Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1861-12-25
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L kOGLN DEAlh--JSJu NICE ciit
an aged man living at Be''lenvi,ie, in
this county, was frozen to Ioath short
time since lie was intoxicated anl lost
his way while going h me, and though
the weather WIS not severe, he became
'siarofied. AMI was Oh He'd 10 DEATH
From the above facts. 1t seems 10 be
plnin case is t. the cause q: hi, death, IS
it was NOT very cold, The poisoned liz
uid destroyed his senses. onI causeA his
death. | also understand that the de-
ceased got tbts liquid at Dunbar's, near
the county seat, in the town Of Perry;
aud aI>o that this Dunbar is legal agent
Of tho Supervisors Of the town of Perry,
paying a bounty Of less than thirty pieces
of silver, and receiving in return, from
said Supervisors, a warrant or license to
sell that which brings ruin and desola
ton in any community.
He was intoxicated. Who placed that
temptation in bis way? Are none but
him guilty of the fatal result! There
are accessories to this murder, who are
not punished by law. He died by au-
thority OF the people of the town of
Perry through their delegated agent
Dunbar, under warrant with their
names attached in full to the parchment
of blood. A fearful change has come
over that once peaceful ana happy town.
VI to tue time that the county seat
was to be located there, they had moved
along in peace and quiet, and no rum
shop to pc son or corrupt tue innocent or
destroy the intellect But, the evil day
camc when they ascertnined that the
county seat was located in their town.
They discovered all at once, as b. magic,
that it was essential to have rum-shop
tor the convenience and comfort OF the
public at the county scat, and, no doubt,
they congratulated themselves that it
would give the place quite q reputation,
and be Of as much benefit to tie place
as any other branch of business. AS
the lev required q good moral man, who
could give bonds that he would conform
to the law, tn Supervisors soon found
their mau in Dunbar, who consented to
pay the bounty and receive in return the
agency or commission to 60 fortA and
scatter broadcast over the land the cause
Of ruin.
We know net the history of their
rum-shop, excepting the case here refer
red to. 1t seems the destroyer has been
among them, and has slain Of their
neighbors, a gray-headed father. These
Supervisors who employed Dunbar as
their agent are not ignorant of the dc,
moralizing effects of the engine of de-
struction they lave placed in his hands.
Euery coin he drops into his drawer is
the price of the hunger, nakedness, AMI
depreciation of those who never wrongcd
him or his. He deliberately turns Il kind
husband and father into devil, aud q
happy home into hell where the VICTIM
can torment his own wife and children.
Hell knows no worse depravity than that
which would drag our fellow-creaturcs t"
Z AZ,
friend Of human happiness when he
sIinied into Eeu. And if McE wen
spirit don't haunt you, it will be because
it will spurn the den where the body was
s!au Inferred. There is no safety in the
associations of men who are o utterly
base and heartless rs to work the ruin of
one who would live and die sober man.
| ask for what purpose do you have 2
town organzation9 Was it that you
might more efectualy scatter ruin and
desoation amongst your fellow-men, or
the reverse-that you might be better
prepared to establish justice, and pro-
mote the happiness of society? If this
be the object, ask by what authority do
you Supervisors employ an agent to
scatter ruin amongst youa Can it be
possible that the citizens of the town of
Perry VIII sanction such practice |?
What is il to sanction particular prac-
tice. II is to ratify and confirm it. Il
is to set ones seal upon it as thing
good and desirable in itself, thing to be
observed and porpetuaied. The ocean of
life may present calm, unbroken sur
face to the eye-the very picture Of repose,
while beneath the dark and turbid cur
tents are surging to and fro, bla ok and
angry as they toss and leap against one
another. The sky may smile without .