The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-02-17
Facts for Consideration.

The bill to prevent tho unnecessArr con.
.umptiou Of grain By distillers and other
8 manufacturers Of spirituous and m@s. II.
taors, reported BY Mr.. Tx0xAs, OF Hen -, In
4 as Senate, lays quietly upon the Clerk's
a,ss. AND the Efforts Of Its patron to hay Q 1t
called up have thus far proved ineffect AL
Tshave be:ome convinced of tho Ieceesity
Of soma legislative action 10 check The
4 growth Of the evil complained OF, only by An
summation OF the startling facts recently
developed In connection Herewith, eone Of
which lave already been laid before oar
rrsd.r. A highly respectable citizen OF
Floyd writes that the COMMITTEES appoin tea
By the court Of that county to supply the
.snilIee Of volunteers. ere even now unnb lie
70 procure grain for tho purpose, yet the
smoke Of more than dfty distiller,es blackens
he horizon, while the wall Of the INDECENT
mother aud helpless infant goes up for
,bread."
NE writer estimates that the distilleries In
y,ovd >ounsy will this year consume Mirq.
"a, p,..e,.' SusAsts IF peterborough to fur
u,.h ..r I,,ars.' families with food for twelve
months. L. will p, chaps astoni'h the reader
% learn that In this ~ps county there are
ev.n large dntulsries an scms nifty other
snail concerns.
This We are assured, IL not al. >oe the case
III Floyd county. They are spring. up ali
over the State and meanwhile petitio. ~ are
pouring in upon the Legislature, from VI u.
0as quarters, praying the passage Of An act
prohibiting, under severe penalties, the wan
'ol and reckless practice Of converting into
liquid poison the grain which 10 absolutely
ieeded for food That there will be Violent
opposition to the meaiurs has already been
Indicated but II members lack courege to
sSns up TO the work like men, and fail to
shact the law. the responsibility, . thousand
u-es more fearful than that which they
l'w shrink from. will b upon their own
LEADS II We neglect all the warnings of ths
Vads and the present and make no provision
! :" an inevitable aud obvious future; IL,
a1er from bigotsd attachment to the rules
"a'foiiing trade 10 ordinary times, or q
1skiins 70 Deighborhood sentiment, our
legislators exclude from their minds the most
p'Ao'ieal aud imperative elements Of safety;
A'Ies iAii to use their power for the real
'eIent OF the thousands through . hope to
.n'0el some miserable personal aims; then
.''usaiS theii sin will b a. great ~ that Of
Aeu"aiisrs themselves, and their punish
I.a' a' certain a. that OF the unsuspecting
NHms Of an inordinate appetite. In tom.
1'.anee' economy, and elf.restraint, the
Oop's must GEEK their elevation and their
..l'Hfe, And tbs law.makers their true dig
IiC ana their real m isaion.
Ane subject has by NO means bssn neglected
p'nef States. The Legislature Of Tennes-
''~- s Get good example By passing IN oct
making 1t unlawful for any person to disul
NY kind Of grain into spfriruou. liquors du.
"'s NE existence Of the war. prescribing 50.
"e penalties for Its violation, and rsqoiring
80 several Judges of the Oircuit and Crimi.
~ Oourn OF the State to give tho act in
"Hse to 'hstr respective grand turiss. We
"o nave an assurance that the Convention
"No'h Carolina viii pass . prohibitory
"Whanee Of simtiar character.