Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-11-19
TEMPERANCE N ALL THINGS,


his eating In his political opinions. in the graf
iseasion Of any one Of his passions. HE pr.ju.
dices OF his appssites. It Il evsa possible 10
preach Temperance" iosemperase'y.
There are certain enthusiasts. for example,
Who demaadths entire aooliahment Of alcoholic
stimu'ants. Against these ultra ohibitiouists
the great body efthe medical profession takes
decided ground. Nine-ten.hs Of the ply scisns
and surgeons Of the civilized world prescribe al.
cohoi, and medicines of which acoho! is car.
dinal ingredient. in their practice. They say
tina, III one OF the most important articles in
the materia medica, and that nothing car sup
ply its place. Sometimes they administer il
acat, somatimes diluted with water. sometimes
medicated and while admitting. rs any sane
and honest man admits. that i, ia. morally and
physically, poison when takcnto excess. the,
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tain cases, its use is not only advisable bu. e.
sental 10 the preserv alton Of life and the res.
toration Of health.
| Believing that the most profound pat, oIc.
gists and psychologists Of the age understood
the ma,ter{ somewhat better than non-profes
SIGNALS. we accept their doctrine and practice as
hilosophic and correct the more especially
AZ tho results of their treatment confirm their
theories.
The rational friends Of temperanec side by
side with whom We stand. frankly concede
| that alcohol is sometimes necessary as a sani
| tary agent. Mr. Greeley grants this in q recer,
arti,le published in The INDEPENDENT and
only fanatics, whose zeal is unssmpered by
knowledge. venture to deny il.
Here, however. . difficulty occurs. The Il
quors Of commerce afs % generally sdulteratsd
that Il Il perilous to give Thorn 70 sick persons
| All the brandiss. runs, gins. whiskyr, &c ere
| more or less empoisoned. Each contains some
ingredients which provokcs thirst for arden,
spirts-and thus dr1nkards are made Under
| these circumstances sensible Temperance
men should be the first to appreciate the in
portauce OF pure stimulant for medical use.
This desderatum is supplied to the public and
the faculty in the form ofuOSTETTER'S STOM
ACH BITTERS, which is not merely Il whole
some s,imnlant bul an in valuable vegetable ton
ic, corrective and a!terAtive. In mnnufacur-
ng, advertising and selling it-for sanitary pur.
poses only the propristors claim to be contrib
utng n sound and substantial plank to the
temperance platform.
There is . good de Of cant talked ana writ
ten bv some Of the self elected reformsrs II the
morals Of msnkind. Ill the misfortune OF
many OF these persons, aud OF their disciples, 10
confound the use Of diilusiblc stimulan.s a. AZ
antidote with their misuse o. beverage. The
spirit by which they are animated il aspirit Of
blind bigotry and intolerance. akin TO thal
which. in the olden time, led TO the massacre OF
81. Bartholomew, the crusade against the Abb
~..A H.. r.., "a /
in the name Of religion. Thomas Hood. the wit
tiest Of philosophers. and The most philosophic-
al Of wits, characterized that narrow minded and |
aggressive pe,y which is continually pceking at
whatever does not strictly conform Is lis pccu
liar ritual as mag picty, and there good
many birds of the mag pie feather who would
fain obtain the exclusive.con,rol Of the whole
temperance flock.
Tie doctrine of these indi iduals lacks con
S stoncv. The same arguments If they deserv.
the namo--which they urge against the employ |
ment OF alcohol and alcoholic tonics in the treat |
ment OF disease. or for It's prevention, apply |
With still greater force TO mot Of the favoriie |
specifics of the faculty. Yet they have not g
word 10 say against opium. mercury, stry chime.
iodine, qunine and other deadly poisons which
are prescribed daily by thousands of medical
men. Arc these less delsterious than the pure
alcoholic stimulant used IN, dun for di'lns
ing the healing influence Of wholesome herbs
and roots through the SYSTEM The most un-
ultra-prohibtionist must admit
that they are not.
But he has rejsindef in reserve. The pow
orful mendicants referred TO are prescribed in
limited doses. Bounds are affixed 10 their use
by those who recommend them. And is IL not
the same. We ask, with regard TO medicated spr-
ituous stmulants. Every bottle of HOSTEL
TIERS STOMACH BTTTERS, for example. il
accompanied BY directions for It's use. These
directions are % clear and eapiicit a those in
physicisn's prescriptions. and even If they hsp-
pen 10 be violated through inadvertsnce, no Sc
rious consequences sssse. A couble Or triple
dose Of laudanum. o. Of strychaine. Or Of min
eral SALT may kill. and very often does Kill. but
: 6ve-fold, or even ton-tcid. dose Of the BIT
TIERS would produce no such terrible effect. -
Opium j. IN inHuitsly stronger intoxicant than
any variety Of alcohol, and 10 extensively used
to produce intoxication q we'll 40 n medical
treatment. why thea 10 opium recognised =
useful curative BY the same parties that utterly
prescribe al alcoholic preparations, II il al
ways best to be consistent.
Bigoted Prohibitionists would do we'll to learn
q few lessons from Sacred History. The patri-
archs and prophets Of the old dispensation and
the Apostles OF the new, were not one-idea men
They did not hold that the abuse of the thing
was an argument against its use. The cultvs-
ton Of the vine as . material for the manufic-
ture Of wine is sanctioned BY the Scriptures.-
II u commanded to be given 70 'him that il
ready 10 PERISH" and also to chose that be Of
heavy hearta.' Bad wine, and wine taken in
excess. 10 msde the type Of Heavens wrath. -
the "Wiae Of Astenishment," of "rapins,'' Of
fury" Of ''anlicsion," &C., but good wine IL
not only not proscribed, but u forc,bly recon-
nended in many pages Of the Bible. 6ons
commestators insist that the articles thus rec.
ognired By Divine Authority contained no d.
cohol-that u wss uniermented juice of the /
grape but - Il 10 called "strong drink" in |
DruveVhn and elaavheee eoA 4 avoe~..1~ a AL