The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-01-14

Wlsc anu pruuentlhl law prohibiting I'M
sale of spirituous liquors in Hartford coun
ty are not the sober and industrious, bu
those who ardently love "a little plaiI
whisky and water"
But what is the result of prohibitory
laws. Maine answers, good; Ohio respond.
good, and the Eastern Shore counties
where it exists, echo the same. But the
poor laboring man cannot procure enough
of the "needful" to enable him to perform
the labors of the day, and has nothing tc
reconcile him to his hard lot. Ask the
overseers and managers of all public works
which class of men perform the creates
amount of labor and do it best2 Whicl
is preferable, the one who spends portion
OF his daily earnings for drink or the one
who is satisfied with the crystal wine O
God. Ask their wives and children who
have the kindest husbands and fathers
and who the most comfortable and happy
homes From over the wide expanse O
the land and nation would come a sound
as the waves of the sea rolling, 1.-THE
strictly temperate in each and every
case"
This we have seen A man under the in.
f1uence of that needful stimulant broke to
pieces the large arm rocking chair. This
was during the reign of Liquor License
Two days after local option went into eff
feet he carried home the chair neatly and
securely mended by his own hands. Sc
prohibitory laws are always cementing the
fractures resulting from the Liquor Ii.
cense.
And our people are not alarmed at their
passage, but they are alarmed and distress
| nnf To-
forced; and unless the authorities become
alarmed and maintain the dignity of the
law by prompt and full enforcement, they
will become more alarmed when they see
the tide of indignation from a much
wronged and long suffering people coming
as an avalanche upon them. b.
MIR. EDITOR: After reading the COM
munication over the signature Temperance,
In behalf of the all-be-needful, / feel like
answering some of the questions he asks.
First, who shall use stimulating or intoxi-
eating liquors. Answer those who keep the
abuse of it from the public domain. All
licensed property is more or less belonging
to and under the crontrol of the public ::
hence the need of law to protect the pub
lie.
Has any class of fellow citizens authori-
ty to control the food or drink of another
class OF free and equal citizens If 30, ia
the right Divine or human Answer-The
right is human, and will ask Temperance
to study our code Of laws and ask him if
the power which keeps the highway free
from distractions in general has not pow
er to keep it clear of the whisky vender 2
The drugs he exposes being the greatest
OF temptation to certain appetites; for
Temperance acknowledges in speaking of
the New England sect that human nature
wants government. | took up the cause
OF temperance for two reasons one was f.
nance. Suppose the average rum mill sells
10 barrels a year. 1t costs say $1,000 in
cash. 1t then costs him $1,000 more to
support the mill. Here is approximating
$4,000 distracted from the neighborhood
which he proposes to benefit, and what is
the result Dilapidated reads; brier-
grown farms; widows straining every nerve
to support their orphan children.
can only compare the family of the
incbriate husband to one with a case of
hydrophobia and yet VIC have advocates
for the hell on earth, even amongst some
ofour Divines
Second, from desire to help those that
have in them an uncomfortable appetite
for the all-be-needful. AS l was discus
sing the late decision of the grand jury, on
the show ground with friend, / remark
ed, if we who can control our appetites for
whisky will not help those who cannot, we
became an auxiliary to the crime, and
will have to share our part of the blame.
felt nervous hand touch me. l looked
up and saw one ofyour most worthy towns
men with flushed cheek, from the effects
of the previous days dissipation, but with
look that showed that he thought he had
found friend at last. He remarked. That
is it; if you who can control it will not
take it out of our reach what will become
of us So you see it is from sense of duty
as we'll as sympathy that we ask our legis
lators to help poor depraved humanity out
of hell that no one else will or can. We
ask of you as legislators to do your duty
fearless of consequences.
l ask Temperance to study Mayor Van
SAINTS report for 1872 and '73, in which he
says that out of S,367 persons committed
to the city Jail in eleven months ending
Oct. 31st, 1871, 6,640 of them were COM
mitted on charges of drunkenness, vagrancy
and breaking the peace; and in 1878, 1O,-
116, of whom 1886 were committed on
drunkenness and peace warrants The re-
port of the city police commissioners shows
that the arrests for intoxication alone for
1879 were l1,79s,and for 1873, 1850. This
is frightiul enough; but in the report of the
grand jury in September, 1875, there were
committed for drunkenness and disorder,
1000; Migrants 46; the majority of the
latter to he ascribed to intemperance.-
This is certainly subject for those who
lament the loss to our county treasury
from the sale of license to think of. MY
neighbours farm 90 years ago supported
family of 10 persons, 4 horses and the
general appurtenances of well regulated
farm. The husband thinking the sale of
the all-be-needful an auxiliary to his f.
nance. engaged in the traffic. Note the re-
suit. In five years we followed the hus-
band to drunkard's grave. A short time
after, all that was left of his property was
sacrificed at forced sale. The widow and
children had to find homes and now the
farm will not support three sheep comfort
ably. Just think of this, you advocates
for the sale of whisky as means of re-.
plenishing our county treasury.
Temperance speaks of State Senator
Aydelotte's discussion of the temperance
law. l happened to read that article and
recollect that his theory was that local op-
ton failed to produce the result claimed for
it. and that he would advocate response
bility law, similar to railroad laws, and the
raising OF the price ofthe privilege to sell,
80 that only the respected few could obtain
license.
Temperance asks who is responsible for
our bungling state OF affairs, and puts the
blame on the officers elected to guide the
welfare of the people. will say that il
our officers had not done aone th;no, 70 cot