The Placer herald., 1868-08-01
HOSTETTER'S BITTERS.
The Evils of Excess Prohibitory Laws
Medicinal Stimuli.

From the Cincinnati Commercial. May 28, 1868
TNTEMPERANCE HAS NO AvOWED
ADVOCATES. Even its slaves curse the vice
to which they yield, or regret, with maudlin
tears their inability to resist the false appetite
for stimulants which long-continued excess has
enpcndercd. OF all the millions whom 1t de-
grades, bruthes and ruins, there is not one who,
in his sober moments, stands forth its champion
Temperance OH the other hand has a host OF nc
tive and energetic friends. Society, as i body,
breaches it. although so many members OF society
tail to practice it. 1t is advocated in every pull
nit its promnlg CATION Is the object of large and
respectable social organizations; 1t is made
side issue, and sometimes u main ISSUE at the
polls, aud stringent laws arc enacted to enforce
it.
Iu short, all parties, all creeds, all interests,
unite in deprecating drunkenness, and the only
question connected with it upon which they 10
not agree is as to the wisest method Of cOntroll-
ing the evil. ProhibitOry State legislation has
been thought by many sincere aud good men 10
be the best remedy but it has been tried again
and again in New England and elsewhere, with
out having produced any OF the beneficial effects
expected IRON it and at last MASSACHUSETTS, so
long the stronghold OF prohibition, has repudia-
ated that policy by an immense majority. The
Federal government, partly in the int crest OF
temperance and partly tor revenue purposes, has
imposed tax upon domestic liquors which. it
the law were rigidly executed, would lessen their
consumption and increase the sum total OF the
national revenue, but it appears to have signally
failed in both these Objects There is no percept-
IDLE decrease in the manufacture or consumption
OF domestic spirits, and no proportionAte aug
mentaton in the receipts OF the government from
that source. Laws OF this nature are always OK
tensively evaded, and result in large amount OF
official corruption and public decentralization.
without accomplishing the primary objects which
their originators had in view.
Experience seems to teach US that moral infu-
ences are more potent than penal statutes in re-
struinug this specius Of excess. Father Mathews
moral aud religious crusade against incbriety
probably did more goOd IMAM All Inc pronipltory
laws that have ever been enacted
The extreme prohbtionisls nsist that alcohol
has no uses as Il medicine; that II is when taken
into the stomach. necessarily poisonous. But
here the faculty that has made disease aud the
remedy toi disease u study Tor 80 mnny ages >in-
creusing its know ledge aud periectiug its system
OF treatment with every passing Year,, meets the
allie CATION with point blank denial Who are
the Uest competent TO decide this question, in
which the health and lives OF millions OF human
beings IRE involveu-thc professors Of the art OF
healing or individuals who, conessedy, are in
competent to prescribe Tor their own ailments,
and who, when Frustrated by illness. place their
chief reliance upon the doctor? Does not the
profession in whom, next 10 God, they put their
trust in sickness, know better than they do
whether alcoholic tOnics are or are not necessary
in certain phases OF disease! Common SENSE
answers in the Affirmative Physcians tell us
that alcoholic medicines are among the most val
liable remedial agents in the Matcrla Medlca.
specifics which cannot be dispensed with without
sacrificing the health and lives OF mulitudes OF
their patients. If we put trust IN them and
that we put trust in them is evident, or We would
not call them in to minister 10 US when IN dan
ccr-we are bound to subscribe to their dlctum
A.. inn 90 hA
object OF the philanthropists who advocate tenn
pcrance should be to aid the profession Ia its
trustworthy efforts to secure pure unadullera-
ted alcoholic stimulant Tor curative and prevent
i've purposes. II any law could be devised for
keeping the unwholcsome and impure liquors OF
commerce out Of the sick.rOom, 1t would be al
appreciate blessing; and it, On the other hand,
Il law guaranteeing u pure st'lnulant 10 All VINO
are professionally declared to need II could De
practically enforced. that, too, would be OF inf
mite benefit TO mankind. But no such special
legislation could be rendered effective 1t would
be eyaded, and rendered null and void 10y the in
erests in conflict with il, just as the liquor laws
are now nullitied by similar causes
But When as in the case, for example. o.
HOSTETTER'S STOMACH BITTERSa medi-
cinal stimuant has been proved. beyond oil cavll,
to be absolutely free from adulteration. and
complete specific ii large class OF diseases, no
bcnevo Glen, and enlightened friend OF Temperance
can consistently lit his voice against 1t. On the
contrary, every proper effort should be made to
procure the substitution OF such tonic for the
acrid, fiery and poisonous fluids too frequently
administered to invalds.
1t should be q powerful argument in favor OF
a preparation like this, that it has been deprived
by rectiGcation, and by the medicinal vegetable
ingredients of which it partly consists OF all the
deleterous properties present in ordinary alco-
holic stmulnts, and which beget an unnatural
craving for strong drink thereby leading directly
to intempcrance. This, we say, should be
strong argument in its favor with all rational
temperance men; for since stimulants are medl-
cines that can not be dispensed with, it is mani
testify all important 10 administer the best.
AS recognized and standard tonic OF undispu-
ted purity HOSTETTER'S BlTTERS may be
cit d az an apt illustration OF the use OF stlmu'
l.nts as contrasted with their abuse. 1t Is not
intended as beverage; indeed. there are many
varieties OF unmedicated alcohol which the man
who loves strong drink for itself would prefer to
the BITTERS. No topper il partial TO the article
for its effect, when taken in excess, is that OF an
emetc. 1t is regarded AS a medicine only and
is prescribed for the prevention and cure oil SICK
ness, and tor nothing else
The temperance reader who has perused the
foreoOing remarks in candid and impartial
spirit will see, We think, that the cause ne has
at heart and which unfortunately has been
greatly retarded in its progress by intolerance
aud misconception, is likely to be benefited ra'h,
er than retarded, by the employment IN medical
practice Of "a Wholesome Pharmaceutical Prepa-
ration, with pure s,imulatvc basis, instead oil
the abomiuablc irewater (now more abomna-
lie than it was beiore) sold by liquor dealers aud
ut tavern bars.
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