The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-17

angry, growing, and exceedingly nnL.
Ipy in disposition and feeling"
Statistics OF Sunday Rum Nm
Crime.
The report of the Metropolitan poI;.
Commissioners to the Legislature ;nt
printed, presents some startling faci, :,
to the connection between The Snnl
| liquor business and crime-more ,bs,
confirming the statements Of the nS,l
bath Committee in their recent do,n
ment. 1t appears that the arrests f
drunkenness, disorderIy conduct anal
crime, on the three SUNDAYS succecj.p,
the order Of the Commissioners to co
the dram-shops on that dav. were but ~,
hundred aud ftty-fOur. "In Deccmb,r
following, when the practice of selIjoc
liquor on Sunday was more general tbs
arrests were four hundred and forty.siv j
and now, when it is manifest that tbs
law viii rot be enforced, and none ara
deferred from the apprehension of bcmg
punished, the arrests for three SUNDAY.
i'll November last Were five hundred aLJ|
three, or nearly one hundred per cent
greater than when the IaS was tempor,.
rily observed :" What, then, wonid bel
the diminution We're the law rigdy eu.
forced ~. T. Ere POET.
Isn't it as bad to get drunk Oh Satur.
day as ON Sunday? Does not the traffic
in Intoxicating drinks on aoy day eDgen.
der "disorderly conduct aud crime :
We are glad the Ere. Post tis at last open.
ing its eyes to the truth on this subject
1t has much grieyed Us heretofore, that
a paper so high-toued in It's standard of
morals, and so correct on almost every
question affecting the welfare Of the peo'
pie, should side with the liquor sellers a|
keeping open the food gates Of intemPer.
ance, and thereby filing the jaiis with
criminals. We commend to the PoHthe
following protest Of the Northern hdo'
pendent. against the liquor traffic, We
think it is the true position for all honest
men to take:
:" All forms and degrees of license are
wholly worthless for the purpose Of re-
straluing or regulating the traffic. Our
people are not such fools as to ask license
man of sense will no more think Of GET
ting license to sell whisky than be would
of getting license to steal. Nor would
properly considerate Legislature auy more
grant the one kind of license than the
other The fact is, none but che most
stupid old fogies pretend to regard the
traffic as tolerable. Humanity has pro-
nounced it an outlaw. The common sense
of the world has negatiyed the business
1t cannot exist among men who are any
thing short Of infamous. The gambling
saloon, the robbers den, the thiefs rcP0s'
itorv, the counterfeiter' manutactoTy
and the house of ill-fame are now every
way as respectable as the dram shop, FOL
these places of equal infany the WeII-dl''
posed part of society has but one remedy
namely, instant and utter annlhlIatlon.-
We sincerely hope all go-between meas
ures are at an end. Statutes for rega@
ton are a useless waste Of ink-they nc''
er had any suppressive force-neVeF eau
have To amend such worthless lesNI''
tion is impossible, for the worst Icen,,
law is Just as good as the best. We m'SD.
Just as we'll set about regulating any =,
all other crimes. The character oi ID.
liquor traffic is now so well known 'N''
there is no need of tampenng Win !"
foolish projects for mitigating ITS en9'".
ty were once excusable, but that DAY
past, never to return. Hencetorth DoaI .l
but the willful enemies of mankind WI !,
ever stoop to the infamous task Of lloG.
flying business whose very best ensV' =
to kill"