Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1866-07-16

From cur arms an angel flies,
l. And our startled, dszzled eyes,
Weeping round its vacant place,
Cannot rise its pnth to trace
Cannot sle the 0agel face.
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For the Delaware Republican,
TO THE FRIENDS OF TEIFERANCE IN
DELAWARE
Friends aud Brothers For nearly ten long
years vou have remained passive witnesses OF
| the lighting il iluence of the license system
with no power 10 stay its dava. a'ing tide. on
have seen from Its effects the only sou ot a
| d. nting mother laid in his early grave. You
| have seen thn otherwise industrious and peace
| able citizen become a quaTresoms pest in so-
| ciety. You bava seen the Otherwise kind IA
.her and devoted husband become through its
il tluChcc M ontteliUg brute and demon ilcar.
notc. lie who had swora at the altar 10 love
cherish and protect the wife OF lis bosom b..
come her most iuveterate enemy, even To I'M
bruing bi- hands in her blood. You have seen
through its lnilleGce the rich become poor,
and tie poor become poorer. Ycu have seen
ia yoar streets lnd9 scarcely in their teens,
roeiiDg from the effects OF potatons dealt cut
aJ The fashionable h0tel-u iicegsei rrog rery--.
lads whose fortunes are easily told il they are
rot speedily arrested in thsir career oi de-
bauchrrY' You have seen all Ills and much
nIorc. And with il all, you ave not seen
single instance when aay man was made better
by its use nS = beverage. We have long bee
afflicted with this plague spot upon soeicty.--
Aud We have laborea long and ftithully for
i,g removal, and once Thought We had accom-
plshed the desire OF oGrh s1r g, lu' evil innu
eneos destroyed the work OF q lifetime, and
lei. US almost hopeless; aud artr hay * done
nlwe could DOVE had become apathetic ". ell
Our skirt5 clear, yet We mourned tile conss
| q1ences, and have waited patielty for Il Q
"t.ouJsIlG ci the waters, that we might once
more sec the ile5rlto coming to tho paol TO
be healed OF his iaGrmites; Il speak revcrant-
| ly; wa only hope to heal them Of their habits
0i iatomperauce which will place them in n
condiiol to be washed the real pool sud
aie every whit wholc;) and hey are 4 ;cl, n
! daily TO this asylum tur the inebtiate, und
are hciEg rea,oled, and in thcir right mlad.
Ten yolr5 ago tle sun OF temp, rance went
down in cloud, since which tmo until IT.
! eeAtly tlero has scarcely been a rny of light,
but Eow tho clouds are passing away, md
again once NOR, light iliulipates some Of the
darkcnGl homes o. the victims OF the lrifllc
| The car OF Temperance is again in motion, and
| il 10 desirable that it may have n clear track
and important that the switches be al turned
| IN the right direction, the Lrakes all up, and
| engineers OF skill, wisdom nnd caution to guide
and control the engine. There are obstacles
| in the way which must be removed ii We wish
or expect to succeed. FigurAtiyely speaking
| there are n certain class OF men standing on
the platform, screwing down lhe brakes and
| impeding our progrcssi We must If possible
| induce them to take insiGe seats and 20 with
US. There is 10 real cause why they should
no; We intend that there shall he no real cause
| Tor the oppoiiIiCn CT any man who wishes well
TO his race. To get their influence We must
| convince them that We do not design forming
| political organization in parti2Iu SENSE
! The question of lcente or no license, pr3uj-
! bitlon or ttee rum, is II political question, Rs
much as tariff or no tarl, slavery or no Rla-
! very, and we canuot make II oth0rH ise. Yet
it is not necessarily d partisan question. a
Democrat may be in favor OF rrohiti ion and
! republic IN also, without ine ferpg With lis
| party pr0elvitics. II We were 10 ask for II
| change in the mode OF tiSGt.On, or g nod!f-
| cation OF The eehoul law Ia whiel all are in.
| terta'ed; tie poor Inaa Of the Republican par
| ty, aud the poo uHn of the Democratic pIrt7
each allie; we you'd Lot ask far republican
| school law or a democrat scE5o law, but a
law to be llale 10y lie people repVs s3ntatires
| Tor the people. And thig l5 the Gini of law
! we wan to restrain the sale ci rum; and tbs
| is the way we want TO ask fer it, And row
esk our friends o. all parties to unite with us,
| aad assist rs in creating pIblic sentiment in
| favor Of ii, 60 that when our Legislature meets
they OF | pagiie, that may be el3ctel, NAY
unite in the sssaee OF law thai will bGnigh
rum as n beverage iiom the State.
| We believe this ten years Of the license law,
i (silce tie repeal OF the ptohbittry law,) has
| convinced every unbiased mind tLat the pro-
hihitory law was good law, and was eXelcis-
ing sIutury iutluence in community, and
| would have been IauGh mere SO had not parti-
| zsn pre- rtjGdicc interpUsed obsGCles in the way
OF its execution. Even ouly halt executed rs
| il WUe, gGGcr the circumstances, ouC jaiiS were
| omp'y and our glluUs wcreu useless sp7entng 3
to cIltllaal law, not murder was CON T. ed
| dtrNE It's Grti existence. What Las be N tie
result Of its repeal and substitute; l have not
| examined tie rtCoid bat have heard 1t stated
that there were seventeen murders in the state
in the same length OF time. Ii this be true
| what stronger pg.ilion should any law maker
Nsk /. be looks Mt the question III moral
| point Of view, no siIonger Argunc8t could be
offered, If N petuniary point oi view let
| him look ut the record Of the c5urt, ard sec
what each OF these murders cost in ehcrll5 ,
| ices, nrymen and witGee5e5, JAlor and other
| fees The amount wolid astonisn any Cne who
hiss not thought Of the matter Then take iu-
| 10 account also uiae tenth OF the cases OF petty
larceny, assaults and batteries, aud a lousit-
erabe numDer OF the inmates OF the alma
| house made such b. It's Use. And all this
comes out Of The fockts of tie tax payers -
Who then viii ray tact i; is not political
question. But Iagain say that it is not there
tore necessarily p1r,izln question, aud SO far
as my influence ean go it shall not become 60
until all other means fail; would deprecate
any movement Of that kind have been
through one or two campaigns and have no de-
sire TO Sht it out on this line again, but am
willing to do all can in tho party to which
belong, and only ask our democrat friends t0
do the same in theirs, so far as am concerned
da not even ask that they put men On then
tickets that belong u aay ten p rance or
gaail ton. But We would ASK that they
give us good moral, Intelligent men whckaoW
ing their duty will net fail to perform it @
gardles3 Of consequences. We ask no pledge
OF such men and only ask that they Pive n,
pledge 10 others,
Politicians will do well 10 settle this matte
at once. They sea and acknowledge the evil
OF the traffic but will rot touch it lest ayote
may be lost 10 the party. They may lose NOR
. by not doing it. would not make any in
! vidiou5 personal reil ctions, but | may b.
allowed to say that the men that passed tn
prohibitory law has Cause TO feel proud o
- | that acL They have so far "a my kloVlelg