The Republican journal., 1886-12-30
Prohibition in Rhode Island.


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| Oistrict Inurt svstam franaht v;tI no,.''i;"n
| nrotit to several Of its orrn.tors \ di;th'r l.;
# necessary 10 make more than nossin,t ionS
! ton of the repupnant choice If = Chirf can
| stable TO be the head of rho iuIic;aI J,n.rt
| meut enforcino tbe Iiuuor Inv This confdnysnJ
dcfauter and corrun,ionist. if may hn renem-
| bered. was TO cnioy n salary of 81 600 Nor an
nun for three wears, No uncasiness was to be
caused by his lack of yipor in bringino deIin
| uuents TO the bar of iusticp and finally 1odrnr
| them where they mio ht at leisure reflect unon
| the majesty of offended law. The great exc
| cutive ability, of Gen Brayton was TO reyol,I-
tionize the habits. if not the appettes. of both
merely social and confirmed tipplers through
| ont this State Though an art of Parliament
can not make a man sober. tEe sclf-,rckiny
| mercenares of politjcs arrucd that Charles II
/ Braytou could do much more. Rhode Island
| though limited in territory. contains about
| 305 900 souls This considerable mass of h,l-
maIiity were to bn led into toths of virtue and
| sobrittv by one mani No matter how the de-
| urayed tastes and passions of many in thi- No.
| grcgation had detied the corrective Influences
| of law, charitable and humanitarian agencies
| this COLOSSUS. ..cNcrutiye abilitv''-who had
| recently forsyt,ru spotatious bottle decp''-
| was TO arrompIi>h n work raStinr all others in
| the shade As well believe that one man could
| visit all the iailS and prisons of n STATE and
| after letturiuo the iinnates upon the bcauties
of moral uprightuc>~ set them loose among
| UNPROTECTED society with thc pNpcrtatiou that
| they would thereafter walk in yirtll,'S WAYS.
| 4 IpaoI> Dlpa,ltr for fine result, of >lIrli n
| cause might make some converts. but they
| would MOI he those whose Indictment careful
men would approyr. They Would certainly he
such aS had never made Il study of human ma
| tre
| Why will pcoplc eyprrt a stream TO rise
| higher than its source? The voter, who placed
| prohibition in our constitution the same d;iy
/ selected members of the legislature To frame
| laws for its execution I'nlr>s sufficient So
| briefly could be IcuisIateI into thr uouuIace to
| Weld ready obedience Nhlt NoS TO hr cxI,rct-
| ed but nirartou of Iaw and pat,city of p,m-
| i>hmeut; Thi, we have 20 far Witnessed and
| shall witness until the mas. of mankind rise i'm
their majesty and insist that The prohibition
| they have voted shall be srcu,nuIi> SHED i'm fa,t
| There is no ack of law. !,it rather of dispo,i-
| tion TO place tIlc shoulder bchind fine ballot
| We ir, in the nre,li,3m,.ut of those who nro-
| fes, to hc better than they really are The
| calls 10 honor drafts upon moral resources
| have come sooner than exuptt,d and folu,l
| many inadcGuate balance, in bank to meet
| thcul Therefore if i, that n canvass of thp
| thirty-.iX Town, in the state. CONSISTING of re-
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| has perrrptiblv abated True it has left the
| clare of 6peu daylight in most instances, II
! now seeks A coucGaIInrnt hitherto for fine lno,t
| Dart unnecessary. II i none tLr hes, deadly
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! i WI, planned As AN advertisement for Whit
| MIGHT be done next March. rhi, system of
..spotting'' is full of agyravatiny uncertainties
| II presents npnortlritiss for Ilnsrr,Ipulous men
| to crafty thtir cuui,llty. If actual sales are
| NOT nLt.iind iu.,rinarv ones can he ana facts
| nrovr something's are Trimmed up and the mar
| ties prosecuted ia thp hitter rnd The trmnt,-
| tinu il nrnSnnted to ,,r,tifv ncrsonol reven,,r
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| owe rnufr,sion i kent half drink Inv thc Iiu-
| nor he hnys tn nrorrjrr evidpncq2 me snottrr
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