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VOL. XVTiI
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A the Sons A Temperance
AND OF THE
State Convention of Georgia*.
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From Fet’ce s Medical Gazelle.
Ihuns aad sca!tis
'! iu-re i’ IH) pi'KClical sill j’ Ct in our
prid'-ssiDit in wLicit ibe rlisasirous anti
j .in! e'F <-ls ot liiiiitrciiliiif nt by medi
f-.il nil'll KS Well lIS I 111! lilisi!Ills 1 Is of
| ~p. ar ijruoiunce arc .more apparent
inun in ilie I'l-mcdies r. sorted to in the
i.isis of scalds and burn's, now unlmp-
Idy si (>• quenl in imr -coutiti v, b\
r asc i of the min der,ms recklessness
. fill! nail life in lb* fiioii euimslei) wish
cur j blic convcyan-Ci s in which steam
ii fit y loved.
So iiinjjus 1630, in the lirst Am ri
cin Million of Coopao's tiuroica! I)ic
l i a v. published bv ihe Harpers of
lid ; • it v, wc took occasion lo urge upon
die mu session and the public, the im
pon oce of a bettVr pi-iio-sopiiy and
preit ‘ C in the in flici.l management
cf Die mischiefs n .suiting front suen
ac. iduiits than timt usually in vogue.
We then staled iliti results of our ex-
TANARUS) m nee for ten years in die treatment
of scalds and bums by the instant ap
plic cion of wheat fTiur, an article al
way s at hand, and the persevere nee in!
this application alone until all ihe acute
inf] inmiation had subsided. Our the
ot y and practice thus promulgated was
approved and recommended in the then
Imthcoiniug edition in London, by Mr.
Samuel Cooper bimself, and lias since j
1 bund its way, without credit, into nu-!
inerous publications at home anil a |
I,road. Even in the lute Tlierapeuti- j
cal work of Dr. T. D. Mitchell, of
Philadelphia, this identical practice is’
ascribed to Dr. J. Tbomas, of England, j
who, in 1832; called the attention of
tne profession thereto, as we are told
in ihe Ohio Medical Lyceum, two
years utter our publication os a fore
suid, and twelve years after our testi
fnony to its efficacy had been pub
lished. I
Hut, wuivir.g the unimportant sub- j
ject of priority, we are grieved to learn i
fioni the public press that such multi- i
tu les are annually perished by scalds ■
hi steamboats, and from burns by cam- J
pliine, spirit gas, and otherwise; near- |
}y all of whom, however severely burnt, ;
we do not hesitate to say, might be prr- j
served from a fatal result if tiiis simple j
;iractice were adopted immediately as-1
ter such accidents. Instead of this,)
however, we hear of the application ofj
•Jold water, lead water, molasses, oils, |
cotton, “pain extractors,” Ate., accoir.-
pained almost uniformly by the death j
of the suffer3r, and often “after linger-1
ing in excruciating torture for days
or hours.
Now, it ought to he promulgated to
the profession, and for humanity sake |
to be knotvn to the whole people, that _
in any case of burner scald, however,
extensive, all the acute suffering ot
oatient may be at once and permanent
ly relieved, arid that in a moment of
time, by sprinkling over the injured
surface a thick layer of wheat flour by j
the hand, or, what is better, by a dred
ging box. Every vestige of pain pro
tfuced by such injuries is instantly re
moved, ami the sufferer not only es
capes the shock n the nervous system
vinjf siK'h 10/tuh L . h/it “i-i
generally fall into a quiet sleep the mo-j
ment the atmospheric temperature is j
thus excluded from the wetunds.
Why, then, should persons thus in-j
jured be allowed to die with intense
agony occasioned by burns and scalds,
as they ofien do, if not without treat
ment by the applications so often made,
many of which augment their suffer
ings, and render such injuries irrepar
able? Even in the late explosion on
board the Reindeer, it is said that tn.r
;ny of the scalldcd lived for liours, suf
; sering all the time front their external
I injuries, and ther. treated with raw cot
; ton, lime water, and linseed uil, A:o.,
I until they were dead. Not a pang
, need have been endured beyond the
time necessary to apply tbe flour,;
which must have been at hand, if the |
j ignorance cf their friends, am? the an
liquated pirjuJieen of their medical
i advisers, liau iiot led them to rely upon
the miserable, substitutes which super
xittoii has canonized tor centuries.
And so wt affirm of every case of burn
i arid scald, even if the entire - surface
! lias suffered.
