Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1866-07-16
TIE sextons Photograph Rooms No. s saa Street. Wilmington
MONDAY MORNING, JULY 16, 1866.

| goes, lived lives that corresponded with theii
acta. How is it with those that repealed it
| Some OF them at least have lived lives to cor
respond with their acts; aud the children o.
some of them would blush at the record But
lot byponts be bygonos--we now have to dc
u ith til, present AGd for the present we must
as before said try to create a healthy public
sentiment on the question We believe this
oaa be done, for IL has already been done to
| some extent in some localities, as ight show
| six months ago, in town not many miles
! tom here, rum reigned pupreme, but by the
| lsdeiatigable lablrs of few devoted and
fdthiul men, public sentiment has been so
changed, that more than half OF the drinking
rien ct the town have become tetotalcrs and
those who iormery signed petitions for the sale
Of rum have signed remonstrance against
licensing any store in the place, and what is
better, public sentiment so influenced tn
grand jury that they respected thereuoni trarc >.
| row let US take courage from this circum-
atonce, AMI let us all every where w to create
srch u sentiment Ia every town and neIghbor-
| hood where IL is sold rs will iudnce every nlau
TO withhold his sauction and his name. We
admi the necessity for hotels in all public
places and are glad to avail ourselves of thess
comforts when we need them; but we do not
admit the necessity OF selling liquor in them
no more thaa the same exists for every other
| claim that there wal necessity for him to make
Il tea fold prof from its sale, to enable him to
keep fast horses and grand equipages, and ev-
cry private boarding house might claim the
same privilege 1t boarding housos can be
sustained at the reduced rates at which they
furnish board, botel keepers can certainly
make large profits NJ the rate they charge,
without the sale OF run. II they cannot they
should either put the price up until they can
i've, or quit the business altogether we had
better Eaye fewer hotels than be cursed with
the influence Of their bara.
Some proiessed temperance men soem to
have holy horror OF miugling temperance
with politics. They profess to think that
there should bo no law upon the sutject.-
Preach moral suasion say they and induce the
drun"ard to sign the pledge and quit bis cups.
This is just what we are doing. But what Is
the use Of spending our lives in Inducing one
a3s Of dtunhards TO become sober while the
ba:s aud drinking sAlOoas arc ia full blast, fill
ing u their places from the young and inctn-
81 .ers,e.' Aud this IS not all for in many pla-
Ces there is no place but the hotel Tor young
ald unmarried men 70 board, ard these htv-
lag been induced to try to become sober, nre
Lcre met three times day with the tempting
bottle and solicitations OF thougatiess COM
pani0ns who would glory ia the downfall of A
son OF 1e nTegance. With these Influences
operating il would bo almost unreasonable to
expect the men who have been the votaries Of
the jolly god should all maintain their lnteg-
rty. Ii they should, il would be more than
has been accomplished by that niger school Of
moralS--the christian religion. We therefore
do want law upon the subject, and il is best
10 say so at once, SO that all men may under
stand the question. Bat we have no Intention
of arfaying the Temperance clement against
any u1litir Al DrJlniZ ltinn ni.een nolili,1l or-