Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1859-03-10


ESrEsaScE-FOr the past few years all classes
Of persons seenfte have orgotten, or least neg
kcfed, sp<o.nythins psblieiy for the promotion Of
thefemperance cause. An have given way TO the
pressure of other questions and other interests. and
seen 1tavs - sesnsof tcnpGance matters =
Ts e&emies OF sobricty have seized upon this "a
vorsble opportunity to strongly fortify their
sirhgholds and thus sally forth 10 their work of de-
y
atioe. Ti~~s having shc least scpbance of
siriSgcncy have be& calls8 he works ofnMd men
ssffs,afics. sndhsse been repealed as enactments
too odious for an enlightened and refined people,
The State in which was conceived and carried into
pseticl effect the iesofa prcIfldtory liquor law,
has, hy a recent act readesed the law imperative.
and il il atsli< smc .pw cbcliese, adead lcttcr.-
Othe States, where the question has been mooted,
kave,a through certain undue inhucHces, set their
seaIofinIisnationu upon it. Our own dear 'Hoosier
sste"-in defence Of whose tair fame all true
Infianians would readily "grasp the shield and
drsp the swoed-has Iuffsrel all that part of pro-
hsbaicn worthy OF the name to be erased from her
stste books has utterly failed since to enact any
SORT Of IN anfi-liquor law and now all Is void save
that portion which repealed all former restriction
7he highest authorities in QUIZ State have thus
v,rtnally, though Enthusiastically We presume. ex
tended a welcome hand to every species OF crime
that egitimately results from the liquor trafc and
invhed bad scatter misery and Oscillation all
orer our hitherto happy land. Thus countchanccd
and supported. iucbficts has almsst become tho
rule and temperance the exception, in much that
che xotaries Of Bacchus arc countless the leaves
oftbe fbrrz<-z Incvcvv CITY and hamlet the monster
intempcrancc raisss is hydra head and strikes down
it. victims in myrials- In our own town liquor
shops are numbcrcd by. tie DOZEN. Men once
staineh Advocates ofour loved principles, have 50
riou<ly contemplated engaging in the accurscd traf
fc. Ia many places. respected merchants have
grown rich, and are still advancing their pecunary
interests, by the sale Of intoxicating liquors. The
traffi his been rapidly assuming the responsibility
il a,.sisiso iHits psinest DAYS. and ~ continued
vet little while longer, we shall not be surprised to
sec half its present opponents countcnancins it, /
onwaripyoSress. dforbid that this shall ever be.
We hive written thus that readers may tho
msre rcxiily andcrsrsua the causes which broughts
b,ut the pccscnt temperance excitement The liquor
business Is bad one and everybody knows it. Our
cit;zrns shaving not the law. are law unto them
Selves so think m INV Of them, and defermned
81 step the lquor traffic.
For moro :than a week past the people came out
en- mssseto hear the lectures of Rev. H. p Chance.
the HBsckeye B-osd Ave. Never bce,rc did
spcsker have such an influence over Plymouth
audience. His control over his hearers almost
complete. and he never failed to have them vote
fw any proposition he put forth-uoLens roieHs. At
his instance large committee of ladies and gen
sfcmcn was appointed to visit all the liquor saloons
Of tho town AMI request their proprietors aban
IN their Business. This committee kindly
treated by mist Of the saloon keepers Several
aid they woald comply with the request. We hope
bsy VII do 80 at once a. there is danger in DELAY.
At one OF the lectures, large number by vote
pressed determin ton to stop the liquor trade in
hi> p'ace-'.pc ,c.bly IL csa. hut f,rribly il
'pa-s-'' We are decidedly opposed to mob law and
are m INV others. and tiinktIt all good citizens
'soaIdresi t At all hurls- Bat when outraged
pesple become once Infatuated they rush madly ON
Nd crush obstacle in their way. Mary alreav
Nv thu "for5e artnce has erased TO be virtuc,-
nj IN Il they dctermuelto fight till the last
" his faIcn- so there is danger, and we, there
Gre cntreat the liquor vendors Of Plymouth, in
sew of these facts to evinec b, their acts that they
'ehe,e discretion is the better part Of salor.''
Since writing the foregoing learn from the
sies5o Tiu,es that Lei esturc has passed IL
'cnse Law and that our Governor has approvcdit. a
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