The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-04-20

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n-Wnat course are we To pursue 10 DEF
troy the evil Of intemperancof Are v
10 rely upon moral suASion alone-are "
!, 10 rely upon legal auaston alone-or al
4 we TO have both combineds Nor
suaslon Is a grand thing In its way.
has done something, and will do more.
mas been at work, might say fnearl
} seVenty.dVo years, In this land Thov
sands have been redeemed, but still th
great evil exists, Tho traffic, 90 It exist
today, would astoniSh any person VIII
would carefully examine the subiec
During the fiscal year 1873, there wa
paid 10 the Government Of the Unite
states $40, 1000 tax on distilled spiritI
This 100000 tax represents abou
Ivy, 100000 gallons Of spirits, Thes
l90OO0000 gallons, by the use OF btrycb
nine, fusil oil, and other vile CON
pounds too numerous 10 mentor
convert every gallon into two gallons
so that the proCeedso ( the 100000 0O
gallons is multiplied by two and mad,
goo, 900 600. The retail value Of thes
distilled spirits is not less than S3 ne
gallon, which makes the enormous sln
Of 5000 900, 900 expended by the people
Of the United States and territories Tor Ii,
spirits manufactured In the United State,
alone. Then add the wine, brandy, rum
&c, imported TO the United States also
the wine and beer made in the United
states, These will foot up about $780,
10000 more. Then we have tho fact be.
iore US that the people Of the United
states are annually wasting In the use
alone $500, 100000 It Is 80. or figures
lie; and they say that Figures cannot
lie." This enormous sum Is expended
annually by intelligent beings, account
able beings, beings who have souls to be
saved or TO DO damned. This is the seed
sown. Now suppose we look at the
harvest. The crop reaped from this SOW.
ing Is about 600. 600 drunkSrds every wear
From these 100000 drunkards there
go down TO drunkards' graves every
year $4,000 men. These 10000 men
on tho average leave 100000 helpless
widows and orphans. A large propor.
ton oil the balance fill the iAils, the peni.
tentiaries, the poor houses; many others
end their miserable existence by suicide.
and BY the scalFold. That, ladies and gen.
tlemen, is the harvest.
Then l ask, is 1t any wonder that these
ladies have determined to take the thing
into their own handsp For my part l
wish to God they had done It long ago.
We, the superior beings, the lords and
masters, undertook to run this machine,
and we run it beautifully. We thought
the place Of the ladies was at home, and
that We could attend to all matters that
required intellect. The situation OF the
country to-day shows how we attended
to 1t. - :
There are people who say "Temper-
ance IS o good thing. am a temperance
man myself; but don't like to see the
ladies engaged in 1t. This street move.
ment is unlady-like." Why, l overheard
q man in street car the other day OK.
press fear that the women would soon,
at the rate they were going, secure the
right OF suffrage. They can have the
right Of suffrage, so for as am
concerned. And suppose woman should
be elected President? Idon't think the
sun would stand still, or the world come
10 an end. If the cause Of intemperance
Is allowed to go on, this world will soon
be vast hospital, and ! don't know but
what 1t would be o good idea 10 be gov
erned by woman. Applause.
We have on our statute book TWO laws
one known as the license law, and the
other commonly known as the prohibitory
law; but we haven't any prohibitory law.
We have license law, however, and I
TO say that we have as good a
license law as any State in the Union. A
man wants to sell liquor; he gives q bond,
with good security, that he will not allow
any one TO drink to intoxication on his
premises; that he will not sell to an intoxi.
Gated individual; that he will not sell or
give away liquor to q minor; and that he
will not sell or give away liquor on Sun
day. That is q most excellent law, II we
are to have law. II thelaw were faith
fully executed, we could not ask better
one But 1t Is violated every day. A man
could not sell whisky enough 10 a year to
pay for his license, II he would faithfully
live up 10 his bond. He knows II; and the
man who gives him a license don't ex-
pect him TO comply with these require.
ments. In this city, Council grants the
licenses TO sell liquor; and the law says
that before Council can grant license it
must be satisfied and enter upon record
that the applicant Is Of good moral char.
aCter. But everybody knows that in
cases out OF every thousand
anyone who applies and can give the
necessary bond gets license; and re-
cord Is forthwith entered that the man is
Of good moral character A man goes
to the Council Chamber with bloodshot
eyes, and with a nose blossomed red
enough to light this hall II the lamps were
all out, [laughterl and he Is supplied with
; certificate Of good moral character.
Continued laughter. This certificate
proves that he does not get drunk-he Is
. sober, useful citizen.
We might as well not have any license
law. Il Is claimed that 1t brings reyenue.
But by the time you count up the expense
i entails, you will find that you have ex-
pended ten times more than the revenue
accrulng from licensing these places. l
am opposed TO q whisky license anywhere
or in any way.
Now, was reading in newspaper the
other day the report Of temperance ad.
dress delivered in this hall recently. l
might also say that 1t was delivered by a
distinguished divine who does not live a
thousand miles away from this city. He
spoke Of the failure Of the Waskingtonian
and other temperance movements Of the
kind, and said that the presentmovement
also would surely fail. BE laid structures
upon the liquor law Of this State, because
he said twas "pAssed by a drunken Legis
lature." l say, from all such lecturers
good Lord deliver us. And I say that
that Legislature was not drunken Legis.
lsture. While they committed a great
many errors, that single act-I don't care
whether they were drunk or sober when
they did it-that single act reflects more
credit than anything ever done by the
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