The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1890-11-01

! some OF MS lDVeu ones may De sluug-
Better hold on to the law and save the
boys
?. They say, that local option is a re,
stricti0n Of pririlege. The design OF
government is to protect it's subjects and
to secure them intheir legitimate rights.
Temperance legislation is nothing more
or less than society protecting itself
against the evils of the liquor ira fife.
Some say, this is a free country, and
man should be allowed to do as he
pleases." IL is a free country, but not
man or set of men to open a lottery in
your midst. Such an institution might
be profitable in pecuniary sense to the
parties concerned; but because of its
gambling character and its demoralizing
effect the law says. 1T shall not be-"
No man is free to establish at your door,
any business that would affect the health
of your family; if any one should attempt
it, the law would pronounce such bust
ness nuisance and remove it, because
public good is of more consequence than
private gain. o. this same principle,
while the local option law does not
abridge privilege, it steps in and says
man shall not desolate your home for the
sake of gain; he shall not ruin young
men for the sake OF filthy lucre, or dis
turb the peace and quiet of the colnmu-
nifty for the sake of dollars and cents.
Then in as much as the law protects the
home from the ravages of intemperance,
it is both reasonable and nercifuI, and
should not be disturbed.
3. They Say, tile laU does not prohibit,
1t Is a failure and should be set aside.
In what sense has the law proved itself
a failure? Perhaps you may saw. by the
many evasions of the law which have
been practiced. But would not high
license be evaded also? Has it not been
wherever tried? Are not the speak eases
OF Philadelphia aud Pi:tsburg, evasion
of the Brooks Law? But if the law does
not prohibit, why should it give the
liquor men any trouble, and why should
they ask the Legislature to resubmit the
question to the people? The temperance
people are satisfied with the law; they
ask the Legislature not to disturb it,
The fact is, it does prohibit, and there
fore its enemies want ii set aside. | have
been told that this law is as we'll obeyed
as any other OF your statute book
Where can be found law that is uni
versally obeyed at all times? You have
laws against theft, murder, arson, etc.
Are none of these laws violated? Have
yov no murders, thefts, no acts of arson
committed in Cecil county? The records
OF your courts answer the question in
the affirmative. Then submit the ques-
ton, If there are thefts. is that any
reason why the law against theft, should
be set aside and men be licensed to steal?
If there are murders committed in the
State, is that any reason why the law
against murder should be set aside and
men be licensed 10 kill under certain con
ditions? We shudde~ at such thought,
and yet there would p as much reason
in such a course, as tt gre is in the effort
to repeal this law because some unprinci-
pied men have violated it. If the local
option law is a failure because it has
been violated in a few cases and must
therefore be repealed, then on the same
ground the law against murder is failure
because it has been violated again and
again. Nor does 1t strength the case
against the law to say, it has been vio-
lated aud the State fails to convict for
the same thing may be said of the law
against murder. Every one knows how
difficult it is to convict man of this
crime, even if he is guilty, and in some
cases the State fails altogether. Now il
local option is a failure because it has
been violated and the State fails to con-
Wet in every case, and if it therefore
must be set aside, then the law against
murder should be repealed, for the same
reason exists in both cases and is not
stronger i'll the one than the other.
Again. the Ian is objected to, 6ecous
f there are those acho hare perjured them
, selUes aohen brought to testify against tn
| ui0ldti0n Of tie lao. do not doubt tha
some have perjured themselves to shield
the breaker of the laws against it's pen
ality but the law did not make then
. commit this terrible sin, it proceeded
\ from their own evil hearts. If man il
. capable of such sin, all that is needed
t to induce him to commit it, is a motive
sufficiently strong and you will hav,
t falsehood after falsehood. But SHOULD
7 the law be repealed because wicked mel
) have committed perjury when called t.
. testify under it? II so, we would sool
0 have no law to protect us. Did you eve
' see case tried in your courts when yol
Y thought that every witness told tn
: truth, the whole truth, and nothing blu
the truth? Shall the law be repealed be
( cause some witness has been untruthfu
Q The idea is absurd. These are the objec
= ions brought against the law ant
i urged for it's repeats. | say the contes
y is upon US. We must choose between
y high license and local option The on
q protects the home from the influenc
of the saloon, the other opens the fioot
- gates of death upon it, with the one, GU
o sons, our brothers are safe, the othe
y places temptations before them to a.
y lure them to destruction. In contes
like this it ought not to take us Ion
It to decide which we will choose for thi
community. Shall we by our vote brin
% a curse or blessing? This is the ques
r ton which the voters must decide. Sha
g we protect our homes from the evils o
9 the saloon or shall we allow the enemie
v of temperance to break down this wa
IS which we have built and expose on
l. loved ones to the temptation of stron
}. drink? In matter like this no one ca
:, be strictly neutral; if our influence is NJ
3 side of right, it is ON the side of wrong
= If it is not with the temperance movemen
IS it is against it. Where do we stant
n What will we do?
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Ia compel the search for common remedy.
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ton of which is world wide, having largel
superseded every other blood medicine
n | use.
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