Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1880-04-22

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B. Prlton, John II Cramer, Thomas Col
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tcrlay. John lligh'man, ]. M. Miller, ed
ward Parker, NJ. HORNE, VIM. II. Jordan
Joseph Goodman and Josephus Shafer
Hauvers, George II. Ambros, NJ. Hauvcr
G. w. Delautcr, David II. Willard and
George Buhrman; Urbanna, r. S. Benton
Edward Baker, A. H. Wclch. VIM. j.
Kindlcy, Samuel links, Thomas Dixon,
N. b. Granwcll, Thomas Peters, b, W.
Duvall and Thomas A. Smith, Oft.
The committee on resolutions reported
the following, which were adopted:
WHEREAS the Legislature of Maryland
has submitted to the people of Frederick
county the question whether the safe OF
Intoxicating liquors shall be prohibited or
not; and whereas the universal voice Of
every people in every land is now pro-
claiming shat the sale Of intoxicating liz
uors as n beverage, promiscuously dis
pcnscd is productive Of evil vice, paupcr-
ism and crime to an extent greater than
can he traced to any other cause whatever;
and whereas the supreme Court OF the
United States speaking through the mouth
of that eminent iuri,t and noble patriot,
the Late Chief Justice Tany, has declared
that any State has the right to prohibit al
together the traffic in ardent spirits, and
the highest court of our own State has de
clared THAT it is The constitutional right OF
the inhabitants OfcvcJy COunty to prohibit
such sale, Whenever an act OF the LcgisA-
turc shall submit, such question to the PEG.
| PIE. Therefore be il
Rtw1rvd Nr That We deem the traffic
in ardent spirits injurious to our citizens,
calculated to produce idlcncss, vice and
dchauchcry, and productive of 10 good
! result;
(?.) That interested in the prosperity
and well doing OF the whole people of
| Frederick county, we will do the utmost
| in our power to put an end to that which
only leads TO ruin and evil,
(3) That the traffic in intoxicating liz
uors rs common hcvc!a.ts is inimical TO
| the true interests of individuals and dis
truc,iyc of the order and welfare Of society,
and ought therefore to he prohibited
a That the history and results Of all
past legislation in regard to the liquor
traffic abundantly prove that it is impossl'
bic satisfactorily to limit or regulate sys,
TEN so essentially mischieyous in its ten
denotes;
Is )Tha,it is neither right nor polite for the
State to afford legal protection or sanction
10 any traffic or system that tends to in,
crease crime and to waste the public re.
sources, to corrupt the social habits and to
destroy the health and lives of the people,
| 60 That the crowded pcnitcntlary
tails and almshouscs of our State gain al
most all their inmates from the direct
agency of the maddcnng demon, intoNica-
ting liquor, and that the loss Of revenue
which the State derives from the sale OF
the curse of many hcarth.stenc, will he
compensated more than ten fold by the
diminished taxes TO support those shelter
ing places of crime and misery;
(1) That the experience CT our sister
counties Of Mary land, wherein prohibition
prevails teaches the unbrokcn lesson that
the prohibition of the houor traffic has
produced peace, good order, freedom from
crime and reduction in the taxes to sup
port iails, court houses and almshouscs;
| ~ That in the approaching campaign
we appeal to all classes Of citizens without
regard to scctarian or party ailiIitlonS
whatever may be their own social habit.
or whatever view they may entertain as to
total abstinence il. tho individual, inclu
ding those v no feel their inabailty to con
troll the passion for intoxicating liquors, t,
unite in casting their ballots in favor Of ;
law which will bring blessings upon manly
freedom from crime to the community
and increased peace and prosperity to all
Rew'rcd' That the delegation from c lcl
election district select five persons TO 'crv
on the Local Option Central Committee o
the county, except Frederick district
which shall be entitled TO fifteen members
and that the names Of such committee S,
selected, be furnished to the chairman q
this convention, who is hereby authorize,
TO call the same together at an early day t
cricct its organization.
R@olrcd: That tie several newspapers 0
the county be and are hereby requested It
publish the proceedings of this convention
y, Resoiyoi: That the thanks of the pcopl
of this county are duC to the Senator ant
members Of tho House Of Delegates o
Maryland, representing the county in botl
houses of the General Assembly, for thci
: efforts III the passage Of the local option
bill to be voted for Oh the 3rl of Angus
pnvt and that Mr. Chns. V S Levy q