The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-05-12
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not his own, we rightly brsnd him % .
rooue. Does not the gambler, by means
If living. gain what is not his ownl Then
what is he! Our laws infilct severe pun;
ishmcnt upon the thief Ought the cruei
wretch who cheats his victim at the gam:
bIer's table out Of his money be allowed
10 escape!
I'm Richmond, and everywhere else ex-
cept Ethiopia and Manchester, gambling
establishments are forbidden. Frequent,
and sometimes successful, efforts to seize
their contents and punish their proprie-
tors have been made. Not soin this virtr-
GUS town. Here the gambler Is very re.
spectable man. He may, as Stranger
says. dose and rob his victim tonight, and
he the most popular man in town to-mor:
row. Oh horror! invoke the new Board
tn look to this matter. The removal Of
this evil will be better than free schooi.
The drinking shops of Manchester also
furnish a matter for the consideration
Of the Board. At the risk Of being as
sailed again with the charge Of hostility 10
our ministers, am compelled to say that
disagreed utterly with one position taken IN
the temperance sermon which l heard
some Sunday nights ago. The speaker
seemed to be very hopeful advocate Of
Moral SuasiOn a the most effective means
of advancing temperance. Moral Suasion
may be the best cXpcdient for retaining
a drunkard, though six months imprison-
ment for every drunken revel might DC
| better. Whatever may be the value Of
Moral Suasion on the drinker, must say,
with all Difference to the speaker already
mentioned that it is pOwerless argu-
mcnt to use on the whisky-seller. had
as soon employ Moral Suasion to induce
mad dog not to bite me, as to use it to re-
strain the liquor dealer from pursuing his
| trade. He deiics all morality, and has no
heart which can be moved by tender per-
Suasion.
| appeal to the Board Of Trustees to save
the people from the temptations Of these
bad men. Some how, feel that it is my
right to speak on this subject. | know by
experience the private and domestic woe
which comes from drunkenness. Ibeg the
Board 10 close up these drinking establish
mcnts and in this way our virtue and hap
piness will be UNNECESSARILY increased. Ii
any one OF the Trustees opposed to this
proposition? If SO, venture to say that
he is afraid to confess his opposition.
). The last recommendation which l
offer is in regard tn the removal Of mi
SanceS. OftheSe there are very many, but
| name only one. Health and comfort
alike demand its removal. Isuppose that
every one will at once conjecture the OBJ
icct of my reference. To prevent any
misapprehension, will frankly say that |
alude to certain soap factory which
stands in one of the most densely popula-
ted sections of our beautiful town. de-
| clare that have sometimes been ready, in
passing, il to rcproach nature for bestowing
upon me the common gift of an oltactory
nerve. am told that persons residing In
the neighborhood of the factory have
intensely Roman noses, purely as the result
of holding them so much. Oh, gentlemen
of the Board help. Use the giant arm OF
your power to wash away this evil. ap-
peal to your common scents" to decide
whether or not it ought to be done.
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