American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1867-11-13

every quarter-the principal business of
which is to spend days and weeks in hear>
ing the testimony and petitions Of ladies
and gentlemen todecide whether man
has room enough, beds enough, hired
girls enough, stabling enour h, and moral
courage and religion enough, to engage
in what the Honorable Court calls an
" internal traffic." and then decide that
certain localities shall have the special
privilege of supplying the whole county,
1t Injuries the business of Butler. We
could have had Democratic jubilee here
if We had had license. The Republican
party have been in power too long not to
be responsible for this state of things
Taxpayers think they should be relieved
of this burthen of unnecessary taxation.
Applicants and their Attorneys come in,
to Court with the statute book, but are
answered, " Vo1 populi, vox curia."
But we do not wish to follow after
blind Veritas and be insulting in our
style. The reason why We call him blind
is, that with the law of last Session then
before his eyes, he could exclaim: " What
position has the Republican party taken
on either side Of this question ?" The
people need not go back to platforms II
Veritas were not blind, he would see that
it is better to he honest and not deny any
thing as plain as daylight. The blind
creature reminds Us of an old woman
hunting her spectaees when they were
on her nose all the while. But Veritas
seems to be enraged because good.heart.
ed, honest wounded soldier got Restau,
rant license from the last, Court. Surely
the Court erred they should have cons
suited their private counsel, Veritas.--
But When the blind lead the blind,
both fall into the ditch" And thus
few reformers who are really good men
(only blind) have led the Republican
Legislatures and Courts on these eide is
sues, which we mentioned in our last,
until we have lost Pennsy lvania and New
York, to say nothing Of smaller States
this should be monitor enough to all (but
the blind) that we are not able to carry
everything. We protested six months
ago against the agitation of this ques,
tiop, Now we see the result If the
Republican party was organized for no
higher purpose than to Nationaize the
Constitution and By Laws of some old
womons' teapot ass association, then would
the party be martyr indeed, for the tea.
pot has been badly broken-(even IN
Massachusetts) The say so of selEeon.
stituted Private Counsel cannot change
what has been done, he had better there
fore make no more apologies, for all men
are not born blind. But we will not
presume to advise the Blind Counsel
His clients might take umbrage. We
have not done SO heretofore no word of
Monitor was meant for Yeritas, it is an
old adage that 4" TIE King needs no Mon.
tor"
We felt that VIC were right long before
the elections /; and pow every person can
see it, (save the blind). Our purpose
was to warn against the sacrificing of the
Republican party (the guardian angel of
American Liberty upon the altar OF this
every perplexing Liquor question-as old
as Noah's Ark Since the Northern
elections the Rebels have become jubi~
liant, and declare that the Democratic
party will soon be in power. Some have
gathered up the old manacles. Others
have made out their bill for their chat
tells and shall we continue to make
them rejoice in their treason? Let the
Republican party say to every voter, Eve
nave HOJhIbS W uO WIN db VI liCoC
secondary questions. We repel no man
from our ranks on account Of Birth, Re.
ligion, Temperance, or any thing Of this
kind" But blind Veritas says it was the
citizens, irrespective of party, that made
this issue. There is no use in contradict
ing this, for no person believes it. The
Remonstrance from Butler borough and
vicinity contained Three Hundred and
Eight uamcs-and perhaps One Hnnd,
red Voters among this number. V eritas
mentions four Democrats-and the list is
about exhausted. Good Templars will
never follow the blind and trust their
cause to the Democratic party We only
wish that what Veritas says were true,
and then there could be no party capital
in this question. Veritas says in conclu-
sion : g Let us leave this license question
where we found it-in tho hands of the
citizens and the Court" .. sir.
In this the self. constituted apologist is
right; aud had this been done by our
last Republ lican Legislature, and by the
y