The daily gazette., 1881-03-08
The LoeaI Option RiI.

So"uhiOatloh Oh proposed act be-
fore the Legislature. Ever since
have been grown up and went into
politics we have had what have been
called temperance men, or fanatics.
asking forthe most tyrannical and nm.
constitutional laws. On the 9Th NJ
April, 1846, an election was held in
this county, and again in 1853 or IA. In
1854 when deleg elected to form
a new constitution I was the Demo
cratic candidate of Appointments
Hundred for delegate. A committee
Of temperance men called on me to
know il was elected would | favor
putting an article in the new constitu-
ton forbidding the sale of LIQUOR in
Delaware. l told them no. They
joined in with the Wings and elected
my opponent, but it did them no good
There have for some time been
these camptollowers of parties made
up Of preachers, women and children
influenced principally by these preach
ers who are forbidden from holding
seats in the Legislature. Both politio
cal parties in this and other States are
composed Of men over the age of 81
years; they have the brHnt of the storm
of this life, both the laws of govern
ment, and the sustaining of the FAINT
lies dependent on them, and all that
sec proper and feel like it. dtink
liquor. In fact every Governor Of
Delaware and every Judge of tina
Courts and nearly every LAWYER aud
nine-tenths of the voting population
We enter into campaigns, as last wear
knfh norfiaa dVinlI mt,I
to beat the other, and by the time cleo
tion day comes round we are tired and
feel that each party has charged the
other with all real grievances, but
shortly after the election a hellibaloo |
is Kicked up by what they call tenn |
peranee men headed by these very |
preachers that the founders of this
free government were afraid to trust
as law makers. Petitions are drawn
up, excitements got up, women and
children made to sign asking the Leg
islaturs to pass unconstitutional laws.
and because the bona-fide voters who
as before stated, have Just finished
the political campaign of the season.
and must turn their attention to the
wants of their families and business.
and therefore do not consider thai
members OF the Legislature will pay
the least attention to this temperance
cry raised by preachers, women and
and there is no use ia cores.
pondents from Dover styling liquor
men and temperance men, the persons
who merely sell liquor and persons who
own houses where 1t is sold should not
nor will not shoulder the whole oppo.
sltion to temperance fanatics. 1t is
every person who claims the indepen.
dent right as freeman to take drink
81 liquor when he sees proper, and we
have all the necessary restraining laws
i he should go beyond reasonable
bounds, The license is now high and
and the safeguard that a reasonable
lumber of recommenders, and then the
Chief Justice, who is a man of high ,
honor TO pass upon it, but nevertheless
t is asserted that there are several per-
sons in Wilmington selling liquor who
10 not pay license. Whose fault is
hat The officers do not perform
heir duty. Tho United States collects
is license tax and it would be easy to ,
make the getting out license from the !
United States to prove the party was /
Yelling liquor without paying State Ii l
,euse. If State Legislature which
was elected to make laws, but shirks
Is duty by referring them back to the
ballot box to be made there, then there
4 no use in a Legislature, and if a
legislature can pass local option law
IN spirtuous liquors, they can on any
hing else, and this kind of legislation
ought to be nipped in the bud in two
Ways Employ the best counsel and
larry the question of local option law
making up to the highest tribunal in
he country and the other and short
'st cut, as | have stated, is TO hold
hat party responsible which has the
greatest number of members in the
Legislature. Therefore the Republi-
'ans having Senator and Represen- {
a'ives, cannot pass any law. The
democrats have 5 Senators and IA Rep
esentatives, making in all 20 members,
md can pass laws and are responsible :
or the assage of all laws during this 4
session, and if any local option law .
are brought before them, :
hey will know it is by the said preach /
RS, women and children petitions
md If the party will pay more heed TO =
hese kind oil petitions than to the bona /
ide voters, in county and State conyen-
ion, and balloi-box, then the Dem.
party is responsible and should be
beaten and taught lesson that here a
after may do it good. Some women /
who sign such petitions should think !
,ver the matter more seriously, for Of
EN- their extravaganza drives their !
husbands to excessive drinking of I
'pirituous liquors. 1.-THE sale of liquor :
s stopped in Delaware every person
Who is able will send out of the State
lfter it then it is plain these local
option laws are strike at poor people.
And further person could order from
Canada in small packages and sell by t
,he original package then again the
general government for $25 grants
4 license to sell liquor in Delaware and {
Nc now have clash of law between !
The Delaware and the United States, C
over the trial of negro for rape. 1t Il
therefore, think, would be very easy to
get up the question had the United t
states the right to sell licenses in
Delaware to sell liquor, and if so is it :
prepared to defend its act 7 My adj i
rice to all who drink or favor drinkinp