Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1853-08-12
| PROHIExTOTgy LIQUOR LAW---LE-
GISLAVE0N. &c.

The last kenosha Democrat has asomewhat pc
culiar article the subject of liquor and legisla-
ton five understand its positions, some of them
are as follows:
There are other evils in the world besides liquor
selling and liquor drinking, therefore, liquor selling
should not be prohibited-or, it viii do no good
to prohibit it.
Prohibiting the sale of liquor is not likely TO
make mankind saints and angels, therefore do Mt
prohibit if.
Evilwilf remain in the hearts of men even after
YOU get the liquor out of their heads-therefore,
do MT take the liquor out of their heads.
As long as it is not convenient or polite, or ex-
pedent or right to legislate about tea and coffee,
and tight laeing, and aopathc doctors, &c., don't
!egislate about liquor.
In short and brief" If the principle of thump-
ing morality into mankind by direct legislation
of bringing about heaven on earth with the help
of the sheriff and iustce-does not hold good in
general or as applied TO all evil practices it is
good for nothing applied 10 evil Practice
If you cannot make men morally perfect in oil
things by legislation; you cannot make them per-
feet as TO one thing by legislation.
We believe we have not mis-stated the positions
of the Democrat and may be easily seen, the
reply to them can be very brief and yet cover the
whole ground completely. Its position simply is,
Il w ttef YtdthJ Oucc, uuii uHJtttHy
In reply, we say the world is not and cannot be
50 reformed. The great mass of mankind are not
50 comprehensive and far seeing as our friends of
the Democrat. They have an abiding sense at
this time of that evil which is most apparent, most
present, and most affective to them, and we sub
NIT that is not good policy or good logic, after
you have one devil in plain sight, where you can
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run at large until You secure the whole flock, real
and imaginary at one swoop.
Truth don't come to us ina great blaze of light
in one great, magnificent overwhelming rcvea
ton. We grow into it gradually and what great
wrongs and evils the growing moral sense of COM
munty may detect, we know not. Perhaps to-
bacco, tea and coffee tight lacing, aopathic doc
tors alopathic lawyers priests and editors NAV all
come within the category of evils to be abolished.
as society in IFS awakened sense may think best.
We know nothing about this, nor indeed is it the
point. 1t is enough that we have got hold of one
very large beam now in our eye, and doubtless
when we get that out shall be able to see con
siderably clearer, and be ready to grapple with
such new monsters as may then be within the
scope of our vision The mission of life is pro-
greSS, and wise Providence has not heaped the
evils of life before in one immense mountain as
barrier to all effort, but has kindly given US a
gradual ascent, wherein feet may be planted
upon successive evils, and our vision rise with every
step to a comprehension Of higher truths This is
the stumbling block now in path 1t calls for our
efforts, and to refuse our efforts because there are
new difficulties beyond, would be like refusing to
remove mountain in pieces, because YOU cannot
take it mp bodily; indeed it would be to ignore all
human effort and human labor.
But we are compelled to reserve until another
number what more we have to say on this subject.