Delaware weekly Republican. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1841-188?, 1856-07-24

Far tue Delaware Republican.
RUNS DorNaS AND IT'S ADVOCATES,
Delaware City, July 9Th, 1885.
Ma. EDITOR: The decision of the Superior Court,
has not materially affected the decision Of our cit-
gers, 10 regard to enforcing the ProhihItory Law;
as Rnmselling and dfunksnnssa are still tolerated
BY tho friends and encouraged Ay the enesnise Of
the law In our iowa. One might snppees, however,
that an accident Of recent occnrrenes hers, would
have prompted some of our profssssd temperance
act but It did not, although 1t Is well known
that rum was the Navigator Of the accident which
will narrats, ouatting the names OF the party. az
one Of our hotels, the psr-ons composing the SAID
party, after imbibing sundry potstons from the
their -respsctive nags but before they had passed
the limits Of eur town, the road though Wide one,
was too circumscribed for them collision toek
place, and Que OF the party was thrown upon the
Rruund WI Oh such violence his death In
a few days afterwards have said, rum was the
cause; but who is to bsrhef Tue Rumseier OF
course Those who encourase and support him
aiso. Both are particeps eriminis Aud further
Arc not the advocates OF Temperance ntso eensur-
able7 How long iaour Prohibitory law to be des
pissed aud SET ut naught,-how long will those who
profess 10 be chr. stans who desire the moral and
religious stand ird Of their ascety to be elevated
who bro.ess to love their Fellow men, permit these
"lounaius Of sin" to send forth streams Of liquid
death whose poisonous venom withsrs our youth,
and basts the prospeetS Of all sorts and condition
Of men for lime and for eterdity.
IL the principle involved of Ices impol tancs to
society, than the first elass rumsellsrf II 50, let
the law be repealei but If mt then let test its
tefheie ey in every case that we know or hear of;
aud then, will even its opposers give US. fanatics
more credit than they do now, for our validating
policy. We believe there Is more danger Of the re-
pei of the law, by letting u be violated with i'm
punity, than Ii il weie rigidiy enforced because
the course pushed BY its supporters, Is eminenuy
Calculated To bring Into disrepute, and make many,
who would otherwise be favorable desire to ratnrn
to The license system; as intemperanoe with all its
txtUa ~. = -
under non-edrcfive law Bot, again, We are told
thAt the time Ia short; thatt 1t will be repe led at
the next session of the Legislature, -thst men are
be elected who will de IL, and that those who are
held ~ aswer Will postpone their trials from one
coart TO another, till grand farce will be enacted
In our courts Of Justice, Whereby all dellnquentE
Will escape punishment These, with many other
sophislicd arguments are adjnced BY the kamoc
racy tO prevent men from doug y duty, inoun bent
upon them but as they are faliaeioasly decetful
and uanifestly absurd, no one should for moment
"listsn TO the song of that while sh IL trans
forming men into beasts, still lower In The seal,
OF existence bat as good, law-abidiug, and Law
ehfreing citizens, We should discharge our who,,
duty without fear or favor Of any, or to any, b,
Trying to suppress the sale Of the most powerful
auxiliary of human misery, grimes, and murder
thateyer cursed this fair land. Ii temperance mel
act as inconsstently as you Runmies say, pray whs
do you do. How strangely inconsistent you hav
been; suppose we look at some of your manoeuVerin
aid see which has been the most inconsistent wi
some 10 or 20 years age, ridiculed those Who wer
using "moral suaiisn" among the inebriates to re-
form them; and after the pledge was introduced
you opposed it etoaty, as an innovation upon men
lights; but now emorai suason' is with you
cherished idea.
Thessqs of Temperance which you formsrl y alb
hored so much, some have at last concluded. arc az
excellent order, because they have, in many state
obt lined he ultimatum Of their desres--the Pro
hibitory Law--and dispensed with their organic 4
tisna, while they IBID their principles sacred
aver. You have, an are still denouusing Minister
OF the iospel, for occurring upon Temperance an,
uph1lding the present hquer law; although II i
clearly their duty to persons that ..no drunk
ard shall enter the kfngdem of Gsd . You woul
seal their mouths upon subject Ct such vital i'm
portanee, and have them, ia piece of mere oh urc
furniture at best" and while remiLding them
that It is their duty to preach nothing but ID
Hosp'i, where are your opponents, when that
their theme Echo answers where. You are No,
pouring out Jolr yituperation and abusive cpl
theu upon the men, who framed, voted for, exc
cute and support our present constitutional iiquo
law and would fain have believe that it u essen
naly requisite to repeal 1t, in order to sustain
o, ye hypOcrites can 70 not discern the signs Q
the Times Who is there among us, who believe
IN your sincerity? Moral suasion, Temperate
pledges, s1nnies, DC are all very good non ar
more partial TO them than We but a judioieus la,
decidedly better, if rigidly enforced and tha
Gun oe ne good reason given, why the present on
S1vuld not be. We agree with the Hon Mayor 0
',ManY n niirn@ a.---va tauv-gnV gu eartn'- I
registered in Heaven and these doubt, hav
each their record, with a curse annexed " Anc
among those srim ~, whish IN iny here de em limo
cent, are rumselling and drunkenness which ar,
evidently regud I'd in the sculptures as inimioal tC
Religion, aud offensive to the Deity; whose rJtri
button will swiftly follow those caterers to human
dePrayity the lawless kumsel'ors, Msthinks, il
thsre is joy ia Heaven among The angels aud re
deemed spirits over one sinner that repenteth =
must there not be feelings of SORROW tor those who
having grown caous in sin, defy the law Of boti
Hod and mau with impuuity BY dealing out to thei
fellow men the bahe Of soeiety; the subtle enem.
Of Morality and heligion. How long will 1t be be
fore pastors ami professors Of religion will strike tn
decisive blow9 How long will they continue t
Pray God to d., what they ought, aud yet refuse t
do themselves? How long before they will a. rel
these agents Of Sltan, and shu' down the hou,
gates OF iniquity in our midst' Will you sill lea
US "into Temptation when you have the power &
deliver us FROM the evil. Must Delaware Cit
DO tried Tor her crimes in Wilmington, by person
from the country, as has just been done Lastly
WIN not our eltizens unite 10 sustaining and OF
forcing juiiciUus law; the salutary influence ,
whis needs ~ to be ieIt in our town, to be PROF
sriy appreciated, A CITIZEN.