The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-04-01

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fatigable apostle of temperance, oul
old friend William Baxter, spoke
in Terre Haute, at the Opera House
which. says the Journal, was crowd
ed to its utmost capacity. That
paper gives the main points of his
speech, which, for logic and telling
{ 0rce, are unanswerable. We make
the following extracts:
"Let me tell you, my friends, the
spider takes care to spin its web
where the sun shines and the flies
come. It then takes its place aui
city in its parlor and awaits the
coming of the flies, and as soon as
they are caught he then comes out
and pays his respects to them.
Now this is just like the grog seller.
He fixes up his saloon in splendid
manner, and oftentimes has an or.
gan to discourse music to captivate
men and draw them in, and then
yictimizes them.
IF he wants to get hold of these
men who have fallen in the lowest
depths of drunkenness, he prepares
his saloon accordingly. and feeds
them upon rot gut, made of cay
enne pepper and oil of vitriol.
Some days since in passing through
a town, on the first building that
attracted my attention, saw a sign
on the one side which read, Here
is your first chance for a glass"
and on tie other side, Here is your
last chance for glass"
''Have you not saloons in your
city fixed up like this. If You have
not you are then behind other cities
OF this State. We can never
have temperance until We put down
these saloons.
1.-THE saloon man tells you he is
doing legitimate business. tell
him he is not doing n legitimate
business, and should be shut ND in
behalf of the welfare OF the commu-
nifty.
"Why, q butcher erects adjoining
his store on your Public square a
slaughter, house and when the
warm weather approaches, sickness,
disease and death are produced by
its foulness. 1 go to him and com
plain and he tells me he is following
. legitimate business, and refuses
to abate the nuisance. appeal to
the law and it says to him, no, sir,
you shall not continue this business
here, the public good demands you
should not, and it is removed. A
man places two tons of gunpowder
in his store in the midst of your
city. You go to him and enter
your complaint, he replies: 81 am
following a legitimate business"
and refuses to move it, but the law |
steps in and says the good of soci-
ETY. demands the removal of such a !
and it is removed forth.
with, leaving him six pounds. the
limit allowed.
another instance. An American
vessel sails from the port of Liver
pool, carrying seven hundred pas,
sengers, and agrees for SO much
money to feed and land them in
America. Two thirds the way
across, the ship fever breaks out,
md nearly all are FRUSTRATED with
he disease. just before entering
our harbor, a little boat goes out
rom shore, and an officer boards
he vessel and finding the disease
Imong the passengers, orders the
Fessel into quarantine and she must
Inchor outside of New York till the
disease has ended. He replies: II
IN an American citizen following a
legitimate business; it costs me
700 week to provide for my
I viii not obey" What
loes the law say. It says public
'ood demands and You shall obey.
''Still another instance: In front !
i my meadow runs a stream; below
ne is o miller with two run of burrs I.
nd a large custom. But that Gus !,
ON is on thsincrease, and besides.
e wants toraise fresh water CLAIMS,
nd needing more water power,
decreases hisdam, fhershyo
ng my property. I 60 to plead +
nth him, and he tells me he is fol- :.
owing q legitimate business. and
hat his business has so increased
8 to demand more power, and
esides, his wife and family are very I
md OF fresh water CLAIMS, and he I
lust increase his supply Of water.
reason with him, and also tell him =
hat fresh water CLAIMS are very un- :
ealthy and deleterious to the sys- :
am, and that once knew q man .
'ho, while running for Vice. Pres. =
emit Of the United States, was made =
cry sick by them. The miller =
avs no attention to my earnest 7
atreA&ies, but the law sesps in and |.
rotects me, and says TO him: You T
ave no right to dam back the =
atar; and the dam is lowered and a
y rights thus protected. Ny :
1ends, intemperance dams back :
Ixes and crime upon me, and I d
ave . right to protection from it a
nder our laws. =
I have no right to intar1sre with \
man in his own pxivaAo seeif3ence. !,
h may destroy his carpets md :
d furniture, and even liaht h;oj y
gars with gresnbao1sy = = chooe- y
J thus 10 do; but 4 h ondSoers :.
ae life and happine0 q nv son, 1 :,
Ave . right g IN appeal to the 2
W and pgoAection under il. II a !.
u has the right 70 kcanse the sale :.
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