Smyrna times., 1856-11-19
The Prohibitory Law.
The labor Of temperance men from the mrs
aswcuesssh Reformation has been los .fRisel

.,u..s shsu Reformation has besn ssoE rRiscl- -
,s--a principle that will benefit all, particu- II
rlv the rum drinker and seller, r,whe have been .
Aeir greatest enemies, as well as enemies 10
When i, became apparent 70 them
h,f ,hey could not succeed by the use OF moral Il
,uasioa, in { arrestins Tie progreAs Of drunken
ness, they fell back upon their 9ara.er resofh &
A6fohibisiou BY law. Afier a long TRIAL,
lsw@asub,siued, but. sorry are we 70 anpouace
;tbe,6se ste law has had trial, II Is IN danger
ofzBeisg eibked down by the halter. Of party
The ratKlsss ana gisnt arm Of party has seized
,ks. .aoowerless infant, and stand ready TO crush
irlia,e atoms. We had hoped for better things
W. besieved that Pfohibitory Law, once upon
,6ss Stature Book. WOULD by the benefit OF lie
dsarspfrce, beat back aud cohfound all 'ts op-
pWJsers.a Such, we are certain, would have been
the result had IL stood On background. The
lswOeself was good enough, but, Tor The want wan,
ogserperseace,, il was checked and held IN sus-
pense, when. Il should have been taxing roo'
AID extending its branches. Hitsenem'es raised
the cry OF "unconstituti tionaiity," which had The
sIect to deter the officers (lest they might DC
responsible for unlawful seizure) from dong
shsir sworn dsty Legal action was taken,
and, then, seeing the vaniage-groand they had
yained, with unblushing arti6ce and subtlety,
their. astornies plead want Of time TO meet the
case at tie Bar, In asking for "a Pos'ponemen'
of trial, when il was we'll known they had
beer. employed for. mouths. The court granted
their request, and it was during this tedious
litigation, while its friends were held in sus-
pense, and its enemies were using pptlring and
ui.ceasing efforts 20 defeat ills moral force and
erush il under heir polluted feet, that the great
evil was done. Thus, much has been gained
the coastit0tionaIity Of the Prohibitory Law has
been established by eax highest Judlciary-and
we viii never again have this formidable bar
rier 20 overcome. Is not this a tr'umPh-the
reduction Of their strongest castle! Again,
unscrupuluus men. by aiding aud abetting on''
casts of society in setting up grogshops-ther'es'
BY misunderstanding drunkards, to use as capital
aeainst the efficiency of the law, did much IN
really effecting the opinions designed.,.t lsr
The temeesance neu themselves are not
lillls ceasurable for their want Of nerve TO up
heldghs Iaw in every emergency-by not ener
getieally prosecuting every violation. they lie
their enemies gain q corresponding triumph
But, are the causes we eBumerate, all tina
the law has had TO contend with! We wish l
were. sol We have had much more formda
bic obstacle than ,these---we mean party
Tbsrs ia no, denying the fact. we'll known .
every inaa in the State, that the Democrati
party has iabored assiduousiy against the la'
from its enactment 10 The present time. nc
even waiting for il 10 have the "ghost OF
trial, "A judicsous and effective Licens
Law was promised, should they be in power
which. they contended, would better regulal
the evil of drunkenness, without causing 6
much :. ..disrcspeci for law Thus they enteI
ed fhe last political caInpa gn. proclaimin
againsi Prohibition from press and rostrum.-
The strong advocates of rum united with the
by scores, aud the result is perfectly kuown.-
Tls, temperance men made no electioneeriu
scheme OF 1.-THE Jaw was intended for d
goal Of thewhole community, not for the BEN
htOfa party. and hence they did not bring
into politics. We do not know of single i
dividual, either Democrat. or American, amor
the temperance men, who was Influenced
. this question or voted other than bis par
ticket. The American party passed the Ia
not as party measure, but because their CO
stituents demanded il OF. them through the
petitions. lCvuldthey have done otaerwisea q
represented the people! The signatures
those petitions were not partizan, but we
composed OF responsible men OF all partiess
How. in the name Of common sense, ths
eeuld it have been q political measure any nc
than Legislative Acts Incorporating Tow
Banks. &C., The temperance men never
teaded 70 keep up an organization any long
than the Law relieved them Of the necessity.
Hsnce, their object being attained. they ga,
fsllimio the ranks of their chosen parties. hopi
never TO be called out again. Thus, in the i
cafnpaign, the enemies Of the law carried {
subject into politics while its friends hav
already attained their desired objeet--a pro
bls'rys law--had nothing to labor for. and
manned in statue quo. in one party il was
raly'ng cry, in the other, the subject was
npred. 80. .,at +, ..,ssort IS, 8a1ar, Ia,s.
The Legislature elect is pledged to rep
ihs Iaw. Can it give US anything better 4
Prohibition. devoid of party opposition, v
there, De less drupkepnesslapd more qo,etne
VIII the low grogshops be broken up, and
other Eo'nised blessings Of ths License sys
saeorcd . Glorious things are promised. .
swait with hopeful so.iciiude the advent of
.po.sd times coiningfr "oal
THs uPsorRAcrEp MErrrsos IN the M.
Churcl,. of this place 10 progressing with q
iuteresn The Rev. John Thompson is pres
sad rendering efficient service. Some per,
bsys already professed conversion. Rev. v
Hammond, of Port Deposit, Md. is expes
nqxlwrsksssno4 NjassHnEf oslsd 2.
z tsfUHt 1889 f4.