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Monterey

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Parent Issue
Day
1
Month
December
Year
1845
Copyright
Public Domain
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w pose to be parlnkers otoxicating liquors in some shape, and ït s ly be rcasonably nfcrred, are therefore spossessed in favor of a trafïic by which of ?ir wants are supplied. st We are not aware of any intention on wl 3 part of the Rumsellers to endeavor to tain a repeal of the License luw. We ' on lieve it suits them as it is. So long as sy can sell their inioxicatir.g liquors a , th entirc impunity, in dcfiance of the vt and without paying any License fee, G will be for their interest to let malters 3iie. For our part, we expect this state of Sc ings to continue and grow worse, until t'1 2 people in each town ' all uniïedlï arise and put away the m omination, by a genera!, systemntic and e rsevering prosecution of every viulator ll the law. Tliey have the remedy in eir own hands, and they can uso it ar ien they pleasc. It is in vain to say S' at the Jaw is inefleclual, so long as i in s not been tested. Th e re is, therefore, present, so far as we perceive, no need s" asking further interference of the Leu slature. Shoukl the present law, on fiicient trial, be found neffecüial, it can amended. Bntany law will of course ja powerless unless it be enforced against se insgressors.# ar But we are not disposed to condemn the Ji : . . I I I 1 M I Jl 1 (I ■ Ul'VtlUOl' H litio IJUl , ( jen enforced. Its bnre passago by the ju egisíature lias done rnuch good. In the su wns whicn have voted No License, it a is witlidrawn the legal sanction of the u affiu, and placed a mark of condemnaq( on upon it. The friendsof Temperance p( d í when they petitio7icd for its enM :tment; but thev will do heller when Cíl ey enjorce if. . Shall nny tljing bs done to carry oui j„ e iaw ? It rests wiih the Tomperance ;ople of cach town lo decide. Single, alated, dfseonneeled prosecutions ofane A two Rumsellers among a dozen or a N ore, will not remox-e the evi). The N end.s ofTcrnperance in ench town must th me together, and resolve on cvcrlasling 91

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