The daily gazette., 1878-05-04
For the Gazette.
TEMP ER ANCE.

COUHT-soClETiEH-P OPINION.
As Court Is approaching 1t IL desirable
that that honorable body and your read
ers should know something of the public
mind, on the subject of licensing the
liquor traffic, and the status Of the Tenn
perance cause. We wish to apprize the
States Attorney and the judges, who
come among us and do not dwell in our
midst, that there is more of public opin.
ion against licensing the sale Of liquor
than Is apparent on the surface of society
read OF In the papers, OF appears In the
speeches or efforts of moral suasionists
who make so much profession only IN
talk. Those who have assumed the roll
OF the temperance cause are, in fact, mis-
Leading. The Moral Suasion Reform AS
sociation, at Third Street Market, profess
opposition TO unlicensed liquor shops and
DO nothing to shut them up and are max
ing no efforts to demonstrate against the
granting of improper licenses or to prose
cute transgressoB. l ..
The supplanters of the foundry-who
gained the Presidency and took possess
sion under the profession of organizing a
Nlgilant Committee to prosecute unli-
censed liquor sellers and demonstrate to
court against granting liquor license--are
content with hearing themselves speak
and have done nothing by appointing a
vlgimnt committee, circulating remOn-
strances or enforcing law.
As to these ends it is certain that these
organizations have proved the Rev. Mr..
Mann1s assertion true, that they are q
failure. We ask the court, however, not
TO judge of public opinion on this subject
by these professors who say, and do net.
There is high public opinion by men,
who are not of these organi cations, men
ofrehgioussentiment, Judgment, culture,
true humanity, y axpayers, s,philanthrOpist
patriots, who are for law and order, who
ask Of the court, that as the license law was
not made for the benefit Of the hquor ,dea-
ler butfor the good ofthe communities that
they will grant no license unless for the
good OF the communities andirrespective
oi There being no remOnstrances against
In em by temperance professors.
IL L. desirable the court should know
that there Is mass OF public opinion
infinitely more and higher than Of these
organi cations, who have assumed the
forefront Of the temperance and cruelty
ittn the house, oft friends by their crude
opinions, opposition to the present laws,
saving 10 cannot be enforced, yet abuse
Of the States Attorney and the Court
Both these associations are In embroglio
and contradictory. The Moral Suasion-
lists say the law cannot be- enforced ,it was
made in the interest of the liquor sellers
and they will not be treated with con-
tempt by the Court in not regarding
their circumstances or Furnishing trans
gressors. Yet unlicensed LIQUOR men
have been fined and yet they say that the
law cannot be enforced, that It requires
persons to see them drink, and yet they
have four hundred men who not only 1
know where these unlicensed shops are,
but have drank themselves and are wit
nesses enough If they only acted con-
sistently with their profession. 1t has
been enforced in Sussex and Kent, and
yet In addressing us, the public, they say
the Court enfOrces 1t there because of
public opinion, and taunt us that our
public opinion does not overshadow the
Court and cause them to enforce the law.
Then there are the latest Foundry Re-
formers who are Numerically opposed
to the former in doctrine, and say In the
preamble of their organization that un-
less we enforce the present law we cam
not get anything higher; and yet they
are doing nothing TO enforce IL and are
death ON the Mayor and other officers
for not enforcing 1t and condemn the
states Attorney and court In no measur-
ed terms. We pray therefore the Hon
orable Judges Of the Superior Court, of
New Castle county, not to regard them
as the exponents Of public opinion
amohB w, Dut we assure you Denlnu /
them and before them Is a higher public |
opinion Of a vast mass whe belong to no |
temperance organization, except the |
churches, and who allied to the best in |
terests OF our communities, and who are |
for the enforcement of laws, and we ask |
Of the judges, the States Attorney and the !
sworn grand and petit jurors, enforce
ment of the laws and bringing to punish |
ment all violators whether liquor sellers |
or officers. 1t Is said that there are four /
hundred unlicensed liquor sheps in this |
city, only about forty licensed, thus de- |
frauding the forty out of the profits of |
their trade for which they pay license |
and defrauding the State Of the prices
OF four hundred unlicensed liquor shops |
to say nothing of the increased crime |
taxation and death. To men. of like |
opinion with ourselves we say if nothing
Is done effectivelyby this Court, there |
are but two alternatives. The formation |
Of an alliance for Local Option and ulti-
mate prohibition or an organization to
agitate for convention for the altera-
lion Of the constitution for the election
Of the States Attorney and the Judges |
and on one or the other of che antlers of |
'hese horns, there Is enough for us to
hang and succeed. "Truth is mighty |
and will prevail" ONE OF MANY.