Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-01-02
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From our first connection with this paper w,
AVE always been warm advocate Of the prin.
.iples of Prohibition. We have advocated i:
honestly and from principle, and yet see no req
on for abandoning it. The Legislature, OF las
winter, passed Prohibiiory law, and left it 10
he people Of the Safe to say whether they wish
ID 10 be governed by such a law. The people
lecided by a majority Of nearly 3,OtsO that the.
wanted the law. The ques ion of submission 10
he pr ople, was proper one, because, if the.
lid not wish tiff ii majority were not in favor
t, the law never wo'd be enforced. No friend
Of the law ever claimed that it was perfect
1ven some Of the most enthusiastic friends o.
Temperance refused 10 vote tor it on account y
ONE OF its obnoxious features. Bat it was urged
hat it was better 10 adopt the law, and amrn nd
it afterwards, than to throw 1t away entirely !;
hat if voted down, 1t would be taken by the en-
,mies OF Temperance abroad, that Iowa was OF
,osed TO the principles Of prohibition, and had.
BY so doing given general invitation to all thu,
world liquor makers, liquor vcnders and dram
thinkers, 10 come aud occupy her beautiful terri
, ory, and pour out their liquid tire on our flow
ery fields, happy homes, budding and blooming
hopes-blasting them all, and sending desolatioh
md destructon-the blackness of duraneSs-dlt
over our land. Such arguments were all power
jul and beyond continuation. The result has
proven them to be correct The word went for. h
o the east and to the west that Iowa was deter
mined to throw Of the CALLING chains of inten.-
.,erance and be free. The old liquor dealer, and
he besotted drunkard, were to be seen leaving
he State goading their OK teams TO desper;.-
lou. swearing and cursing: denoancng the peo-
Dle aud tie land that would not allow them 10
"enjoy their iibeFties.' Their places have been
Tiled by another class of neutrality-suspicious. and
en.erprising righteousness and peace;
making homes happy-ihe land fruitful, and smi.-
ng like the morning rose. 1t is estimated by
hose who nre capable of JUDGING, that the adol
ton of that law bg the people, has added thou
sands and tens Of thousands Of dollars 10 the
actual wealth OF our State. Trave.ipg through
he Eastern States, last summer, we met hun
dreds of stout hearted noble men, enquirng
infinitely of our State; longing to bare the arm
and till the soil in land where the people had
AIKEN such noble stand in favor of temperance
Politicians may meet together and in order to
appease Therapeutics and to catch votes at the
coming election, resolve that the Inv is unconsti-
tutional and must be repealed; but thrF will
end thai that word repeal will touch syn.pa-
thetic chord in the human heart-aroise TO
aution-warm the blood OF thousands who have
felt the keep and bitter anguish occasioned by
intoxicating drinks, to oppose it. The great
pulse of humanity will beat In opposition 10 it
innocence and beauty, the fair and lovely. the
meek and lowly, the stout hearted and brave, will
rise up and condemn it. You may amend the
.aw, but YOU shall no, repeal til Mt Pleasant
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