The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1873-04-19
For The Cecil Wing.
North EAST, April 9Th, 1873.

MIR. EDIToR-Dedr Sir:-No new thing
have | to write unto you, but the same old
story of whisky and it's effects on society, a
part of which you saw in Elkton on We'd
nesday last, account of which you gave in
your last issue; we are sorry to have it to
say that, that "disgusting exhibition of
drunkenness" both began and ended in
North East, which only gives you fair
sample of what we have to bear with here,
such conduct some two years ago induced
155 respectable citizens of this place to
petition the Honorable Judge not to recon-
mend parties to the Clerk to grant licenses
for the sale of int oxicating beverages in
our town, knowing as we did it was very
great evil, and detrimental to the interests
of the citizens of this place morally and
otherwise. In his reply, he said, 81 agree
with you that it is very great evil; have
each year notified the parties to whom l
have directed license to be issued, that
unless they keep houses as orde rly as the
nature of the business will permit, I will
refuse to grant them renewal of the license,
and have heard no complaint against eth
er of them on that score" Now thew the
petitioners claim that the petition itself
was complaint and one of the strongest
appeals for redress for wrongs sustained by
the rum traffic that could be made, and in
the face of the above complaint by 155
respectable citizens of the place, he con-
tinues to order the issuing of license, al
though he acknowledges the right to refuse
when complaint is made, though the COM
plant was not done by litigation, it could
have been justly sustained by law only for
the tedious process of prosecuting such
cases in any court of justice; he also recon-
mended them to the clsmency of the Leg
islature, who doubtless, would make red
ress for the wrongs inflicted upon the COM
msnity by the sale of intoxicating bever-
ages, which they promptly attended to by
sending them their petitions signed by
hundreds of the citizens of the place, and
thousands by the citizens of Baltimore City
and elsewhere, but they shared the same
fate as the one sent to Elkton, laid by in
| some pigeon hole never to see day light
again. We would here remark that the
sale of rum, aside from itself,) retards all
legitimate business in every imaginable
form it can be placed, and the public is
not benefited by the use of it. 1t creates
haunts of vice, in which the youth are
educated night and day to the habit of
drunkenness, gambling, cursing, swearing,
and idleness, which fits them for the assas-
sin, the robber, murderer, and the gallows.
The above catalogue of crime and vice is
the legitimate offspring of rum-selling;
therefore there could be no better sign put
over the rum. sellers door to advertise his
business.
Rum-selling should be made so odious in
public opinion that no man could afford to
follow it, no matter how great the mercen-
airy profit; SO long as man can maintain
his standing in social life, or be recognized
as good neighbor, kind friend, or respecta-
BILE citizen, and receive the right hand of
fellowship in christian community, he is
made to believe he is doing an honorable
business, and will continue his business;
but let this all be reversed; let people show
'ne rum sener ny 'nelr cohouc' 'hat tney
regard him foe to every interest of So
ciety; let them treat him as they would the
robber, and no man who has any claim for
responsibility will care to be rum-seller,
it will cost too much, the profits large as
of Condolences and utatiou and respect
he must forfeit. and will afford no induce
ment for him TO incur the scorn and con-
tempt of mankind Perhaps some NAV
saw this would he uniust. but we would
cav no. II is tho husiness that 10 un;ust
and 81 lone &C be Continues in II he DE-
serves no sympathy save that of a crimi-
nal. If he desires the sympathy and re-
snect of his fellowmen. let him abandon
the traffic in rum. Paul saws. "come out
from amongst them, lest We partake of the
unclean thing" habakuk says, "woe
unto MN tnat gwen ., ms neignoor urn.
h tim' d p Thou or. f;iied with shame
for glory, and shameful spewing shall be on
thy glory" Will it not be said, woe unto
you VINO sign Pe.lilons ,or .ne sae .S ol run, run
TONERS to the authorities for them to grant
license for the sale of rum. Woe unto
those Legislators who enact laws for the
SAFE Oh rum, "hice 10 tne paren1 ol nine-
and orann,or;lv refuse 70 rasnect The
wishes of their Constituents in the com
mon cause of humanity, as you are indi-
Tectly guilty OF making men drunken ;
tSrnmat y;ne and thronoh strong Sr;nL
are out of the way" We hope the time
is coming and now is, that the people will
wake up 10 a sense Oh tnere GUY anu a!tena
tam tan men from amongst the farn,-
ers, mechanics and manufactures and not
fill our legislative nails with lawyers aoc-
.oie anu iun,-a w, "n ~ ,o - af ~ 'u
dent at the expeuse of the former, who
are the tao payers.
We print the bitter denunciations
against the "rum-seller," after pruning
out some of the violent epithets, for the
purpose of making few observations. A
man with the practical knowledge OF the
world which our correspondent possesses,