Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-02-27
THE EVILS OF ExsEss-pRoHlsrroRy

LAWS-MkDlClNAL SIlAULt.-ietempeS
ancs has no avowed advosssss. Even its slaves
eurs. TIE vice 70 which they yield, or regret.
with maudiin tears. their Inability 10 resist the
false appetite for s.imulau,s which long contin.
ued excess has eugendered. or ell the millions
whom it deyradss. brutines, and ruins. there is
not one who in his sober moments stands forth
its champion. Temperance. on the other hand,
has hos, Of active and energetic friends. So |
eie'y. as body, breaches il, although SO many |
members Of society fail to practice it. 1t is ad-
vocatsd in every pulpit hs prohibition is The Oh
feet Of large and respectable social ssgsniss-
tons. lis n,ds side issss sad soustinss
the main issss Il the polls. and ststsgsns laws
are enacted to enforce IL
In short, Ill parties. al crssds. oil interests
unite i. depressing drunkenness. end the snly
question connected with il upoa which they do
not agree, Uses to the wisest method of sontroll
ing the evil Prohibitory State Legislation hes
been thought by many sincere and good nsa
70 be the best remedy but il has been tried
gain and again in New England and elsewhere,
wi,hou. ha,ips produced the beneficial effects
expected from il and Il last Massachusetts, 90
long The stronghold Of prohibition, has repud-
lated the policy BY an immense majority. The
Federal Government, party in the interest Of
Temperance and party for revenue purposes
has imposed tax upon domestic liquors which
il the Law we're rightly executed, would At once
lessen their consumption ssd increase the sum
total of the Nasionvl revenue. but IL appears 10
have signally failed in beth these objects. There
, is no psrceptble decrease 10 the manufacture OF
sonsump tion Of domestic spirits. and no pro.
portionase augmentation in the receipts OF The
@ ,vernmsnt from that source. Laws of this No
tsrs are always excessively svadsd, and result
in large amount Of olcisl corruption and pub
lie decentralization, without accomplishing ths
primary objects which their !originstors had in
view.
Experience seems to teach ~ that moral in
Ausnces are more potsst than penal statutes IL
estraining this species Of excess. Father Nat
hew's moral aad religious crusade against In
. sbriety probably did more good thas al thep.s
hibitory laws that have ever been saactsd.
The extreme prohibitienists insist thss alec
hol has no uses ~ medicine that it il, whs
taken into the stomach. necessarily poison Gus
But here the Faculty that has Aads disease and
the remedies for disease its study for % NAV
ages, dncseasing its knowledge and psrfsetn
its system Of treatment with every passis
!, year, meets the allegation with . point blsn
denial. Who ere best competent to decide thi
question, in which the health and lives Of mi
i
| fessors ofths art Of healing or individuals who
confessediy, are incompetent to prescribe 70
their own aim ants. and who, when prostrsts
BY illness, place tLeir chief reliance upon III
i. / Doctors Does not the profession in whoa
next to God. they put their trust 10 sickness
know better than they do whether alcoholic tor
B les or are not necessary in certain phases {
| disease, Common sense answers in the affr d
alive. Physicians tell us that alcoholic med
cines are among the most valuable remsdi
1 agents in the Ma,sria Me1ica-specidcs whie
caunot be dispensed with without sacrificing II
= health and lives OF mutitudes oftheir patient
J. II We put trust in them-and that We put tru
in them is evident. or No should not call them
to minister TO us when iuIdsnger-ws are boun
TO subscribe to their dictum.
!. So far, then, - medication 10 concerned, u
object Of the philanthropists who advocate ten
perance should be to aid the profession in i
| praiseworthy efforts 10 secure spure, unadulera
ed alcoholic stimulant for urstivs aud proven
i've purposes If any law could be devised 4.
keeping the unwholesomc and impure liquors
= commerce out Of the sick room, il would be Z
inappreciable blessing; and iii, on The oth'
0 hand, . lay guaranteeing pure stimulant to .
who are professionally declared TO need il coul
L hn Al ba
T. infinite benefit TO mankind. But no such spe
v ial Legislation could 10 rendered effective.
m would be evaded. and rendered null and void
= the interests in conflict with it, just a. Il
liquor laws are now nuli6ed BY similar cause
= Hostetter's Stomach Bisters-s medicinal stin
ulsnt has been proved, beyond all csvil, to
absolutely free from adultsration, and COZ
Y plete specific for . large class Of diseases, Z
benevolent and enlightened friend of Tempe
snce can consistently lift up his voice against
On the contrary, every proper effort should
made TO procare the subssisution Of such ton
for the acrid, fiery. and poisonous fluids too FIR
IN quentiy administered TO inv Aids.
1: 1t should be powerful argument in favor
Z, preparation ike this. ,ha. 1t has been depri
!, | ed By recti6cssion and By the medicinal veget
BILE ingredients of which il partly consists. of q
). the deletsrious properties present in ordina'
!. alcoholic stiu uissts, and which beget IN unna
ural craving for strong drink. thereby leadin
directly to intsmperAncs. This. We say. shoul
be strong argument In it, favor with oil n
n tional Temperance men; for since stimulan
ore medicines that cannot be dispensed, with.
best.
AZ q recognlaed end atendar1 lonie Of nadi