Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-09-18
HOW MUCH LONGER MUST WE ENDURE
r THESE THINGsf

tue. During the past week, two
miserable and drunken wretches
have been arrested and imprisoned
for drunkenness and disorderly con-
duct on our streets, and rs we put
this article in type, another is under.
going his trial before the Mayor foi
shamefully abusing and beating his
wife last night, while laboring under
the influence of intoxicating liquor
dealt out to him by some ofthe ficnds
in human shape which have their
Npestilential existencein our communi.
o.; tlsat wife is an Industrious and
hard working woman, and the hus.
band kind father, when not under
the influence of the damning poison.
We suppose he will have to suaer
the penalty Of his insane act, while
those who changed him from a human
toa demon will go unpunished, aye
even iawned upon and their favor
courted by many who claim to be re-
spectacle and moral citizens, and
some, protesting christianity; but
these men are engaged in a money.
making business (if it is robbery, J
and have political influence with a
certain class, therefore they must 20
unmolested. What is the use, or the
sense, or the justice Of furnishing the
poor inebriatc, and not punish those
who tempt him into crime by fur
nishing him with the ready means OF
gratifying his depraved appetite
One is just as fragrant violation OF
the law rs the other, and if II is the
sworn duty Of the officers of the law
10 punish a man for getting drunk,
SO is it their sworn duty TO punish the
one that made him drunk Wehave
II law which is sufficient TO correct
the evil; il docs it in other places,
why is it not enforced here? tits be-
cause the officers Of the law and the
community are afraid of these brig
ands who boldly and defantly tram
pie under foot all the laws of both
God and man? Or is it because they
have grists which they want ground
ut these rum-mills, and thus wink at
the iniquities of the proprietors, that
they may receive their influence and
support when they desire elevation to
place and power.
But again. If these outrages and
the perpetrators Of them cannot be
reached in this community by the
present law-although it is effective
in other places-yet the evil can be
rcmedied. The Common Council of
our Town has the power TO shut up
these places as nuisances. That they
are nuisances, and intolerable ones,
too, il needs no argument TO prove
the fact is apparent to every one who
ever spent twenty-four hours in
Greenvile, either Sabbath or week
day. II a drunken man is such a
nuisance as to require being hid from
the public gaze in the county Jail, the
place where he was made drunk is
certainly Of sufficient loathsomeness
to demand abatement. If the pre-
cise shop cannot be ascertained
whore IN individual gets drunk on
Intoxicating liquor, shut them all up
beer shops and all--and II would
be better for community If this were
done; ~ n great temptation would
thereby be removed from the boy
and young men Of our villages TO idle
ness and dissolutc habits-which
sooner or later develope themselves
In excessive dissipation and drunk
enness Again we ask the question ;
How much longer must we endure
these things? Will those sin author
ity go forward in tho discharge of
the duties they have so solemnly
sworn to perform win our "City
Fathers adopt and enforce such
means for the correction of the evil
complained Of rs lies within their
power, and 30 urgently demanded by
the interests of their constituents
And will the moral and influential
portion of community take that
stand in this matter which their re.
sponsibility to their children, TO their
fellow -nen, aud to their God, requires
ut their hands, Or shall the present
disgracciul and humiliating state ol
things continue g-C Chrystal Fountain