The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-01-25
BENEFITS OF PROHIBITION

BENEfiTS or PROHIBITION.
Tue LEI alton Of int mperaucc 20 crime !,
also plainly manifest where drunkenness i
'ef't"'eG oy partial o: complete prob ibitlou.
The cases of towns AID villages where hv
tue arrangements of their founders. NO IL
GA'Fs or Intoxicating drirks-hare been n.
""tH to be sold, furnish stronp o,t,l.uc,
'neiand, with Its 10, 600 people. vi,Eou,
gi"s shop aud with police force Of one
c"nsi able, who is also oy.i,e.r Of ,b. ,,,,,.
WIKI salary los both Offices of 81, r.
p"t' Il. -";ne years =. single crime, and a
poor rae swelling II the aggregate Of STA
year. Gfesiey, III Cui.tado is aun,ber
town OF "o0o people, and nn iiqaor shop.
l. c-s- aud needs no police force and -,
two yeaTs and half $. NY WAS lte3 an,
o. us = 'or fnEi. BAEa'is, Hin" s. a town O.
'is same population, with absolute urobi.
Alt'"n, was without a Gruuaa,d. with,n, ,
/ f""perr an'i without = crime \ small
toxin IA western New York WAS fou,.ds6
some Years ago by gentleman. who mad.
u " e'Eu"i"n IN al! his title deeds that #
''qho!s we:o sold the land should revert 10
H'in The condition became tine subject n:
/ "'is@tl"n III Qua courts. aud was hrld To ne
valid aud cnfo' ceablc by tl.crment. That
! village has ucue uf the incidents of ir,r
/ i'iancs, and the same thing is true OF uu-
n'T"uS other places whose founders have
established prohibition
/ II may be said tina. the Sc ale not fair ex-
ample, 5ecag-s the inhabitants were all tee.
tG'..:ois or temperance men. Thsy are ]. IS
conclusive, perhaps, but they certainly show
re value Of The absence OF temptation.
no" Is It, thea, where prohiU ton cx SITS
ny absolute law | will not take Maine
ihe h.ckneyed theme of 80 many contra
dtCtIons, further than State that in 1870 her
CONVICTIONS for crime under pr"hiDi,lon
were only i5l, or one III every esq, while
III oar STATE exclusive of thls ci:y -, under
iiceu,c, ihe convictions were J. i..:; or one
III every GO souls. Can 1t he that the rural
population of New York is 81 much more
addicted 10 crime than the people Of Maine"
Bat take Connecticut-lacrtiuus called
= the land 81 steady habits" Under the
prohibition law OF 1874 crime is shoxn,o
have diminished ~ per cent. On the res
tnra;iou of license in 49,; crime INCREASED
% per Cent. IN a single year, and ia two
years ia Hartford, according to the official
returns presented by The Rev. Mr. Walker,
crime Increased in that city 100 per cent.
Ia New London the prison was empty aud
the jaior out OF business. Connect cut
has now a local option act. Under 1t Now
l.oadoE lately voted for no license
II inienperance were 4 new csIl. coming
in upon US ioE the iis>t time like 4 pe.iilcuce
from some foreign shore, laden with It's
aaful burden Of disease. of paupersm aud
crime, with VIVA, ho.rpT would the nation
contemplate its mnusirous approach
W ma. severity of laws, what strinscnciss Of
quarantine, what activities of resistance
would lee suddenly aroused. Eat, alas , it
IL 10 new evil. II surrounds MS like an at
Elosphere, it has our fathers through
countless generations. 1t pervt.is iudg-
Inru;s, 1t piisons HABITS, 1t sways passions,
il 'alnts churches and tears cousciences
l. SEXES the engiuery of our legislature,
and II creates moral phenn:nenol OF per-
prtual motion, which nature dcili.s la ply.
s;cs: for It licenses and empowers itsslft to
Su.et III endless rounds the wrongs. vices
and crimes which society i orgauiz., to
prevent, aud worst "f all for our county
1t cncoi's parties like ih~ scrpcn:s "f Lao
coon, and brushes in its folds the spirit of
patriotism and virtue Oh # Justice Noah
Dir", IF he Supreme Court.
The CLEAN NEWSPAPER -O,r of our
Boston contemporaries expresses the opinion
that there is growing feeling ia every
healthy community ~ .tnS' thoS. isuTrals
which make it their special ohisc, 10 min
lister to perverted taste by seeking ont and
serving M in seductive form disgusting
scandals and iiceuiious revelations. There
is good reason to belicy< that the clean
newspaper is more highly priz,d to day
than it was four live years ago Ii is
ais, safe to pIeiic; that A. people IN all
ranks of life, who protect their own at
least from Contamination. become more
conscious of the pernicious influence of a
certain class of journals, called enicrpTis-
in, because they are ambitious to serve
up dirty scandals, they will b. careful to
see that the journals they permit to be
read in the family circle are of the class
that never forget the propristi.s of life
Already men and women of refinement and
healthy morals have had their attention
called to tie pe:nicinus influence OF bad
literature, and have made commendablc
efforts TO couuteTact the same by causing
sound literature Ia be published at popular
prices. These efforts are working silent
but sure revolution. The best authors are
more generally read to day than al any
previous time. The sickIy. sentimental
story paper and the wild ranger and pirate
sorry book slowly yielding the field to
worthier claimants. TO the praise Of the
decent newspaper 1t may be SAID, that
where it has a place in the family, and has
been read for years by young aud old, it
has developed such a healthy tone and such
a discriminating taste that the literature of
the Sums has no admirers Fortunately,
the number OF such families is increasing
in the land, and As they increase, the Jour
nal that dcvotes itself to sickeniug reyela-
tinn of immortality Will be compelled TO
find its supporters solely among those
classes that practice vice or crime, or are
ambitious to learn II follow such ways
An INTERESTING DIsCoVERY-A short
time ago a discovery of several mounds.
evidently artiiicially constructed, and not
the handiwork of nature. was made at
what is known as Sherldau's drive, on n
range of hills Immediately 10 the west Of
Fort Leavenwnrih. Within the mounds
were traces of sionework as artistic and
nearly perfect that of the present day.
Some days ago party went TO the mounds
and found a sort of book Of records, writ