Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-02-29
rI,HE EVILS or Exssss-pRoHIBlroRY


ance has no avowed advocates. Even its slaves
curse the vice to which they yield, or regret.
with ,naudlin tears their inability to resist the
false appetite for stimulanss which long con.in.
ued excess has eugsndered. OF all, the millions
whom il degrades. brusihes. aud ruins. there is
not oae Who in his sober moments stands forth
its champion. Temperance, on the other hand,
has host of active and energetic friends. So.
cieiy. AZ body, breaches it, although 30 many
members Of socissy fail to practice it. II is Cd
vocstsd in every pulpit. It's prohibitioa is tn. OBJ
tsct Of large and respectable social ergsni1s-
the main Issue ct the polls. asd .stringent laws
are enacted TO enforce it.
In short, oil parties, all cresds. all Interests
unite in depreeasing drunkenness. and the only
question connected With Il upos which they do
not agree, 10 - to the wissst method Of sontroll
ing the evil. Prohibitory State Legislation hes
been thought BY many sincere and good msa
to be the best remedy but il hes been tried
gain and again in New Bns land aad elsewhere.
without hs,,ng produced The beneficial Effects
expected from il aad At last Massachusetts,, 90
long tbs ,tronghold Of prohibition, has rspud-
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 as once
lessea their consumption and increase the sum
total Of the Nstionsl revenue. but it sppsars "a
have signally failed in both these objects. There
is no perceptibls decrease il the manufacture oil
consumption OF do nestle spirits. and no pro-
portionase augmentation in the receipts Of thu
Government from that source. Laws Of this No
ture are always extensively svadsd, and result
in large amount Of Official eorsup.ios and pub
lie donor alizstion, without accomplishing the
primary objects which their (originators had il
view.
| Experience seems to teach NJ that moral in
fusnces are more potsAt than penal statutes il
restraining this species Of excess. Father Nat
hew's moral sad religious crusade against In
sbriety probably did more good thas all .thep.o
hibitory laws that have ever been snactsd.
The extreme prohibitiOnists insist that alec
hol has no uses as medicine that it il. wheu
taken into the stomach. necessarily poison Gus
But here the Faculty that has Aads dissass and
the remedies for disease It's study for 90 man
ages. Increasing its knowledge and psrfectinl
its system Of treatment with every passin,
year, meets tie allegation with . point blsnl
denial. Who are best competent to decide th
question, in which the health and lives of mil
lions Of human beings are involved-the pro-
fessors ofths art Of healing or individuals who
confessedly, are incompetent to prescribe fol
their own ailments. and who, when PROSTATE,
BY illness, place their chief reliance upon th
A.
next TO God. they put their trust In sicknssa
know better than they do whsthsr alcoholic ton
les are are not necessary in certain phases o
ative. Physicians tell US that alcoholic medi
zines among the most valuable remedn
agents in the Matsria Medica-spsciics whic
saunot be dispensed with without sacrificing tn
health and lives OF multitudes Of their patients
II VIC put trust In them and that We put trus
in them 10 evident, or We should not call them il
to minister TO us when indian gsr-ws are boun
to subscribe TO their dictum.
So far, then, ~ medication is concerned, th
object Of the philan thropists who advocate tenn
perance should be to aid the profs in il
praiseworthy efforts to sesure spure ,unadulerat
ed alcoholic stimulant for curative and prevent
i've purposes. If any Law could be devised 70
keeping the unwholesome aud impure liquors o
| commerce out OF the sick room, il would be q
insppreciable blessing; and lii. on t:he oths
hand, . Law guaranteeing pure stimulant to d
who are professionally declared to need it coul
be practically enforced, that. TOO. would be 0
infinite benefit TO mankind. But no such spes
isl Legislation could b rendered effective.
would be vaded, and rendered null and void b
the interests in conflict with it, just - tn
liquor laws are now nulli6ed BY similar causes
But when-as in the case, for example. q
| Hoststter's Stomach Bitters-a medicinal slim
ulant has been proved, beyond all cavil, TO b
absolutely free from adulteration. and . CON
plste specific for large class Of diseases, n
benevolent and enlightened friend Of Temper
ance can consistently lift up his voice gainst il
On the contrary. every proper effort should b
made to procare the substitution Of such toni
for the acrid fiery, and poisonous fluids too fire.
quently administered to inv Aids
1t should be powerful argument in favor Q
preparation ike this. that 1t has been dspriv
ed BY rectincasOn and By the medicinal vegets
BILE ingredients Of which il partly consists. OF a
the dsletesious properties present in ordinar
alcoholic stiu ulants, and which beget an unnst
ural cra,ing for strong drink. thereby leadin
directly to insemperancs. This, w say, shouI
b strong Argument in lie favor with I'll RI
ticnsl temperance men for since stimulant
ere medicines that cannot be dispensed, with,
is mauifestly all important to administer til
best.