North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1867-08-21

We clip the following outspoken, manly
leader from the DEBORAH Register. GEO.
W. HAssLErr, the senior Editor, is no cow
ard. We are glad to see an ardent sup
porter of Col. Merrill talk out in meeting
The article may or may not be an index Of
Merrilrs views, but it matters little to
Haislett & Co. By the way, why are not
the notices of indictments for liquor-selling
in this city served? Is there danger Of
revolt (? Granger, the clerk Of the court,
holds them at Elkader, and it is current
rumor that no service will take place until
qfter the election in October Is this the
strategy which Licenss-republicans are ex-
pected to dance up to 2 why not act up
to your pretensions and escape the charge
Of traf6cing in liquor and lager merely to
carry your point9 It is the duty Of the
Clerk to hand over and the Sheriff to serve
these notices Of indictment. Why are they
retained In the name Of liberal princi-
Piles we dare radicalism to strike. i ~. 81.
License W. Prohihlaien. ~ Salts
We stated in our last paper that we sho'd
say something upon this subject in this is
sue. We are aware that the. doctrine of
Prohibition, upon the liquor question, has
many strong advocates, and we are also
aware that it will seem at first an unpOpu-
lar step to take, to make known our opin-
ions upon this subject. However, if man
dare not express the convictions of his
heart he is a coward, or if he wiH not he
is knave. But let US proceed to the sub
ject. oiie' g 5fa'' So tiguqns 'ss'
We have had Prohibitofy Liquor Law
upon our statute books for more than ten
years law making it crime to sell any
Intoxicating liquor as q ibeverage. Every
intelligent man knows full well that this
law has been almost entirely disregarded
and only enforced in small towns and few
neighborhoods- so small that men
could not make living selling liquor and
neighborhoods so sparcely inhabited that
it was not a matter Of profit to attempt the
sale of ardent spirits, in any very extern
sive manner. The law has been q nullity,
an impracticability-and hence, palpable
failure. The object for which it was made
has not and cannot be attained. Under
these circumstances, . License law is talk
ed of. Our able Senator, Hon. NJ. B. Bur-
dick, of this city, two years ago, was the
only strong advocate of a License Law in
the State Legislature, and argued ably and
fearlessly the necessity and Justice of such
law. But his colleagues overpowered
him; they said the people were not ready
for such a law-that no paper of his party
| dared speak out upon the subject, and
l L. ~ ln,r he Gala r~r. 4:
quor must and sC0uld be enforced.
We have been resident Of Iowa 80
years, as we have before stated, and we
have watched the interests Of this State
with jealous eyes, fearing she would moi
lead all the western States in growth and
prosperity and liberality towards her peo-
ple-we have had an eye single, almost, to
her prosperity, as Iowa has been our home
in boyhood and in manhood in our pri.
vate and public capacity we have labored
according to the dictates of conscience
Being aware that grave questions like this
| sometimes require great length of time for
| settlement and much consideration before
action can be had, we have not made our
objections to Prohibition part of our ed
itorial duty up to this time but now il is
time for an expression of opinion. The
people of the State are rousing up on. this
subject; conventions and meetings have
been had, and the intelligent voting masses
everywhere demand action upon this sub
ject. Those who sell liquor and those who
are oppose to its sale are equally interested
in this matter-the Prohibitory Liquor law
must be enforced, or it must be erased
from the Statute Books of the State-this
! is the demand the people make, and it is
right and proper that they should demand
it. A law that cannot be enforced is of
no earthly use is worse than none be-
cause q law that can be violated with
impunity weakens other laws and places
tho lawmakor in an unenviablc position.
From this time forward we shall endea-
vor to show good reasons, tst least to our rea-
sons) for favoiing the immediate repeal of
the Prohibitory Liquor Law, and the adop-
ton of . sound, stringent and judicious