The Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1854-1855, 1855-06-14

Rsssrs Efitors:-This query is fr~oaeotr
repea'ed So.h By the friends AMI enemies az
the mammoth ajs,iIlerv in he Csnhri ig. c,,r,.
muniiv VIII they qn;,s'' T,-y vi Il
they ar. aoaf .ifi-ens--if thev ,'rstss.i - 5.
good men. The INV which demands csssa-
ton from their ruinous vocation, Is from a
source AMI Of an import which no good citi.
z~n Of our State ought Ia disregard, A good
rtfi-ea Is law abiding citizen. especially if the
enactment emhaiies elements essential TO the
prosperity and happiness of society lie will
regard the oppression of The will OF the sober
majority OF his fellow citizens. The liquor stat
tute which went into etfec: on the l2th ins;.
and which inferiictS the manufacture OF ardent
spirits. As beverage is the expressed seiH of
the majority of the ei izens of this State. the
offspring of the f.sio.'' of the moral worth
and character, from all the various political
parties existing within our commonwealth
Not of such fusion sometimes takes place
in local corporations. for the purpose oil CIV.
ing quieius 10 the law. when going into op-
era:ion--not fusion of bunker pSrtixSns. Of
whi~key boilers. and of foreign bottle wash
ers' and glass lickers-but of philanthropic
and patriotic men.
The Legislature that furnished our liquor
law not created legislatures were won,
10 be in the primitive days of this common
wealth. by gaining the election of their con
Stituen'S through free circulation Of ardent
drinks among the cons,ituency-not a body
of men that imhibed their Legislative sagaci,y
from "PGtersoHs jig"
| presume that If the proprietors of the
i Cambri lge ntisance could see. drawn up in
one solid phalanx. the men. and ladies, too.
whose will is most satisfactorily expressed in
the liquor law of Indiana. they would descry
an array of intellectual and moral worth from
w thay wpf,i3 Sknfl awsy with thar nm
gotten gain in hand like the fallen imps of Tar
taruS from the shining ranks of the pure IN
mates Of celestial lands
The law embodies such moral principles
which no man Of good moral character dare
resist And If any citizens of tins State
sist that law. they indicate legibc defect in
their moral element, ard endanger their posi-
ton as men of good moral character. II the
participants in the liquor business prosecute
their demorahzing vocation in spite OF the law.
thew exhibit in their course. what has been
more than once asserted by the opponents TO
the business. that the liquor interest IN this
day OF light on the righteousness of the traffic
is in the hands of the unscrupulous aud the
bankrupt in moral principles. and Of irreelaim-
able DIVORCES to filthy lucre. There was
time. a THE of ignorance, when men oil prin-
ciple and Of good moral character were impE-
Gated In the liquor traffic. but the illumination
which investigation and discussion have
thr wn upon the immortality of the vocation.
has long since impelled them as men and pa
triotic, citizens 10 separate themselves from IT.
If any proposition within the wide field Of
logica, deduction is susceptible of undesira-
bic demonstration, it is this: that no patriot
philanthropist nor christian can participate in
the manufacture and circula ion of ardent
spirits, as beverage. II. then. the proprie
tors and their numerous co-operants claim the
least of the above characteristics. namely
that of patriots. which includes good citizen
ship. they will quit by the 18th of June. l
repeat. good citizen. they are bound to
quit. In future articles. | will assign other
reasons why they ought to cease
HUMANITY.