Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-11-06

Senator BaYard, speaking in the United
Siates Senate upon the liquor traffic COM
mission bill, said Temperance Is one of
The virtues, beautiful and orderly. a, are
all the virtues and it is be encouraged by
education and by practice as are ether
virtues But whether it will be admitted
by the friends of measures like the present
ar not, yet | am very sure that the expcri-
'nce AMI final result of all these attempts at
'uerciye treatment of the subject will com
l"l the admission that the chief force Of any
virtue viii always be found to proceed from
within the human heart. aud not to be
created hy compulsion from without"
This j. very sweet sentiment; and Is made
much OF by Those who want a.'strincent
license law" or 4 local option law" or a
Illinois law-any thing except a statute
which confines the legal traffic in liquors 10
II single place in town. and to sales far
'nedical, chemical and mechanical purposes.
And row suppose the people who have such
- h"rror OF "coercive treatment and ..ror-
pul>iun from without should be consist
ent and draw their stringent license law,
TN tie purely voluntary principle. Let Us
IaNe no allusion in it to such 'scoerrive''
1ne"Seres aS fines and penalties. 1t should
lead that keepers Of dram shops are earnest
Jy requested not 10 sell without license
aud not 10 keep their saloons in full blast on J
Sunday and not to sell to drunkarls and
inin'rS. lie; it he provided that if they
need not these requests the sheriff shall wait
"n them and by supply of tracts, If they
can read, az by the reading of gentle ESSAYS
On tie value OF the virtues and the ba,,,tr
" order and sobriety. educate tbcm +, =
better e'ar>e. Such statute would T..
quite IN keeping with the logic Off
vino 50 dread coercion in this matter
W course there i~a proper and m, 81 i,onor.
liant sphere Of education and .oxo-,,,lo and
laorai influence in the pr motion # H.. !
virtue OF Temperance, as of other rirtnes
But Tor those who will not practice cr ,ro-
'n''e the virtue of ter lperance, as for tbo.e
who will not practic rho r;-..,.. fl
or respect for the property-rights Of Others
/ h'' o'ta "In| necessary to have = Spbcre
" penal laws; and these laws. the world ovor
,A'o'e { 'ercive Treatment for the law
- Ia'~ is very sad but it seems to h, i
~ lie prohibitory law, so called-wb;or
J. :" ipy stringent license law-diser.
iiot from the license laws of Others Stotas - ,
:. : respect, and those who object 10 c,er t
eve hg"or laws. may as well say nloinir
! 1"' 'hes dtSne no law on the subject
Inc opponents Of President Grant ora IL.
racing themselves by their coarse and r.l. i
lar criticism on the marriage Of his son. Tho Il
'ouis man i described as modest, promis-
's Vln'er IN the army. against whom n,
ne can say anything, and the wedding was
ien as tie tastes and fortune OF the bride and :.
CT Parent, warranted. Yet the World and >,
''"eF democratic papers sneer at this wed \
ing oil Lieut. Fred Grant. though they bod
'Aasn' but words of praise. a month .oo g. la
he magnificent ceremonial. at wasbinr,a az
hat bppor,.i ,h. IL. " washington, ri
l4' "oi no, the wedding Of the daughter Of te
General Sherman. The difIerp,co ~ ~ " "a
i'' ,'A' the oeneral Of the Army is SUP. R !"
'osed to be Democrat. ~