Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-01-26

The Policy of Il Prohibition, Law.
FROM recent Speech by Mr. f. D. Culver
If Brooklyo, y. !.
Ina 2oul government. nothing c,ndpces
more to the health Of the body rolitic than
dklnS. Bat g'vernn MS d1 not like il
Ia tvs government. AN cyil exists. which re-
lulr"N drsp"rat" TomrdIas--a >harp. ruttiu,
I'w. few weeks ago, the Nrw York p1.
r"rS sand: Eight murd,rrrs are to be tried
this month"; six of these cignt lnurderers
went from the GroI shop to c mmit the lnur-
lerS A'put the stlne timc 1870 persons were
irr'lgnrd for violating the excise law besides
these murdcrHrs. There are Is Gao Geo nj
gallons of distilled liquors sold in dill cum
try 'hch year. costing, originally, and by ioa.
pi labor, SIS 900 GOO. This was a 10 rib.
Of silver to he poured down the tirg,ti OF
the American people. Yet it has II revenue
-4OOUO lives annually. What docs the New
York thi"i of Police tell you in regard to his
department. Why. that the last year there
we're pp.'Nd arrests for causes traced directly
~ rum Inc AlmshOuSe report shows that
1I,lNl Taupcrs received help because Of their
irSiitutlon caused by rum. May we not have
I little legislation to stay this fearful tide O.
crime and lauperism
In view of this evil, he deemed it to be t.
Iuty OF legislators to do right. If it is wrol
Tor ON" man To- foster or commit crime, Is q
wrong for y men to do so Men hay,
right to wrap themselves up in the s,,.t.
hell of srlhslmcss. Whenever we Sc, n
nclgbor suffering, it is our duty to aid him.
The lawyer asked the Savior - Who is NV
nriShbor ~ The Savior told HMM the
Parable of the man who had fallen into the
hands of thieves, and who, after being passed
hy, by the priest was picked up by the Sa-
mnrItan. There WAS the principle of true
ncighhlrhuol
lntcmrrrance is an evil which moods a rom
edy. The Maine law is such a rcnedy-siln-
ii and efficient ike Jack Downing churn
it has but " one wheel and asher. -
The law docs not propose to prohibit a man
from drinking what he pleaSrs if it is his
own. y man might keep meat three weeks
in summer, and thcn eat it; but no butcher
had a right to sell such meat
Mr.. C., reviewed ut length the popular
maxim, that alcohol WAS fruit of the earth.
This he denied or if it was true. il would
not Justify its sale if il was found 10 be iniu-
rous. Or, ii it was natural production,
where l. the tree or shrub upon which il
grows, or the stream or channel in which it
run There were, however, poisonous mat
ter produced spontaneously. Butvould this
i1rt iu'tityiis sale or gilt to those uncon-
s.ipus ut its destructive pruprrtirs' Tlisur-
po'uc than substantial. 1t was once asserted
'y learned judy" who presided at "A meeting
OF RUNS Hers. that alc'ol was " rs old as
creation. II 50, then we imagine that
whom Adam tell asleep bachelor, and uwoke
hl'lus "a Wlic. that her first salutttiln t. him
was, " will You take IA drink - Nature is
lhpiIrl when She is made the mother of rum.
lil, review, which he pursued at length,
was both Impressive and amusing. lie also
Co k ul tDc tau,iitutionaloli objection, urruin,
that the principle of Prohibition was in uc
clrdHucc with the Constitution. lie referred
10 Judge Iun'y's opinion, hacked up hv isl
lsS',i'tcs. declaring that, under their lollce /
equations. the States hrd Il night to prohibit /
the sale of poisonous beverages, and to dcs- /
troy tlrn when found. Congress declares I
-htt liquor may he seized and DESTROYED if .
."uui upon Indian territory. Ia the city of
Ne" lnis the sale Of camphenc is pruhi hited
't .ri.ii tirn.s-mnv we not apply the SAM
1inrii To int 'Nic ting drinks man has
not IL right u use lie own to the iuiurv of Lis
le'Shhur. In Ohio, n re S I law compelling
non to destroy his thstles. because, when
he blows rlpcn, they may ly over on his
leishhor's Land. Every year the Long ISL
nders 1sk tie legislature u protect their
nipr, q, stul. aud ella us-hut many of thee
ld ioEie, are opposed to Il law to protect our
i've. aud cii!.rtu,
An Oregon widow thus a,i,-. her e,ncr-
nr'f tu1uI hnr snl'uru op she P,cit' cn,,',
hN' IIJ "i been mp~, unfunnnrr ; both
uF Hru> 30. s.rsh.f pli-i.u. altu oi.u.y .p.s
'~ boon hr"""n my ho,'rh is generally BID.
ave bad i'Ir husbands ip my unp but they
!, n' and d.ol, poor things: ami had four
ole OF oNon and jho cu-soj lndians sole
D. eat thrmY