Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-05-19
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The Temperance Question.
"Fer Every Wrong tne Law has Rem.
sOvy

This legal maxim sounds strangely In ar
age when charges of legislative corruption
are banded from one to another, and the
sharpness of rogues seems more than 9
match for the most elaborately drawn pena
statutes. Look abroad where we may, and
we see society sick and suffering from organ
ic disease and unprevented wrongs. The
nation has but just realized her declaration
OF '76, that "Gtd made all men (politically,
free and equal;" but not even this, without
a baptism Of blood, that almost makes us
shudder in the retrospect. We have, indeed,
got rid Of one abomination, thus how shall
we exercise Aercer demon, an ugly night
mare, that vamplre-like, squats upon the
nations breast, sucking the very life-blood
out Of the people-I refer to the wide
spread evils of intemperance At the
threshold of this inquiry, we are met by
"vested interests" that parade heavier
show of capital, than ever slavery could
exhibit in its palmiest days. Not only this,
but custom, appetite, and social organiza.
tiou, interpose difficulties, in the way Of
remedy that are truly appalling. Toward
this question of drink reform, the popular
response is:
81 see the right and approve 1t too,
know the wrong and yet th wrong pursue"
But Messrs. Editors, did not intend
to moralize, but to discuss the pos
sibilities of finding solution TO
the practical question, of chronic alcohol
ism. Foremost in this inquiry, is the sec
ondary question, Why does the popular
appetite, instead of the highest judgment
and conscience, seem to determine the mat
tera Why do 80 many good people tipple,
against their clear apprehension of duty and
better Judgment 1t is because Society, by
its license laws, occupies the open position
of Public Ttmptzr. 1t stands at every
cross road and every corner, proffering
the social glass. Hence iutemperance Is a
political evil by all the logical meaning of
the term. 1t is needless to dwell on the
evils of drinking alcoholic liquors, they are
monstrous, notorious, and admitted by all.
Everybody realizes the evil. AS in Egypt
after the visit Of the destroying Angel, there
is mourning in every household in the land,
because OF IL If there were none whose
interest it is to give wrong bent TO custom
and social habit, most people would start in
lie, Us TOTAL aostainers, ior Doth interest and
safety dictate this course. Almost every
sther danger TO which the citizen is liable,
eua'ue' asa'n''c p'ua' 'a"' "oie vi iess
stringent; but against the danger of con-
tracing the " alcohol disease, we have no
remedv but license ,aws which ,ns,ead n,
~ -
oeing III Iestraih'' "o"e give Tue naoit anu
indulgence the only respectability they
enjoy. Then again, the advocates of this
s.;., ..e.u hau h,,,, ,,u,,;. en-.
epo''"i 'o'o'nA no'e ooen "o'nins W Aaha-
cious ground 1or many years. while the
State by her statutes stands forth as a posi-
tive temnter and corruntor of the neonle
~ 'sn-p sp Wv p.ore,
temperance peop'e naVe oav oo"o'hen
INTO voluntary associations' ior tne mere
purpose of self-preservation, or moral-sua-
sion upon others. They have met 2,oiati.
,.,,, or;, iii, n.no,;uo or ,,,ouo, ra,..,,
~. 'a,'' S'"' WV" 49,, ,n,'.d ~ H.
~, hoo an tt
i,, S"'eA ""' NV poi'a'eo 'no
wnvie 'Ws JUMP. u..,,,, 20 -
Ia. ma. n,;n. ,uo ahn,i,;oa;sr, fron, % ,eea e.
n'' ,onn' n"vo.ns aool,un,sa' n,snna,s iJm iooo w
.ooo, 90 o9ie ~. s'y' W e,ase
san"'sm' ausmvi Ju'. ;.,.,;'. mvns a. on, ga
eop. 90 .ues'.noly w JuS.ao a' au nut lan
isn.s,auu ,n .ne .hopue' p,. % 'onuonIS T ~ isneS
w., .eu ul"n LAWS n"es', D.ooA', ooinos
~; IL was uo. III p.aot'oai nien tooh no;u
ol IL, as pci'ica, luesi'oh, .na. ine siase
enauu,pasion appeaieu p9ssioe. up
p"se .nese p'uc.scos men nau io,neu oo'
oIe.y pieus.ns s .nemsees 5 w.. ~ piue..se
saasely 1a snenserses,oi 1nooa,aEe s'I o,ieas;
G,s,,''. ~no,e snou,u & mo auu sne n oo .ouay
VI suPp.se were 1ow W ,uss sne a.,iii o1iiuni-
y,in ieielence 70 .ne mater VI ,s.eanng, per
Jd'y, VI po.ysnuy, W iow voiuu'cS, . c hut
ai.,,S u, Soo'eIo, ia,n ,unosuus ,,als
snoulu sl o1 aos1iu om ,n snoeo piao';oes
.hs.eaa =, Aeeplns .no hew Squao a6aihs1
.hen Ine aosurd''y "i 'he 'a''er question
is ,s own ans"e,.
ou. WY arc .nu uoo., T anu ~ innuouoo \, vi
the aossaiuers 80 h.h .eu .neae is que SUM
o,e". auswsl' Dy .ue .neS.S.s nsS' y. lloss VI
oas oua'n"Js ~ t,'s auu ] a,i ste s os sha T rns
nanie 10 'eeoH l1ACepsa lem VI 'ne ,en
peiapee so,''l nu'sneMo, '.; 10 NV sc. ovwn
90 oue y, .'o oA'una smauIe Mues y, .uol,
~ ~ an iuuono nanrs, "y ;i,,,saun ,,', na
~ e' noue.a,e aas,,, rnoSis.nIe, s ~! uone ~
eue .uc Je1ososy ,.a VI sS "J''oo T., - .,,. 10
.a..y uay o"1 oy1'y. s,.; ~ ~ oe.Mluy
~, snc .au,'1 W ae. y, ~, .aoso su', mnsn
were muSu.u oeiore hn, ,t ,no IA ndw Pnnosopny
was es.aon;ueo, , .a". 'nIy u,u nv' u'san,Au \,
uu y; ona' uasIi ana NC sm mn1M 1,,, nuw nv; naau
,us nn LA te, aus,n i'As Th ,ns. ~ pe
ens.a''eu upon d. o'u systeniI Lue iac' re-
u,a'us, ~ noweso', .nat '"ey ah s.aoa oh .ne
uppnng pia.io.mi, Mnhe ~ tne same
s,ae assuming 70 ae,el'ne ..i T anu con.ro, .ne
sr,'. s"va' hao''s auu uu.os Vi ,ueir neiine,s.
i"us .ne suGal olsan,sais VI .ne peop,e'gNe
mne " pSoho M ssn.,lien.,l'ney @ snnpe .ne ,es
isia.on T. VI .ne o.a,es, anu m''nnu. ,n'en1.ng
n " pe'pe.ua.c ihsenpslapcv. ,, II you ASK
riee Mason, OF an guy renow, OF perhaps,
a a, CnufGn meln9er, wny LIS society leaves
.his iha'spensapie ltem oi mo,a's out Oh vlew'
ne piooaoly answers pIomply' Tue lnsti-
.u.ion was hoe Iormeo Ior tnae purpose; OF
perhaps was iounueu ueiore abstinence
was regaroeu as virtue, ano we can al'ef
our laws 10 sun tne new aoctriee whica,
ADMIT, Is tne true one. a PLATFORM OF oo-
ciety Constitution-a Church creed-is thus
RUE OF morals, 10 inose VINO aunere 10 u,
or stand upon y. heie we see why thls
evil is organic al over tne country.