Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-03-21

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License OK No License.
Nix. EDIroR-t will continue nv re-
marks on the License question. BY saving |
] can prove to every uuprciur;ccd mind, |
that our present License law Is AN nctive
agent in swallowing up the revenue of
h" State, instead of 'ncreains it.
Tie greater portion of the criminal
suits which are prosecuted in our courts
Tor fighting. theft and murder. AZ" occa-
stoned directly or indirectly by tive Liquor
traffic. Thus the Safe is run TO an cunr-
'nous expense in enforcing her laws i
While i: puts one dollar into ;hc .a<urv
!; takes a: least ihrro uut.
How common it is. fer the aIvocatps
of our present License system to say. at
x no persons business but those who
drink II, rs il affects no on" cl>u." This
is a notorious tri>ehood How many
rCor innocrnt Women are ruined by il -
though they may never have tasted a
drop III their lives i il Not true, that
hundreds oi innocent n,%.n. women and
children are upset in stage coaches, hv
rhc carelessnesS Of n drunken driver -
Or in Il rail car. precipitatcd down some
steep cliff of rocks, through the neglect of
Tie dram drinking engineer? Or if you
Please, look Al 'hc multi;udcs who are
."st by Tic bursting Of tie boilers OF
s'r"n;HOats. y few years age, at Gin
"inua'i. IT," Cup:Hin Of tive steamboat
N"Zc,IG wnS S"pn Staggering along on
deck. NnI exclaimed, MS another boat was
passing. (" vii, beat that boat to Louis
"it.e. or blow min" to hell - IN lhrcc
minutes ai.c' wards the boiler bur~trb,
End hurried murr than Unv hundred hui
man beings i1'u c'"ru,v-nut only de
strnyjng iitc, bat mnhin, Widows an, Or
phnns by the score. And vet, strange 20
cay, amid all these facts. some will gtill
gay. no ones business but nv own. -
How Lard ii is tuy those To src who do
not want TO s"e; and for fear they will.
e'os" their eyes against the liyhD
Now It the licensing OF persons to sell
liquor as beverage is good Ting, il
VIII Of course show its benefits bv its re-
forming power OH commuriay. Eut where
Is the neighbNrhool. once iccn,ious, but
now orderly. lhAL has been reformed hy
the sale and use Of liquor Where is
tic town. or city, once lcwd and pruf!-
gate, but how chas," anal Yir,uou<. that
have been made SO bY the beneficial cf-
I.jcenSrs which have been granted since
lie art OF d:S:I} ing las been known, | de
r. any man 10 show one instance " Aprr
Il has mad" thc communi,y more mural,
chas'", or vir,unu5 The bare naming. o.
At" s..i".; strikes tllc mind II, being incrn,
-..3cnl
J "u might rs well cmp loy nan to cir
."ntr;" tie m"aSriS. or small ,,rx 10 pre-
v.nt sut.rrin" nri death, rs 10 license \
man ~ sell hgrn" in Il wicked cnmmuni.
II III order to reform them. his ioun-
vain is 10" bitter - Weld sweet waivr.-
The common fruits OF this traffic as a bcy-
rrage are, bad hraIth bad manners, bad
morals. bat citizens. bad husbands, bad
sons and daughters, and, in word, l.
r"hs its votarie9 Of all that is lovely and
pure. and leaves him much like the enc
nay Of all good, ready for every evil work
But, one says. these evils are upon us.
and how shall we get rid of them? | an
Swer; let US have prohibit"ry law: Il law
similar to that enacted b. the LEGISLATURE
Of TIE State Of Maine. But rs some arc
R"t acquainted with tie provisions Of this
law, will say word by wnv Of rHplana-
'o0. for their benefit. This law prc viIrs
lhHt suitable persons b" appointed Ms gov
ornmcnt officers, to procure spiri,uoHs H.
laors and then sell them to those who
rnaY apply, for Mechanical, Medicinal, and
Sacramcn,al purposes. E4c!r Cheer thus
Appointed, is bonnd with secrrirv. under
= prnally OF 5000, for tie faithful p,r,or.
rnnncc Of lis trnst II an ir!ividu.I an.
p!ics for N9uor who ~. IN .cr hos ,..,,,l
reason to believe is ~,in@ TO rrrv, r, is ,,sa
To some other purpose from tha, snecifisd
in the law. lie las rirh, to wiIhEni} !, ,,rl
les tho apyIionnt niyrs spcur; y rnr ,h.
same. Thjss officer kcrns a h,nt j., wI;"r.
all the sales are reoi*,nred and h. i ~.