In the New York and Bellevuo Hos
! pita Is this inode of treating burns has
! been long in use; until recently, as we
I learn the same object has been effected
jat the loruter institution by the analo
gous method ol covering the injured
parts with a mucilage of gumartibio,
so as to protect the denuded surface
from the atmosphere, and which the
surgeons there prefer to the flour in
some cases, where the Weight ul the
latter becomes an inconvenience. To
this method we make no objection; but
having for so many yeais employed
the flour alone, to the exclusion of
all other agents, and in every variety
and extent of injuries by fire, we have
thus reiterated our testimony, and as
this agent is found -h ee'ery house, and
jean instantly bo procured with more
i readiness than any of the other nrti-
I ties trained, we give it the preference
i over all rffheiV.
i And we repeat ur lull persuation
; dial no cue iu a hundred of those par
isliing by bums and scalds mod suc
cumb under their injuries, if they were
at once, or ,s sooon after us may bn,
covered with wheat flour. VVe have
applied it successfully, aider numer
ous other temedies had been unsuc
cessful, and when many hours had
[ elapsed after tins accident. To give
ids suggestion to the people and scut
ler it broadcast over the land, will save
a multitude of lives in a single year.
For the Temperance Banner.
I Want a Husband.
Dear young Gents—lt L a natural
consequence that ail of the feminine
gender, sooner or later, desire a connu
bial partner, whether they own it or not,
and of course, not to he thought odd.—
1 frankly own that 1 muon ii sire to he
pressed to the bosom of som ■ gentleman
whom 1 can proudly eail my husband.
I say gentrrn.au because 1 mean it.—
Well, gentlemen, what is a gentleman?
jls it one that has a world-wide, scholas
- tic fame! or one that dresses equal to
a young English lord? or one that is re
maikable for his personal beauty? or
one that has a splendid mansion und
multitudes of the progeny cf [Jain
| around him? These ure excellent in-
I deed; hut a man may possess them alt,
land resemble a gentleman no more than I
ja muscadine resembles *i mountain of
‘snow. I think a gentleman isindustri
!ous, neat, benevolent, go“d-nutured,
i kind, sensible ami sober. “O,” say
| you, “I am all the rest, and sober too;
I although somf.tiin s I indulge iu the
! pleasures of a social glass with my mer
!ry companions, yet I am never seen
! with three sheets in tho wind and the;
fourth a shaking; and so 1 call myself;
as sober as the soberest .” Gentlemen, |
did you everseea red-not icicle? or did |
vou ever see a frozen fire? Ifyou-uev- 1
er uid, please do not say that you take;
a social glass and are siiil sober. You’
might as well say that a steamboat, of!
its own accord, would ru t up the mus
cle shoals. As sure as the magnetic j
needle points northward, so sure you
are tipsy occasionally, if not oft< ner, it;
you indulge in the bewitching pleasures |
of the social glass. A man does not;
; have to wallow in the mud in swinish 1
.grandeur, nor to boon every side of the
: road at the veu y ame time, before he :
>is drunken. As soon as he siavs more
| than he otherwise would, after he nas;
kissed the deceitful glass, he is übso
ilutr ly drunken to a certain degree.
Gents, do you not feel sneaking, low,
; mean, shabby arid thoroughly und tre
lmendouslv sheepish, to attempt to court
ja lovely, modest, industrious girl when
! your alcoholic breath almost melts the j
wax in her ears? No, you are a little |
ashamed, when perfectly cool and sober!
to touch on the subject of matrimony, j
und therefore you take spirits to raise ;
your courago. If you only knew how j
iightly, the best of girls, und l may say j
the most of them 100, think of you ut;
such times, you would be greatly sur-j
prised. 1 aitl many others think you(
-ifk with the simples a welt a * fuddled. ’
PfiNFIELD, GA. OCTOBER 10, 1852.
It would insult me no worse for an old
whiskey barrel to take a seat by me,
lay his arm around my neck, put his
bung-hole to my ear and propose matri
mony than for you who arc of this class’
to do so. When you ask me to be
yours, it is the same as to say, “do you
not wish to be the wife of a drunkard,
to lead a life of wretchedness and pov.
orty, misery and disgrace, tears ami
sighs, to be beaten and ill-treated, to
live on bread and not enough of that, to
live in a little smoky hut, that a decent
hog would curl his lip at, and to see
your dear little children most barba
rously treated, raised like savages,
without education, sente, manners,
morals or anything that is tjood, and to’
; Oe turned loose in the world in no better I
i plight than a squirrel in a corn field
with his teeth drawn?”
