The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1858-04-23

deeply? Strong drink diminishes pub.
lie and individual wealth by preventing
human labor. Behold tho lettering,
broken.down, "dead heads" congrega-
ted around every public liquor saloon,
who work only for grog! How many
around each tavern in our vicinity p
Then how many hang to all the hotels
in our laudl Hundreds Of hundreds!
By disabling only one hundred thou.
sand workmen, il annually robs the
nation Of thirty millions OF dollars.-
Enough to build the Pacific Railroad
in short time! The "Jars'7 Of towns
are the greatest "bars" to their prosper.
| iy. But for tho grain distilled, how
much cheaper would DO the "stafr of
sife:" il all the liquor establishment Is
were "to let" how much cheaper would
rents be in all our large citiesl II these
rooms should average only fifty dollars
per ear, il would save millions TO, the
people. How incomprehensibly vast
are the wastes Of property, prosperity {,
food, labor, health and life consumma.
ted by the liquor traffic, giving back
only vice and misery. In these and
many other like ways does il inure
every member OF the body polite
And, yet, say one, we have no right to
bring this issue to the pollsl Have we
no rightto vote protecting law for the
property andlives Of our citizens! Yes.
No political dogma whatever affects the
public purse, health. moals, and gener.
al prosperity equal to this. No other
question affects our national reputation
at homo or elsewhere as moment tously
as does the suppression Of the liquor
traffic. Ballot.box action then, is not
only patriots right, but his DUTY
Let tho liquor men rule no longer.-
Why should the minority rule 10 the
destruction and disgrace Of the majority :!
No longer will we licence you TO slaugh.
ter working men. make families perish
through poverty, torture the mother and
make vaSabonds Of the children. We
will no longer keep the paupers and
criminals that GU are continually man.
ufacluring to hand for tho ostensible
design Of having them saddled upon US.
The many have 10 bear the many in.
firmatics heaped upon them by the few +,
when we might assert onr rights and
defend them, and thus subserve the de
sign OF republican government, "lhe
majority TO rule" We haze the same
right to prohibit that we. have TO
licence. Licence is based ON the con.
ceded right to prevent all except a few
from selling. Then why not this few
also? The admitted right Of the law to
limit, involves the right to suppress
Besides. law rightly demands, in Ii.
cence fees a part OF the profit. Then
why has il not the same right TO take
all? This alone would destroy the
traffic. Stopping all but few, gives
them chance to eXtort several hun.
dred per cent. profit. This alone makes
dealers so mad against a prohibitory
law, because it would stop their abom'
inable money making schemes.
law orders hack drivers TO "turn to
the right"-punishcs men Tor wearing
female costume--rcmoves public nui.
sanccs-regulatos the sale Of gunpow.
der, arsenic, &c.-prescribes and die
tates whatever affects the public good.
Then may it not prohibit alcohol, since
il is the greatest public nuisance (minus
tobacco) known TO mankind?
All we desired was test vote. and
we have had that; so let us abide by
that until wo can get an out. and .out
prohibitory law enacted. We now
dare our opponents TO come to the tst,
either in arguments, verbal, or in bal.
lot.box arguments.
Arise, ye worthy freemen, and put
down this rufiianly minority! Especial.
ly letus see temperance a, the "seat oi
Justice" Let us cleanse the white
house, and purge our Congress halls
Even our Senators use the "critter" 10
q shameful extent. lSee Records
l once read OF certain locality in
the southern part OF Asia, that was
greatly troubled with lions, SO that the
people could raise but few cattle ol
sheep, as the nocturnal visits OF these
carnivera were for the sole purpose oil
getting their appettes satia,ed on the
poor peoples cattle. II was at length
ascerained that in a certain cave near
by, there dwelt family OF these ami.
mails The Arabs being themselves
afraid to attack SO formidable beast
the Sheik OF the province sent word 70
"a great European lion.killer, that he
would give him some ESQ for each
scalp he should obtain within tive
leagues OF said den. The lion.killel
found that the lioness had cubs in sait
den; so he watched his opportunity
when they were about half grown ane
killed them; c0ntinuing 70 do SO from