Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1866-05-17
For the Delaware skspublican.
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Having put down Rebellion, and abolished
Slavery, the next great reform to be accom-
plished is the rs-enactment Of the Liquor law.
Fearful ns has been the sacrifice Of life dur
ing the nccursed slave holders rebellion, yet IL
Ia but q 1.-THE of the destruction caused by in
temperance, and strange as 1t may appear, yet
II is true ttst this Wholesale waste Of life has
been sanctioned by law, and the man whe
commits this slaughter must be ia fit person
and well qualified" Isit possible that pro-
fessedly christian people who send miss ona-
ries all over the world to convert the heather
should at home, employ men TO des'r y both
the bodies and souls Of theiro~n citizens 1t
" true2 Any man who will pay into the
treasury a small sum OF money, may go on and
destroy as many victims as he can sntice with
In his rumshop. Somebody is doing wrong
and 1t behoves every one to ask the question,
"IsrT ! ~ few years ago some philanthro-
pic men In view of this destructive vice organ
lied themselves into q body known as the
"Maine Liquor Law League" and by united
action aud effort elected q Mayor in the city
of Wilmington, and after, Legislature with
sufficient nerve TO enact state law, for the
suppression of the rum traffic. The good every
where rrjoiced at this glorious achievement of
the friends of Temperance But it interfered
with q certain modern party of politicians,
uance of the rum traffic. They sought to de-
stroy it. They employed their ablest lawyers
TO plead that it was unconstitutional ITO pro-
vide for the general welfare" In this they
failed They then had recourse to the ballot
box and by the use of money and rum so cor
rupted the morals OF the ignorant that they
succeeded 10 electiug q Legislature who re-
pealed the Maine Liquor Law, aud again open
ed wide the food gaIes CT ruin 10 our State.
What has been he effect 0ue OF the law
yers who pleaded SO eloquently for the privil-
ege of the rum traffic, has become common
drunkard and disgraced his family and state
by disgusting exhibitions OF iutoxication in the
Senate Of the United States. During the eight
teen months that the liquor law remained on
our statute book, not murder was committed
In our State.-the law repealed and 10 the
same period thereafter seventeen murders were
perpetratedl Has rum selling nothing to do
with corrupting public morals 2 we think the
above facts show that it has.
The organisation of Good Templars was
formed tor the purp Sc Of again making an
effort to redeem our State from the irse of
rum and the disgrace of drunken sen ators.-
All, bnt says Que, "that is an organization Of
fanatics, made up of all the isms of the land ;
II il was q respectable organization would
joint it." Some eighteen hundred years ago,
there was tent maEer who preached Christ
cruciAed- He was not very respectable. He
had no two thousand dollars salary. Did not
live in 6ne house or associate with respect
able people, but some Galilee fishermen were
his companions, yet they associated to do
big thing-to revolutiopze the world.
TWAS not very respectable a few years ago
TO be an aboli.ionist, yet God has elevated the
lowly and brought down the high. Has
stamped the tent makers name on the rolls of
eternity never to be effaced; while the names
o. the mawkish clergy who snuff up their noses
at Good Templars because they are not respec-
table, will be lost ip the gulf Of oblivion.
CANTERBURY, May II. A. P. OSMOND.