The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-01-09
A Judge Oil the Cause of Crime.

ton aRd argument for the advance
ment of temperance.
Again and again he has gathered Il
large company of citizens, his personal
I friends and men distinguished in the
various professions and walks of busi-
ness, filling spacious library and draw
/ ing-roOm of its large and hoSpitablc
mansions on Murray Hall. 10 such
an Assem- bly, of representative men he
presents, first paper by some master
hand. This hos ben followed by free
discussion. Then comes "A adjourn.
mcut to the Supfcy .oon,, hcre the
fishery question, the partition o. Key
tea and coffee for home CONSULT. IN,
are discussed with spirit. However
men may differ ss 70 the best methods
Of promoting temperance. they unite
OH such a platform With hearty unani-
nifty, and drink to the success Of the
great cause.
Last week, on Tuesday evening. be
brought together a large, brilliant, III
'tellectual and influential circle, eSpec-
tally distinguished hy the presence of
leading jurists and members OF the
bar of New York. They were invited
to meet Chief Justice Noah Davis of
, the Supreme Court, who would during
the evening present the subject Of the
relations OF crime to iatemperaucc. 1t
i 50 unusual for the Judges of our
courts, o. indeed fer any of our off
cials, whether in judicial or political
Office, to give their attention 10 the
subject of intcmpcrauce, no little graf
itication and surprise were expressed
when ii was known that the Judge
would give his views on this great qucs-
ton. h came fully prepared to al
minister justice to the subject. y
charge TO a jury could not have been
prepared with mere care, impartiality
logic and learning. With the calm.
cold md Judicial miaI of one trained
IA weigh evidence and st forth tact~
clearly and truthfuEly, he proceeded to
read the testimony by which it wa.
proved that at least four-tiths of all
crime atc the result Of the use Of i9tQx-
icating liquors. He proved it, As the
lswyers and the old logiciaus 10, by
showing, first the increase of crime
with tAe increased consumption of liI-
uor, and secondly, the diminution Of
crime under the decrease Of its con
sumption. lie adduccd townships.
villages, cities and States, and gave
tie positive statistics By which it is
proved that crime follows intcmpcr-
ancc Is affect follows cause. Uauper-
ism fioUrishes when watered by the
same fluid. Taxation tells the painful
story and brings home to the basiness
Of every taxpayer and the bosom of
every phiIanthropist. Two hundred
years ago Sir Matthew Hale set down
f0ur-ffths of all crime, 10 the account
Of intempcrancc. The British prison
returns ofthis day attc- same fact.
Our own prisons and pic Justices
certify 20 the same. Out of -svcntccn
murders examined b. Dr. narris,
fourteen were the result ot intoxica-
ton. All the statistics ef all courts,
all tho testimony of all exports in the
matter, show that the prevalence of
intcmrerancc Is the standard BY which
crimes may be measured.
Or, to take the other view: as intcm-
PeranCe disminishes 20 does crime. 1t
WAS wonderfully so in ireland after the
( Father Matthew revival: where and
when crimes decreased in one year
/ from II 900 TO 600. The reform was
/ temporary, and with the return to
! whisky, crime rose TO tbs old mark.
/ In our own couRtry, where tie sale Of
liqucT Is prohibited, vice and pauper-
ism scarcely exist. Vinelaad, with
: 10000 iuhabitania and 40 grog-shops,
has a police force Of one man. one
cyine in Year, ana $500 support
al the poor. Ojhcr towns were cited
with equally remarkable re. ults Of pro-
hibition. Ia Connecticut, under the
law Of 1851, crime was diminished -
per cent. Oar own city f;srniEhe-
facts fhoving that the partial suppres
sion Of The traffic on Sundays and cleo
ton days greatly diminiahcs crime On
those day. These points the Judge
fortified by numerous statistics which
we have not space 70 rccitc, all tend
ing to the same conclusion. and max
inc the case convincing. No intcIli-
gent and conscientious jury could fail
to render verdict that ''inlemperancc
IS guilty fat least four out Of every
; five crimcs."
! HI"Eirnn railway train was re
. Gently captured by robbers near Puc
f bio. They billed Tie baggaSc-mastcr
wou"dpd tiia conductor, aud carried
OF S27 .000 in SiIvc~. which it Is pre-