The Diamond state., 1855-10-05
ColnmuHie
For the Diam6nd Statc

| ult.sl 4 see DrutuS lS Out idSulii3 dlu
has addressed Sussex personally; and
propounded to him several questions
which presupposes he wishes them an.
swered { Now, l think it would be
treating Brdns with disrespect NOS tc
respond rofhese interogatorys. BY
your permission ] intend to do so,--
Brusues says | am in error with re-
spect to his views and purposes, and
says he is not seeking office. Some
men say they are not seeking an office,
but for their friends who they know
| will give them one. This comes SO
close to it .tliat l do not see much dis
tinction. But, as Brutus says | am in
error, | have no hesitancy in retroct-
| ing what may have said amiss; for
when / am lin error, | never feel my
self disgraeed by retracting immedi-
ately. Bug Brutus is in error too,
when he safs the advocates of temper
ance say tllb ultimatlm Of the law is
save the pebple from themselves. 1t
is not to sa5c them from themselves,
| hut themselves and from their enemys.
Brutus sayslhe has never been tile ad-
yocate Of jntemperance, nor never in
tends to Be. He deplores the inroads
it is making in society, nevertheless
he want these roads kept open that it
may have fair chance at any rate. |
see nothing he is doing to hedge them
up, but injuries the motives of those
who ohave ehdeavored to do so. 1t is
not my province to pry into the views
aud ilseti..es, af-those who passed this
la1 II Is Naid, "by their fruits ye
shNll know them | look at the law
and ask 10 questions. But Brutus
retreatsbehind his Gibralter, the Con-
sstitgton, aid says it pledges its self
to protect life, liberty and the pursuits
of happiness, Well, does it protect
life &en It upholds an enemy in the
land in massacreeing the citizens !?
ArosMo 70 Ie told it protects our liber-
ty, ssstfssn sstfssn he Collector Of taxes is au-
thorizad tqesell our beds from under
ua # ws .devot pay the taxes entailed
up0n is by,,tllis devastation 2 If you
call that liberty and projections 4 have
never undc1Etood the terms. Do you
eItll tins rltsh business the pursuit Of
happiness No, l know you have
more respect for your jpdgelqeelll I t1an
to say that4 But tits aske. s... j jthe
Prohibitorl Law does not inS the
article Of p1operty? ! Ianswe IL
is further a}ked ifliquor Is NJ per
ty? Now Zones the subject. 1Ffore
Ii,4sseood sHnswnsA this ID anestidll I
wish to defEe the word property ae-
cording to Worcester. 1t is goods, or
it is a thiukof intrinsic value; that is
possessing Value in its self. Now,I
hesitate not to say that liquor as sia-
terdicted IN this law, never was prop
erty, but aEnusianse, DO net be q
Harmed, / Aaow where a ax t4eading
Br'stus, fuppsss you va ri p''t. 'l''
chase o caSSo Of glxaa 40, and 'Aas w y l'-
ply it on y4ur FARM dins 4 y shaald not I
your crop, wonld you call il 4
FutheH suppososit should
make your-crop considerabl yless than
it would have been without The apple
cation, weslld you call it property!
Suppose it should make you farm
sterile and barren, would you coll y
Again suppose IN using il,
it was by some mysterious law Of its
nature, to Anveigle you, and get you
down aA91ause you 10 lie out ofdoors
on.a very cold night, and these thin|gs|
frequently, and make
you abusolyour family like a feoa GIL
your windows with bundles Of Old ragsl
instead ofpanes Of glpas;s and should
be the ca~o Of your coming dowE froad
luxury to'Denuary and wretchedness,
would cs4shproperty? If you would,
you would be pretty hard to choke off.
And l suppose you would take anoth-
er load at fhe same pidee if you coulda
lnanage To got it. and epllit property.
Now, this,is buta faint picture Of
runs doings in our Stateand country,
for its destruction stops not .here-it
kills beyond the tomb and issitsprop-
erty? No, yesilyho, Tit is, it is, a
very destructive property.
= It is asked if law and Justice no not
say tits property? | answer truth
saysit is not, and truth is not espof,, :,
Again, you say the Legislature hasno
power over property--it belongs to
the people. How do you get q :railr
road through the peoples property?g
You answer-get charter from the
Legislata@A- SO say l. But the con-
stitutionsays you shall pay him dam
ageif he sustains any; but suppose he
should sustain no damage, you say put
it-thropqh, for the public good requires
it. WeH, the public good greatly re-
quires this Prohibitory Law, and the
history Of those who have been sengar
gedin lie liquor business, prove it to
be a ayeFS~bad htisiness and that there
can be ND damage sustained By any
one. Let every good citizen say put.
Iit.through. But some wills sAy#they
are going against itip Maine. Well,
tho Israelites Yenpagainst Mosd6 that
good manwho had done 50 lnalSh far
them, and on one occasion was Ajl5
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