The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-02-28

). Law, we have said, does assume
to regulate the outward conduct. 1t
does this by furnishing crime, disorder,
and immoralities.s 1t does more than
this. It endeayors 10 6vor the bust
ness, commerce, and p<bsperity of sos.
ciet9, and, in doing th1&to economi16
thelesouxces ofsocieW 1t does this,
by u the laws. wbichsQtea and regu-.
late banks, insurance Con panies, cons
merce, roads, and charitable insur-
-anee institutions It assumes from
the first to the last step of legislation
that law can and ought to do all that
is possible to favor the order, security
and economy Of society; and it has as
.sumed from the earliest stage of So
sciety that lone of the best ways to do
this is to promote sound morality.
am not here saying that any particular
class of laws should be made against
intemperance; but certainly, if intern
perance causes three fOurths Of the
crime and pauperism of society, 1t Is q
fair subject of consideration whether
the drinkers and their families ought
to be the only sufferers. But let us
proceed. The facts haze above.
given how that moro than four mill
ions of dollars per annum are paid to
the retail liquor shops for drink; and
that it is: an enormously profitable
business to, them, and enormously
evil to the community. The manu-
facturers Of liquor say trulyfthat theirs
is a legitimate business, and that
alcohol is useful article in manufac-
lures and commerce. This is true;
but there are two other questions
quite as. important to society: Is
drunkenness, rioting, and crime o
legitimate business? Is the manuiac-
ture of paupers legitimate business?
In our present state of society we may
say it is. Ifan opium eater were to
take up a pistol and shoot his neigh
Dor, nobody would say that was legit-
innate. Yet, last night q young man
did that, from no motive whatever,
except that he was drunk. Let us
look at these things fairly, and see If
/ anything better can be done. The
women think they have better way.
and there are hundreds of men who
care nothing for religion, and almost
as little for morality, and who pride
themselves on not being fanatics"
Chat abused character), who wish that
they may succeed, and heartily rejoice
in their success. Let, US hope that
I they may succeed, and thai, public
opinion may keep the law apace- apace
with sound morals. as.taiv y, u. NJ.
The SaginawBny Disaster.
Saginaw Bay was the scene of q
!, great sensation, which may eyentu-
/ ate in q terrible calamity. At 8 o.
o clock a m. o cake of ice several
j milesin extent broke off from the
shore, at the mouth of the river,
and foated out to sea. On this
floating field of ice there were not
! less than three hundred fishermen.
They were supplied with shanties
/ and provisions, SO that the only
: immediate danger to be aprehended
was the breaking up of the ice,
which is represented as from twelve
( to twenty inches thick, and strong
], "A gallo was blowing from the south
west, and the ice craft floated rapid
, ly to the northeast. Later dis
!. patches state, severally, that fifty
2 men have landed at Sebewaing;
that two hundred men have escaped,
and that two men-H. J. Smith
and John Pourrier-are known to
have been drowned. A still later
!. dispatch states that two hundred
| and three men have landed safely
at different points; but that from
seventy five to one hundred men
remain afoat; that a heavy sea is
{ running; that the ice is fast break
ing up, and the prospects of rescue
verey poor indeed. 1T has frequent
T ~ occurred that fields Of ice have
{ 7lh.eLe. away sro-,a y lso slao~o IN
Saginaw Bay, carrying off o few
men, but the number sent out to
| sea in this instance is unparalleled
/ in the history of the winter lake
! fisheries. j193ss a. saTi sal lasGss
= Latest advices say that all the
fisherman, excepting the two above
4 mentioned, have landed safely from
their cold ship. srf :4sbass.s