Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-03-05
,o,x. CITY LETTER.
Correspondents q Vie DrsoeaAr. !
lava CRY. March 81. 1863


Iowa CiTY, March 81. 1868.
,, INV last intended to have given yen
he balance ef my conversation with the
msu who came with the pei ion On the
iignor question. After my bringing 70 h's
ngsce, tha absuFdiiy or asking fof isw
more absurd than The 'oae they we're no"
unable TO enforce. be met me w'sa lAe 10,
loving stanrer "Why, you wouid ho'
be il favor Of ticensiag az ett would you
Not atsil.sir, saii /. BIZ II you thiok your
question confirms any force, or the least
nartiele O argument in il, you only chow
how li,tle logic there is ia your compost
ton. No. you say ''intemperaDce is an
evil !" Yes You say that i. does exist
Yes" You have had = prohibi,ory law
for somc years, and you have not mater
tally checked the use of intoxicating drinks.
The only difference can see IS, that ths
traffic is in worse hands, and much more
dehterious article 10 sold, and consequent
ly the affects are worse than formerly.
Now in license law you do not intro
ducc, bring about or create an cell, for by
your own admission 1t already exists. But
you take hold Of an evil that already exists
and by law you place it in the best hands
YOU can, and tic the mans hands down and
coniine it to the narrowest limits on can,
and then you have done all you can, with
al evil that you admit exists, and that you
can't control in any other way. yes, but
supposcw We had State constsbnlary to en-
force the Main Liquor Law, what then p
Why, simply the same results would fol-
low as in Massachusetts, the next year the
people would cleo. a legislation to suit
themselves, and you and your law would &c
to the dogs, and then where are you For
tho last three -fourths Of o century have beer
standing on the shores Of America, and cx
tending our hands 70 the nations Of Europe
| aud saying TO them 'seoms orer"-"here i:
the land OF the free and the home Of IL,
brave" They have come aud are still com
ing. They have their notions abou
wine and beer. They have no
tho same taste fer tea tina
you have ard while you may drink you
cat nip or any other tea you like, they wan
to drink their good healthy beer, eat DO
logney, or lver.worst or blood pudding, o
what they like-oS even II they want to en-
raw ham, and take "trichina," that is thei
business aud not yours This is the va
they think and feel, and you might just n
well undertake TO dictate to them what the
shall eat as what they shall drink. 81
friend, this 10 sound sense, and you had be-
ter act upon it-you are only wasting you
time in getting the women and children VIII
have signed your petition to Insmoriall7
the Legislature.
II YOU think it an evil to drink wine
beer, or brandy, your way is to conrince q
rest Of mankind Of it and they will adoI
your idea without = restriction. Takin
! for granted that was : hardened slime
my friend left me without many Of Il
forms OF ci,ili,y, perhaps TO get mo,
names Of women and school children to b
! memorial.
( lam within the sound Of the voice
4 John Il Cough, who l. speaking on tn
subject to night, for tho benefit, or und
the auspices Of the Young Mems Christi,
u Associa ion. He takes the ground that i
Y temperance IS IN evil and sticks to II iii
RI n tie man. and tries to convince 9th
people of this same self evident propo,
: ion aud suppose ID is the on
man in town" who can draw house fu
> and Keep them there TO bc convinced
c wha, every body ADMITS lie never "a,
, "Maine Liquor Law once-he has too mu
II oil sense for that. doubt whether
nas any confidence IN or much respect T
tbs temperance organizations of the pr,
ent das for the reason that lie can't he
seeing that they nrs generally headed
y iniIels, who deny practically, If H., Wit
\ a'Iy the power of Christianity to work /
fe;5 .mntion Of the world. For my par
aever knew a permanent reformation Of
j. drunkard, or any one else, that was not
' complished ia the way pointed out by Chs
+ 10 NIcodcmus, viz: Thou shalt be DO
e again ". T..