The Baltimore County union., 1883-12-22
corrc,I,oafesee Baifi@ore County Ua.on.
LETTER FROM wooDBERRY.
Woonnrnnr, December l7ih, Isss

NVehbIuNtf BccfuutF NGtug hcNsf.
Msssrs. diiors:-Truth Il not iattery. Allow
me TO say that your paper Is one Of the bes, In
every way that know. That makes Il the more
necessary TO have q careful statement of all sub.
jscts. Your opinion carries weight. Intcllig gen,
men eau be mistaken.
In your editorial on the Sth inst, on How the
local option law works In Hartford county," are.
think, somc grievous errors. The ifst is, the Law
is eondemsed becausc u Is badly enforced. ANY
good law may bo condemned on the same ground
We know that local option does succeed where
properly enforced. The lion. George William
Brown. Chief Judge of the Supreme Bench Of Bal.
timore city, says May IIth, 1851: "BeginninR In
Maryland with Caroline county, IL has gradually
extended over about half Of the State with remark
ably favorable results In diminishing drunkenness
aud crime and In promoting general. prosperity
and morality. Itsfriends believe, and ging from
the past, not without reason, that Il is destined
before long to be extended over all the counties.
Henry Page, Esq, tho able aud efficient States
Attorney for Somerset county. says, Throughout
the county generally tha law Is well observed; not
80 thoroughly as in Princess Ann but think
am justified In saying better than any other Grim
inal statute in the code. There no open VIOLA.
tions anywhere. Ny opinion (shieh l think IL
that Of large majority Of our best eitEens IL that
the Law is . success, aud has dono our community
great good. The criminal calendar also shows
the effect Of the Law. AZ the October term last
there we're fewer indictments than at any time
since have held the ofice of States Attorney
that Is since 1870. There were only two eases Of
violence. and these both came from the single dis.
triet In the county In which tho Law Is not in force
II l. stronger TOW in the hearts Of The people than
ever. and is gaining every year new friends
The Somerset Herald, Of October 10th. lSs3.
says, "The Jail of Somerset county docs no, con
tain q single prisoner"
Rev. y. 7. Tagg, pastor. and seven others Of the
most Influential mem bcrs OF the Methodist ffo;as-
tant church Of Easion, Nd. April l?th 1881, says
of local option. at IL positive advantage TO the
incorporate poor. 10 Easton pauperism
has sol largely decreased that there few who
are entirely dependent. and those few remain.
ing relics Of tho days of license and rum traffic
IL decreases crime. IL u no uncommon thing for
the Jail 10 be empty, and Il has not been Iuil since
local option has been established. This shortens
the terms Of court and decreases largely the cost
Of criminal trials. IL IL safe 20 say that the dc
crease In the cost of criminal prosecutions will
more than equaithc amount received by the license
Of the traffic. II Is an undoubtcl fact that local
option Is followed by low taxes
The Grand jury of Montgomery county. IN the
spring of 1882, reported. ITO judge from the re-.
port Of the consiabics in their several baili wic
the degree of peace aad good will that rcigns
throughout the county bctokens n near approach
Of the millennium. In conclusion We feel certain
your HonOrs will rejoice With the Grand Jury that
the good order Of the county has increased tina,
10 found necessary 60 find but nine t9l bills of
indictment. possibly the smallcs; number for any
term of court in the history Of the county for the
last fcsHiy yearI. W. N. TALBOT. Foreman
MoRJ more estimonials can be given IL ncces.
sary. II Hartford would do as these counties have
done. 10 the proper enforcement Of the law, simi.
lar results woald be had. Messrs EditoTs, you are
too just 60 condemn the system because of the
failure Of part TO enforce the Law. The Law Is
NO failure IN Hartford. but the people who sui.
fer its opponents 90 defy II.
A .s.s l.. eha sss.t
liquor they drink. This, you intimate. to because
local option prevents the Obtainment Of the better
kind. Gentcmcn, you are not aware that ninety
per cent Of all liquors used q! that class, with
more or less of "piEenous" drugs In them. Horace
Greedy. and few with him. bought samples Of
liquor from the Lcs' hotels in New York, and down
Of the lowest groggeries in that great city
These were carefully analyEed and IL was found
that liquors from tho best hotels had the most Of
pcTnicious drugs in them. On undoubted author
ity We know that Ia the manufacture Of wine they
oil Of viiT;ui. loswood, sugar Of lead. arsenic
chalk. brandy, whisky and cider. and in Madeira
wine the black cock roach TO color IT, In beer
they use capsieum. Spanish juice. eopperas. sui
phuric acid henblne, aloes, grains Of Paradise
nux vomiea, filthy water, hartshorn, shavings.
quassia, coculus indieus, salt Of steel. wormwood
alum. green yitriol, extract Of peoples. Similar
facts belong to the manufacture of all other intox
ieating liquors. The most ofthose who sell liquors
Some retailers do also. Sometimes the drugs are
so largely used as TO produce early death.
A retailer in Ohio sold jug Of whisky % two
boatmen. They drank freely Of il and died sud.
dealy. When the man who sold IL heard Of their
death. he quickly destroyed his liquors. lest they
should be analyIed and IL be proven that he had
put poison in his liquors.
A third point 10, you say, eve arc for judicious
Temperance In all things. We very much fear IL
esnnO; be eaectGslly brought about by arbitrary
measures, which open the door to violation Of
Law aud the swallowing Of 'piren' which Injuries
health aud finally kills. The best thing is for
people 90 exercise wise control and be temperate
In all things for the virtue aud rghteousness OF
being. This Is true. pure temperance
Very, very good as far as II goes. hut, gentle
men. your standard is too high "for people" gen
orally. You judge by yourselves, and by that
rule you govern yourselves accordingly. We have
tried this for thirty years, aud have only succeed
ed in gaining small class like yourselves. The
mass cannot do u. More than onc.half Of those
who drink liquors cannot exercise n wise control
and be temperate in all things" II persons like
you would only come out in open advocacy Of pro-
hibiiion. and help us 10 enforce these good laws.
results surprising Somerset, Talbot and Mont
gomery counties, and saay other places, would
follow. There arc Thousands Of men who cannot
be sayti in any other way than BY total prohibit
tion. For their sskes the Law Of God requires ul
TO abstain from the least indulgence in ardent
spirits. Does any ono ask like Cain, Am I my
brothers keeper We answer We are. For our
influence Of example and preecpt We must give an
account. "Let him know that he which saves \
drunkard saves soul from death."-James Y. 20.
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