Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-12-18
The Temperance Dill.

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We have before %, = bill, prepared
and presented under the ausptoes 0
tho State Temperance Uniou, sntitle'
'an act to restrain tho ssle Of intoxica
ting liquors, and to provide FIR damage
arising from such sale. Withou
doubt our Legislature will b petitiens'
At it, next session, for tho "pass.ge o
this BILL" How many Of the men ant
women Who sign the innamsrable Pc
ti.ions, which will coup to the Lsgisla
ture this winter, know what they are
p.titioning that "Hoaorabis Body
for! We trust that large proportion
will aot iutslligeutly in the matter, BY
giving the bill" . thorough exsuins
ton.
It is not our purpose. At this time
to point out tho defects or EXCELLENCE.
Of tho bill, but to remind tho people Of
tho fact, that too much reliance !.
placed upon tho passage Of some par
ticul.r Law. Every quack doctor Of in
temperance dods 10 certain statutory
law, tho psn.eea which il to cure oil
the existing ills Of incompetence. We
believs in having Laws regulating the
sale Of liquors; but ve do not believe
that tho passage Of any particular Ii"
BY our Legislature. will drive iatemper.
.nce from our State. We DO not BE-
lievs that the bill before u, If enacted
into 4 Law, will b the brasen serpent
on which men can look, aud be free
from tho blightiug curse Of iatemper-
suee.
We have on our statute books, . law
regulating the sale Of liquors, milder
in ito terms than tho one before Us,
yet it Is With the utmost difficulty that
10 enforce It in our city. Ohio aud
Illinois have tho same law which the
men srs trying to have
the Legislature ofthis State enact. In
attempting To- enforce the law in the
city Of Chicago, It excited among the
people euch diseoatent - to eadasger
public order. In most Of the cities Of
Ohio, the liquor traffic il enormous.
Ia Que, only, among tho many to~as
md cities we visited recently IN that
State, was the sale Of liqaors entirely
cut of. Az We walked the streets with
out seeing the rum-sslIer's sign-wish'
out coming in contact With tho inebri'
ate, " asksd ourselves the question,
Why this single city should be blessed
10 this direction, more than its neigh
boring citiesl The question il easily
It's excellent institutions Of
make the atmosphere Of tho
city unoonge NAL for the rum.seller and
Men whose heads are
White with the frosts Of age, who
have spent the larger portion OF their
day in Oberlio, have yet to zee the
first saloon in the city. There is a
moral force which guards the city day
and night, With the seal aud earnest
ness Of the dauutless Horstius. In fact,
70 find in "Horatius,'' M.cauley's BAL
lad, . happy illustration ofthe different
forces needed to protect the family, 60
ciety, and tho State, from the invasion
Of intemperanee. It l. evident that
the ''brave Horalius," aud tho "strong
Hermanius," without tho assistance Of
the "proud Spurius Lartius," could
not have successfully defended the
bridge. It needed the "Dax~tless
three" to save tho city from "false
Sextus."
No two Of the greatest forces
can protect ~ from the curse
Of intempersuoe. We need the
three, namely: Christianity, 3D.
uoation, aud Law. These three great
forces can accomplish the work. We
are not in favor Of sending forth any
one Of these forces to meet this enemy,
but tho three. And here 10 where We
think MIR. Satterlee and his followers,
made = great mistake. He seems to
rely entirely ON tho efficacy Of Law.
We have done. We part from our
subject with great reluctance, for there
are many moro features in the bill
which We desired to notice, but time
bids Us wait until another day.
ANXIOUS.