The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1876-04-19
LlcEssE on No LICENSE.

The Greensboro Patriot says: This ii
the question which seems tobe attracting
tile attention. Of our people, white and
black. 1'liey win 10 called upon 10 sny
BY their yptes on the first Monday Iii May
whether Hcsllsr may l,e grated fur ths
sale ofinioxicating beverages IN those two
townships or not. The people In sevufai
other nwn-hifa lii the county win also
vote upon tile same question. ~ -wehave
given The suf9stA Thoughtful Investigation,
have looked ~ Il Without prejudice, and
after mature reflection have decided to
cast our vote agains. license.
Here are some Of the reasons which IN
fluence us.
No single benefit can be traced to the
individual Of The community By the sale
of Intoxicating liquors.
The Insignificant revenue paid to the
town for license Is more than teil-fold off.
set by the evils following intoxicatiol.
Only that class, as u rule, patronize the
bar who can least afford It.
The money that crosses the counter for
rum, In eight cases out OF ten, Is taken
from wives and children whose comfort is
dependent upoi, ii.
xptoxication leads to all sorts Of wick
edness, debaucilery, law~breaking, thiev-
ing. ard brawis, and when men cannot
get rum they cannot get drunk.
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Intoxication leads 10 domestic unhap-
piness and makes manya father who III
his sober hours is model of kindness aud
affection, q savage and brute.
II strips the clothing from the back Of
the wife and tile shoes from the feet Of tI,e
children 10 supply the craving for rum
when the habit Of drinking it Is contrac-
ted.
Itruins some cfour best and most promis-
Ing young men, consigning them to a
life Of idioey and premature grave.
IL breeds panperism and entails a heavy
tax upon the people TO care for lis victims.
1t denloralizes such of the laboring
Glasses, white and black, as become drln-
kers renders them unfit to perform their
daily labor, to earn bread TO feed thsm-
selves and families, and lead to othieyery
10 supply their daily wants
The seller alone derives any profit from
II, and In nine cases Of ten he himselfis
ruined In the long run.
These are few considerations divested
OF sentiment that present themselves 10
the voter when he casts his ballot 20 de-
ellie the question.
The argument we have heard presented
By the advocates OF license Is that II you
exclude the bar rooms. tie drug stores
will sell. This Is nonsense and sham
The drug stores will do no such thing, but
IL they did that Is no reason why We should
vo:e.in the affirmative.
Suppose tho drug stores were to sell
wouldn't the people still be gamers by re-
ducing the number Of the places and con-
sequenlly the quantity sold ? The drug
stores III town, were the keepers Of them
10 Violate the law and defy pub
Tic opinion, could aot sell one tenth the
quantity dealt out BY The dozen or % Of
bar-roons now within the iimits.-Our
are not ola character to forfeit
public esteem and their self respect by
stealthily violating law which the letter
class Of their fellow citizens almost unani-
niously agree upon.
They will not do II, and II they would
they could not without being suljec.to
and punishment.
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