Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-10-19
LICENSE OR PROHIBITION.

On account Of tie failure Of the pres
snt liquor law Of the State. TO pat Al
end 70 intemp%raDce. many friends Of
Temperance ask for license law IN It's
stead. Moderate drinkers and the ad-
vcoStss Of free run. for evident reasons.
also clz7or for license system
As tie question Of license OF prOhihi-
tiOn Is st this tine being Agisatei in our
own. and in nsighboring states. it nay
be well 70 discuss the subject
We ASSUME. what Is conceded by law.
that II Is 3 much the duty Of the State
to protect citizen against wings and
injuries that lie commits against himself.
a. these that nay Dc inflicted Upoa him
BY another psrson and sc assume that
= perSOn Ehc. Voluntarily OF through
the influence Of Law, remains temper
ate and respectable citizen. Is greater
blessing to himself and the world. than
one who becomes moderate OF Al ex-
eessive drinker.
The prOhibitorY lay cannot be said TO
Do injustice 70 any party who Is engaged
in = legitimate Business Il Furnishes
for ID erius. except the venting Of the
poison of real and artificial iguors. bgt
in soze cases II makes the person who
sells hqu0r responsible for the inju-
res done by the intoxicated victim his
pois9a has infuriatei This law dsprives
No perS9n Of liquor. where liquor i need
ed for sickness. injuries 70 the pe-soa,
or for any chemical OF mechanical pur-
pose So the law does 10 party harm,
and 10 o1e Deed suffer ineOnyenisnoe
from IL Its advantages are many. The
Illicit dealer IN liquors Is : criminal IN
the sight q the lzE, and lie feels hin
self To be s7ch. He carries On his
t-at5c suuspitiously. His pst70as
are Einkei and beckoned through Ezys
that are dark and forbidding. oat Of tie
sight and presence Of respectable m
They usher firth, ashamed q N ape
lite theY vii nos eonuol. and the WAYS
thsy rssort to, to grztifyit- LiaUozs thz,
would Dc displayed in easily de.2ate-S.
where they would tempt the dspzvei
and sutlce the y0Ens. sre hidden away
where their presence Is unseen and u
hoEn-
The law provides > partial punish
nsut for class Ct criminals that d. Il.
world inczlcal2ble harm Ii makes ths
trz6e II hquor polson hazardous and
PTOatless .! fines and inpris9nnsnt
and only requires = general enfovs0sat
to suppress inteuperznce tiro1gh.
cut the land But II Is said that ths
Prohibitory law Is failure. beczuss
drinking has not ceased. and many SKI
sell liquors, openly and privately. II De
fame Of lzE. these statements are true
but the az Is ut 70 blame because Il i
Lot enforced. If ; license La sh09lI
be enacted 70 take the place Ct the pres
snt laE, II Eo16 poE make The love Q
stGulA1ts any the less strOng q gaE
al; but by opening licensed liquOr rOoG
llquor would be more easily obtained
and the trzEc E0ald seen to Be ror
respectable. By having the saDctioa c
law The rUn-ssllsr would bs lust :
eager to take the hard earned dollar G
tie po0r and the beso.tei. a L i DIV
and he would have better opportunity I
eatiee the y0unz- II the law sLouli d.
the licensed dealer under severe rsSsriic
tons. 80 that he would refGze u sooou
ROiate any customer q class Of euztou
ers, there would Be the sane oyportzni
y On the part Of the th0asznds- II.
vii do anything for uo1ey, 70 cheat Il
licensed seller By supplying his e1st0z
er elzDdeztinely. a. there i DOE {
eyzde and defy tie present la. by Del
ding II cut prOuiss10GslE- The resuI
Eoal3 Be- that every E2n. E0zza {
child that wanted ksoor. eould o5.ai
II With little O. 10 di5culty. and al Il
train Of evils resulting frou free I'll
would Be upon u
4 license law provides that oDe Ia
q ten Zen. IS the case nay Be. ezn e
gage IN the run trzSc in che town Bg
II Ooe nan has right 70 deal IN liqu0
sn9ther nan ought to have tie san
right and there Is No var 70 Be Just
fixing statute for the purpose If liceas
unless al ns1 are treated alike: An
the h0sel-keeper. the merchant. the bee
seller and the travelling psadlsr. ouzl
70 have night to sell. if they cza q
their license
Facts coincide With theory in regz,
. license law X needs oaly Wis
TO any DeighbOrng state. where this Il
prevails, 70 convince one that there
n0re hqOor drank there, than IN Main
Massachusetts, O. Vermont. where L
Prohibitory Law Is but Poorly enforced
and II vin Dc a. unfortunate dzy {
Is IN this State, when Lovers q run Al
discouraged Temperance zen. sasoeed
getting prohibition CHANGED fo- hesns