Smyrna times., 1857-04-01

ory Law! What has followed the certainty
'f repeal, before il really took PLACE! Just
what might be expected: Ruln-stores es sprang up
70 every directions Where liquor was sold and
drank in dark places, by the bottle, it is now
sold blythe barrel where peace and plenty
relgned, rum and squaIid poverty are beginning
70 settles In a stown within my knowledge
where liquor was'only sold by stealth, and had
to be smuggled into the rum-holes in small
quantities, during the operation of the Prohibi-
tory Law, 1t is now brought in large quantities.
One merchant rolled into his grocery yard at
one time, within, the present week, tOenty-Qne
turrels This trifliug supply, of course, win
better promote temperance in the town. can
count some half,dozen rum stores within five
miles, where liquor is said TO be sold openly
This is the way in which that better law will
work, until there is a rum store at every cross
roads. What is $40 in comparison with the
privilege of making maniacs Besides, there
are many that cannot raise the $50, who will
feel it to be their duty TO administer, in some
degree, to the public good Who will have
the heart to prevent them! Temperance men
will certainly not be so foolish TO spend their
labor TO prevent them and lquor-sel. .ers would
certainly not wish to prevent one of the craft
from relieving them of the burden of doing So
much for the public good If the public good
require liquor TO be sold, why not let the poor
as we'll as the rich have part in the matter
| How inconsistent men are If the smallpox
appears in a town Or village, great stir is
made. The invalid must be moved out of town
| where the influence Of his disease can affect nc
one but HIMSELF ali are up in arms,-socety
must be protected though the individual rots fol
want of attention! Now, sir, just look back
and see how many deaths from smallpox have
occurred in the town in which you live, from
your b"yhood up; perhaps you may remember
one or two, not al any rate exceeding hali-a
dozen. Now, sir, just look back aud see how
many have died from the runsellcr's cOntaglon
May | stop at hundred for each one that ha
died from small peX doubt il. Aud yet til,
rumseller considered necessl Try 10 the publ,
goud! How Inconsistent! People fear tn
~lhdll-p pOA, resi- IL lRISnt UldT lHeT oGiuty, ah'
shun It's couiagion. But the mark OF the runl
seller seems to be d.srcgardcd; and yet it
more 10 be dreaded,-ouu destroys the bedur
and perhaps the body: the o'her destroy
beauty, body aud intellect. and leaves the ma
blOated, lOatlsOme idiot or maniac.
Suppose there was a smallpox shop opene
in your town. aud it WAS known that five out
every ten that entered 1t came out Inucculatc
with the disease, and it was known also that d
long it remained, ,the people would visit it, ho'
long would your citizens let it continue anon
them! Not long, will venture 10 say. II
would have immediate notice to quit and be .
in double-qulck time; aud if he ped burn
ing, with all his agents of coulaglun, he woul
have cause to be thankful
But the public good requires that rum must
! sold, and for the sake Of the purity we must SUI
init; and when the public has had good enoug
1t is to be hoped that the scales will tall fro
their eyes and they will see themselves as othc
see them. T..
Spring Mills, March l7th, 81.