Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1886-06-05

dicnce to the law of the land, however
much they may have doubt0l the pro-
priety of such legislation or its consist
e;.cy with the Bill of Rights of Virginia,
or,its constitutionality under State u
Federal Constitutions, are questions MT
proper to discuss now. ; atlice it to say
that, the party in this district who OPP
. posed local option, are equally as honest
in their views IF what is for the best IN
terest of the people, as *" himself, or
those he processes to represent, but
which it seems he has misrepresented,
for no sane man, whether he be for or
against the licensing the sale of intoxi-
eating liquors, can by amy means be in
duced to accent the unsupported state
ments made by TX. u in regards to the
piety or religion Of men. 1t seems to me
that it would be more charitable in
TX" to allow some other persons OF q
less disposition to eXaggerate to sit in
Judgment, than to arrogatc to himself
the responsibility Of deciding, a matter
of such gravity and Importance himself,
constituting himself, prosecutor, judge
and jury in the matter. That there are
men, high-minded, honorable gentlemen,
eminent for their piety, and prominent
men both in church and Stata, Who are
temperate themselves, and who advo-
cate temperance in all things, who are
opposed to local option, and nnder their
honest convictions voted to license the
sale of Intoxicating liquors, fully be-
lieving they did right, and that Of the
two evils they had chosen the lesser one,
no sane man will attempt to deny. :
That such men, living in what has here
tofore been regarded as a free country,
should be placarded and held up to the
world, us persons devoid Of piety is an
insult, not only to those individuals
themselves, but all the true christian
men of this district, county and State,
and deserves TO he sternly rebuked.-
In regard to the intelligence of the
people of this district, will only
SHY that l do not propose to
constitute myself the Judge in that
matter. as am not willing to saythat
all men who have voted the Republican
ticket are men of no intelligence, nor
am I willing to make the assertion that,
the men who have uniformity voted the
Democratic ticket, constitute nine
tenths of the intelligence of this dis
trict. The fact OF majority Oh the
one side or the other is no certain as
sur lnce that the majority side has with
it all, or even ninc-tenths, of the intel
hgence OF of o community. So much
for KS nine-tenths Of the intelligence
of the district. Now, in regard to tile
nine-tenths of all the wealth of the dis
trict that backed up and supported this
prohibition ACKNOWLEDGEMENT to by y,
am ut loss to understand by what an
alogv y has been enabled to ascertain
the exact wealth of every man in this
district. to locate tho individual vote
deposited by each voter, and proportion
the general result in such hair splitting
way, rs to ascertain that, exactly nine
tenths of all persons of the district, who
may happen to be possessed of wealth.
cast their votes fur local option. Re
membcring that K told us in his noted
epstle, that he made IA thorough canvass
of the district prior to the election. l
will be generous, and admit that he in
tended excepting New Church-the
headquarters and home of the Sod
omites," but neglected to say so in
writing, for he would certainly have
mentioned every liquor man, wbaIl
could be induced to swallow local option
or even if one failed to vote against
their pet scheme, he would have re-
ceivcd, if not the right hand, one hand
Of fellowship. He seemed to have for
gotten to make note, while canyassing
around New Church, that there arc
gentlemen living near and at that vii
lage whose assessble reality and per
sonality require several figures to de-
note their wealth, and upon that valua-
ble rrOl erty they are required to pay
taxes, who voted for licensing the sale
of Intoxicating liquors. believ-
ing that to he the lesser evil,
knowing full well that prohibition will
not prohibit, preferring the license sys-
tenn where they can partially control
the sale Of llqudrs, to free whiskey, kill
quick and such-peddled around by a
certain class of persons, and sold at
cheap rates, dealing out destruction to
minors and the youth Of the district,
and no one to be held accountable-vig-
lance committees to the contrary, not
withstanding. No, Mr.. x, the license
men of this district arc opposed to free
whiskey, they 10 not want whiskey
sent out to the people in these ugly,
black. fiat glass bnttles-eyen il sent l2O
pint bottles at Il time, nlne-tenths of
that number to strict prohlbitiouists,
in Il box to one address, TO he distribu
ted according to directions sent by the
agent of these men. These license men
are very much opposed to prohibition
lists using the vile stuff imported into
their nidst in those ugly glass bottles.
Tie license MEL of this district sympa-
thize very much with the thirsty local
optionists, but sympathy seems to lie
but little relief, Y, are you temperate
in Tie use of all things? and are all yonr
followers teml crate? if so, you are en-
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