Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-03-18
local deDtiOn-EO. 4.

| ~ ht". Lyle VI hvllVy ID Scy lrOtcCtUH,
and what some ntn call their liberty mcsi 20
| Down bnfOre The Chains Ct those around them.
| Tho greatest good TO the greatest lumber" is
| maxim ca which all lew is founded. Apy
! number Of citiz;ns cin oomplaiu OF nuisance
kept by utighbor. and have Is ubatcd hy lsg.
No man is permitted 10 poison tho atmosphere
around him by pig s!yas or Slaughter houses.
Tho wrongs oil others outweigh bis 80 called
personal rights, or rather the rights Of Others
| demand that hosubmitto lho claims ofthe pub
Ii, health. Is not this argument crushing whom
you substitute for tho public health tho public
morals? Will any ono dare deny that gio mills and
drinking plact arc prejuGioial to good morals
and good order? Ard, nay VIC not demand
| BY majority vote that these hot beds Of vice
aud c;lmo be c'Qscd? And all license la,Us are
simply compromising aOHh inguiiy. What
rlght has tho State to l,galiL, tratfio which
produces crime and pauperism, and for the sup
preston OF which it c,sts tho State far more
| than tho revenue it receives. The very ftct
that the State claims tho right to regulate this
traffic comedies that it has right to prohibit it.
Why regulate it at all. if it be not an eviI2 And it
40 esi Why not destroy it at once ct all est L?
| Rev. j. s. Van Dyke Gays "What should we
| think ii number 81 cIlizons should band to.
| gother to scc1ro q law granting I;c,nso to a
! privileged GLASS to poison our children, not
merely aFordiog monopoly Of an exceedingly
| lucrative business, but actually taxing parents
to maintain tho in;quity. This is precisely
| what tho l:c:nso Law does" A license law
! has its twin in tho horrible ttfJrt to regulate
tho social evil by law. You may just rs we'll
c'n6c tho ono as the other. Indced iucline
to the opinion that tho latter is moro reason.
| able than tho iolmsr. as its victims arc not 40
| numerous. ror lis results so fearful; and vet,
| evCry truo man reVolls with utter disgust and
| cashne from such legal I'D ioquity. Tho
State claims tho right to condemn an unss f,
| bndso, 40 upsafe boiler, an unsafe hous,, ard
| why not traffic which promotes crime? And
the Wh0leSalc dealers. who claim to be more
| respectable than tho MN who hand the yie
| stuff over bsr, arc more dangerous than the
retailer. They distribute widely the ruin and
death, and help the GROCERY man 10 d. bis
deadly work. aud the cry, 1T dill not do it
somebody clte would, aud 50 tho harm would
| neVertheltsS be DONE is o SPECIAL plea TOO
tlmsy to boSr an examination. What right
have you 10 c'rrupt mon because Others do so
| and sell yourselves for tho gaia which is the
! quired OF you. The curse cf God is, believe,
% you. A wholesale liquor merchant wishes
to retire from tho traffic when no gets rich, ard
| retiovo bis conscience b. turning over tho bnsi.
| mas! to stmo one tls,. Can there be any comGur,
| IN store Tor the man whose very bread has c.st
the bitter tears of drnnkards' wives and the
hungry ohlldren's c;y2 Nccr.
But TO return to the question Ct the liIenss
laws. is there any consistency in having.laws
against gambling, dueling, lotteries. quacks
Sssi9e II the sae of tainted leafs, etc, snd in
Stead OF SURPRISING the liquor traffic actually to
legsza it2' Does either of tho owls sboyo
snum"rated compare with that resulting from
tho sale CT liquor aud why ssy TO ono man, you
shall Tot sol tainted NEST, aud to another selling
Drink, which produces far more evil, you can do
30 30 II you Will, only pay III for the nrivilegs2
me whole Econso system is, peynisSioa 6y tic
STATE - rum men and promote crin,e And l
nimiY believe thai the man who soils LIQUOR is
Wofso Imam the man who drinks i!-the latter
only yields to appetite. ths former speculstes on
his weakness and profits by his sin. He iplu.
eIaces MN TO drink that he may get the money
tiaa py natural right belongs to wife or child or
winch ought to be for the furthorance of national
prosperity By economy and investment. I |
quolo again from Rev. Jos. s. VanDyke: ut
may Do SAID II s inconsistent with Individual |
ho5rty That the State should presume to say thai
8 person may not drink whom no chooses This
Is mol tno question. The question is, Shall
men M deal Gu! death under the sanction of lswY |
me State has no moral right 20 egsliz evil, but
hiss uuqueslionsb!y the right to suppress it by |
any and oil honorable mssns, even to the *. /
tent CT crushing out tho business, and destroying
the property employed in causing go much mis-, /
cry cry, II, in time of fire, Ey, homo msy be des.
;royed to save my neighbours; if tse counter
ieiter's dies may be destroyed end the business
from which he derives living for dependent
and worthy family may be entirely broken up.
thon assuredty society has the right to interdict
the asle of intc1icsnts as beverages, even
though IN so doing it may destroy personal !
property, depreciate real estate and bsggar thoss
who, as 3 class, have beggared hundreds of |
thousands. This, none can deny" hopa the
liquor sellers will notice the above quotstion.
Certainly it is conceded ths! no person has
rlght TO injure others. We are not at liberty to
use our properly to infict cslamities upon a
neigeoor. The only right We have in our prop.
erty Is 10 employ it in ways suhsorVient to the
interest OF society, or at most in ways not posi-.
lively detrimental to others
=, Wneh we have educated public sentiment on
these questions then oven the politicians and our
representatives will be on our side because il
u "a wiz. WIN. K. BOYLE.