Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-10-17
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Allow ne TO call the .attsation Of your
readers to the operation Of The Prshibitory
Liquor law Of or 1taae. I give you be-
low ne euess wssk. ne mans mere opinion,
no fns spun sAecry, 70 speculative conjsc-
surss. nor anything Of that sort, for with
all Of aAcss there must u necessity be more
o. less difference Of opinion.
Men viewing objects in the distance from
different s,and points, may honestly cone
10 different conclusions, and in = majority
Of csses, events appear different to different
persons from the came point Of observation.
Bu, ~Aea Theory end speculation and IN.
certainty haveeivcn piacet 70 well authenti-
Gated history sad fixed facts, when the mat.
ter in dispu,e is forced home upon 10 in oar
every day observations. and meets Us II
every turn. with every possible demonstra-
ton. including ocular. thea honest men eas-
rot differ.
have before me the returns Of the May
ors Of the cities Of Davenport and Rock L.
land, giving the number Of persons commit.
ted for drunkenness for the three month";
ending Oct. LIST 1855. They stand a. fol-
lows:
Davenport, IS
Rock Island, l6s
Showing = balance ofone hundred and ten
in favor Of drunkenness and sgainst decen-
ey in the city OF Rock leland. And this 10
not al; Of the above 50 found guilty Of be-
ing drunk in Davenport, 81 Of them testi6ed
that they had gotten their liquor in Rock
Island. (Which is only 1--WE minutes fron our
city BY the ferry -boat) which legitimstely
belong to that city. not ours. That would
leave the account - follows, to wit:
Rock leland, 400
Daven port. Is
Showing that out Of 2I6 mea found drunk
only Is Of these obtained the liquid poison
where Prohibition, Law prevailed, aud 400
Of them where no such law was in exist-
ence.
Now sir. here 10 an argument in favor Of
the Iowa Prshibisory Liquor Law that is un-
answerable, (unless Drunkenness be vir.
tue.)
Rock leland and Davenport are innedi-
ately opposite each other on the Nississip-
pi river, the soil, climate and the nature OF
the population about the same. They are
only abou. lss rods spsrt, and yet Devon
port with the largest population. and
Prohibitory Liquor Law has actually but is
cases Of drunkenness 10 three monshs,
while Rock Island with LEES population. free
~hiskey and no Prohibitory Liquor Law.
has 400 Of the same kind of cases in ths,
time.
There 10 probably no other place in the
Union where 80 fair trial can be had OF
the principles Of Prohibition and Anti-Pro-
hibiiion - these two cities and here 10 the
result in facts and figures. The flag that
6oais over Davenport in the State Of Iowa,
has inscribed upon il prohibition. and upon
the banners OF her sister city. Rock Island,
in Illinois. 10 a. unmis.akably written Anti
Prohibition. No cpea grog shop disgraces
the fair fame Of the city Of Davenport. II
10 true liquor may be sold and no doubt is
BY stealth. But the Prohibitory Liquor Law
is only violated rs other laws against vice
and crime are violated. Let no alder or
sbetor Of the Liquor traffic deny this, unless
be 10 prepared to furnish the evidence of the
violation, in which case he will soon be con-
WINGED that the Lar win be en- forced in that
particular case.
To strangers in either Of these cities,
whether friends or enemies of the Prohibi-
tory Law. have only to request that they
spend one hour each, on the front streets
Of the two cities and IL they do not become
complete and thorough converts TO the doc.
trins Of Prohibition, no other argument
need be used for that purpose.
Permit me to ask, does the foregoing ex-
hibit look a. though there was more liquor
drank with Proh bitory Law than wi,hou,
il Liquor dealers have so asserted. }
Or does liquor drank under 4 Prohibitory
law fail to make men drunki Or have the
Mayors Of these two cities not told tbs
truth! how is il. Of,he friends of Prohibi.
zion request that this may be published
throughout the length and breadth OF our
common country, and if there are any enc.
mics Of this cause left, demand Of them in
the name ofjussice and humanity that they
do likewise. H. PRicE.
/ Davenport, Oct. l6, 1855.
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