I said l much desired to be pressed j
to the bosom of some gentleman whom
I could proudly call husband. So i do,
and no mistake ; hut I had rather die
in the evening of life in all tint purity
of old maidenhood, than to unite my
destiny with a man who makes a whis
key barrel of his ebunien, Gents, if
you do not believe me, just propose
matrimony, and you will soon see. If
all the girls would try, and try right,
they could make you glad to be sober
men ; yes, total, thorough, strong, ab.
stinence men.
Ladies, did you know that tbe gov
erned the hind ? Whether you knew
of not, it is certainly so. VVe govern
the world from uli antiquity, und will,
to the end of time; whether we are
conscious of it or not. And why not
goveren it right us well as wrong, when
we are obliged to govern it somehow ?
What we like, the coarser half of crea.
lion likes: and like the fabled nymphs
of old, we have men under our com
plete control. It depends on us wheth
er or not our children are anybody.
’ Impressions made on children when, play ing
around our knees,
Hang like a magic spell around them to
their latest existence.
If some of us have married drunk
ards, it is too late to mourn ituw, but
we can talk to our children and influ
ence them, when our husbands are
swinishby swilling their ruin- How
ofien do we hear pious olergymeri
date their religious impressions back to
their boyhood's brighter days, when a
pious mother devoutly invoked the
blessings of the most high, on her help
less children? Perchance your boss
may, as it is so pleasing to human na
ture, be influenced by the bad exam
ples of their father, and for awhile, go
on heedlessly in dissipation ; but at last
your examp e and heart stirring en
treaties may make them sober men; if
not, it ii your duty to do it anyhow.—
In the happy world above, many will
attribute their sobriety to maternal in
fluence, and how sweetly that will
ring in your ears !
My single sisters, shun dram-drink
ers you would the breath of tlio upas.
Make them stand off and let them know
your motto is “abstinence men or no
husbands,” and ere it be long you will
accomplish wonders. Rule the men
with prudence and wiudoin. I heard
my friend Looriey once say, “woman is
the lever, anti virtue is thepower that
call prize up the world;” it is so.
Boys if you wish to reply, do so ; for
there is more from whence this came.
MARTHA ANN.
Elbert C>.,Graftsville.
For tne Temperance Banner.
A Trip up the Hudson Rlvor.
August 1 6th, 6 o'clock, F. M. :
Left New York for Albany on board
the “Rip Van Winkle,” a sp!ended riv.
er boat that plies between the before,
mentioned cities. “ The Isaac New.
ton” and “Manhattan” boats had
I left their respective docks a few twin
; utes prior to our leaving. Our boat,
: the “Rip,” was laying along side the
’ dock apparently asleep ; but was sud
demy aroused from that lethargic slate
‘by hearing t’ e tolling of the bells of
the two before-mentioned boats, which
was a signal for their departure.’ He,
the “ltip,” now appeared to be fully
aroused to a state of consciousness i
rubbed his eyes, and immediately pm
on more steam, preparatory to starting. !
The cry of “ail aboard” was heard, and ‘
the “Rip” quietly hauled off, and grace- 1
fu iy moved upstream.
By this time the “Isaac Newton” &
“Manhattan” boats had left us f itr a .
stem ; nut the “Rip’’ notwithstanding
his proverbial sleeping propensities,’
rapidly gained on the two opposition !
steamers. VVe will now permit the 1
“Rip” to glide smoothly over the wu-’
tors cl the majestic Hudson, whilst we
briefly allude to its romantic.sciebery, j
and the principal places of interest i
along its banks.
The first place, after leaviug the!
“commercial Emporium” worthy of no
tice, was the spot where t(i illustrious!
Hamilton was shot in a duel by A a !
ron Burr. The place is now called
VV’ehauken, and is a beautiful and se-’
questered spot on the Jersey shore.
The “Palisade*” now appeared in;
view, and as we neared them they,
seemed more grand, gloomy and peon-1
liar.” What are called the Palisades, ‘
arc high, petpendicalar rocks that ex
tend 14 or 15 miles along the Western
bank of tho river. In some places ilmse
rocks are so smooth and regular that
they have every appearance of being
formed by the chisel of man.
The next places worthy of no!ice
were Stony Point, West Point slid the
[diglilan ?s.
