The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1875-09-10
"king Whisky"

Mr. EDITOR; From your paper of Friday,
September Sd, clip the following:
"Our ncighbor, the Havrc de Grace RepuJli-
cdn is mistaken in asserting that the shooting
of Mr.. James II. Monks by Thomas r. Archer
in Bel Air, ON the night of the 21st of August,
was brought about by "Klng Whisky" Mr..
Monks is strictly temperate man, and his as
sailant was also sober at the time he shot him.
"King Whisky" has crimes enough to answer
for, without charging him with those in which
he had no hand"
The fact that Mr.. James II. Monks is a strict
ly temperate man, and his assailant was also
sober at the time he shot him, does not prove
the Havre dc Grace Republican mistaken In as
serting that the shooting of Mr.. james II. Monks
by Thomas r. Archer, in Bel Air, on the night
of the 2lst of August, was brought about by
'King Whisky"
Who brought it about if 'King Whiskyn did
not? viii some person explain? Four Young
men made drunk on whisky which had been IL
legitmatcly sold, made disturbance in the
Court House yard, and men who were not drunk
became involved in it by an effort to preserve
the peace and prevent violence. The shooting
of Mr.. Monks was one of the results. The end
is not yet.
Let it be known to the people of Hartford
county, that the violence inflicted upon Mr..
Monks person-the fearful distress through
which his family and the family of 7. r. Archer
have been called to pass-and the stain upon
the good name of our county, are all to be at
trlbuted TO liking Whisky" who in this town
of Bel Air has set up his throne in defiance of
all law, and insolcntly flaunts his banner,
stained with the blood and tears of. down-trod.
den humanity, in the face of every person who
prays for the public veal.
This case is a rcfutation of the argument so
often used against the temperance reform move.
mcnt, ''let it alone and il won't hurt you."-
| Temperance men may let whisky alone but il
will not leave them alone. Mr. Monks is a
strictly temperate man, and yet, since the night
of the 21st of August, he has been seriously i'll
with two pistol balls in his body.
Mrs. Monks and her children are tempcrat
people, but God only knows what they have
suffered since the night of the 2lst of August,
when they were called at midnight to ride four
miles to see husband and father die las they
supposed n victim of violence. A large mum
Der of the lax payers of this county are temper.
ance men, but the property of every man will
be taxed to pay for the criminal proceedings in
| this case.
| Yet temperance men are not to protest they
are not to ask for the suppression of business
| whose grandest results are paupcrism crime
and increased taxation.
"king Whisky" may put his foot on the law,
may promote riot and bloodshed, may losolatc
families and we must walk around his throne
| and shout ''yivc lie roi." Let the solid temper
ance men of Hartford come to the front and by
cooperative effort in everything put down this
| king.
In conclusion, permit me to say that this is
not designed to identify you with the opponents
OF temperance reform, but simply 10 fix the
blame in the above case where it belongs.
WM Y