Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-02-22
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ARCHAEOLOGICAL srIMuLI.-ln..mper-
ancs has no avo~ed sdvoeases. 8vsn its slaves
curse tie vice 70 With they yield. or regret.
with mau ain tears. tsair inability 10 rssist the
false appetite for stinuiauts which long .consin-
ued excess has enssndmed. Ofaii. the millions
whom IL degradss, brutiass, and ruins. there 10
not one Who in his sober moments stand. forth
its champion. Temperance, on the other hand.
has host Of active and energetic friends. So
ciesy. As q body, presehes IL. sithosgh so many
meubers Of sseissy fail - prsesies il. 1t 10 I'D
vOcssea In ssssy Psipis, ~ psoAiSiaisni = the OBJ
feet Of large and respectable social erssaiza-
tioss. ills ado . eide issue ssd sometimes
the naia issss q the polls. ssd stFisgsss laws
are esaeted n enforce it,
In short, oil parties. al esssds. all istsrssss
unite in deprsessing druskenaess. cad the only
question sssssessd sish u upss vAish they DO
not agree, 10 - to the wissst method Of entsoll
ing NE evil. Prohibisory stsss iiesisissio. hes
been thought ~ Macy sincere and good mes
to be the beet remedy but il hes been tried
gain end again in New 8nslsad aad elsewhere,
wi,hou. having produced the beneficial sGects
expected from il ; and at last Massachusetts,, 50
long The stronghold Of prohibition, has repud-
lated the policy BY 90 is,msnss nNerity. The
Federal Government, party IN ths interest Of
Temperance and party for revenue purposes,
has imposed ssx spon domestic liquors which
il the Law we're rightly ssscsted, would q snes
lessen their eonssnps,sn and iscesass NE sum
total Of the Naaiossl ssvssss. but it sppsass -
have signslly failed in both these objects. There
10 no psrespsibls decrease in the manufacture Or
esnssspAion n desessie spirits. end - pre-
porsionsse sseneaAa4isn 10 the receipts Of the
0ovssansat from tAse souees. Ls~s q shis na-
ture are always excessively svsdsd. and result
in large snouss u oflsisl eossuptisa and psb-
lie lsnorali.stiss, without sscsnplisAisg the
primssy objssss which shsir lssisissssss bed in
view.
Experience SCENE 10 teach % thas neral in-
ausnees are more potent than penal statutes in
restraining this species Of excess. FaGhsr Nat
hsw's moral sad religious crusade asainst In
sbristy probably did more good THAI oil. thspro.
hibitory laws that have ssss bssn snaetsd.
The exsrsms prohibttisnists Insist thas sles-
hol hes no usss - msdisins tss4 IL 10. when
taken into the stomach. necessarily poisonous.
But here the Faculty that has made dissass and
the remedies fer disease it, study for % many
ages, Increasing its knowledge and psrfsctins
its system Of treatment with every lpassina
year, meets tie allegation with . point blsnA
denial. Who are best corapstsnt 10 decide thii
question, in which the health and lives of mil
lions Of human beings are ,nvoived-the pro-
fessors ofths art Of healing or iadivi duals whs
eonfessedly, are incompetent to prescribe for
ths,r own ailments. and who, when Frustrated
BY illness. place their chef reliance upon th.
doctors. Does mot the profession IL whom
next TO God. they pat their trust 10 sickness
know better AAaa they do whether aleoholis ton
ice are or are mot necessary in certain phases o.
disease. Common sense answers in the affirm
alive. Physieians tell - that alcoholic msd
eines are among the most vaiusbIe remsdia
agents in ths Mstsris Medica-speciacs which
eaunot Be dispensed with without sacrificing II,
health aud lives OF multitudes oftAeir patients
II we put trsst IN them-and thas W pst trus
in them 10 evident. or " should mot cell them i,
to minister TO us when in!dasgsr-ws are bount
10 subscribe to their dictum.
SO fer. then. - medicatiou 10 concerned, the
object sfths phiIan thropisss Who adveesas tsm
psrasee should BE- to aid the profession in il,
Prsiseworthy efforts 70 secure pure unaduleras
ed alcoholic stimulant for curative and prevent
i've purposes. II any law could DO devised fol
keeping the unwholesome and impure liquors o
commerce out Of the sick room, il would be a,
inapprscisble blessing and lii. on s.he oshs
hand, q Law guaranteeing pure s.imulans to al
Who are professionally declared 70 need il eoul,
be practically enforced. thss. too. would be o
infinite bens6t 70 mankind. But no such spec
isl lseislas,sn could b rendered elective.
would b svsdsd, and rendered nall and void b,
the ietsrests in conflict with it. just - III,
liquse laws are now nullinsd By siasilar causes
Bot whsn-as in the case, for example. .
Heststter's Stomach Bittsrs-s DeAieinal slim
ulsst has been proved, beyond all eaviI. to b.
absolutely free from adulteration, cad . oom
Dlsss spssi6e br . large slass II dissssas. nj
bsnsvolent and enlightened friend Of Temper
ancs can consistently lft up his voice asaiasl il
On the contrary. every proper sGors should b.
made T. prossrs the substitution Of such tsai
Tor the scrid. fiery. and poisonous fluids too irs
qssatiy edainistsrsd TO invslids.
II aAeaA - . posssfnl ar0RaAAs il lasss ~
prepssaties lie this, that It has bssa depriv