The Portland daily press., 1867-06-01
TIL H PRESS.
Saturday Morning, June !, 1857.
Whe Ero,ibito~y a ~ en- d nj

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The principle OF prohibition, as distinguished
from ttcenscs Is now the settled policy of this
State. That the sale OF iltoxi ating liquors
fora 5ereIU9e Is Uniformly injsrious to any
community where IL IS tolerated, VIII not w
denied. This puts it in the categoy OF puosc
nuisances. To I.ce.sSe pss6lic Nuisance Is mar
ifestly absurd. .t 4.. ~ $50
.- Some saw however, that ifEeenssd, II VIII
'..a be better repr'ated Centuries OF experience
nroyo tho contrary There may be more l..
rI 81. a lnumer of req,datsJ nu'sanees unce' 7epse
''- than under prohibition; but there VIII be at
the same time more thai are 40 ,'cg.5leteL-
l And the iafuerlcc of The 70 nle- is ar tie more
dangerous The e ecant Grinkirg saloon, and
.ii tbe richly .r~nisiled mansion f ),easu-e" DO
a tbousand nes 1nore Lam thar She low
groggeIy and The Deastly l1,otnel., Fashions
- bile Wee, clothed ia scarlet an irs lne., is
.s.Hi seductive Wee in Tags aal shame, mo lgh
.. not so. well regulated, and respecta le, IS
,ii less dangerous, because it e,aras rate han
% seduces o. ,,... . t4 ........ ..f. '+
f ,d AS selling intoxicating liquors for beverage
Hr 7t is thus conceded to be pu5lie nuisance, tie
... only question is,--eohas penalties are S'Ucte"'
OBJ i-D Dr. topreoeataP5p3 s4.5-ie afal
oF7 And here, too, experience has p-oVed tlat
a5a3 fines, though suficeat in small towns, where
the sales and profits are splal, are ehtreiy IN
adeouate and without effect in large towns
and cities where the sales and profits are
81. large. saqF ,siI o. - sseRs
. And in order to secure certainty of pun
ishment OF which some neophytes in law think
SO much, the penalty must be ddeq'tdts. L. it
" is not, there is encouragement anS no InO-
tive 10 enforce IT, &c laws have ever been
generally disregacdei are now, as s::a.e
license Laws againss ll-c- selling. TIE Ger
tainty unler slch laws is that 7olators will
not be punished. And this is because temper
men, by whose influence alone sue. laws
1f1~cad have fnu hat no coo
.nt fe ecu, nave lou! ' u IL ooes no soo'
to enfocoe them. But just in proportion
the, law has been made stringent ard
prohibitory, it has been better executed. This
is so, not only in New England, bit evey-
where else. Even in New York and philadel-
r phia, where they now have prohibition ddy
an the aoeek, The law in enforced far better than
n ever before +''-
...tg But it is said that the apotleca-ies are N
trouble, because they have been notified to
quit rumselng. 1t lay be chat some poor
sick men, who have recently Published their
sorrows, in she habit of buying their
liquors physicians prescriptions; but the
t probability is tas the "apot,ecary" himself
prescribes A. any rate, Il is evGenS that
apothecary wrote tine touching card or his
"many patients" which appeared in thursdays
. Press The style Of the document shows Che
.5r authorship, even if did not know that q
70 certain apothecary in this city, who sells thou
sands of dollars worth of liquors every year,
has had this lachrymose episte Of his pretend
cd "patierts" put INTO large placard and has
sent i2.-ge NIT, ars to rumselling apOthecaries
a, all over the State. Tha, such men are entitled
to favor is simply ridiculous. Having occasion
to 60 into of toe best of these shops one
., Sabbath evening, L found six OF our young men
there, al sInoki CIGARS. Whether they had
been taking "'inoture" of old rye, sothe1
c;nal p-epa-asions" do rot know. But
.-, s5 thought then, and still think, that such
4s< place makes more d-uakards than dozen Of
''the conlnsoneSt dram shops. ,,j Nh '''-'
Il is to oe lameiltsd that physicians do pre-
p scribe alcoholic iquo-1 often. If they corr
ID 'i see the amount Of drunkenness caused By t
s- they would Shrink from the responsibility tiey
~ assume. This subject is attracting the aGten
l ton OF he oesG f each and English physicians
p 1t is distressed most ably IN recent number O.
a s the Londol Lancet, by DR.. Wiiks OF Guys
80 Hospital. ~ our physicians in Shs county
'"f ' would examine toe question as thoroughly
their practice Woo be changed. But The sale
By 0l,otaecoTies cas- lhs excuse. Taey
sell WITHOUT presei oton, or even question:; and
the sale for c,aeti,i.e IS stan6 ing subject O
.t... ridicIle, even among ru.lselle-s and run
drinkers themselves. B. 4 ,i,. n ~ '''" Hii1
Pig In closing, allow me 10 remind all who have
~ at heart she promotion Of the temperance re
.if form, of the Importance of the vote Mon
= day next Not only the moral force of the
atnenonle ca,ufllS,frrs -,aa5--a~.
sions elsewheye probably the legal force, il
.na this STATED depends upon tieir adoption by tn,
people 1.-The moral force of the aclole lao de
----- penis upon II. reJectIun amendment
.rsH wouo pc srrznoeted throughout the world, 81
aug Tejec5ion "prohiO' 2 Tine liquor sellers
with n,illions Of co ntal, making a des
ID sf pera-e struggle. Ia Massachusetts the contes
.alal will De severe, ct rot Goublfu. IN New
Yoek, md "a tSe Wcst,7 thes s,,ssa nee b.
49, , the beer 10Y IS Gey1r> 1s. a I'D W th some WI,
4i,a, are good ana ead.Tt,5 and ,eyeh religious
though sadly f'per pexed," they have all tnt
ar VILE Uile proaigate AID The abandoned on Their
"a. side No -,,sselle- az .,-o5;,pl ;aane-f srn "a.
. a. - ;J;., II r. ,,l ~, -
w. ~ Ro"'fs'o ~ sesh men SoSe' ley WI"
..r7t sr vote "No.laB sqoaq ba16io9 sGI
M , ft,, B,t;le temperance men are also s-pcol;no
bol W. ~ 2 80 ~ ~ :"
orave'y' VITA 40 ear % mefs wAeIher fe-
@puoLcans o. Denoc-ass, oney are aeveri Nper-
picked" In this cour Try and broad s.eyi are
.9gu@B,sdesehrS s.r ,.,al tn.
r,o,,or,,a-,+ - oa.,s'.,,,',;a :.
g. . movement - &c hsy l"hia = s's'", eS'' os
''' Governor GeaSe, ans other eat y ;; er "a
O. 3qnl the English Horse of @ DIE lions -eceasIy a