The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1857-01-12


al grants of lands to the State University at
Bloomington In dsposng of these lands
recommend that the proceeds be set apart for
the endowment of nh Agricultural Professor
ship. in connection with the purchaser of a
farm, for practical test Of labor, and agriculti-
Fal improvement.
LICENSE LAW.
The question of providing, by the operation
of iudic!ous and effective laws, for the proven
ton or mitigation of those wees and evils
public and domestic, which have their origin
in the Incorporate use Of Intoxicating liquors.
requires, from you, The most profound and
serious consideration The judcious legisla
4 tor will look with more care to the preYen
ton Of crime, than to the punishment of it's
results. d. 3
4 The constitutional right of the Legislature
to make laws for Regulating the traffic in in
4 toxicating drinks, and for restraining and pun
shing the vice Of drunkenness, has existed,
sanctioned by judicial authority, from the or
ganizaton OF the government 10 the present
time The making OF such laws, howe er,
requires the exercise of great degree of pru-
\ dence. If the laws lie too weak, they will lie
come worthless and fail into contempt before
the successful resistance Of those who may
undertake to violate them WITH a strong arm.
On the-other hand Il they are too severe they
Ecannot be enforced in communities where deg
may he regarded by The prevailing popular
sentiment, as oppressive IntefiereuceS with
personal rights and domestic privileges. -
Although we may, in many places, see the
evidences OF re action IN pubic sentiment,
t apparently unfayor&hle to tne cause Cftelnper-
lance, yet we will fall into most injurious er-
) ror, with respect to public opinion in Indiana,
| if we conclude, from these evidences, that the
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/ and ei,ectual regulation to check and restrain
the grow ia Of those numerous and destructive
{ evils, vices and crimes, which aiilct every com
r mupity where the laws impose neither pun
c ishlnents nor restraints upon drunkards, n0I
y upon those who constantly hold out induce
5 ments which tempt their fellow men to become
t drunkards.
e Whatever differences of opinion may have
r been heretofore, entertained on this subject
k no man can shut his eyes TO the fact, that
e throughout our State, numerous places have
: been opened or established for the unrestrain
ed sale Of spirituous liquors, in which The
IS young and unwary have been decoyed to con
5 tract tastes ana habits which The resolves Of
o subsequent life cannot conticl, if they have
it nat, already, entered upon the courses Of dis
d sip On AMI Vi e.
it is, imperatyely, the duty OF the Legisla
ture, in the exercise Of wise discretion, t.
% enact Some constitutional law, in accordauc,
10 with public sentiment, OF Sufficient strin
/ gency TO restrain and suppress this GROWN.
n evil.
n PURITY OF THE BALLOT BOX.
D. On review of the late elections, it is appa
N rent to ALL that our laws have failed to pre-
lie serve the purity Of the ballot box. Will
10 there is difference. IN regard to the prope
a remedy, an effort is made To direct public sen
n tment in favor Of registration of voters Blu
v the practical workings of registry laws, il
a. other States, have failed to convince me of tn
rs adaptation Of such laws to our community.
~ A remedy for illegal voting may be found, ID
n requiring an actual residence in the township
ne or election precinct, Of not less than sixty day
he prior to the time Of voting, and 10y the multi
IN plying of election districts; thereby avoiding
IN the collecting of large bod eS of voters at on
Y, place, and lesscning the facilities for Iaudu
to lent voting. Where few voters are congrega
I'd ted at a single precinct, there will be littl
/. danger of excIted and angry feeling; the RICH
IA Of suffrage Will be exercised with more free
dom and deiberation; and the voters will l.
more generally known to each other and t
o. the officers oil the election. The penalties 70
a illegal wong and lor aiding AID alettin5 there
ID to, either BY solicitation, intimidation or trans
: portatIon, should be largely increased.
#, The practice OF betting on elections is
n, great and growing evil. ten,ling more and NOR
is to the COR option of the ballot box. and shou
G. be visited with the seyerest penalties. Uules
ID some eectual means can be adopted to pro
G. tect the elective franchise Gom corruption, an
o. desecration, our institutions will soon be at til
I'd mercy Of an unlicensed mob. -
BE WABASH AND ERIE CANAL. @
n 1t Will be seen by the report OF the Trus
a. tees, that they have caused the standing tim
81.
a. county, To be removed, at very heavy ex
Of pense; thus allay ng all cause Of complaint Q
IS. the part of the inhabitants residing in til
~ vicinity Of the work Though The best medi
cal authorities reported under law of tn
u Legislature, that THIS standing timber woult
of not prove injurious TO the health Of the sur
err rounding country, yet so completely did
On contrary opinion take possession of.the publ
,ir mind in that vicinity, that, on several occa
at sionS, since he last meeting of the Genera
,ir Assembly, that necessary feeder to the cana
1g was destroyed by an armed asseniblage Of
ee portion of the inhabitants Of the county.
ty 1t will be seen by reference to the report o
ed the Trustees, that there is serious dInnnu
or ton of the receipts OF toll on the Canal, a
e. compared with the income of 1854, and tn
re preceding year BY the report of 1885, mad
or TO this department, 1t viii lie observed tina
ny the tolls for that year fell short, more tina
he forty thousand dollars OF the income Of tn
he previous year; and that the receipts for tn
v year just CLOSED, show still further decrease 0
h. twenty-SiX thouaand dollars below the reve
he nue. OF l835-making, III two years, an aggrC
he gate decrease OF sIxty-six thousand dollars.
us This decline Of the revenue of the CAM
ly seems quite extraordinary; and especially as
I'd is believed that the navigation was maintaine
with fewer Interruptions than occurred in tn
he year when the revenue yielded the highest il
e. come. The report of the Trustees viii eA
O. plain the extraordinary decrease; and to tina
lv report YOUR attention is most respectfully d