The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-06-03

natlcsl That is the afguhent Of some
opponents Of temperahce. You ate 4
noble, pure philanthropistiF you save
Eve men, but d fanatic II YOU save tent
Or, tits wise and constitutional to enact
laws to modify OF lessen the eyil, but
unwise, Unconstitutional and fanatical
% do away with The evil? What pos
sible obiectioh can Be urged agdiIsta
law prohibiting the mahufactGfe and
sale Of al Intoxicating liquors ss abeE..
erage, any stronger than to its restric.
ton one half? Have We not the same same
right and power To d law to prevent 81,
remove an entire evil, as We have to
restrict it 6ne-half. Z 'sH ,ei uSPs W.
All admit--eYen those who live By
offering temptationto drunkennesS,a and
filing the community with poverty and
crime-that Intemperance is an evil.
Now, what is intemperance-is 1t a
cause or an effect? THE latter most
undoubtedly Then, why not remove
the cause atonce? And how can this
be done? Certainly not BY licensing
the sale Of intoxicating liquor as bev-
erage, but by their entire prohibition!
And surely If II Be eimportant TO save
6ve out OE ten from dfnnkard's s fate, ii
must be Of equal importance to save
the other FIVE. If humanity and be-
nevolence impel us to save FIVE hum
dred families from poverty and crime,
why not save every family exposed TO
the same eyilel Why leeislate baFtieL
ularly for half a relormG Is iii Hnotas
important to one portion Of the com,
munity as it is to another to be saved
from the curse Of intemperance? Why
should one parent have a licensed shop
at his next door to tempt his sons as
tray, and another be eFelieved IRON it?
live can reduce taxation, pauperism,
and crime ne-halfby a restrictive law,
why not remove the whole misery ac-
cruing from such a cause by Prohibi-
tory Law? Let the Legislative tof
Pennsylvania answer.d sri eu
One thing most certain; no truly
humane Or philahthrcpic man can for
pne moment favor law TO license the
sale Of Intoxicating beverages, for If
there be on human stat1se books a law
which may fitly be called d moral mon
strosity, It is that which licenses the
sale Of alcoholic liquors, knowing, as
ell do, the eenormoas and Hnmi.Igated
evils, and nothing but evils, which flow
therelrom. The great LaWgiver of
the universe never legislates to lessen
evils, but always TO prohibit them..@
And It should be we'll for the law
makers Of our State and nation TO take
Him for their guide, and follow the
dictates Of humanity and an enlight-
rened conscience, rather than stand hats
in hand, trembling at the doors Of tay-
erns and asking their keepers what
they shall DOL Shame upon such era
vens! But it should only lend addi-
tional energy tothe friends Of true Re-
form. Let tlIencFy 90 out over this
great iState--'No License, mo modif.
cation--nothing shortof q Prphibitol Y
LawP We have no more right to IL
cense men to murder by rum than TO
doit'by powder and ball, the bludgeoh,
the dirk knife, leaden pipe, two pound
weights or arsenic. Let all call for, ia
Probibitory Law; to, attempt q resStric-
tory law is folly. The Legislature might
as well undertake to pass q law direct
ing the course Of thunder bolt, the
yividness Of q lightning fash, or lay
dOwngeographical boundaries for an
earthquake, as to remove the, evils OF
intemperanceby any modified License
Il Law!-.P PhiI0. San