The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1858-12-03
THE OHIO LIQUOR LAW.

1hE OtllO LlQUOh Law.
" W. sp,vsumeti tiwre is notaw on the stat
ute books of,Iiis staie absusshich ,hsFs
is such diversity Of opision. and the
execution Of which is atxpded with fsc
mucA tzpense toahs people, as the law
for the regulation Of the sale Of intoxi.
Eating liquors, and We think isthe duty
Of our Legislature either to give US bet.
ter law upon that subject or else none at
all. 2 40 49, ..e>'''., .,-o''-->--r,r@
Where is the pr priety io aquapdeFing
time. and noney In fral.ess Efforts 70 en-.
force law that authorizes any man to
sell . pint. squHrs. magaIion of p0isoR
while il punishss him whosells q gills II
we arr " have Inv on the suhjact,, le,
US strike a, the root ofals eviiMlet Us
prohibit its sale and 1,andfac,drs III Any
quantity. Mt SHiy 30, but let US make
the man WHO buys and uses II, equally
guilty with Lin who sells or manufac.
,ares it.. When We pretend to do thing
let US do Il right--i' We do not do it right
We had infinitely better not attempt to do
II at all. We are heartily sick Of the
niIk-aud. water Legislation we have had
upon this subject. II the people oi
Ohio demand legislation upon the sub.
jet, give us something that will have a
prucfirol bearing upen Iit---nos q law ur-
DER r~ilici, the rich man can keep his fne
liquors in his cellar. and the poor man
piucufe d quart Of double. distilled poison
simoss ut amy corner of your streets,
Lmk al the poor unfortunate inebris
atr, before ~ lose vision "snakts' and
ether hellish aces mpaniments of mania
,ota are. Hlrr~dy liz ming up. Is he not
in the ranks Vi III" ysgnnf flask rnen, to
whom !. is prfecIly Irgnl and strictly in
accortiancr with law to deal out "riflt
whiskry"at ten cents quart? Certainly
lie is; md yet while sou punish the man
who sells gin for fve cents. you let the
fellow who sells qaat of''ro, gu" whis:
key for ,enic+H,s go Scott free. s'''' 90
'lfs~s ars 10 'hsw Il proIiibitory iaw 1t
alhAlsn d ohass prdclicos onea- -one that
can 81 BE- iqtnforcedg and VIII Accomplish
some gcodTwhen Il is eufSraed. but five
are ITO hsye tieanss law, ID would BIZ
mucll better to elicenseTa man to stll'x
drink of the .'r'isltr'' for Eve cents. than
to uhorixr himto sell quart for dime.
The present law is almost dead letter
upon our statute books fur while ther-
are forts being made in many parts o'
.i+ Slatea.o tntosee il. i, il only ia an oc
alinxixpce that these Efforts are suc
cessiu; which fact. Of itself, u oonclu
sive tvislrnceoii,s imprac.lcability. But,
in addition to this, the fact that il licenses
nsn 10 sell liquer mot lorbe drank on
the pre- misrs where sold. Isl sufficirntrto
conyince apy thinking mind that it canno'
have the effect which it WAS intended
to hav.--shM is, 10 prohibit the sale and
use. to great extent. Of ardent spirits
n, a beverage. Hagniit4 2. slN
Fur one. we have no hesitation in say.
ing that the day upon which it shall be.
announced 10 the American people tha,
the importation. the manufacture, the SALE
and the use. ef ardent spiri,s' has been
entirely prohibited. will ,bv the mos: glori-
GUS day in the history Of this eountrys
and unborn million. would hail the an.
Of tha: day With % much joy
ami patriotic gratitude as We new, do the
anniversary Of The declaration Of Amer
ican Independence. But. gentlemen. such
wishy. .washy legislation as that to which
we hare referred vii! never contribute
much toward the accomplishment Of SO
glorious an object. r S,e
FArAL ACCIDENT. .-AtAiid' . Hsd d c,sl
0E-On saturday, the i3lhinst.. Will.
the steamer Morgan l.. k'sr,in was lying
n. ths duck. in Oshkosh, Wisconsin,. a son
VI the .wner Of the steamer, aboy some
six or seven yoars old.9 was playing shout
the engine. and finally dropped something
briwern the beams sspprtiog the shaft.
and stonp..d over 10 recover 1t. The en-.
ginsrr. entirely ignorant of the wherea.
bouts Of the bay. started the engine, and
the crank sevpIvins. came down and
struck The l"y On the back Of the neck.
completely s-srriug the head from the