Sionv Point is a litllo rough promon
tory on the Wert bank of the Hudson,
nearly a mile below the entrance of the
Highlands, having a light house ua its
U'ttuciit. it was fortified during the j
I Revolutionary war, and is distinguished I
j by the. celebrated assult made upon it •
i on the ItJth Julv, 177D, by Gen. Wayne,
; Verplatick’u point on :be opposite side
of the river, is also distinguished in the
history of the revolution.
We passed on and soon entered the
Highlands, here you find yoursul sur
rounded as it were by high mountains,
[u some places the huge cliffs hang
their dismal heads over the river, seem
ing as if they were uotno guardian an
’ gels placed there by the hands of the
Greator, lor the protection of iliis noble
river'. For several miles along either
ban'll’ of the Hudson, you will see noth
ing but these stupendous cliffs, hanging
their heads over the river.
We passed Sing Sing, the place
where tlie State’s prison is located,
Haverstruvv, a thriving village, and
West Point, where the U. S. Military
Academy is established. West Point
is a spot of paoular interest; it has
been hallowed by the footsteps of
Washington, a Kosciusko und a La
Fayette. It is consecrated by a nation
to the Spartan-like training of a few de
voted sons from every Suite in our
wide spread Union ; nor less sacredly
secluded by nature as the scene of re
tirement ami study; it seems alike to
please the pensive sage and the aspiring
youthful soldier. While even female
loveliness vouchsafes to paint its memo
ries iu lines of hope and brightness as
the “boast of a glory hallowed land,”
“Bright are the moments linked with lliee,
Boast of a glorv hallowed land;
Hope of the valiant and the free,
Home of their youthful soldier band.”
The scenery by moonlight on the
Hudson is magnificent, I may say uno
quailed Some say that the scenery on
the Rhine anti other rivers is more
beautiful arid romantic. Never having
had the pleasure of viewing the scenery
of the Rhine, of course I cannot speak
from observation; hut if I knew that
such was the case, then 1 would drop
my goose-quill and write nothing more
concerning the Hudson river.
Whilst one is passing up this noble ri.
ver, particular)? through lit ; Highlands,
his mind will almost unconsciously
wander back to the time when the red
man was sole possessor of the vast for
ests on either bank of the river. These
were his hunting grounds, where lie
couLd, after a prolonged chase, return
to his wig man, there to rest, undisturbed,
liis wearied limbs. He could di m say,
in tho language of Robinson Crusoe :
“I urn lord of all 1 survey” Bui his
day has past —his sun has set never
again to rise. No more will ho visit
the graves of his fathers, there to Shed
the tear of sorrow. Now and then you
can see a remnant as it were of soma
powerful tribe of this oppressed race;
iivandeiing over tbeir old hunting;
j grounds, not for the purpose of shooting;
j the deer, (for they too have disappeared) j
i but perchance to visit for the lust time!
;t he graves of their lathers. After, drop ;
j ping the tear of sorrow on the lust rust
ling place of their kindred; they, per-j
! haps, retrace their steps and “slowly:
and ud!y climb tho Western hills, and;
j read their doom in the setting sun.”
! “Alas for them !th -ir day is o’er,
Their fire . are out from shore to ‘Tore; j
i No mi re fttt them their wi i deer bounds, :
i The plough is on their hunting ground,
The pule man’ - axe rings thro’tlndr woods,
; Thepule mail’s oils skim oer diejr floods,
Their pleasant spring* are dry,—.
Their chihvn look, ay power oppressed, j
Beyond the mountains of the ‘Vest,
; Their children goto die-’
■ On the Exst bank of the Hudson the;
; “Hudson River Rad Road” winds its |
; way. In some places it is built or.
\3O feet from the bank in the water. j
; We soon passed I’ougnkecpsie, Ath-j
ens, Hudson, *Kindernook, und Other’
i thriving towns and villages; but could
sec comparatively nothing ol interest, j
!as the moon hud gone down.
1 ‘ guess” your many readers have •
become wearied in perusing this unid-!
terestiug “trip,” so 1 think it would be
prudent for me to come to a close ; but I
by the way, one word in regard to Gap
tain Roc of the “Rip Van Winkle.” —■
We found him to be a perfect gentle
man in every rrsaect, attentive to thej
wants of the passengers, endeavoring,
to please them as Inf as it laid in his
power. He was very communicative,.
courteous, and ad’.ble, and an especial
favorite of the Indies.
K6ROM f
From thu Mobile Register.
The License System --Wo 1.
The Maine Liquor Law has elicited,
ns all bold legislation, beuring upon
popular indulgence, will ever do—a
discussion commensurate with the evil
involved, and strongly indicative of the
subsequent national aspect of the ques
tion.
