The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-07-27
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Of tie csS. government ami ~. ,isa wy,
ou,ion Of tbo laws, in this Temperance
Movement AL your duty. See tbs, tLo
laws arc enforce agaiust every offender!
Let no man escape seesdse he may BE-
your friend, or what is formed 10 com.
mon parlance. "a good fellow" 1fyos
allew;ons man TO sells.roag drink with.
out lawful authority, and thereby de.
stroy the old and The young, and Gu.
rich himself on tho downfall and ruin
Of society, why, in the name Of common
justice, let all sell. That rule Of civil
action which Is law, knows no distino.
ton between men in this respect. II
operates on all alike, II you accord
this privilege 10 one and MOTTO another,
who Is equally meri.orious, you do in.
justice to that other. Tho law knows
no difference between those who obey
and respect the laws, Its object is 10
see that exact justice Is done 10 all, II
hc to whom the law accords privilege
for medical purposes, abuses that priv
ilegc. heis q criminal. If one Il al
lawed to sell, Unfortunately, strong
drink under a mimomer, license oil and
lot all sell. It would DO but common
justice. For my part / do not know
that any one in this town violates tho
law in that respect; but Il be does, let
me say 10 him to beware there Is an
Espionage aud watch kept over you;
and Il you should be so unfortunate IS
to DO indicted, in either tue Federal or
State Courts, for violation Of the rev.
enue laws II may ruin you, for the pun
ishment now is both iaipyisOnmeai and
fine, and that, too, severe. My sdyice
to oil Is, to obey the laws. That man
who respects and complies with tho law,
is always on the safe side, but the man
who disregards the law and sets It at
defiance Is alwaysin danger. He docs
mot know ct what moment Ia. strong
arm may DO laid upon him. Tie pu-
piest constable, backed by it's authority,
is 3 man ofpowcr and strength, and Is
able to arrest and lead to prison the
greatest outlaws.
The most telling and classic inscrip.
ton on monument or stone, which his
tory records. is shat to be seen a. Their
mopyln. threads Anglicized, aTray-
oler, pause! Go tell at Lacedcmon
that Leonidas and his comrades died In
obedience TO tho laws ofther country n
Tho laws Of God require that we be
sober, temperate and just. We cannot
do our duty TO God, 10 onr country, TO
society and to our fellow-man, unless
We both respect the laws and ourselves.
That man whois 50 uumindful Of the
solemn obligations which arc enjoined
upon him as q good citizen, and has be-
come SO hardened by iAtcmperance as 10,
hare lost his pride efself.re,peet, cannot
have the aid and respect Of those who
respect themselves. self-denial, manly
courage and obedience to human and
divine laws, IRE the unerring indexes TO
sobrioty-tho roads which alone lead
to distinction and honor. Those PEP
sons who have occupied the highest
places in the public Judgment, and re-
ceiyOd tho plaudits oftheir countrymcn,
ore those who hay been sober, upright
and just, who have needed and ebeyed,
the laws Of God and man, and whose
lives have been devoted TO the anchor
alton Of tho human race.
My attentive audience, lief a sick
room on the FIRST day ofthe june term
ofthc County Court for this county just
passed, and rode down The Main Street
and.up again, and down the Court
House Street and up, and generally
through The town. TLerewas an I'M
usual number Of citizens and country
men in town on that day, aud indeed,
during tho whole term Of the Court--it
being finance and levy term, all per-
sons having claims or accounts against
tho county had come in to have them
passed upon by tho Court; and 1t af-
fords me the greatest pleasure to an-
nOunce to you this evening that ! did
mot see a single intoxicated person, or
hear a proiane oath fall from the lips Of
any. all seemed to bv in o good hu.
NOR, extending to each other tho civil
tiles aud courtesiea belonging to gen.
tlomcn and friends. Alldeported them,
selves woll-all attended to their bust
ness affairs with a degree Of politeness
and promplness which could not buta
tract notice. The question naturally
REQUIRED to the enquiring aud thought.
full mind, what had produced this sud
dsn-.his happy change-from thatof
the preceding Court, when men were to
be seen not only Keeling with intoxica-
ton, but lying here and there upon tho
sidewalks, whilst others were being
taken BY the strong arm Of the law to
thejail Of your county for disOrderly
conduct? There Ia but one answer 70
the question, and that is to be found in
tho fact that the Women's Temperance
Movement appeals to the inebriate and
tho dram. seller, in a voice SO sweet, so
calm, and so gentle, that when she says
to them Come and go With u.s." resist.
ance is impossible. Ifthat much could
be accomplished in one short month.
what could they net have accomplished