The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-09-27
" Alas. fer the rarity
or Christian charity
utlcr the sun"

Thanks, Bro, Murray, for your nihl lac
ture OH the "sin of lyinq." Thanks. Bro.
Smith, Of Denton, for calling me tho 'oppo-
nent of Mr.. Murray, and promising to
show me- that thing of beauty, your back
door, when | call 10 see you. You are too
far off, brother. don't know either of YOU
and have no controversy with either The
readers and Editor of The Why have the
right, however, to insist that no man. rev.
erend or sinner, should mislead them Why
fly into u rage, brother! | did not say 4
word against temperance; against Local OPP
ton nor against the general good effects of
Local Option. l only said that whisky was
not tho sole cause OF crime and that Local
Option had not reduced crime to Zero " in
Caroline, and that the Sheriff Of Talbot still
had some few duties TO perform about the
Jail and could not devote himself c.cInsirely
to his farm. That even if we adopted Local
Option in Cecil, we would not be able to
dboitSh the Jail and the criminal side of the
court.
gave what | then believed and still be-
lieve TO lie true transcripts from the records
OF those counties. did make mistake of
two day, in the time when the law went
into effect. 1t was in forces OH tie 9th dav
Of August, 1Si4 rs stated by me- but it
went into effect two days earlier, viz, on
the 18th day of August, 1874. For the truth
Of what say, refer tho reader 10 the act
of 1874, chapter i;I:i, which assigned Ike sec
ond Tuesday of july, ISL fat The election,
and provided hat Ike sale al Liquor should
he nrohi!l!te,l Immediately after the Judges
made Proclamation that a majority at votes
had been cast in favor Of local option: and
il Mr.. Murray will read again the case he
refers to, Fell rs. the State - Md. Reports,
he will find that Judge Bartol says, on page
81, that on the 18th day of August, 1874
proclamation Of the result was made by the
Judges OF the Circuit Court, as provided bv
the act, and the law then went into affect
DO rs did, brothers; borrow the hooks and
read for yourselves and then own up that
you ale mistaken and have uniustiy ac-
cused and abused me. An ''honest pantos-
Sion is good for the SOUL" McSsrs. smith
and Murray, Ivy setting an arbitrary time
when they say the law went into effect have
thrown all or nearly all the prosecutions
necessary 10 enforce the Local Option law
over on the license system and this made Il
record of as presentnl-nts under that Sys-
TEN ard - under Loca! Option. And yet
they accuse inc OF "ss,tiu;: hB t,..ipes to
suit, eyGrT f:u,e - is ,!,at Fair, brethren :?
iaH' Oh JoNr own showing, you have only
r:inaeti the oi3os o.; per year and proved
all | asserted Is 80 'Zero?' But YOU
promised us Talbot. Three issues have ap-
peared since and you have not given it to us
How is that, brother? Have you received
it" If 50, when" Surely ao'. would not
suppress it. Let rs l;uar nav the Sheriff of
lahof and his Fam, are progressing. And,
bretE rcn, let the Clerk of Talbot say when
the law went into effect, and give the record
from that time up to the present AID far an
equal length OF f;H,c i.ioriuas. And bear
Ii l4ind. hrethren that we are not testing
the good or bad effect of Local Option as 4
Whole, but only the truth or falsity of one
isolated and perhaps the weakest argument
that has been advanced in support OF it.
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