The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1875-02-06
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ELKTON, FEBRUARY 6. 1875.
THE APPROACHING STRUGGLE.

The next Grand Jury, which will be
drawn in a few days to serve at the
Spring term Of the county Court, will
have a new duty to perform, and one Of
the most momentous Importance. BY a
law passed at the last session of the
Legislature, before the Clerk shall issue
any license for selling spirituous or malt
liquors in this county, the parties apply
ing for such license must first get an
order from the Grand jury to the Clerk,
authorizing him to issue such license to
the person therein named, to keep and
sell spirituous liquors at place named
in such recommendation, order or per-
init. The Temperance Alliance, All
association of persons opposed 10 the
traffic in spirituous liquors, have been
moving in the matter of preparation for
this work; and their plan is, if we pro-
perry understand it, to visit the Grand
Jurymen as soon as their names art
announced, and confer with them in the
matter of recommending the issue OF
licenses. The people are to be visited
in their families and their views ascer-
tanned as to whether certain places, o,
any place in their respective neighbor
hoods, shall be recommended as u pro-
per place for retailing spirituous liquors.
The sentiment of the neighborhood in
which each Grand Juror resides, is i'll
this way, to be brought to his knowl-
edge, SO that be will feel that he has the
support of the people. his constituents,
as it We're, to justify his action in the
premises.
This mode of procedure will shift tn,
responsibility off of the shoulders Of the
Grand Juror individually, and On to the
community or neighborhood where h,
comes from, and relieve him Of any
embarrassing doubt or uncertainty III
determining his duty when the time
arrives for his official action. as men,
Der of the grand inquest for the bod!
of Cecil county If this plan is carried
out properly, we cannot conceive of a
more judicious and proper manner t,
make the duty of the Grand Jur,
plain. To send Grand Juror forth L.
perform such a delicate and RESPONSE
BILE duty without taking the proper
means to inform him of the wishes o!
the community for which he is to act.
would be placing a very grave responsi-
bility ON his shoulders, which he should
not be expected or allowed to besr
In neighborhoods where no activ.
members of the Alliance have been pre-
cured to take up this work. they expect
the churches and Temperance Societies
to employ their members in accomplish
ing it, and proceed in the same manner
that they would if appointed as conf
mittee by the Alliance.
The Alliance is heterogeneous asso-
citation composed ofall societies, religious
and temperance, governed by no rigid
rules Of discipline, whose general object
is to lead to the cooperation of the tenn
perance sentiment of ali classes, sects,
societies and denominations. AS iutem-
perance is so formidable an enemy anu
stumblingblock to all church work, the
Alliance hopes that every church in the
county, of all denominations, will form
a rallying point from which the work
above sketched out will be pushed with
energy and thoroughly accomplished.
This is as near the plan of the pro-
posed campaign by the temperance
people as we can learn, and as matter
of special interest to everybody, we
have put it in as comprehensive Il
shape as we know how.