Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-02-25

Temperance and party for revenue purposes
hes imposed tax spoa domestic liquors which
IL the Law were rightly sxssstsd, would u once
lsssss their eensunptisn ana inssssss the sum
total Of the Nsaieasl revenue. bat IL appears 70
have signally failed in both these objects. There
is NO psrcsptibls decrease in the nanufaessrs o.
ssssss psios Of deesstie spiriss. end 10 pre-.
portionate representation in the receipts Of the
0,vsrnnsst nom that source. Laws ofthis ma
ture are always extensively svadsd. and result
in large amount u Official sorssptiss AID psb-
lie dcaoralisstios, without asesmplisAisg the
primary objects which their lssiginssors had in
view.
Experience seems TO tsash 10 that moral in
ausnees are more rotsst than psaal statutes in
restraining this species Of excess. Father Nat
hsw's moral sad religious crusade against Ia
sbriety probably did more good thaa all.thspss.
hibitory laws that have ever been snactsd.
The extreme prohibitisnists insist thss alec
hol hes no uses ~ . medicine that II is. whom
tsken into the atomaeh. necessarily poison ous.
But here the Fssulty thst hes ns1s disease and
| the remedies for disease ito study for % many
ages, Increasing its knowledge and psrfscting
its systen of treatment with every passing
year, meets tie allegation with . point blsnk
denial. Who ere best competent to decide this
question, in which the health and lives Of mil.
lionsof human beings are ,uvoived-ths pro-
fessors ofths art Of hesling or individuals who,
eonfessedly, are incompetent to prescribe for
their own ailments. and who, when Frustrated
BY illness, place their chief reliance upon this
doctors! Does mot the profession in whom.
next to God. they pat their trust 10 sickness,
know better than they DO whether alcoholic ton
ics are or ere not necessary in certain phases Of
| discassi Common sense answers in the affirm
alive. Physicians tell a. that alcoholic medi
eiues are among She most valuable remedial
agents in che Massria Med,ca-specidcs which
esunot BE- dispensed with without sacrificing thu
health and lives OF multitudes oftheir patients
II We put trust IN them and that w put trus,
in them 10 svident, or W should not call them il
to minister 70 us when injdangsr-ws are bound
to subscribe to their tictum.
So far, then, - medication 10 concerned, the
object Of the philanthropists who advocate tenn
perance should be 10 did The profession in III
prsiseworthy efforts 20 secure pure, unadulerat
ed alcoholic stimulant for curative and prevent
i've purposes. II any law could be devised fol
keeping the unwholesomc and impure liquors o
commerce out OF the sick room. II would be q
inapprsciabls blessing and iii, on 1.-THE othsl
hand, . Law guaranteeing . pure stimulant to al
who are professionally declared to need it coult
be practically enforced, thss. too. would be o
infinite benefit 20 mankind. But Eo such spec
ial legislation could BE- rendered elective. 1
would be evadsd, aud rcsdered null and void b.
the Interests in conflict with it. just ~ tn,
liquor laws are now nulined BY eimilsr causes
But when-as in the case, for example. .
Hcststter's Stomach Bittsrs-a medicinal slim
ulant has been proved, beyond all csvil, 10 b
absolutely free from adulteration. and . com
plsts specific for . large class OF diseases. nj
benevolent aad enlightened friend Of Temper
sncs can consistently lin mp his voice aganst it
On the contrary, every proper Ebert should b.
made TO procare the substitution Of such . toni
for the ssris, aery. aud poisonous fluids too fire.
quentiy administered to invalids
II should be . powerful argument in favor o
preparation ike this. that 1t has been dspriv
ed BY rectincation and ~ the medisinal vegeta
BILE ingredients Of which IL psrsly consists. OF al
the dslstsrieus properties present in erdinar,
alcoholic stimulants, and which beget an unnat
ural GRAZING for ssro.s drink. thereby lssdini
directly to intempsrAncs. This. We cay. sAoul,
b strong argument in its favor with Ill 70
tional Temperance men for since stiinulant
ere medicines that cannot BE- dispensed, with, i
is maaifsstiy al important to administer TIL
best. @M 8Ft6
A recognized and standard tonic Of undis
putsd purity. Restssser's Bistsrs may be eitet
- IN apt illsstrssisn Of the uss of stin1lanss q
eontrasted with their abuse. II is mot intende,
- beverage indeed. there are many varieties
Of unmedicased alcohol which the man wh,
loves strong drink for itself would prefer to III,
Bitssrs. No topper 10 partial to the article, fo
it, effect, when taken into excess, 10 that Of u
smetie. 1t is regarded - . medicine only, an.
is prescribed for the prsvestios sal cure o
sickness, and for nothing else.
The temperance rssdsr whs bss psrussd N,
foregoing rsmsrks in . candid ana inpartia
spirit viii go, We think. that The casss ~ hes q
heart, and which unfortunately hes bees greatly
rstsrtsA il its progress By intslsssncs end ME
senesptisn, i likely to h. benefited rathss shss
retarded By the smploynent 10 medical prsctic,
Of Wholesome Pharmaceutical Prsparstion
with pure stimulssivs basis, instead Of Ii,
abenisable ArswsAse (nsv nsss abeuinabl,
sasa itsvss y. bsssss, ~ y lissss lsalsr'
end q tassFa-bssa 4es
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HOstBtter ( Smith
FITTsBURG, PENN.
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