of the people Of each neigtsarheod to carry
out The design. II is a permissivs not com.
pulsory authority. The effective way Of
making good citizens is 10 10y hold of their
intelligence, cultivate it, inspire love for their
courGy and fellow men. They then become
the sure friends and protectors Of public
order, and love their government and its in
slitutions the more from perceiving their
operations to be beneficieEi upon them
With all our justly boassed freedom and free
institutions our governments have nevef yet
done justice to the people In providing in
s:ruc,ion and heal,hfuI recreation, whereby
the more completely 10 enlis, iLsir feelings
on The side of the law, and make them iis
patriotic defenders. Such > policy would
save TO our city police systems and prison
expenses large expenditures, as our fearless
reliance upon the patriotism OF the people
for national defence, Hysrr he necessity
and danger Of large standiA army. Shall
the governments of the people do less for the
people than the old moparchiss of Europs!-
Let US replace taverns snd groggeries not
only with schools, but with Iibrsries, reading
rooms, lectureshps, museums, gardens and
parks; and in time the wealthy and munif-
cient will leave TO them galleries of fine arts
where there tastes may be further improved
and refined.
The principle Of 8 prohibitory law is that
which lies at the basis of allgoveinment.--
It is the principle of selfproisclion. Socie.
~ must be capable of defending iiself; Of
casting out the evils that assail its we'll be-
ing; OF its fails in its end, and man has sur
rendered his natural liberty for protection
he does not obtain. It may defend itself
from The evils oi intempersace, as il may
from others that alike sap the foundations Of
good morals and good fosstument. All
sound jarists agree In ihls-sA . IN the pro-
visions for carrying such law intf execu.
ton alone that it has come into conflict with
the fundamental constitution aud inffinged
its salutary provisions ior the protection Of
the citizens. q ~ 5t -
But il may be, although il il said the con.
stituency of majority Of the members
voted for prohibition, that majority of the
Legislature will not now vote for u prohibi.
tory law, since there was no actual majority
of lhe voters of the whole State who voted
in favor OF lhs measure. The committee
therefore, have prepared what they consider
stringent license bill as the lowest measure
Of reform the Legislature can adopt with any
regard 10 the demands and the agravalions
Of an evil they dare 10, disregard.
II adopts the machinery Of the existing
general laws, requiring all who wonid sell
under Eve gallons 10 take liessss from the
court in all paris of the State, sf,er full adver
tisement Of their application, and subject te
objection and contest by their neighbors, and
the decision Of the court after hearing ell
parties as to the occasion of granting the Ii
cense. ALI arc to be but under bond, witt
warrant Of attorney, 10 enter Judgment for I
faithful observance of the law, the license
fees are increased thres-fold, and none car
sell under quart who is not licensed TO keel
an inn, and 10 any city has not at least si,
rooms and twelve beds for the exclusive
| use OF travellers. s. c.
In the city of Philadelphia, were the fret
system now exists, there will be besides tht
general provisions OF the lava Of the State
board ofthree appraisers 70 be appointed
by the court, composed Of three reputable
and temperate appraiseei ne manner 10
tsres,ed 10 the liquor basiuessE whose duty
it will be to inquire into the aazsss of the ap
pIicant and without whose certificate bic ap
plicaiion cannot be made.
The license u TO be framed and place.
conspicuousiy in The place Of business; con
stables and policemen are to make visitation
and report of violations of Law; and viola
tons OF law are to be punished by hnes ant
| imprisonment and forfeiture Of license. In