Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-07-27
THE USE AND ABUSE
STIMULANTS.

In SPITE Of THE AWFUL LoQlC oFEy.
= pesienee, ana IN defiance OF prob hitory stat.
utes. insemperanee is more prev aleut IN the JIM.
ted states to-day than II has ever becn at any
former period. This Is statistical fact which
the well informed philanthropist cannot dsns.
however much he may regret 1t. ard II proves
one Of two things-cisher that the wee il past
10 past remedy or mitigation OF that the strin.
gent means adopted TO peevent the sale and use
Of stimnlants have been unwse and irrnicnsi.
Human nature is no. 40 hopelessiy vicious IA 10
be hey ond the intiu,n Of reason aud persu.
sion-however obstinate il may be in its resist.
ance TO arbitrary and incon sistent laws. aud the
inference. therefore. IL, that the extremists who
have declared uncomrromising war against the
use OF liquor under any circumstances have
os"sAot the marx and actually incrcas,d the
evil they intended to c.u,h oot. The United
states law authorizes the importation, manufsc.
turs and sale OF spirits. and willie this a the
eas. no local law can ever prevent the use Of the
article. Tho statues which impose taxes and
du les on liquor. rre-suppose that II will b.
used. and recognize the right Of the people 30
usc II. Tina, right ia dtnicd tn the PROHIBITION
lists, and they make by laws 10 prevent the cit
zens from exercising personal privilege guar
anteed 70 him-by implication st least by the
Law OF the land.
This is the whole cass in u nut she'll and il -
for these reasons that the Maine law aud every
other enactment oiits class have proved dismal
failure.
Every good man admits tina, irioSicati lisa
terrible vice the fruitful parent ofevery species
OF crime. But It does not therefore follow that
alcoholic s,imuiauts should b. 1bol shed. Wipe
them out aud what becomes Of one Of the most
important departments OF medical ar, only
ignorant fanatics. or mon whose better judgment
Il warped by prejudice, will attempt 10 my
tlat lives are saved dsils by the timely admin
| istration OF spiiltuous stimulus terminating
and restorative agent. II is the basis ci all the
tinctures OF the pharmaccp@ias. and It has pre-
served the lives of thousands Il e battle held.
IN military snd other hospitals, and in private
practice. Without It medical science woud BE-
like the play OF Hamlet with tho part OF the hero
omitted. Most esp, ciaIly il this true OF pws
medical sssm aidnt. unquestionsbi, the extiem.
ist Of tho Matt Dow stripe. would like to sup
press all medicatcd prepar atoms containing al
cohol. They would probably begin with Hos
LETTERS STOMAIH BllTEkS. rsputed to be
the most potent restorative aud alternative q the
day. They would deprive the aguc and fever
districts of the South and we.t of this power
full specific. They would meet the traveller in
the Valley OF The Miss,ss,ppi. or the miner in
the places or canons OF California. or the vcy-
ager about TO sail for the iasaiub,ious coast e
| Mexico or the West Indies aud demand tho
Surrender Of this grea, antidotc to malaria and
protective against the effects Of UNIV holcso,pe
water, IL he happened to be prov ,ded with il ~
Nay, they would probably 90 further than that
and destroy the great factory Mt Pittsburg. where
it Is prepared. AMI every bottle OF 1t upon
which they could lay their hands throughout
tha length aud bresdth of the land In vain
would i. be prov ed . them that the article was
manufactured from the purest OF al known dtfu-
s,ve stimuli and the most valuable OF m. dicual
herbs and roots. Away with it away with
il they would cry; lit contains alcohol, and
there fore il must be DESTROY
but this is the language Of insane bigotrv.
| Enlightened Science ave- and enlig hteded Re
| hgon and Morality. too condemn II utterly
| bishop FAssBrs an. tne Reverend DR.. WoRcsstka.
and other great divi.es have recently gwen
their testimony az, inst such wholesale hostility
| TO stimulants. and have declared that the wee
| OF drunkenness has been greatly increased by
the undiscr,misntipg onsloughts Of the ptohibi-
tho lists. The great Aaassiz, and sIch men as
| Professors HosetoaD and iA,KsoN, together
| with Drs BiesLow CLARKR, HoLars, WEIss and
many other eminent practitioners whose stand
ing az ply sicions should sscare respec, Tor their
| opinions point like this, have stated that al
coholic prepai atiops are absolutely essential IN
the treatment OF many diseases and US rsstora
uvcs. they only Insist that the pr.psr atoms ~
pure. They are in favor OF stringent laws
| against sduitcration F; their motto Is regulate
not d~streg.
