Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1873-03-15
THE LIQUOR LAW

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Broken hearts, shattered fortunes,
disease and daath-ard even Asge
the curse iS not buried, but trans
to The livlng; these 7 tho
evils against which all Legislation
has proved abortive, indeed all laws
tor the supp. eSsion of this vice
have proved tho mercst cobwobs,
broken with impuuity aud dcicd or
,yadod, no matter how stringent
The enactmentS. The prevalence Of
this vice, throughout the State, has
caused petition after petition for our
legislature in some manner to nit
j., te tho evil at ls2St, \ law has
been framed and has passed the
house, to meet tAcse demands, emit
lied Gan act to provide against the
evils resulting from tho sale OF IN
t~oxicating LIQUORS" The law is not
worth the paper on which it is writ
ten it does not throttle tho monster
but tYics to muzzlo it, forgetting 1t
IAN scratch as well as bite. The
law is plethora with penalties for
It's violation. The usual humbug OF
placing parties under bond is re-
what a mockery u bond is, in the
State OF Mississippi, and the aSiHlne
farce is gone through of making
parties responsible for damages re,
3%nlting to families, persons, &c.,
from the sale Of Intoxicating drinks.
The truth is, We + sick of iegi.Ia,
: ing Against whiskcy-it is like
hombarding a stone fortress with
paper t"pcdocs. King Alcohol can
Justly say with the French monarch,
al AN the State, for he is superior
70 all law, and can only be dothroned
Ivy in%Eurrection, rebellion, or assaS-
sination. Yet he is terrible dospot,
blasting, scourging, scathing like
the lightning the spot on which he
strikes, and the wall Of the damned
goes up from every household that
no withors with lis p'stifyrous
breath.
The Act VIC have inciI ntally re-
forred to ia long, and intondod to be
exceedingly rigid in it's require.
ments, We would public it in full
were it worth tho paper on which
1t is written, This law may occa,
sionaIIy find a victim where hate or
prejudice urges y man to take adj
vantage Of bis follows, but mainly
those who violate its provisions with
the most deadly effect will escape
the penalties SO terrible on paper
and 80 impotent in reality.
TIE doctrine Of the annihilation
or destruction has been revived and
= freely discussed within the pale
Of Orthodoxy, It seems to be the
middle ground betweeN a belief in
the final restoration of all mankind
and that of the everlasting punish,
ment Of the wicked. Tho churches
are about compromising their beliefs
i'll the mercy and justice of the AL.
mighty, The Cd creed which really
seemed so malignant and revenge.
full, Of an unendlng hell, has under
gone many notifications. The trutl
is, ths world knows nothing of the
Great Supreme Being and his attri
butes, clYe why, with almost every
decade Of years, dogs man question
his old faiths and substitute new
ones in their stead. What is know
MS theology is the curse of Religion
its doglnatisms and its subtle dis
tipctions would make the angel.
weep, if they did not laugh. How
does it look to HIM who neveI
changes to see these puny dispotanti
ofearth brawling over the mySterie,
of His existence and striving t.
settle the question whether He il
to damn, destroy or saver To what
ever conclusion the different sect!
may come, or whatever shades o
belief they may adopt, it will no
change the purpose OF the Almighty
or reveal his will any more distinct
ly than it is revealed already in tn.
consciousness of each individual,