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The following draft Of law relating to
habHnal GrRnkardS, has been presented.
by the Grand Jury Of the State Of Maryland,
to the General Assembly Of that State, now
sitting. When we reflect upon the appall-
ing misery and distress produced in society
by the too free use of ardent spirits, We can
not but express an anxious wish for an anti
dote to counteract the evil. How manv are
there within the knowledge of every ndi-
vidnal. who are pursuing course OF habitu-
al drunkenness, to the loss of reputation,
waste of property, and ruin of families.
Drunkenness is the mammoth vice Of this
country, and its baneful effects upon the
community are without parallel.


For the sake of moral Improvement on
the part of this class Of citizens of our own
state, (and it is by no means small one) We
hope that similar acts may, as soon as posi-
BILE, find place among the laws of this
state; for this is the only means by which
the evil can be met and its progress arrest
ed.