The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-07-07
SECOND AMENDMENr ONLY.
I'VE give a worthy citizen a hearing OF
the second amendment, without end0rs-.
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CAsfoS, bully 4. 1883
EDITOR SrARK co. DEMocRArs-
While in our Comfy rreasary office
fee days ago, our genia sod accomipo-i
dfn rreSsaFer ler agslsr, intoEa1sd
q AhS the speeisi iax al te liquot allie
fotfyN NltOHsaisa dollars, 'dnd fotthe cit1 Of
Canton alone nearly twenty kiSESaSa efei1
lars. Some men and even zvOMeN were
in the office at the time. paying such tax
under protest, most OF them paId 5000 for
the privilege OF selling all kinds OF intox
icating liquors; comparatively iew, the
treasurer told us, would confine their sales
to malt liquors and native wines under
ihel, smaller I taxdI AS we on saw
some o4Lhpsa8 dealing in intoxicants der
paFt from, TltFRasury door with the PER-
b1f6s,6P k6ei6 pockets to continue theiTsder
3tEucliVe, business, we could but shudder AZ
ihe, Thought of our noble State making itr
selCa, party in the profits Of such a busi7
hess, holding the safety and lives of our
fathers and brothers at such q pitiahle
sum. For the city of Canton il would be
lust about one dollar foryeach inhabitank
and for the upwards of forty thousand dol
lars paid in the whole county would. be
about 20 cts, for each inhabitant in u the
county as ''PTOtectiOH" for our dear ones
who are being ruined by intoxicantsl on
the right hand and on the left. Are we a
people that love filthy lucTe so we'll that
| for this paltry sum will ''sell our chill
dren's birthright 2" Every dollar thus
put into the public treasury will cost
| Ave to ten dollars as the result OF the traffic
which it would not cost if the traffic was
prohibited. Could we penetrate the hearts
| of the innocent sufferers in Stark county
| growing out ofthe hquor traffic, they would
| say that FORTY MILLIONS would not pay
/ for the destruction of soul and body OF
| their loved ones; money cannot atone for
such wrongs, brand the traffic as a public
destroyer, give it no license or permits, but
prohibit entirely the sale of all intoxicants
/ as a beverage. This IS our only hope as a
/ people, therefore vote for the second
amendment only, no difference what polit-
ical ticket you vote, 60
We hear some people who talk like Rev.
1 Love Cordial and Deacon Noah Beer
sucker, who say they cannot vote for the
second amendment, but one will vote for
| the high tax with legislative control, while
other wants a stringent graduated license
system. Both these gentlemen with all
their weakness for love of little of the
| go be joyful" are excellent men and strict
ob,ervers oi the Sabbath, and deplore very
much the inroads being made on that di
| vine institution. Recently in talking over
/ the matter they freely admitted that the
i hqHoD uOke would be solid ag ainst the sec
/ Oh ementment, and we're just as free 70
/ admit that the same element were dong
| all in their power to tramPle upon all laws
and ordinances protecting theSabbath. Will
Il good men who do not "love their cups
| come to the same conclusions that Rev.
/ Cordial and Deacon Beersucker have
Il II. IL. Nss,v. Gh.a.,
] expect to render their account to God
| Some excellent people profess to believe
and say the tax law will shut up the Glow
| dives" and the remainder will be more
/ respectable. Already 235 out OF the 252
saloons IN the county have paid the re-
| quired tax; they must be according to the
above position the more RESPECTABLE Kind.
| II money is what is wanted without rel
| eTence to diminishing the evil, do as they
have in Des MONIES, Iowa. THE license
/ has Just been advanced from $3.50 to 81, :
900, and eleven more saloons have taken
out the high license than took out the
low" So says the leading daily of thai
city.
| The selling of intoxicants as a beverage
results in sure death and eternal destruc
ton, no matter whether done in "holes in
the ground" or in front of gilded mirrors
erected on marble floors of palaces. II
must be poor consolation to widows, moth
ers and children on returning from the
grave OF a dear one who died drunk
ard, to be told that they should be com,
forted with the blessed thought that The
departed one had gone to perdition through
a popular and fashionable "high license
saloon, and not by the way Of the Low
| down grog shop. Sin
/ The "high license" wave just at ihi,
1 time appears to be put on "boom" by :
certain class OF people, and some daily
| papers, who over look the fact that it is
cunniLgly devised scheme of the devil &c
| draw public attention away from the cause
l of prohibition. The father of all lies and
author of all evil plainly sees that SO long
1 as he can carry on his ruinous business
under the sanction of the State and keep il
clothed with respectability, he can well af
ford to pay any money Price for extending
his work of death. .v. so gi.
Had the dominant parties not put planki
in their platforms committing them &c
high license, or tax, with legislative con-
troll, no prohibition ticket would haYs
been put before the p sople this fall Bul
when the leading par les had, to a greai
measure, tied themselves to one. or the
other of these measures, both OF which are
in conflict with prohibition, it is quite nat
ural that many of the best meaning prohi.
bitionists felt that they were driven to the
work OF nominating; and yet we believe
that the great bulk of prohibitionists still
think iI best not to. have out q separate
| ticket, but urge upon their respective par
ties to be heard on this question, so thai
all may vote without reference to any
l platform, as their conscience may dictate
And on this ground we plead on pTinci
pies of justice that you vote for the second
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