The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1873-05-03
Some f1v-up-the-creek correspond

oCRAT last week, in which he floats him.
self on the rum-interest in a grandilo-
quent style One Of his remarkable
assertion is that the Local Option y
which had been inaugurated two or
three weeks-in Chester county had
stopped the fish-haulers, and that only
half as many as formerly, visited the
North East river fisheries this spring.
The main cause for this calamity SEEM
ed to be-in his opinion at least-that
the tavern-keepers charge them % cents
for tying to the hitching-posts! This
would seem to be needless expense
as the major part of fish-hauling horses
will stand quiet enough without being
hitched. We suspect the cause of the
scarcity of haulers was the scarcity Of
fish previous to the writing of the afore-
said communication.
But we would like to see copy of
that "letter containing the same ideas
exactly, and very nearly the same
words that composed our comments,
which we refused to published. No
such letter ever reached US; and we
are pretty confident that no such let
ter was ever written; but something
verv like the bosh published in the DEM
oCRAT instead, which is tissue of false
hood about the Local Option law of
North East. The people of that Dor
ough when the law was in force, decided
by ballot every Spring whether they
would have license or not, and they
almost unanimously decided against it.
The law was not prohibatory but
OPTIONAL; leaving the license question
entirely to the will of the majority
The repeal of the law was not asked for
by the citizens of North East or of the
County either, but was repealed against
their will and protest. This remarka-
bly, fertile genius, who champions rum,
tells us that during the reign of the
Temperance law in North East, TRAY
ELERs had to. rest their weary limbs
on store-boxes' Well, perhaps they
did. The same class of travellers
may be found resting their weary
limbs y in the cutters almost any night,
notwithstanding there are plenty of
hotel accommodations, and good accom-
modations too, in the village at the pres
ent time He tries tor prove entirely too
much. First that Local Option has
raised the price of hotel fare in Pennsyl-
vania. The Pennsylvania papers con-
tradict his statement, and the fact is, it
has not been in force long enough to
prove anything Second, that the fish
haulers were kept away from the fish
cries by the Local Option laws of Penn
sylvania! Third, that Local Option in
North East multiplied drunkenness, and
in consequence the law was repealed.
Now to disprove the last of these asser-
tions, or rather differences, it is only
necessary to remember that the North
East law was not prohibatory, but the
people voted fair and square every
Spring for or against license, and they
voted against license hundred to one.
The other assertions are like the last
and verify the old adage that some folks
ought to have good memories. We
should suppose that thinking people"
would have better recollection than
" Moderation" There is one thing it
would be well for Moderation" and
all others to remember, when possessed
with an itching to write letters. 1t is
no use to manufacture falsehoods to
bolster up your case. If statement of
facts can not be had, it is far better to
remain silent, DEMONSTRATING out the
moral reasons-falsehood are easily
detected We might take the writer's
communication line by line and show it
to be tissue of falsehoods from end to
end, but the game would not pay for
the candle. The gentlemen's class of
thinking citizens will have no diff
Guilty in determining its false status.