Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-07-22
PROHIBITION in MASSACHUSETTS,.
The Lager Beer Question-suffcring
the Wholesals Deal
ers Say--Continued Seizures.
from the Boston Journal. July 81


from the Boston Journal, July 81
The results of the vigorous enforcement
of the Prohibitory law are beginning to be
severely felt by the German portion OF our
community, which now for the first time
finds its appetite DISTRACTED and its nation
al beverage forbidden. There is not Ger
man in the city who does not feel himself
the most abused of mortals; and to hear
genuine eloquence, it is only necessary to
ask any of our Teutonic citizens what they
think of the new order of things. Their
sober convivialities are at end, or can
only be enjoyed by resorting to means
quite foreign to their open hearted and in
genuous natures. Not that they can do
W out their lager. Teutonia must drink
o 4. But they cannot gather in the ac-
CT ned places and no true German ever
DIM alone. Until their privileges are
restored no other subject will be of the
slightest moment to them.
But the oppression comes hardest upon
the numerous class who see their means Of
gaining a livelihood suddenly snatched
from them by an edict of the State. To
say nothing of the vendors-most of whom
were honest and orderly men-there are
hundreds of Germans employed in the
breweries whose occupation is practically
gone, or soon will be, if the present state
of affairs continues. There will be no
alternative for them but to leave the State
should a general suspension of the manu-
facture take place.
The brewers and ,etail dealers are TAX
ing counsel together and will soon be thor
oughly organized. The recent heavy seiz-
ure was the signal ior general gathering,
and for two afternoons Turn Halle" has
been filed with those whose interests are
chiefly affected. From the hints given out
it is inferred that very vigorous move
ment is being projeeted-to commence al
once, and continue until what they regard
as their rights are restored. When it il
considered that single firm has stored in
its vaults at Roxbury beer to the value Of
eighty thousand dollars (the whole o.
which will be dead loss if not disposed o.
this SEASON., it will be understood how vas
are the interests which are threatened Will
a ruinous loss, and which are working Il
throw off the weight upon them.
The wholesale liquor houses arc doing a
good business as ever. There is littl,
danger, it is said of their being interferet
with. No notificationsor communication
have been received from Major Jones, VIII,
keeps quite dark as to his intentions in re
gard to the enforcement Of the law upol
them. In conversation one of the princi
pal dealers in the city spoke quite freel
yesterday Of his business and what he re
garded as his duty, law or no law, AM
related an incident such as frequentl,
takes place at his store, and as an il
lustration of the feeling in regard to tn
law we give it in his own words: 1.-TWO O
the leading clergymen in New England
men of the highest standing in society, an,
connected with some of the most wealth,
and respectable societies, called upon M
yesterday, and one of the gentlemen says
Il want for my own purposes to-day som,
positive knowledge, saved my own lite, an,
once, also, that of a young lady. wht
would have died but for its relief
am going away TO travel durin,
my summer vacation, and / want som,
pure brandy. And yet 1 cannot com,
into your establishment and buy it withou
causing you to violate law which would
imprison you; an6. at the same time VIVA
can do? My reply was that there wal
the brandy, and he should have it. If h'
saw fit to pay for it he might have it, anC
if not would give il to him. He said la
supposed / must feel like an outlaw, but ht
desired me to entertain the sentiment tha
/ had no reason to think so because the
better portion of the community did
not call me SO, and did not con.
slider me So" The gentleman referred to sig.
nified his intention to continue in his bust.
ness until his stock, valued at $3.50. 900,
was eonfiscated and he was lodged in Jail.
Major Jones, he said, had two influences
urging him on. the rabid prohibitory men
and the small dealears, who had been
obliged to close up, but he could learn
nothing of his intentions.
Day by day the search-warrants 60 out,
the seizures are made, and Major Jones
stock accumulates. The seizures made
yesterday were mostly in the Highland
District -Four seizures were made by
Officer andrews.