The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1889-06-27

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"a entitled 10 credit 10 all these csses that
they bad been selling right along and that
they we're 10 fac. nstisg public puisance'
Of their plsoes Of residence ~ this for
1s,iop is true the fbes ~efe o. excessive
sad The respondents have 20 / al canse ior
complaint some Of them said ihsi they
vefs not iniormed Of The nc~ lay and
we're no. s~ste thai they ~ers las bre.kofs
ba, cverybod Ia presumed 10 knou vhsi
tue lu~ ia and ignorance Of The las is mo-
a valid excuse.
Whether they deserved 80 severe pan
ishmeni OF hot The fact remsin, hat many
people symPaihize with them. who have
not heretofore opposed the prohibitory
Law. They say We have come 10 q pretty
state Of things when MAJ cannot sell or
give away glass Of cider. made from the
innoeen. apple. grown on every farm and
. source Of considerable revenue TO many
Of the farmers Ia the state Ii briggs the
question home 10 them as Il has never been
brought before and will no dout seriously
weaken the hold prohibition has bad in
this state. II was for this reason that we.
as member OF the last legislature. oppos.
cd the passage OF the cider clause.
II = true that iermented cider is intoli
eating. but tho old law forbade its sale at
places Of public resort aud TO sll persons
known TO DO habitual drunkards Under
the old law the worst features OF cider
drinking could DO prevented, while the
honest use Of cider " not restricted
While 1t was true that some eyi .ssults
followed from the loseness OF the old yet
IN our opinion by uttiug cider on the
same footing Nh 9th 10, ,xicatiug liquors
80 much new opposition would be encount
cd that the cause Of temp rance would be
injured rather than promoted. II was for
this reason, too, that some people who are
opposed to all restriction favored the pap-
sage OF the cider law
10 temperance. us well ae other reforms
II IS not best TO go too fast. such laws
cannot be effective without a strong pub
lie sentiment in their favor. and any action
that will be likely to seriously weaken
public sentiment can but DO detrimental
TO the reform itself. This is not the sent.
mental view Of 1t but We believe it is the
common sense view Of il.
Some people confidently bellows that
our next ~ lataro gill pa3s hif license
law 1be, lsse ,btlf hopes on the oppo-
sition the cider lag has cod, and also
the more stringent e''iorc usu' OF the pro-
hibitory law IN otue' iireciious Tho law
IL Gu trial as q h9s mayer been bsfcre.
Both friends aud toes d toe law Gro arr
iously watching tue result ia other
states the tide seems % he inrniaR 10 favor
OF high license ~ eail that real re-
forms never 10 backward This saying i
not strictly true, if it wor2 prohibitionists
would have reason to despair, Prohibi
tionis,s who will accept absolute and tot 81
prohibition aud oppose all resitiotion short
Of that have reason to despair but we be
lieye that honest temperance people who
will accept what they can g., and make
good use Of 1t when they get ii are sti' in
the majority.