And this is the true policy, dictated alike by
philo-o, by. experience and common sense =
What on the other hand. Is the tendency OF he
policy of prohibiuo II does not prevent, u
never hiss prevented, ii never can prevent tho
sale of cob lie fluids bn, II leads 10 their dsf.
rsordtfon, and thus increases thousani-iold
the evils that II proposes 70 Annihi nte.
when liquors are sold secretly en- / Mt the risk "
personal liberty. of course The dealers will seek
to compensate themselves Tor the hazards they
incur BY inoruinate prohts and 10 obtain thoHe
profits, they will adultcrate what ta,y sell. II
~ notorious that tie liquor So Il IA ttates where
| prohibitorv avs is for tue matt part
| poison. II 10 fer The vender "a
give his customers a befy and destructive com
pound asa good article the penalty being ~
|
cuted inspections laws would prevent TIM
horrible adulteration. Probibitory laws pro
mote II. II is ~el known that most 81 The i
quor recently forfeited in New York. Brooklyn
ard elsewhere. for evasion OF the Goyernmen
tax, has been Of Oh. viiest description. III,
manufacturers, in view Of the POI sibihty Of sci
zare, have got mp the counter band articles III TIL
least possible expense. IN order that Their icss
IN cnse Of DISCOVERY. might BIZ eomparaitv, !,
small. The safety Of the public b.a lth Il, mao n
that auCh ueY0iCIpus stun - IA rpx I'D and 4
der proper syst m OF tests il would be con
demned and empiied into The docks. Bu, no. il
IL ia sold BY the Government, at the average rat
vi wa rU seehas sI poison js ss sro.ds s
! among the people. The whole system OF Ies is
lation bearing upon the ! quor trade in this coun
try il, slthough not so intended, in the inieres
OF in'emperance 4 moderate excis" aud Wis
sanitary laws, IN relation 10 the testing Of al
d etiled and ferm.nted bevei ages. are the hes
safeguards against the great evil which all think
ing men deplore. but Tor which few have tb'
. wisdom and boldDess TO propose sny temedisi
consistent with reason and founded on propel
appreciation o. the wants and weaknesses q hu
man nature. What = pity IL Is tha' professes
reformists will attempt to drive, when their ttu
policy would be TO lead. advise and restrain. =
All patriotic d,tizens would be glad ~ they eou'
= TO sweep out Of the trsde aud con merc- Of th
, country, the vile brain msddening potions the
are now sold in every public grop gerry ard ever
secret den Of iutemper. nee. with as little rick
: the dealer ~ the purest products OF the vat an
the still.
The question IT, How shall u be done An
the reply Of every RICH, thinking man is-by
rigid examinations OF the articles and the infiis
= sion OF b, avy penalties. pecuniarv and perscna
in ali cases where sduitsr stiun 10 detected.
il not shame that the common poisoner On
the dealer in pure preparation should only !
held 20 the same accountability by the snthofi
tiess And yet this 10 the case snder the prsseI
liquar laws.
Their. are many forms Of difFnsivc stimuli use
by the medical profession, and the great objes
Of the Trustworthy physicians is to obtain the
uumi xed with any deleierioua article. HOkTk1
TER'S STOMACH BITTERS, NJ readily o. sess
ed, ias the reputation OF being the purest pref
arstion OF ITS class at present manufactured, an
was. therefore. cited as cafe in point. IA
just, il Il fair IL IL for the grcstest good OF II
greatest number that the Law should place IN
valuable medicine on par with lighting rum
What sort Of legislation is that which mskes a