The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-11-30

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LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.
THIS COLUMN Is oPES TO ALL.
FOR The Cecil Wig
LOCAL OPTION. AGITATE! ACETATE!
Friends and foes of Local Option in the
adj joining county have now settled down to
the conviction that by an honest majority
the legal votes of Kent have decided To test
practically the workings OF the law. said
a citizen of that county to your correspon-
dent and others few days since Well
gentlemen, | voted against the law, but
now that IT has been carried. | go for fair
aud honest TRIAL of lis merits" If this be
the determination nf every man who voted
against II, backed by the rigid eufor crm-ut
of the same by FUR Hon. Judgcs-af winch
there can ta no qur>tI"u-w. have
d"nht as 10 the happI"s. results following.
Ii l. not our purpose. At thus time, how
ever, tn discuss the merits Of this phase of
the temperance question:, farther than to
say, our honest COW let lou X, that no man
should represent Cecil county in our State
legislature, At its next session, who is
unwilling 10 submit the question To vote
uf The people And in order To serv. this
end the subject should be thoroughly can
ra>scd rather than be sprung upon us a
few WEEKS previous tn the election We
say. therefore. agrra;c. agttate., - Keep it
before the people Let us have an honest
a. II
, the county.
II Is well known that this law has been
III operation IN Caroline county for several
years past. The week previous to the late
election the following article. which speaks
for itself, appeared in The Union one of
the papers published in Denton, the county
srai:
"Lo-al option in Caroline
i writer in last weeks Kent N,irs takes
occasion To thus SANDER the people of this
county:
While we have never set our foot in
Maine, we have set ii, even to reSIdence
on prohibitory ground, aud -frp., aetna,
sight and careful uhSas.ryaIlon. ". writ. il
do"h - --.er failure. Last year We
B sp eral days III Caroline county and
made dlligent inquiry rs To the effects of
local option. The facts gathered we're
unfavorable. SAW Mr.. Carey arrest a
man IN the town Of GreeEsLorough who
had been making whisky near thai town
for some tim. without license The bulk
of that whisky must have been consumed
by the CarolIners, and have not the least
dnuh. by many vino voted for prohibition
for It is current rha; even here some of the
most strenuous local optIonists indulge in
the ardent aud that to excess
That the writer of the above is in favor
of license To send ardent spirits is appar-
"nt To every one possessing the least per
cepi.on. That his effort is To support a
bad cause Is also plain. But his unsup
ported statement that local option in Caro-
line is an - utter failure, is a. uniruthful
AZ it is shameful in character W. pro
uoUucc the statement uutruthful aud a
Islander upon our people. The benefits de-
rived from local option To the citizens of
this county cannot be estimated in dollars
and cents, and our peaplc could not hc
induced, under any consideration, to again
open the iip"dGates of ruin upon defence
less woman aud children. who are largely
the sufferers by the traffic in Intoxicating
drinks. The law Ii As effectively enforced
here, ~ perhaps any other law, upon our
statute books, though We regret the in-il-
cheney with which all our laws are enforced.
The very fact which the writer cites uf the
arrest of ! man IN the town of tIecns.
borough for manufacturing whisky, per
haps he mean, apple brandy. Is no argu.
ment in his favor against local option, but
proves the potency of the law to SUPPRESS
ITS violation. IL Is u rare Occurrences To STE
an intoxicated individual upon our streets,
with E!ugie exception, aud this one
manages To procure the ardent side the
limits oi our county, The same good TO.
SrtlfS = h.,it mud 2
We do not deny that the old ioprrs, who
have long since formed the habit aud became
the victims ot strong drink, do when they
can Gct within the reach of alcohol imbibc
Too freely. tut those instances are rare and
will perhaps continue until the present crop
ui old topeIs are removed from this sphere
81 action Bu, We have bright ont look
for the future We have no young men
coming ny 10 take their places in the down
vaTd .naG Ia ruin. We have Io li.,uor
saloons nor low placrs of groggery To entIce,
by their seductive charms. our youug men
into scenes OF vice, To drbauch aud demon.
allZr them and send them ont upon society,
mere wrecks ut humanity, abuTirn 10 tAeil
friends and a curse Ia the cunImumry-
These are lew "f thc benefits resulting To
the people of this county from total pro
hIb1tlGn- These are wrighty enough in
themselves To claim tho earnest advocacy
Of every Christian aud pi!lauiEropisr n
the land. But IN pecuuisry sense our
county has been blessed. Crime is less
frequent and - consequence our court
expenses have been lessened. The States
Attorney fees for this county which in
former yeats exceeded +, 900 does not now
scarcely reach 500 The number of in-
mates IN our aims house are not So uumrr-
aus, aud u"nse', ueniiy the expenses of tins
institution are irsseu'i. Aud then the
tine and labor u! our uIti. ms devoted To
+ industrial pursuits: "a ciuscr activity Ia
business. 20 say no;hIng Of the saving Of
hard earned means winch were formerly
worse than wasted for drink ON which
no ben. ii; WAS derived, are some of the
substantial benefits derived from local
option IN tins county. Then. again the
morals Of our people have vastly improved.
aud We do not think. 90 where We may.
there can DE found IN general , higher
standard Of morals III any county IN the
state. Hut d tex weeks agn, the writer IN
cohseIsaiIon With Judge Robinson. a native
uf this county. who has been thoroughly
conrcrsant with our people auu their man
nerS and customs. aud who has since he
has been 4 citizen of Queen Anne S county,
visited Us from four 10 five times a year,
aud sincc occupying the digniiicd position
as thlei Judge OF TINS judicial circuit,
visited is once year. aud who is perfectly
familiar with the criminal records of our
county, speaking of our people since local
option has prevailed, spoke III terms Of the
highest cgl"gy Of the improvement; of then
morals aud very apprJvlngly of its 5enc-
fetal Influences upon our county Thus
speaking he but reiterated The correct auIn
ION Of every good, solid and substantial
cltiEen Of this county. The good effects III
heal option are MAJ ked and noted here,
while those who are thlrsiing fpr Tho liaud
fires, assert it is 4 failure II is a bare
assertion unsupported by facts, aud the
insiuuatl"n that the l"ca! "pilonists of this
cnnnry indulge To excess in the free nse of
whisky is a lhel .i.ou oar best aud purest
Citizrus.h
We give thes. f,ctz for the calm and
candid Judgment Of yoar readers.
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