, 1876-12-22
A NEW DANGER.

TO tho Editor of Ths Tribune
CHICAGO, Dec. 1G.-The country is prepared to
let Nj. Blair, Congressman, 90 home. 1t has no
further use to put him to-. Hu offered resolution
in the House the other day that no mare liquor
should be constructed after the year 1y0o and all
he can do now is to hand in his resignation. 1t
will nc accepted. This is d progressive land. but
it is not prepared for any such rushing business as
this 1t is easy enough to see that Mr.. Blair hasn't
any appetite to overcome. How would he feel it
he only had so, 600 more drinks left, ut ten drinks
day: How dismal the outlook is to the man who in
the short space OF twenty-three years must forego
his morning cocktail. If only quarter Of century
is left to taper in, what is the absorbcr OF whisky
ftruicht to do? This thing will breed nsurIcctlon
and riot. With all the trouble about the election
to worry the country, it is simple TREASON to pre-
clpitAtc this whisky Crisis Of Hlairs. But that
isn't all. i man who wants whisky annhllated in
twenty-three years, will be Offering more re1oln-
longer shall lind that no lager beer 5 tu tickle
the rcutonic gullct after !. D. 1850. and that ere
the heetny hours have rolled up the twentieth cen
tury. the possessor Of barrel Of cider, be he
Deacon, elder, sinner, must pour it into the
sink or 70 to jail. vi course Moody, aud Cough,
aud Miss Willard will do some joyful weeping
lied 50 soon; but all the distlers and whole-
sale firms, and the retail yenders of forty
rod, win now come to grief because Of this
lis little rough on storrs and the other lawyers
who have been settin. some little experience in
looking up crooked matters to have their prospects
bli.htel III this way. What's to become Of jake
Keh1n, and llesin;, aud ''Butfalo" Miller. with
only twenty three years to get their work in:
blair Is philantsropst, Of course, but he 's too
this brief time get taste for whisky. The drunk
ards will all quit ue of, but no new ones VIII
be e. Blair is going for the tipplcr-.the one 3
takinr two or three drinks daily the twenty
year. v Il come along and shut OF his supply
A guo many old topers will suffer from the
e'i Gun heI,, :hat, 2lr Blair, The welfare Of the
people tlv*-lant!s this early wrestling with the
t=1lf .'w,'rm that dicth not" and, i the picked
repay for all the loss of nasal bloom, The only
trouble is in the time. II this can be extended
two or three hundred years., 50 that we csn IN
whisky, " in iinance, profit BY the ADVICE OF J.. Mr.
ripened into perfect ability" to accomplish this
adical change with certainty and ease, and 30
LAT tlore will be some chance OF getting the pres.
=: lawsuits completed, and the money due
.'., Government for crookedncss COLLECTED, mere
.ouu be some basis for approving Mr. Dla1r's
scheme. All the temperance fanatics Will want
u commence operations in the year l!'0p cut tue
mass Of the people would prefer that NJ. Blair
have his bl SO read ha, no whisky should be m;|te
after the comm. Of the Millennium, ana, II any
concessions Of time arc made. let them be made
from that date. In this way there II be some eip"
of paying the national debt through the lax on
highwincs. The peuplc will be continually bene-
tited both in paying this tax wncn they buy the
whisky, and N the vast good when the consump-
ton of the liquor will afford them. ME: Blair
should not be allowed to interfere. with the idea
that the largest aDso1bcr Of corn Juice Is the pest
patriot on the ground that he pay. proporlionately
q heavier tribute to the Government than for any
thin. else he uscs. The present Congress must
expel Mr. Blair. He is too dangerous IN ot1er.
ing this little twenty years notice, he shows
a tendency toward revolution, which, while It may
please Brother Moody and Nr. Tough, Is TOO
radical. TOO sndden, too pEec1pttate. II ne eau
friy ua an extension within FEaSOQ, S0me[QinG we
can see our way to meeting when it comes along,
he ought 10 go home. Z.