The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-10

cotEf' recofus Vi our common COUNTY :.
SO pres1fc of examples. But bers ''
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"The Grand Jury acts no, onIn
charges preferred by the proper az sp'a
but they are Bound by the solempn;,rI VIS''
oath, to make presentment of ever. ~. IaR
they moy know to be presentabIe 'I,p5
quently this may be an unpleas,n, = re
to perform, as it may expose tboso y, II Ip'F
faults would be gladly kept .onceaIs5 9DoS' -
painful as it may be, it is oae thu, 'i, oot
to be slighted OF left undone NJ ao''
favor, affection, reward or Aope tbaS m
will excuse its omission, while no m.r ,,o
hatred or i'll will should ever ip1na'
preSentment which is not founded INV
ity snd truth. There are offenses e fsa ~
and hourly perpetration of which NJ a.a
propriate notice is taken by the n,;u
citizens or the public official, and 1% i
much to be regretted that this is 50. E,Ssl
much suffering and misery and vro., ~
could be avoided if but then causos wa
checked or removed before tbec hoo,s
so ch onic as to be incurable va.
havock is constantly making in onr m;s,,
bV the bold and unbluShiu@ yiol,tion -
our laws regulating the sale and traffic !.
liquor, while those who witness i .ag
that too, to the rending Of many heart.
are afraid to call It's authors to a nrono,.
reckoning for it, and why? MOSTLY |s.
cause the name of the offenders is lea,n
Their very numbers inspire terror. R,r
while it is the privilege of the citizens ;,
become intormer or not at his pleasure !.
is not SO with the Grand Jury, Or any ens
OF their number. When it is known "a
them that there is or has been an alma.
of the law, in selling liquor without license
or furnishing it to miners or persons #
intemperate habils or on the Sabbath dav
they have but one discretion and that !,
to make known the fact by presentucpt
of the offenders. Gentlemen, | invite
your serious attention to this subject, that
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you may by every legitimate means in
your power aid in bringing to Justice
those who are uulawfully sowing the seed,
oil decentralization aud Of death in your
midst. Screen no one whom YOU know
to have offended and fear not the conse.
quences. Help. as far as your official du.
ties as Grand Jurors Will allow It, to save
the young men Of Jour day and country
from the temptations to which they are
exposed by the hundred aud one gros
shops with which community is infested.
Some may speak evil Of you for the notice
you may take Of offenders, but conscience
and the voice Of every good citizen will
proclaim its approval. ! speak thus Of
this open notorious evil, i'll which there
is not one redecming quality, because it
is more wide spread than all the evils with
which our land is cursed. 1t is the par.
ent Of nearly all the diseases, poverty and
crime with which we are afflicted. ltis
emphatically the sin and bane Of the coun
try. We are fast becoming a nation Of
: inebriates, and if retoIm, by some mean;
or another 10 not brought about, another
generation will be too impotent or imbe
CHE to protect its liberties. There nt
other offenses, oiisboots of the one We ha7C
been noticing-leSs pernicious perhaps, Il
their effects and consequences, but whlcI
Imerit consideration, because Of their neg
ect by tho,e who suffer from, or are an
noycd by them, without having the cour
age to suppress them. ThoughtIess uo
and boys assemble together after night
and by their shrieks and yelliugs, theI
! blasphemous and vulgar eiacuIatIons, th
peaceful citizens might think that tn
spirits of Pandemoniam had been let Loo;
upon them, and fears are created for th
safety of property aud of life. Such PEI
sons are violators Of the peace aud Lab.
to be indicted for their oifensiVeness.
our larger villages and towns, police reI
uiations appear to be too inefficient to SUI
press the evil, and a notice of it from I'll
urand Jury might not be without its 50
utary effect. Migrants, in the gnlse
paupers and mendicants, are class
persons the law does not tolerate. Man
Of them are seen going from house
house asking for aims, but only to IN
opportunities to pifer and take Thate'
they can get their hands on. Hence
our cities and towns, the front rooms
dwellings have to be kept constantly loci
ed or the loss becomes too severe ana I'll
endurable. flour citizens, constabIes az
magi; trates would but have few OF tne'
characters arrested and wholesomeIy dea
with, it would defer others from the pu
suit of those indolent and vicious pTactlc.t,
and thus save community from ""
spread and growing moral gangrene'
pa Thank Heaven there as hou
of Representatives 1t is no mocAer)
no mere vanished deccptiOn-but asu