Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1855-05-02

VEro OF THE PRoHIBrroRY LIQUOR LAW IN
WIscoNsIN.-Ou readers may be curious to
know the reason assigned by Gov. Barstow, Of
Wisconsin, for twice vetoing the Prohibitory
Law, passed by the Legislature of that State.
According to information received by the De-
trot Daily Times, he first objects to the power
given to magistrate to issue warrant Of
search and seizure, considering that portion Of
the bill is repugnant to the language of the
constitution Of the United States and Of the
State constitution.
Secondly, he regards grant of power to
search premises occupied by families upon the
mere oath of an individual that he believes"
liquor to be therein kept as an unreasonable
grant, and one expressly to be guarded against.
Uuder this head he reasons thus
"The right of every citizen to have his dwell
ing protected from invasion by strangers, to
have his privacy preserved inviolate, are privile-
ges watchfuly and zealously protected by Con-
stitutional guarantee, and have existed since the
foundation of the government. Under this
provision of the law the house of the citizen
would cease to be his Castle and he would
no longer be protected from the malice, curiosi-
ty, or enmity of any individual who might
choose to believe that there was liquor on the
premises nor could he have redress against his
prosecutor, for there is no law for Furnishing
men for what they believe no matter how alb
surd or baseless.
"Another obiectional feature in the act, was,
the clause forfeitng private property for public
use without compensation. The Wisconsin act
went SO far as to declare that if any recogni-
zance was forfeited, by the person complained
Of he should be deemed guilty, without further
proof than the affidavit first filed, and his prop
erty declared forfeited and sold. In such case,
the liquor seized is declared not to be property,
but nuisance. So long as liquors are regard
ed as property by the general laws of State.
there can be no such enactment sustained, as the
one providing for their wholesale seizure and
destruction. The constitution of the United
States and of the several States interposes an
insuperable bar to its execution. It's operation
as it progresses from execution to final adjudi-
cation in the court of last resort, is ruinous and
unjust; but when it once reaches the place of
final decision the entire course Of its action is
pronounced illegal and unconstitutional"
eSy" Those who have been conversant with
different schemes that seem for few months
past to have agtated the brain Of Col. Kinney
will be interested in the following sketch of the
plan Of the future operations of this would be-
renowned man:
"CoL. KINNEY's ScHEME.-The Col. has re.
linquished his old projected expedition to Gen.
trail America that enterprise being now in charge
of senator Cooper of Pennsylvania. He had
doubts as to the validity of the title Of the lands
he intended to colonize.
But he has entered upon a new plan which
he proposes to plant a settlement on lands al
ready granted by the Nicaraguan government
to J. w. Fabens, the u. S. Consul at San Juan,
and other individuals for mining, agricultural
and commercial objects. The districts selected
were in the elevated healthy table lands of
Chonta!es in the neighborhood of the gold
mines, and by the last steamer, we learn that a
promising mine of coal has just been discov-
cred.
"The country is said to be well adapted to
the growth of corn, now its principal staple
and other productions of the temperate zone,
and to abound in forests of mahogany and the
cabinet woods generally. AS the Col. declares
that he has no idea of founding new govern
ment, but to live under the protection and au-
terprise assumes the character of purely bu-
siness transaction, and will probably enlist EN-.
igrants of more desirable kind than the scheme
with which he was formerly connected.
"The Col. will leave New York city with his
colony next month" detroit Times.
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~ We learn from the Paw Paw Free
Press that steps are being taken for the pur-