The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-06-22

laws restricting ana reEuiauug TINS Jranne- e.
reriaI!v au SUNDAYS. have Leen 81 late very
strictly ,niar,cd. and offenders hsy' h.cn prompt
~ arrested and fined. Mon-,sc petitions have
been presented To Congress. asking for the enact
mcuJ Of a law declaring that no one who has
been drunk. or who induiseS in the Use of intox-
ieItin- liquors. shall be eligible to hold civil Office
under the National Government.
From these signs Of the times in England and
the United States. it appears that the temperance
agitation tas n very strong hold Of the popular
mind. and, ike the anri-slavcry movement in the
latter country. it VIII gather strength under tie
Tcrsever.n. efforts Of it, leaders, until the laws
respecting the traffic shall hc vigorously enforced.
and the social evils r~c-ultiu. from iutcmperancc
arr At least greatly curtailci. y significant fact
may be mentioned in This connection. and that i
that the Legislature Of New York. tie Empire
State Of the Union. has passed a law for the
clusing Of liquor saloonS on certain dayS,-Sun-
days and election day-and that the law has
been enforced in TIE metropolis. \ late Califor-
nia PAPER, Speaking of the law for controlling
and restricting the liquor traffic, says:
There = nov III several os the Eastern States, ami especially
in NJ NrE n .fr.rtvr .u,--t an tf. ..If,r-.ua ,arty b=ir-
ia nyor q repealus the law AMI the other being Determined
e. maintain H. IL twas recently tested before the highest tn
tunal. Whorriis cou>iiiuuouaiIy WAS affirmed IN the sr-1ngst
terms Po>>ibig-the Court q last re>,rt holding thu; tn Leg
isisture has fun POKER not only - control tAis tr'iio = II sees
ri Tor the public good bat iit - pt-->e, u prevent il alto
esthrr The law being thus enforced BY III. legal tribunals
there i nothing bt but an APPEAL L. the legislature, and the
banner # e Repeal" has teen uEiuri-d by a large ard well
:" in nst II . b tt' t hmm, cy ;, Ms M5sst 81 80 - :, ms rec-me one r
the herc-st ever waged in that State. The New England
states arr firm in favor u the law. and If N~w York can DE-
adiel - them The triumph q tie temperance men VII be very
great
In these Islands, the laws regulating and re
stricting the traffic are ample, but with some
exceptions, they are often either evaded or suffer
cd to fall into the category of dead letter statutes.
The liquor shops are prohibited from opening or
selling on Sundays, and externally, the law ap-
Fears To be enforced, but it is n well known fact
chat in and about Honolulu. drunkenness on that
day may be observed as we'll a. on other days. 1t
may be "A difficult task to prevent this, bat the
fact remains that Il law which can be cvaded with
IMMUNITY comes, after Il time, to be regarded
with contempt. As to tie observance of the Sab
bath, there is no country in the world where it Is
more general, among all classes than in these
Islands, and this is owing 10 the fact that the
early teachers of the nation came from Sabbath
keeping New England, and 10 the fact that the
sale of liquor in this city is prohibited on that
day. Had their teachings and example in regard
to temperance been as thoroughly learned and
followed, thousands would have been saved from
u%ntimciy graves.
In these movements we have noticed. the older
nations are only following in the wake of Ila-
wall, and are copying our example. They begin
to see that rum is a destroyer of national quiet,
health, sobriety and wealth, and they are now
seeking to regulate 1t by prohibiting its sale on
Sundays as is done here, and in regulating it in
a.. lvIA.
the traffic in it requires some legal restraint. The
happiness of man himself-to say nothing of tlat
of his wife and children-calls for it.