1 do not intend to discuss its merits,
but use the reference as i ; <1 . -ry
to the investigation of the License s
tem, involving like legal and social con
siderations.
At the outset, let me disclaim uny
| advocacy of hasty or one sided log is! a
| ttotr. 1 would have the law bused upon
: recognized, not imaginary wrongs, that
i its true dignity should be visible in its
disinterestedness.
Legislation is tiie expression of the
public mind in the form of law; the
potent agent of a common compromise,
because based upon what the majority
determined to be just and right. How
tar this majority may be right or wrong;
how far iegislativo sanction of prevail,
ing custom, or restrictions upon pope
lur indulgence are admissible, involves
a question of peculiar interrst, and is to
be decided on the broud principle of
justice, regardless of conflicting indi
vidual opinion.
The law sanctions uuJ restrains.—
The law is the offspring of association,
and its vitality is based upon u surren
der, not only of the right ot opinion,
but individual action. It is then a
common empire, adjusting not only our
pecuniary interests, but the most deli
cate social relations. It is emphatical
ly tho conservator of the public peaoe,
am? us such utterly nugatory unless
obsolute. As the soqiul compact 'is
made op of every variety of opinion and
appetite the law must be founded upon
acknowledged publio offences—not the
executioner of private caprice nor the
medium of fanaticism—but tne correc
tive of wrongs prejudicial to tho public
peace, visible iu the destruction of life,
property or morals.
Ifmy promises be right, (und no
one, 1 am persuaded, will deny) I shall
endeavor to prove the License System—
tlie legal privilege to sell intoxicating
drink—extra judicial; unfounded iu
law or ethics; dangerous to the publio
peace, and prejudicial to sound morality.
The public ure exceedingly sensitive
upon this question, and resist with u
tenacity worthy a better causa, all in-j
novations or restrictions. I claim an |
audience with thinking men, those sur- !
rounded by pecuniary and sociul obli
gations—men who know the value and
appreciate the dignity ami purity of do
mestic life, not the miserablo ‘hunger
on* of a bur-roorn, or the degenerate
specimens of humanity daily urraigiied
before a Mayor’s court. I ask of such
a calm, dispassionate hearing, a forget
fu I ties of self. Taking nothing ‘foil
a o
granted,’ indulging in. no sketches of
fancy, supplying no deficiency ofargu
mont or statistic by conjectu re, I expect
a manly acquiescence or refutation.
A license is, as the word implies, a
I privilege to do something granted by
1 recognized authority. It presumes an
illegitimacy of pursuit, a tendency to
excess—a right exchanged fit u mon
ied consideration to pursue a business
not required by publio necessity. If
this be not so, why nre grocers, bakers,
butchers, clothiers, druggists, etc., U
censed to vend their articles of trade t
Because they are ueedful for the com
fort und health of the people. They
I pursue a legitimate business, subjected
touommmoial restrictions; they make
investment of money and lubor, the di
; rection uriJ management of which re
; quires permanence of habitation.—
; Their contribution to the public tr'Msn
j rv is in the form of a tax, u stipulated j
! per cent age upon inomo. Not so the!
pedlar, street musician, cockpit, thea j
i ire, etc. These are severally illegiil-!
1 mate, on tho ground iff want of doiui- j
j cilo, interference with regular trade,
: or as being conductive to excess and j
immorality. Hence the State impost i
lion assumes the forio of lionise. The !
j ephemeral characters of liconaeff pur-j
; suits deceivo s the public as to injury ‘
! done. Let the wrong be proved, afid j
1 die authority that sanctions, either by]
pecuniary concession or sufferance,
[can find no warrant iu law, and in-j
! vudes tho peace und good order of so- :
(ciety.
PRO BONO PUBLICO.
The License Srgtera —No 2-
Reiterating the assumption ilia* if a|
wrong be proved, in uny pursuit, (he l
sanction in tho form ot license for reve 1
nue, or hy simple sufferance, is illegal i
and subversive of tho peace and good i
order ofsociety, 1 proceed to show thut;
the present system of license to retail i
intoxicating drink, is a public nuisance, 1
and should be abolished.
