Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-07-10

,1lhe erSet qpestiou with temperauee atpen /
now is, Alow shall the evil of driHking ,iutoxi
Getting liqpers be srJcdlIe@f We thi,tk no true |
Temperance mao would b. satisfied. with any !
tlang .slloit OF this Tbisis the objective point
of Oh temperance efaa.
Two methods are prepused byswlich this end
is 40 be sbtaiued, lst--by licensing the sple
Of liquors aud granting on immunity iu their
use to a privileged class" men npt in the
habit Of getting drunk" and restricting and
otherwise regulating their sale and use.
The other method Is that OF prohibition ani
petsuwfon by the iaw aud yospei treating
the sale of liquor ns a crme, prohibiting II MS
any other crime of equal ~ ,gnltuds, bc It stea.-
ing, murder or perjury.
Those in favor of this method ,.are opposed
n license, MT only because II is great evil to
legalize crime, but because the adoption Of
license into nur organic law will increase the
evils Of iutcmperance. I,iceuse win make the
traffic respectable aud set up an impenetriblc
barrier over which moral iuhneuce cannot
raach -Aboiive, Indeed, vii be all moral
effirt when the rum seller, who perhaps has
made already for;uue in the.iilegal sale OF
liquors, shalt use his means in making hls st-
hon an attraction to thu young and resp, ctablr.
AMI in paying for high priced license. The
stigma viii be rempved from his place Of bus
ness. The paying of a government tax is now
recognized BY the liquDr dealer as a guarantee
Of respectabiliiv, aud with tho protection o.
constitutional and legislative ehactmcnts be
will be as im2euctrablc to all moral Influence
Ms the rocks Of Gbrnlicr to shot OF shell.
With license his armament is complete. and
for his enemies lie w Ill sueer at them. 1t is
claimed, that il fow places should be
licensed and the many rum holes abolished,
that there would be less drinking This is
Questionable. We are satisfied rrum facts fur
uisled us from New Yurk, where they have
| this system, that such Is II t the case. There
would be re illegal selling with a license
law which, contrary To the Constitution Of
the United States aud State which declares
there shall be n, rHIvILEGgD CLASS in the
acquiring, possessing aud protecting proper
! ty"-than under nur present laws that make
] no distinction between " iiib GuzLler," ia the
! shanty, aud Mr.. ]. Y. Y. Jones, Esq in his
| palace salnon
During the mouth of June the indictments
secured against parties in New York, un-
licensed, amounted to | 400. In Phila dephia
the unlicensed houses excel the licensed in
number. The love o: gain would be just as
string under license law as at present. II
niue-tehths Of the temperance men vote no
license and the One-tenth vote license, aud
license carries, then will the whiskey element
recognize this a victory for their side, aud
with the depression that would necessarily
attend defeat of this kind, the temperance
reform would be set back many years. II
% eac5%1aqe n2t pc m m9gep 1 y Sy fss sT 9 s% q
4 TIE e.cient the license permits its sric.
luu cannot stop the flow of a river with a
dam acrOssit it. The sources must be dried up
81 with intemperance il must be prohibited.
We admit that public sentiment does not now
many localities. secure the enforcement ui
law nor wOnld il with license. But il is sal
that the Bob Guzzlcrs that are unable tn pay
for a license, would watch Mr., jones for viola
ton Of the restrictions connected with the sa le
under license. We reply that they weud be
mnre likely to clerk for him, receiving a com
pcnsation for their experience in handing oul
drinks. II license obtains, they would be
needed in the palace salouns. Their forte is
not acting the detective, but rather avoiding
detection. With whisky sellers, the bond oI
union, stronger than death, is found in that one
word, whisky.
We are earnestly opposed to license, becauso
it is the SYNONYM of evil Of crime protected
aud suggestive Of the continuance of an i'm
mense evil indefinitely, License may carry
itmay make respectable crime it may he!
some men into office ii may be a comprnmIt
measure with evil, but as a temperance meas
ure il can only wnrk disaster to the course o
reform and prohibition. To the maintenance
of temperance, without compromise, let u!
pledge our most earnest endeavors until hna
victory is inscribed upon our National Banner
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