New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-07-05

NEW OHLEANS, JUNE ZOi ACOos
~ bIToR:
"a IA manufacture and sale Of in
70 big liquors is a great and tow
IS So vii in our country-an evil
though profitable to the fen, is
y, g. eless working untold mischief
. he 1dny. 1t burdens the land with
~ sary taxation, pauperism, and
impairing all the interests of
W h polite, and really profitable
: This is not fancy, but fact.
'TS atistics and testimony have
: ri 4 en- gathered, and they are such
g iSp lonest and impartial mind can
81 81 We know in this age as our
8 q did not so well know what are
ed Sequences of this liquor bust
30 bike single statement: "Pres-
Yerett computed that the use
Is rs ole beverages had cost the
posi- States directly, in ten years,
ed 100, 900; had burned or other
l "a stroyed. $5.O0O,000 more Of
!; had destroyed 100000 lives;
,EB 600 to our prisons, and 100, 900
to the poorhouses; caused one
. F, five hundred murders, tive
MIA suicides, and bequeathed to
s = y try one. million of orphan
Z ee I lis exaggerationif you choose;
aE nan with his eyes half open,
atet sound head and an honest
mfG III deny the enormous extent
ssoI il incident to the liquor traffic,
III a by it, and growing out Of it.
Iu as then, is the duty of civil
6 % Was there ever case that
/ s. ore loudly for effectqal legis-
i'ed Shall government suppress
z Gas 5a gambling, and counterfeit
l Es'5 q flaw mad dogs, and abate
a sSs 81; establish and execute
be laws for the public health !;
Y b % leave alcohol to run at large!
AZ as6 a prohibit minor evils, and yet
} doi rent to the greater one Shall
Z the line of duty just when
= - fnent becomes most powerful,
Of for action loudest +? Shall it
= rms in such premisesl Then
F NJ perform its duty to God or
4 t63 there be any case for legal
4 ~ tion, this is such a case.
~ Y a 4 It may be said, this is
a,,n, question, and ought to
,l,g to moral suasion. So
bling a moral question.
! WI " leave that to moral suasion !
- iting is a moral question.
e' y trust it to a dispensation of
1 MEIf merely ? Murder is a
s,s stion; and will you leave this
9 y Re force of argument /? In
s SsS ry use of property, in some
w. involves a moral question.
q. SSp x iety, therefore, withhold all
I ssad spect to property +?
ssyo finciple of the Maine law
40; be put in action by every
S ! - nunity that is burdened and
ith the liquor-trafiio. The
AVID ic has duties to perform as
b Of ghts to exercise. Look at
/. Pas a moment.
= Tnrpciety established, and operat-
II n.
able sSSy h government as its agent,
.S SaEs d person, legitimately the
So SAT- duty, and bound by its
ID sit This is fundamental
.Splss political ethics; and it GER
and Ell Christian principle The
10 wrong the State is bound
Aye The principles of moral
State and the individual
wetH ne. The State is morally
y u NJ Il provide for its own well
r siTt5 pnduct over all its citizens
on R y fal and wholesome legisla-
TsTsi; bet and execute such laws
de'Ori' opted to promote the virtue,
l hopf N and general thrift Of the
al al 4 "a immunity, while at the same
SseFo' ought net TO be tyrannical
, S ISP sive toward any class. The
$50 It's not for a monopoly Of
vt for the general good; not
~ crime or patrenize public
i OF Q B exert its legitimate powers
-. Impression.
!, ], id feature Of the Maine law
TOD t the fact that it does not
psitisd gulats and limit the manu-
: EoIS q nd sale Of interesting
ssDAYss be used as a beverage, but
emu. them altogether. 1t is not
! ana ng but a prohibitory law,
i g.; a. sa: respect differs from the
'a'urs' tem. It make the liquor
crime for which the offend
6 q o 70 be punished. Itcon-
ese liquors to the State
rsr or sale, and directs them to
" orr ed' It outlaws them as
!. 's sRI Of commerce within the