It is an illegitimate business—a traf- j
he without a valuable c maid.nation, j
ndhnnc ! deficient in the chief cle
ment ot commerce—reciprocity. No!
man receives an (univalent tor’ tli-l
NO. 42.
dime given iu exchange for u drink.—
He imbibes a liquid not necessary for
bis health or morals; an eXcitemer.i
that clouds the intellect, fires the pasd
sions, inducing disease nnd death in tho
most loathsome and terrible forms. He
exchanges thu labor of un hour for the
pleasure of a moment —not an intellect?
uni or mora l recreation, by which the
stock ofniird and manners is improved,
or the physical man invigorated—but a
sensual indulgence, interdicted by
| medical science; denounced by refer*
• ■ ces to its social effects; tho medium
, °l three-quarters, of the pauperism, lu
. ttacy and crime ot this country,”
It contributed to the public treasury
with one hand and stabs its peaoe with
the other. The following local statis.
tie will be of interest in the discussion :
Year ending Ist October, 1851.
Nujnbtr of licenses, 46
Cases recorded for drunJ:enness on the May
or’s docket, 4,83
Cusos treated at City Hospital, 1 100
Three quarters of which—on medical
authority— consequent upon the
use of alcoholic drink, making,
say 80d
Thus then, in two departments, Wo
have individual oases of expendi
ture—disturbers of tho public peafso
and beneficiaries upon its ehurity.4-~
The secrecy of private life conceals
from the public eye the real extent bf
intemperance. Beyond the publio rec
ord, it must be a matter of oonjeotufe
Let every man, in this connection, ex
amine his circle of acquaintance, anti
note the effects of liquor, as visible iu
blighted hopes, dishonored affection,
want, beggary, oiime, death, and make
up his own social statistics.
J
Revenue from license, about ®'.(1,000
Cost of City Hospital, per unuuru,
about 6,00(5
Presuming one half of this amount
appropriated to the treatment of disease,
consequent upon the use of liquor, or
$2501), und the balance of the revenue
applied to the police department, ami’
tho inconsistency of the liounse sys
tem is oleurly illustrated.
The city, for @201), grants the privi
l.'geol opening a bar-room—of making
men drunk—of stimulating pernicious
appetite—of vending an article that en
genders disease and induces crime.—
The city, with Samaritan liberality and
tenderness, and n proper regard ior tba
general safety and good order, estab-,
lishes a Hospital to treat tho disease, and
a vigorous polios to suppress the riot
j and crime, consequent upon (lie bar.
| room. Truly, this is the perfection of
legislation.
Tito traffic is a public nuisance, be
cause no public good can be shown to
result from it. Il strikes at the very
• root of society, in the invasion of the reg
ularity of private life ; this is the found
ation of the injury. Men are induced
Iby the convenience und association of
| bar- rooms to drink to excess—to forget
; the claim of wife and child, to do abroud
| that which they blush to own at home.
1 The young are seduced, and yeurs of
I parental cate and toncluug lest, in the
i Bacchanalian revel. The solidity of
‘society depends upon its virtue. A
; bar-room is not a school of morals. It
is around the family fire-side that moral
and religious impressions are made, and.
society is most eiovuted, as the social
relations nro most refined. The law
then performs its legitimate office when
it restricts indulgences, prejudicial to
tho public health or morals, or that in
any many disturb the harmony of do
mcstic life.
PRO BONO PUBLICO.
The License System.--No 3
Tiie fact recorded in my lasi—and
‘it cannot be too often repeated, thin
; 4615 p.'raons were arraigned before the.
Mayor ot Mobile, in one year, for
j drunkenness, and doubiles twice that
; number for offences consequent unon
I the uo ol liquor; that 800 in the same
j moo and from like cause, parsed
; through the C.:y Hospital, gives but uu
j item to the Bill of Mortality. Unveil
| urn pr. ‘aoy of home, note the dismem.
i bcriiM iit of families, tho widowhood,
i the destitution of suffering—visit the
I J ail when the Law is usserjjcg its stem
! majes.y—the Asylums for tim lunatic
i and orphan, where charity si)offers the
wretched an J forsaken, and a picture
j is presented revolting to the most frigid
! morality; a represent upon the humani-’
ity of the times, and a disgrace to the
; religious smiitmmt of our pt opie. It
iis a low estimate to charge three
! fourths of all tins wrong to intoxicating
[ drink. Tne staff sues of our country
prove it to be true, and common objter-
I valiou aided by ac honest apprehension,
will confirm its integrity.
If the use of spirituous Liquor does
produce such fearful results, it is a
common enemy. If localities are so.
fecit and for the sale of it, the publio
peace is invaded, if the law offers
protection to tho nefarious traffic, its
dignity is compromised and the social
compact violated.
We recognize the bond of society fur
protection—the basis oftlie association
i- (lie surrmi.fer of ‘the to do Ss