Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-02-27

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The last effort Of lam 70 outrage
Constitutional liberty, through the leg
islature Of Iowa, has been re-eminent.
ly successful. Our Senator, Nicholas
J. kusch, has boasted most loudly Of
his success in amending the obnoxious
Maine Law; but he has been most
egreglously hnmbugged. The new law
Is fonr-told more tyranncal and ou,rs-
gcous than the Prohibitory Law. Ii
prohibits the sale of all malt, sp,r,in.
o0s, and r,n'oms liquors, not leaving
poor Frahm chance Of escape with
hM weakly beer, unless license OF no,
less than 500, nor mere than $500 II
paid, and bond Of $4,000 is givcl.
~ith approyedsurctics, conditional tina,
SIC. ,. The person So licensed shsll ia,
ell damages that community or ind,vlar1l
may sustain IN consequeI &c Of sdid traffic
ne snail support all paupers, willows, Ill,
oSphans, AMI pay the expenses of all clyi
and criminal y, osecutiohs growing out %
or justly attributable 10 his said rel all tram,
10 Intoxicating drinks, salt damages at,
expenses 10 BE- recovered in any cou 81
competent Jur'sd'ciion by m acuo on ~
bond named aud required in The hrs; seritpi
OF this sc', copy of which, properly an
then'icsi~d, hall he taken IN evidence II
Oh courts Of justice ia tins State, and II
shall be the duty cf the county Judge T.,
deliver on demand such a copy thereof H.
snv person who may clam 10 b. H. jurej by
such ualic.
ifthis is not License law with
vengeance. II an nnluckv wight
should buy glass Of beer, and drum
It upon weak stomach, and ,mln
that stomach upon the rich Etus.rh
carpet OF his neighbor, the man WHO
sold the liquor is to pay the damae.
II gallon ot alcohol should b. hougii
andthcpurchaser should he fool cnousl
TO set fire to it and burn MP his house,
the seller must pay the damages. tn.
seller must support all the widows. chi
dren and orphaus of the person VII.
drinks aglass OF liquor aud then eui. ,
his throat.
The effect Of this will he that man, |
miserable yagabonds will unders'an,
that if they are ont Of the way. III,
wine merchant will b. comrclci :.
support his family, and he will rut ~
end 10 himself with comparative com !
posurc Every manufacturer IT hcer
ale, wine and cider. before he can sell
the same. must pay his license. give HE
$4,000 bonds and Obtain 'hc names o.
twelve frcholders ofthc town 70 lis PC
tition for license. No tanner cap
manufacture 100 barrels of cider for
sale without this cxtrsvacsn, duty q
800 to $500.
~F''i CIV N'iiiV vi i'it ltttUlPS OF TINS !
precious offspring ola Republican Leg
islature. Il is So much more chnox.
,ous to censurc than the Prohihitory |
Law, that few counties will adopt it.
II will rest by the side of its parent. a
very Caliban in deiormitv. aud fl.
ting monument ofthe folly Of al efforts
TO abridge inalenable rights by arli'ra |
~ enactments, and Of seeking moral !
reform BY the power OF penal laws
1t Is useless to disguise the fact that oil
such enactments have increased rather
than diminished the evil. The peo-
pie are reluctant to enforce such severe
penalties, and dcspisc those who arc
the most active in doing so. Senator
kusch now finds that he has been out
w'tted by his own friends, and he has
been instrumental in securing the pass
age Of law whose provisions he knew
little Of.