The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1867-09-19

Ordinance to select Committee thus,
as charged by our correspondent, kill
ing the Bill and destroying the effect of
his first casting vote, for the 5000
/ s'knowing at the time that il would kill
it," This is the substance, boiled down,
Of "Vindex's' lengthy article, interspers-
ed with divers personalities, towards
both Councilmen and Mayor. Such
communications do no good, and we de-
cline giving it place for tina. reason, and
for another good reaso on that raVindex"
does not give us his name. a4Haae g
| To the same import, we notice com
4 munications in last weeks Telegram.
/ signed "Prohibitation.'' The writer of
that communication called on the Mayor
and heartily congratulated him on the
vote he gave-although the Whole. facts
of the Mayors action was as patent to
him then MS when he penned his Tele-
gram communication. We believe
Mayor Young, acted in good faith in
giving his casting vote to refer that
bill to select committee, and the selec-
ton Of two of that committee, who
voted for the increased license proves it
the friends of the bill being in the ma
jority, into whose hands it was commit
ted. We cannot see the justice Of 'Pro-
Initiation" holding the Mayor respon-
| sible for the subsequent action Of ore
Of that Committee. We are satisfied
that the Mayor is true temperance man
and will always be. found doing all in
his power, officially and otherwise, to
check the tide of intempcrance aud the
evils flowing from the liquor traffic.
The abortive attempt to raise the H.
cense from $50 to $500 in this city, is
looked upon by some temperance men
with regret, and by others with indiffer-
ence. The former suppose the increas-
ed license would tend to diminish the
number of liquor shops, and thus tho
evils resulting from liquor-drinking
would diminish in that proportion, and
the temptation to indulge be lessened
in the same degree; willis: the latter be-
lieye the diminution of licensed hous es, I
would but increase the numbers of those
who would sell surreptitiously, secretly
and without license. 81 ssrss $50.
We are among the numbe fayoring
the highest sum that can be put upon
those engaged in the traffic, in the shape
Of license, even if it should be so high
as to preclude the possibility of any man
engaging in the traffic under its protec-
tion-believing our City Council has the
authority to thus cut off the evil, by
making the price Of the indulgence so
high that no one will feel safe TO en-
bark in the drunkard manufacturing bust
ness. The law governing the case, in
city corpor itions, places no limit to the
sum to be affixed for license; hence,
and Notwithstanding we reprobate the
idea of granting the special privilegeto
any one to engage in committing crime
in small quantities, or in any degree, we !
believe much good would result by this ]
plan of making the crime so costly that
few, if any, would feel willing Co en-
gage in the business, taking into consid-
Grafton the fact that the vast profits aris-a /
ing from this source, is the incentive to
almost everyone to embark in the traffic
Place an embargo on it--make it profit
less, and not one in a hundred would do
the work of imbruting their fellow.
their families, and
filing the jails and penitentiaries with
criminals. .t---,a -. sassseE
It is very good philosophy to conclude
that, as long as temperance men cannot
govern the world, that the world afore-
said must be permitted to govern them |
a little, and, as we cannot have just the |
thing we want, let US see whether We
cannot do something to curtail the evil !.
in another mode, and, under the $50 |
that our Council are willing
to leave undisputed, as the price to be t
resort to- this mode OF money-mak-
ing. makerit less profitable employ
ment Say what we will, plenty of men
can always be found ready to do any
thing. 10 matter ut what fearful cost to
others, if they can "put money in their
purse" by the operation, and the liquor
traffic is one thing that has proved
source of wealth. If such men can be
reached at all, and induced to abandon
the business, it must be made proftless
AS ruinous to them, Individually, as it
has proved to hundreds of their Gus
toners. To do this. it is only necessary
for temperance men to have the present
law rigidly enforced against them for
violations Of it that they are daily COM
hitting Let as make common cause
against liquor sellers, and stand shoul-T
der to shoulder insdraining their pockets
by seeing that the law is strictly enforced