Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1874-07-30

State permit Importation 1t may
forbid its sale as beverage, as it
| forbids the use ofprussic acid, ,strych-
nine or gunpowder, for taking human
| life.
If this traffic is right it needs no
license, but Should be placed on
level with other business; if wrong,
the State has no right to license it.
Shall our laws be modified to the
tastes of those we are unable to con-
troll? or our law-making power sub
nit to the dictation Of those who are
the. open yiolators of law? Shall We
say to the mob who trample on our
laws " as we cannot controlyou we
will compromise with you, and
though it is a grevlous wrong to
sell intoxicating drinks il you will
pay us for the privilege, We will give
you legal right to make all the
widows and orphans you may please?
The infamous Tetzel hawking indul-
gences In the thoroughfares of Ger
many, is but the representative of
those, who, for money would sell
permission to traffic in that which is
the source of all crime.
To whom will license be grant
ed? .a
Not to our truest men, they do not
want to touch the vile stuff, not to
our business men, they see in it the
decay of all legitimate business,
not to those of nOblest intellect.
they see mind degraded and debas
ed by its use. The one condition
demanded is money to pay thelicense
fee, and so little conscience that he
can take the food from the mouth,
the fire from the hearth, and cloth
ing from the body of the inebriate's
family without conjunction Yet
they tell us "these men can be
trusted" aas.-4 5
License" means liberty; per-
mission to sell, not bread, clothing,
homes, not the useful or or
namental, but to sell poison, ruin,
agony, poverty death.
1t means liberty to sell in ev-
cry town, village and city of the
State, whether the people want it
sold OF. not. 1t means protection to
the seller. Standing behind his bar
he can say to the weeping wife and
mother. aThe law authorizes me to
make a drunkard of your husband,
ruin your sons, slay your brother,
beggar your children, impoverish
your home, break your heart, and
ruin these souls and you can't help
yourself" II means to open the
fioodgates of Intemperance, Pauper-
ism and Crime. 1t means enlarged
accommodations in our poor houses,
prisons and houses of correction,
until the curse Of heaven rests upon
US. -.-....,.,,5.. ......=.- ... .---...,
Some will say the General Assem-
bly, is not obliged to, bnt .'may"
grant license. But with a majority
vote for license clause, with the
pressure of the liquor ring, a legls-
lature would evidently be pro-license
and pass the law desired.
l therefore make the following
charges:
1st. The license clause is chiefly
advocated by the friends of free
whiskey. r
| End. That their design is to in
crease the sales, secure respectable
ty, and absolute protection before
the law. .ai.-a
3rd. That showing a speeious
front, they desire to ensnare tenn
perance men into the support of this
measure.
Then what is our duty? To agi-
tate, to give the weight of our influ-
ence and our arguments against the
license clause. Work up public
sentiment to look upon it with dis
favor, and vote against it, and for
greater security if it seem best to
you, against the New Constitution.
AS Christians let US pray that we
may attain that measure of success,
which shall best glorify God and
advance the interests of humanity.