Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-03-09

who Shall volunteer to be, incarcer-
ated. The essential part Of such
I treatment Is tile institution oflaws
\ by which the inebriate shall be Ia
\ ken into the care Of the State,
and suspended from lis personal
rights. This provision need not
I await the construction Of State inc
briate asylums Our State asylums
for the insane can accommodate
such patients, and upon the theory
that these persons are morally I'M
accountable, they arc iit places for
them. Departments can be set
apart for them in those institutions
where The treatment and employ
ment can be suitable to the peculiar
form OF their mental disease,
The same legal process that IS
provided for talsipg charge of per-
sons otherwise mentally diseased is
suitable for and inquiry into the
cases Of inebriates, and to pro-
Inounce Judgment upon the propri-
ETY. Of assigning them 10 the care
Of the State. To anticipate an OBJ
lection that the insane asylums
are inadequate TO accommodate
the number, we remark that this,
unlike the provision for lunatics, is
preventive as well as remedial
measure, and that the enactment Of
such provisions for inebriates will
create d moral snasion which will
greatly restore the self control of
| inebriates, and thus will reduce the
need for this final resort But if
necessary, the erection Of special
aasylums for inebriates may follow,
according to the need.
II The first aud principal part Of
this reform system is to provide
the laws by which inebriates may be
placed in the care Of the State
Compared to the just remedies to
be provided by this, all the laws
lproviding ways of action against
4 those who have sold liquor 10 inc
briates are trivial and unjust. The
inebriate is the principal IN the
case, and the law should 50 treat
\ him, Wherever there is q need
that member Of d family should
: notify trader that he must not
sell liquor to another member u
the family, there is need for placing
that member in custody Wherey-
er there ID case il which q wife
Is entitled to sue a atrader for dam
ages for selling liquor to her hus-
band, causing him to neglect his
business and sqnandcr his prorer-
\ Ity, there was a previous cause for
i placing that husbond III tho custo-
\ dy of The State, for penalty and re-
! form.
We have gone too Car IN exempt
Y Ing the person himself from moral
accountability and from penal 81
reformatory measures We shall
make better progress when We treat
4 him as tile principal IN the case. ~
! The remedy should not await his
death OF his tntaI ruin. We have
mentioned that, besides the
application Of a member q
the family, or other information
should be allowed ts initiate this
legal inquiry into the condition d
an iuebriate, In the subject state
ct woman fear would III many
cases prevent her from making
such an appeal to the law against
her lnebriata husband There IL
nothing ii this principle to exempt
the'famlIy from the expenses OF tbe
support Of its inohliates wherelt IL
4 able. nor docs thesystem propose
the support of ivebriate offenders
in idleness. Industrial occupation
can be adapted 70 these as well as
to any reformatory Or penal insti-
tutions, The State has edidcos snf-
lieient for Tie establishment of this
system Immediately without addi-
tional cost. All tliat is required 4
tho proper legislation for taking
Illegal control of inebriates, en-
! GdKefte.