Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1872-03-09
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Liquor Laws.

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Liquor Laws, !
We are .oify ', see Wy a little article In
, new WmIerahse 'tAttf, 's.ihblls'ed al
", aihrtford, IN ibis siaie, eailed'lhs Sig |
lel, thu, m attempt Is beng made to con
meet The subjects II iempera' and poll
lies, which has resulted In other states In
aud no good. We trust tie CON
mon sense Of our people will at once con-
lomn this -uall beginning Off political
temperance party. For on, We unhesiIa-
tingly denounce II. The editor u The sig'i'
net, who lisa clergyman ofso,re-si'id, We be-
iievc. desires us TO inform liz, ~Rneihsr our
'avoriie candidate Tor Congress is "a SO
Der ma" and whether she 10 willing to
giant the good people Of Texas just and
ECU . 10 prohibiory or restrictive laws
for the control of The liquor lradc. With
regard to the first question, we are prepar-
ell to answer that our candidate !sa $50
Der man." With regard 10 the secord, We
ne not 'iuiormeG-we shoed hope not
Fromreur knowledge of the m.n, 'tfc good
sense aud sound judgment, We do n0thesl'
late'o'express our belief thu lie woali not
he in fivor of the "Ohio law, or any pro.
hibi,ory liquor law in tie State Of TeIas
rl%itihe is in favor of temperance in all
lhisgs, we have not doubt. We have no
knowledge Of The "Uhio law" but We Sup
pose, from the remarks OF the. editor Of the
Signsi, that il is n piolibitory law. Now,
we have no hesitation in saying TINT, in
our mature Judgment, all laws, attempting
to regulate drinking or eaiings nre unwise,
aud do fur more harm than good. They
are worse than useless. They do not ad-
vance the cause Of Temperatures, and are
productive Of much i'll feeling, anmosity,
and contention. The idea siart,dl at the
| North, where all the schisms ami isms have
originated, which have distracted our once
peacenble country, and it is as 'ensotnd as
any of them, when examined % the light
of reason and expericnce. Laws Of the
character desired by tire 'Signet, have been
tried and are sill attempted to be enforc
ed in several of the Northern States, and
ia spite Of Them, iniemperance is on the
increase there No b,neiit has accrued
On the contrary, they give rise TO Illicit
4 eraac, TO false swearing, % hypocrisy, t'
secret drinking, and TO a more genera
corruption. 1t is matter Of proof that
after such u law went into operation il
Massachusetts, more liquor OF every sor
was sold in the city of Boston Than before
People buy and drink in larger iquantitie
where the general sale of liquors is re
J stricted or prohibited. This is humnn aa
ture, ard has been ever since the Forbidden
fruit was cate.i in the Garden of Eden
Preachers OF the gospel, who are orthodox
of oil others ought TO be aware of this
We admit that intemrerance is q grea
evil, but it can not be cur.d nor prevente'
by law. The only sensible laws would b
one TO inspect all liquors, and see thu
they contain no poisonous or improper in
gradients, and anothe: to liconce The salt
thereof under heavy bonds, TO be cOllecte,
whenever the party liccnced is guilty o
keeping disorjerly house or selling adul
terat ted liquors. We woull lie willing tina
the man or wo nan, who pitsirych OF
other poison into liquors TO sell, shonld b
hung. Would the editor Of the Signet g
any farther? Stimulsnts of some sol
mankind will indulge in, more or less, an
they have done so .ver, from the days Q
. Noah and Lot down TO our reverend broth
err oflhe Sienet. II one thing is not use
, another is Under the proscr pli'e liquo
laws of the North, the use of opium, s,i
:. more insiduous and fatal in its effects thu
! rum or whisky, has been resorted TO an
il has increased to a most alarming exten
Lately another some what similar chemicu
, production has been invented and is no.
greatly in use and tashion--we refer I
chloral. Under its influence, not quit
two years ago, q distinguished female wr
| ter for the Atlantic Monthly and othe
magazines, wandered away one dark nigh
: from her jOmicile, among the hills Of Vel
mont, to the great alarm Of the neghbol
hood until her return, when recovered fro,
her too copious draft. We write what W
: know. The respected editorof the rignt
n has courteously asked up to ,"enlighte
him on the subject" We haveendeavore
TO do SO, and we hope he may profit by i
and cease to agiiate prohibitory liquc
law or attempt 10 mix up politics will
. temperance.
: RAILROAD PRosrEcrs.-From all we ca