Montgomery County sentinel., 1888-03-02

met the shock of Yankee invasion should
80 yield up the very principle for which they
fought, but it is true This Is a disintegrat.
ing influence The almost incessant din OF
growing hens and cackling geese, with an
occasional cheer from an effeminate cock, or
slender gander, marks the progress of wO-
man suffrage, the now inseparable adjunct
Of prohibition. The proud men of Mary.
land, If IL should ever come to that, will
wipe out The local option law, and defeat
prohibition, rather than debase their sisters,
wives and daughters. With third party,
place and opportunity would be offered men
hitherto dwelling in quiet umbrage of OBJ
scure life. By the sin of ambition fell the
angels; and the good of the whole is jeopar-
died for the aggrandizement of part.
These all are dangers, general, It's true, bat
70 become real and affective, unless pru-
dence bar their entrance. There are, how
ever, actual abuses of our law which, un-
fortunately, tend to cool the ardor, If not to
wholly lose the support of former friends.
Surely, it is the height of folly, on their
part, which
From curbed license plucks
The muzzle of restraint, and the wild dog,
Shall flesh his tooth in every innocent.
The old objection, that "prshibition does
not prohibit" is raised here. 1t is constant
ly cited as a fact that mean whiskey Is dis
pensed at every town, village and roadside
store in the county; that they who drink
know where to find it; and that the uD-
princIpled scoundrels who break the law
laugh at every attempt to punish them.
Evidence of the truth lies in observance of
the effects. Complaint is made that the
trials under the law cost large sums Of
money to the tax payers, without restrain
inn tho nffonan nr ntIniahin0 tho nffpndarQ
The inequality of the laws operation is q
Just cause of censure. Last summer, some
negroes were arrested at camp meeting for
selling whiskey and other misdemeanors.
rRaigha: But the wrong lies here, that white
skin and full purse CRADLES the meaner of
the two culprits TO go FREE.
Because right is right, to follow right
Were wisdom in the scorn of consequences
The demand is just, that adventitious cir.
cumstances, nor superior cunning, nor deeper
villainy, nor greater resources to throttle ties.
timony, shall shield from the due penalty.
1t is a grave error, however, to reason that
because the operation of the law is imper
feet, it is therefore, useless.
That mother tries merciless conclusion
who,
Having two sweet babes, when death takes
one,
Will slay the other, and be nurse to none.
Every other law is evaded. Murderou'
villains often get off unscathed, and many
shrewd rogue, assisted by shrewder law
yer, walks the world unhung. Hundreds
more would now be laughing at the minion'
of the law only that good Judge Lynch
timely interposed his hand. Let the viola
tors of this law beware! The eternal Law
of Compensation still works. Long suffer
ance means furious vengeance. Too igno
rant to know history, let instinct be the
educator. 1t only needs little more senti
Matchmaking when such criminals shall b.
esteemed the bloodiest murderers, and then
Funis c0r0,adt opus. Abuses may be RENE
died. In my next article I shall try to show
how. Fas
Pa 4a JUNIUs