Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1857-11-21

The License Law.-No. 2.

10 the General assembly of Tennessee:
GANrLEMEN:-rhe liquor traffic is ither right
or wrong. II It is right, permit every man, who
may b. disposed, to engage in it without re-tric-
ton. If it is right, it is blessing to community,
and you have no more right to tax it than you
have 10 tax the sale of milk, meat, bread, lemon
ade, soda water and cider. By your license Law"
YOU Great privileged order. You give the rich
an adv utage over the poor The poor not
abl buy your lie nse; you, ther' fore, deny this
needy class the advantages TO be derived from sell
linz liquor, and doing good to society. You Gre
ate a monopoly. fit is blessing, let it be spread
broadcast through the length and breadth of the
land. But if it is wrong, and the effects danger
Gus to community, by license It all? Why
protect an ackuowl dyed wron-? Why give it
character by your endOrsementS Why invest it
with moral character by licensing ii? In your
efforts to regulate tne traffic, you acknO"Ieige the
dread you have Of the ff-cts Of the traffic upon
society. No man in the Legislature is 30 m rcyna-
r "a to consent to license an evil for the sake Of
money; ''to raise a revenue" from what? from Il
privilege you grant to make paupers and criminals
widows aud orphans.
Yes, sirs this is true. The mrlancholly stltis-
this ''To increase the revenue" No sane man
in the Legislature, can persuade himself that the
revenue is increased, when compared with the e1-
p pse of prosecuting criminals and supporting the
poor caused by the traffic 40 crease she rev
euuv" is simply suhtertuge-it is calculated to
d.crve.
10, Grntlrmen, your debates and your every
act show that this is not your Object. You
de.vorinE TO throw suitable restraints around great
AMI fearful evil You have seen its drsolitiug ef
feets upon the irrs and often the taliest, portion
of community You have seen the bright hopes
Of the father blasted in the loss of bis promising
bow. You have seen the 10Y Of the mother with
cred by the union Of her lovely daughter T.
fortunate drunkard. You h,vr seen every depart
meut Of society reeIing under the dire effects of
this monster evil; like the frogs OF Egypt it has
enter every house aud every family. These
startling fcls have hal their irhuerc upon
each aud every L.sisl-ture which hos sat ia
Tennessee from 1895 20 this good day IL l.
honorable 10 baman nature TO see IL struggling
gainst, sni endeavoring 10 avrrt, the evils which
threaten society, aud feel sp-ct for the earn
e-tness with which you seem disposed to engage
in regulating this very important SUI jret, IS the
member from Lincoln, Giles &c, very justly calls
IL be further states that he never ~ould vote 70
rrstore the Tipping act without better guarding
the morals Of he people, ale has seen groceries
under shis act that we're nuisanees." Now, gentle
men, Is this not part Of your mistake, the g re-
g,,Iaiioa7 Of our Acknowledged svils Are not your
efforts snomolousf What other esa or crime, are
you enieAvoring 70 regulated Stealing, counter
Sitting. bigamy, f.lss PFssenees OF any other, no,
NONE Why then this sxerptiOnf All othrFs yoH
forbld thla you protect, AID LABOR TO RESTRAIN its
BAD effects upon society o. iiesssingit You have
too much self-sespeet 70 cay, IL al be sod and
drank any hos. and the State might As eel derive
a revenue from il, for rsessing the revenue vii
cot aggrevate the evils Of drinking" The sane
parity Of reasoning, yOa knOw, would justify you
Ia receiving Tevenne from any Of the crimes above
ara enumerated, los Ia despite OF al yoaF lass asd
penalties men viii traasgress lhen. No physician
attempts q rsgiafs any kind Of disease. and II 20
p rtnspt the safld. Is crime. disease o. sEa
stsnptsa b Be restrained - iissass and Esguls-
fsoH ezcspt this oae