Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-09-03
THE USE AND ABUSE
Stimuli, a NJ IT s..

IN SITE or THE AWFUL LoGtc q
| i pcrience, and in defance of prohbitors .ss
utes. incompetence is more prevalent in q
| ted States 10 DAY than il has ever been Z ist
| former period. This Is 4 statittitai IA vHacf
the well informed philanthforisi carn l.,y,
however much he may regret IT, and p.a,es
| one Of two things either that the we vast
| is past remedy or mitigation OF thut The sttin
| gen, means ador,ed.o prevent thes sale and use
Of stimulants have been unNse and Irrational.
Human n.,ure is no. 50 hopeiessy vicious A. -
be bcy oni the influence OF reason I'D fersun-
sion however obstinate j. NAV be IN is RESIST
ance TO arbitrary and inconsistent laws aud the
inference. therefore il. that the cAlrs mis's who
have declared Incorporating war against the
| use Of liquor under any circumstances, have
| orsrsAot TIE marx. and actus'y increased The
| evil they intended to crush ont The United
States law authorizes the impor on. manuinc-
ture and sale of spirits. and VI lie this rs the
cas-. no local law can ever prevcu, theuse 9th
article. The statues which impose taxes and
duties on liquor. rrc-suprasc that It will be
| used. and recognize the ri,ht ., the people 60
use il. Tha, right is denied Is, the prohibitions
sens from exercising personal privilege guar
sntecd TO him-by implication ut least by tse
| law Of the land.
| This il the whole nutshell. and II a
for these reasons that Tue @auci,w apd every
other enactment otus cl4. .eye proved j di-mal
failure.
Every good man a'nt> that lOto N'eattau is
terrible vice the faittal parent efev.ty speci,s
| of crime. But IT does not therefore Il lev that
| alcoholic stimulanis should BE- at usied Wipe
| them out aud what becomes Of one Of tho most
important departments of rcAi-Al att Only
ignorant fanatics. or men whose better Judgment
is warped by prejudice. will attempt TO d'uy
| that lives are say ed dalg hs the timely admin
| stratinn OF spirituuus stimulus az terminating
and restorative agent. II Is the basis q ali the
tiuctures Of the pharmacopo las, and II has pre-
served the lives Of thousands OH We battle tcld.
in military and ether hospitals, and il private
| practice. Wi,hout 1T medical scieurc would be
like the play OF Hamlet with the part OF the hero
omitted. Most especially is this true e dgt'e
medicai sfimmant. UuquestionHhl theeNiitm
| ist Of the Mn bow stripe, would like 10 sup
press all mc,hcated prey mpiions containing ai-
LETTERS STOMACH Bll1tES. rtprtea d ~
| the most otcnt restorative md alietHttscd The
day They would deprive the eeue and fever
| districts Of the South and VI "a OF tbs power
full specific They would met thc Traveller IN
the Valley of the Mississippi. a. the miner N
the places canuns OF California. ~ t}ic rcy
agcr about to sail for tie institutions coast u
Mexico or the West indies and demand the
SUR, nder OF this great untidott % uiafia ard
protective against TIE Effects al unvhocsone
W. i II he happened 10 be PROV de4 With Il
| 81 they would probably 70 further than that,
aui lestrsy the great factory at iittshutg. whore
Il $ prepared nnl every bottle OF IT upon
wleh they could lay Their hands throughout
tp length and brtpdth % The iaud. IN WIN
! Id i; be proved to them that The article was
as aufae iurt from the rurest OF MI hnownd itu.
,e stimuli and the most Valuable OF M diciial
RIBS and roots. AWAY with ILL., away Win
!" they would cry; at contains alcohol. aua
ere fore il must be DESTROYED
But this ~ the language Of insane bgot,s
Enlightened secnec-aye, and cnl ghteG.d He
igon and Morality, too condemn Is uiteflt
Bishop tAsrnuaS, Tue Reverend Dr Woncsa4ru
shd other great diyiaes have recently gwen
Neir testimony agrinst such Wholesale hestti'ts
~ stinlulants. ana have declared that thu WISE
oi drunkenness has been greatly ipettAs.d ia
the Understanding onsloughts of the ptolahi-
uouis's. The great AGAsslz. and sIch ue -
Professors llossfoRp and dstkscS, toy, .tt
with Drs BiosLow, CLAMKs, lloLaEs, Nhist dNe
many other eminent practittuntrs; WLase ststd
ing physicons should steare respect Tor q Ell
opinions point like this, have stated IT. y al.
coholic prepni atoms are absolutely ttAtn;l ~
the treatment OF many diseases. and ~ rfht.tp-
uves. they only insist that the IrtpAintIos II
IA, NJ "A = Ft,tf t.ts4
against adul'eration, their motto - ~. haf.
not destroS
And this is the true policy dtctutel alih b1
phiosot by. experience and common sens
What ON the other hand. is the tend encY u -
policy of prohibition II does not prevent
never has prevented, il never can prevent H.
sale OF acohoiic tuids, but II leads to th.ir 'et
yiorattor, and thus increases n thou an%.iols.
the evils that Il proposes 10 anuih, 40,
when liquors are sold secretly am ct The rtsl Il
personal liberty OF course the dealers will secs
TO compensate themselves Tor the hazards tic
incur by inordinate profits, and 70 ohtain ttrs
profits, they will ndulterale what ttey sell. L
is notorious that tue liquor sold in states Niets
prohibitory laws exist is for the most ! ait
poison. II is SAFE for the yendcr "a
give his customers n hery and destructive con
pound good article the penalty beine ii
each case the some. Strict and fsuniniis exc
cuted inspectoc laws would prevent tlt
horrible adulteraton ffohlnitoty i"ws trr
mote It. I,,sweli known that most OF liz u
,,ar recently forfeited in New ofk, Brooklyn
~ isa.h.re tor evasion of the Governurti
,ax has been of the vilcst description. ite
taA, nus :, view of the pos si1lity q 81
'', 49,, cot IN tho counterband articles st ~
| ,as, nossib,e q peu-e IN order that tt,54 IasN,
| in ease OF DISCOVERY. might be comparatively
small The safety Of the public health delH"an
Tint such pernicous stuf be destroyed aid 10
| der n proper system OF tests 1t would b co
denned and empued into the docks. IN aN
/ 1, !. .,id nv The t;overnment al the ayefFsefAt
| 81 ahont ~ per gallon. 10 pay the .ax. H. y
wnr alcoholic poison is distributed hroad {
among the people The whole system Of eri
lstion bearing upon the quor trade IN this g, Ni
try il, although not 50 intended. IN the ini'fHe
Of incompetence. A moderate 1cie" ard ~
q s,,,,aa And iermen,ed beverages. are he he.
s.ss.n.rd. against The grent evil which all tLml
| 80 49,, derlor. IN, lar which few have H.,
.,s.d,, .rd hoiinnss 10 propo.e any remvditt
cnns;.,.nt viii, reason and founded on a iropol
conversation Of the wants and weakuessesof hu
app' $500 " WI, n,,y i !. liza. prof,,sea
r.eorm,s,. vii .,temut 10 drive when their tlu.
nnl,cv would he "a lead advise and festrnin.-
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