, 1869-07-03
SATURDAY, yCLY i, 1861.

Convention Of MI those in fKyur OF Eencrn
law prohibiting the ka!o uf liquor, to bt
Etli in Chicago on the LIST Of September
ana i. is proposed iy this convention *
Substitute the prohibition Of stimulating
beverages for al The other political issues
Sr.sn Shich the people and parties have
hreu iiviisd.
NtA-ly quarter of a century ago tho
sc!se1ue of suppresSing the sale ot liquor by
legal Enactment, rs q means Of preventing
l;s use. WIS put into operation in the State
uf Maine. The prnhibitory :.,ivoeatcs III MI
sections Of tie country proposed the same
s.!c.e'.re Of legal coercion in their respective
s:..lsa- :4lJ Tor several years the prohibitory
Question entered largely into local politics.
pen::sse the practical trial of the law IN
Maize a few nt4..r StAtes hastily adopted
II Tie result Of twenty years strict and
rrseE: effort to enforce such laws has DEM.
H1:str.tsi bevoud I'll controversy certain
5ac,s. These Are;
]. Th.t the Prohibition of The sale OF
hqy"s has not sensil'ly diminished its use
ly tLose who wo11d have used it had no
s:;ch Law existed
=. 7E.s the prohibition Of its sale tends
to Il. Increase in the use u it among cer~
t..;u cl:.sses Of society, especially Young
u,tn, ho, 10 creae the Law. fot,n clubs and
Lrrp ,lei1 rooms largely stocked with
luuuss, ..nd where tLev meet and drink To
t1c,sS.
.. That such Laws never reformed q
tjr7l,.k,.r,i. nor kent man st,7Aar who o.her-
wise would ret dr,nE,
4. That the general effect II thn ,,,x 1,az
been DYeiudic;al to society. because il lead.
to e,3,.;url e,usiups of The lau. l,,p,ta a,
popu1ar arpro7al Of the r1olst:on of law.
and iaduces false swearing and other do.
rrarelirino ogcncas
For th,.. ,e.auus thousands If t,,e nurcss
md ,n,,s. e,,.cef ,1nen ,vh, f,nco a,,r.uc,ta1
snch lzvs L.rs since, condcmnc,1 them md
have urged their ret,ca1 wherever tbev ex-
istel. 4 1a-ce nu1nber Of rro:uinent pro
h,lit;p.,;+ts nul c,e-rr,ucu voluntarily test;-
d.d before q committee al the Nassachu-
bett, L.-;,la,ure, eighteen months a,o. to
tn. ,tter f.iirrc of the Law in a mo-a1 sense.
ctd to Us direct and nosit;vo evil rcsn1ts,
So universally has shis failure of the Law
been understood TINT its supporters have
EfAHnhllE dR1holea away, ana until recently
1he srhr1ae hh9 boen substantially nhan-
uohcae III this oL'te' a' pe1caph IL othet
States, The Legislature has enacted general
q, -at.,c. ., ,i..rr, ,,d tha,o
liz ,,,,hih;, tba ella - 1;,ul,,
~ e,c, +orre .1r,~ ~. sz-,o,;o,,,.
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those LII clos'f proximity to the larger cities,
hAFe, uLder thus power. prohibited the sale
OF Lqnoz within their Jurisdiction. But
the use Of liquor generally has not been
thereby diminished. Al those who want
srH7o' by II bE the eauoa' os buy ale and
beer l'y 1.e Leg or barrel, and keep it oa
thar onz. premises, where they drink it -
excess uni teach ther cl1'lssten to drink 1t.
While VIC freely adtnlt AMI deplore the
fac: TINT Drunkenness or the irnmoaerato
Use OF liquor II any for1n is great evil,
and Is sr',sluc i've Of incalctls4ble misery,
ne think TINT there is gross eIaggeration
in the Supposed number Of drankaIifs, out
side td the cities, ard in the general effect
which tAu nar ii liquor has upon mankind
1t may be that 1nan would be better Of it
be never uale use Of any k1nd Of splHtu-
os:s or yino;la htimulants, juAt Is many peo-
ple think he would Il be never used lea,
coffee or Anv other sti1nulant, and ii he
sla,t.juri from smoking O. chewing Bal
the 1roLil,itory law permits no difference
OF opinion on this point, and assumes the
power 10 i'o'iilit 't7 h'te' n' nia'"c- "t'3's
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