Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-11-12

or all but those who pay tax and obtail
courts approval, We may forbid the sal
entirely. Indeed our wise constitution ex
presSly 80 provides. sa.
l am aware Of the fact that come person
are Of opinion that moral suasiOn alone Il
sufficient 10 eradicate the evil Of iptemPer
anee-that legal coercion is arbitrary ant
cannot be made effective. confess tha
moral suasion has accomplished much
Thousands have been saved by IT, anI
thousands more will continue 70 be-
Still there are vast numbers who have no
been reached aud many more who neVel
can be. II aocomPlishes the work bpt II
part. But why cannot all be redeemed
from intemperance by moral suasiOn2 Be
cause many have formed an appetite fol-
strong drink which is ungoVsrnable, and
while the article can be obtained they will
have it at any price or sacrifice to crafty
that appetite. -.l 81. d
In vain does that dissipated man behold
In Ills sober mOm6DTs the deS.iSusioa aHI
misery he brings upon his wife and chill
dFen. Yea, he sends that little son, hall
starved and thinly clad and barefoOted,
(perchance in mid -winter,) over the frozen
ground to purchase the liquid fire. True
his domestic affections were once pure and
ardent; but, alas his whole concern aud
single care is how shall I obtain strong
drink Give me drink drink Moral
suasion with such mau falls as powerless
as the peIting Of hail upon . rock. Many
of the children also, of inebriates, will fol-
low in the footsteps of their fathers, aud
thus Drunkenness will be peFpetuated.
Just 60 long then ss some men can PuF-
chase they will. Now moral suast0u must
affect the moral sensibilides Of man; it
~. T., 81 ,fe,lRe a
rection; but where ask are the moral seu-
sibilities Of these men2 Where are the
cOnscIences of men who sell liquor as
beverage in the nineteenth century
Il is q great mistake to call one q free
agent over whom the love Of drink has
obtained the mastery. He unkD0WiDgly
becomes the bound slave Of that instdtOu4
habit whose chains are always 'too hne
to be seen, and too fine to be fell" until
too strong TO be broken. No, he Is not q
free agent. The law f0rbids usuEy because
the money borrower is supposed to be at
the lenders mercy. The young spendthFift
is thought 70 be in the blackleg's power,
therefore gaming is forbidden. And the
EGD SO earnestly aims to prevent the be.
ginning Of evil that il will not allow the
playing of game of whist or loo at hotel
or racefield, even without betting. Alas
no needy borrower is half SO fast in the
nsurer's gripe-no greenhOrn with more
money than brains is 4 tithe so fatally IN
the gamblers clutches, as the drnnkard
in the drink-demon's grasp aud in the
grasp Of the drink-demon's ally and mas
Ter, the drink sellerl
But, If the wretched sot himself were a
and Wilfully and knowingly fell
into the excess and perished in 1t, and
thus deserved his doom, are his wife and
children partners in his Ruilt--ageuts-
and therefore justly Hharers in bis ruin Z
Are We NOT boqpd 10 project them from.
he terrible effects Of the destFoyer's al
urements2 we, the guardians aud rePIe-
Of the people. We are respon-
Iible for every bitter scaldiDg tear shed by
goman for husbands unkindness aud
uiAl We are FesponspOnsible for every
Orphans cry for bread whose
ather has sold away his family's comforts
md subsistence, to buy the blasting of his
amily's peace. We are answerable, haVr
ng the power 70 avert these evils and suf- |
eEings, If we fail to pass laws for their
Iefence and protection. The liquor ma
;er's and the liquor sellers money is TIE |
rice of misery, Of crime and Of blood
The ties of nearest kindred have been for
often in the love of gain. UnfOFtunAtes |
rho, imperceptibly to themselves, had been |
by the habit Of drunkenness
rho at times had freed themselves bat been
Rught again, and who Panted for deliver
noe, but whose weakness made the sue
ess of their life or death struggle depend
pom the absence Of temptation, have found l
he fatal bait thrown daily in their way by !
he last hands which should have dealt
uch blow. Brothers have thus tempted
heir brothers 70 destrustion, and fathers
heir sons. .olg I, ;. 5lQs1 ID O., i
There is no hope of arresting this
lighty tide Of evil bat by pFohi6itiOn.-
'rohtbition is . iust MISREPRESENTATION
lin principle false; in application absurd.
'rohibition is transparent good regUla-
ion disguised evil. Prohibition, exter-
Regulation is q "Whitened sepnlchre, fair |
nd seeming without, but within full Of |
lead mems bones and all pneleanness.Y
GAIofdl suasion, p addressed 70 the dealers, |
las utterly failed !; and viii ever fail, with
hat large number Of men who value mo- |
icy, not only more than society's peace or
Welfare, but more than childFen's or broth |
irls lives. nifE ltfHtie
: Legal sEasiOn offers the only hope Of In
lueing those to quit their quest Of gain |
With whom dollars and cents outweigh
II the promptings Of public spirit, kind
less and justice. 53 as
Legal eoeFeion is In all cases allowable
md necessary To- restrain men from doing
N act, or indqlging q Practiee, Orpursu-
ng . business, which ipjuTes any other
person or class, OF community Of PeFsons-
rhe very moment that We come where one
man inhicts injury upon anQihers We hare
passed the line where moral suasi0n and
legal eoetcion should begin, s9fli,4i,
Admitting that have correctly designa-
ted the appropriate place and sphere Of
moral saasion on the one hand, and Of le-.
gal coercion on the other, IL cannot be
diGicult 70 decide which should be etnptcy-
ed 70 suppress the sale Of Intoxicating
drinks. Is such sale mere case OF belief,
Of beneEolence or of injury wholly
TO the seller, or does Il inhict In