The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1868-11-27
Prohibitory Liquor Law.

TEMPERANCE, recently in session al m
indianapolis, passed the following res In
buttons Oh the subject Of f" prohloi'o' ii
~ law. d.
pssolved, Tha, We hestsi'y endorse Tue I'll
n, chr Grand Worthy Ps'r'a'ch Oh
The subject Of prehib'ory lsg's'a''o"' ANU
the ,,sugurs,ion OF active edNr's 0" os"S" :,
Of tea, principle before the Legislature ~
ito coming session.
Rssolved. That the Grand Scribe ne d. h
,sc,sa 10 sepd 10 oil tue DECISIONS IN 'he
S,s,e HANK petitions for prohih''ofy 'aw'
.,,J ,,cs uoop them to circuls,e them extern
sivsiy for signatures, and have them sent"
The Legislature. =
The movement Of the temperance $
peou|e of this State is assuming con /
siderable shape and Importance. and II
now looks rs ihongh IN urgent de-
mand will be made upon the Leg'sla,
ture this winter for the enactment OF
a new and more stringent liquor law.
The friends Of the temperance orSa"
i, ization have full power in the Genera'
: Assembly and can prohibit the l'qno,r'
. trade AZ TAR "a legal enactments VIII
] prohibit it, if they consider 1t pol'lc
3 to do SO. But. as strong ana earn
/ est friend of temperance in It's true
n sense we had hoped that the expert
e ence afforded by the Prohibitory ACT
d Of 1855. would have opened the eyes
J. Of the most ultra haters OF the liquor
If traffic to the patent tact that men 3
& tastes or appetites. affecting what they
70 see fit to eat. drink or wear, or how,
r. or in what church. they shall worship,
are not proper sutjects Tor leg's latlon
s. in a free country. and positively can
not be controlled by legal enact,nents
er particularly in community where
there is large division OF opinion II
,e. regard to the proprety OF the enc
ny sought. Even in the State OF Name
where the absurdity first originated
ne. and where nine.tenths OF the inhao'
ny tants are of Puritan origin, and be
lieye that dram drinking isasnre pas
OK. into hell, the law was so notorlousi
it'll ;nope ratiye, and attended with sue
had results, that after short trial
/. was repealed. and the old system
DRY attempting to regulate the traffic a
partially mitigate its evils, was ssa'
resorted to. aud none there now pr
ory nose to re-establish the proiiblto'
law. In our own State, when the la
me Of 1855 was in force. in very IL
his counties it may have been rigidIy e
forced. but in most counties how ca
liz it was evaded, how openly it "
hat disreyarded, and its intraction h'
lflgl,iy punished. were matters OF ?"
,belIc comment. Who, that was obsei
tee, ant at that period, does not remem'
tiles the great injury to public morals
the casioned by the attempt OF a lit
yor more than one.half OF the popnIat.l
Con. to take from the other half what Il
it;nc considered a natural right! and v
lion cannot recall numerous instances
nary the violation OF that law by good II
from who before would have scorned to
noed law breakers, but then, by their
show ample. induced q disrespect Tor
State law, and consequent demoral'za'
great Of community. This was the re
Ionos then and would be the result no,
and a similar attempt. We are surpr
ahont at SO intelligent body Of men as
en- he Grand Lodge Of the Sons OF Tenn
e. ms ance advocating after such an exl
epce, the re.enactment ola prohlb'
law.
aus. That some amendments are ne
Inapo. 10 our present license law, none
as at question, such as grading the
en- the Of license 10 &c cordance with the
.e line ulation OF counties, making 1.-THE
on rec Of come officer to see that every
Bloom who sells taxes out license, at
ad has heavier penalties Tor violations 9
,e west law. particularly Tor selling to !
re con. nal inebriates, and repeating
,ington portions OF the law which rem
nth orr bar. keeper liable to violate it WI
river in knowing it, and possibly in otbe
ocation ticulars it could be amended p'
,wn OF bly. But the great and final ~
ip and the temperance cause, mnst re
, of two exclusively in law, but in the
L. n esNsNy