Bedford inquirer and chronicle. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1854-1857, 1857-07-10
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ER's views and votes on the Maine Liquor
Law which passed the Senate in 1852, as
exhibited BY the Journal of the Senate for
that year.
On the Sd March, 1852, Mr.. Carothers,
from the Committee on Vice and lmmorali-
ty, reported Senate Bill, No. 4l9, entitled
ss.4n act TO poaibit The manufacture and
sale Of Intoxicating liquors See Senate
Journal, Vol. l.. p. 363.
March 18th, motion was made to con-
slider the bill. This was objected TO, aud
;he orders of the day called. \ motion
was then made to suspend the orders to get
at the consideration of the bill. On this
motion the yeas and nays were called, when
the yeas were 20 aud the nays ii, so the
motion was lost,-two-thirds being necessa-
ry to suspend the orders. On this motion
PACKER voted yea See Sen. jour, Vol.
!, p 4S0.
March 22d, the bill was taken up for
consideration; and on the question whether
she first section should pass, the yeas and
nays we're called, and the section passed by
a vote of I9 yeas to IA nays. PACKER be-
ing one Of the yeas. See Sen. Jour-, Vol.
/, p. SIS.
The bill was further debated and consid-
cred during that day, and the day follow
ing, as appears by the same volume of the
journal, at pages SIS, 5Sa, 5sS. &C.. and
the yeas and nays were frequently called on
different sections Of the bill, and in euery
InstGnce the name Of WM. F. PACKER is
found recorded in taror Of the bill, aud
along with the names Of the other warm
friends of that prohibitory Liquor law.
March 3lst-lS52, the sections having
been all agreed to, the bill came up on its
FINAL passage; and on the question, "shall
''the bill passe The yeas and nays we're
'.requirel by Mr. Crabb and Mr. PACKER,
sand were as follows: viz;
"YEAs. Messrs. Barnes, Carothers, Car
'sson, Evans, Fernon, Guernsey, Hamilton,
''Hamlin, Haslett, Hoge, Mcfarland, Me-
''Murtrie, Malone, PACKER, Robertson
s'Sanderson, and Slifer.-17.
"Nays. Messrs. Bailey, Buckalew, Crabb.
darlington, Frailey, Fulton, Jones, Kin
''zer, Kuukel, McCaslin, Matthias, Mullen
''burg, Myers, Sinner, and Walker, Speak
'er-15.
$50 the question was determined in the
Affirmative" See Senate Journal, of 1852
Vol. /, p. 612.
Such is GENERAL WM F. PACKERS
record in the Senate of 1852, and such are
lis votes upon the subject of the prohibi-
tory liquor law which passed the Senate
that year, as proved by the Journal of the
Senate, which is the oEly authorized record
of proceedings. Aud yet his pirtizan
friends, and the unplincipled press which
supports him for Governor, are mean enough
and reckless enongh, TO deny that he is or
ever was in favor of prohibition, and round
ly abuse all who asssrt that he voted for
prohihitory liquor laws. We say again. we
have these Senate Journals in our Office,
and can show them, day, and date, and
page, TO any man who wishes to see them,
or who desires to know the whole truth on
this subject. And We will here remark that
not only did Genl. Packer Rake speeches
m the Senate in favor of the bill, aud vote
as here proved, but according to the we'll
remembered logic of the Bedford Gazette,
he gaze the casting cote on the final passage
Of this RonStrous Maine Liquor Law
For on looking at the final vote, it will be
observed the bill passed by II yeas to Is
nays. Consequently if Genl. Packer had
voted uay, the bill would have been defeat.
ed ou its final passage, by tie vote, and
evidently his vote for the bill was what sa-
we'd it.
But the same recklessness and disregard
of the truth which has heretofore denied
that Packer vas prohibitionist, may also
deny that the bill which passed the Senate
In 1852 was prohibitory MaiDo law.
The bill was made up of fifteen sections,
and is therefore too long for publication
entire, but in order that all doubts may be
removed ON this point, and all mouths stop
ped, we will give our readers some extracts
from the bill as specimens. AS before sta
ted, it was entitled, ".7n .4ct TO prohibit
the manufacture and sale of Intoxicating
liquors" And to demonstrate that the bill
itself corresponded with the title, we pub
lisa the frst three sections of it, as follows:
SEC. /. Be IL enacied, &c. That no person
shall be allowed at any time, 10 manufacture, or
sell, by himself, his clerk, servant, or agent.
directly or indirectly, any Intoxicating liquors
whether the same be spirituous, yinous. or
malt, or a mixture of the same, or any of them.
or any other liquor possessing intoxicating
properties, except as hereinafter provided.
SEQ 2 The judges of the court ef Quarter
Sessions, aud the County Commissioners. on
the first Monday of July, annually, or as soon
thereafter as may be convenient, may appoint
suitable persons of well-known, honest, tenn
peIate, and sober habits, to buy, or manufac-
ture and sell at some convenient point in such
of the Townships, boroughs, and cities, within
the county, as they may deem expedent and
rEeper, ,cines Gad other liquors, for sacranenfaI.
medicinal, mechanical and artisfical PURPOSES.
AND FOR NO OTHER PURPOSES wHArsoEyEK-l
Such person shall be appointt for the term of
one year, but may be removes at any time at
the pleasure OF said judges ird commissioners
for violating this act.
Sec 8. That each persoo appointed to sell
liquors as aforesaid, shall sep an accurate ac-
count in writing of all the liquor bought or
manufactured by him, specifying the quantity
of each kind purchased or manufactured. m.
price Of that purchased, the name ofthe person
from whom il was purchased, and the date Of
the parchase, the quantity of each kind sold
and the 5aIe of the sale. its price, the name,
residence, and occupation of the person 10
whom IT was sold, and the purpose for which il
was purche sed by hiIE; and he SHALL cause II,
psTson 10 tohom the safe Is made, TO sign the said
specification al the end thereof; he shall semi
annually, il required. on day and at place
To eo appointed by said judges and cemlnis-
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