Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-02-06
vv,HE EVILS or ExuEss-pRoaIRlroRv

vUyHE EVILS OF EXCESS -pRoHIRlTORv
LAwS-MEDICISAL STlMuLl.-Intcmper
auce has no avowed advocates Even it's slaves
curse ,ie vice to which they yield, or regret
with maudlin tears. their inability to resist the
false appetite for stimulanss which long consin-
ued excess has ensendered. or ell the millions
whom IL degrsdes, brutides, and ruins. there is
not one Who in his sober moments stands forth
its champion. Temperance, on the other hand,
has host OF active and energetic friends. So.
cieiy, as body, preaches il, although 30 many
members Of society fail to practice H. II is Cd
vocsssd in every palpit, ITS prohibtion 10 the OBJ
lscs Of large and respectable social orssnifs-
tions. tits m,ds q side issue end sometimes
the naia issue q the polls. cad stslsgsnt law
are enacted 10 enforce Il.
In short, ell parties. al ereeds. all interests
ssite in dsprsessisg deuskesnsss. end the only
question connected With II spos which they d.
not agree, Il - to the wissst method Of . ontrol
ing the evil Prohibitory State Legislation ha,
been thought BY many sincere and good mes
10 be the best remedy but il Aas been tried
again and again in New Esslssd and elsewhere
without having produced the beneficial eGscti
expected from II and ct last Massachusetts,, q
long tbs stronghold of prohibition. has repud
lated the policy BY an immense majority. Thu
Federal Government. party In the Interest o
Temperance. and party for revenue purposes
hes imposed . ssx upon domestic liquors which
il the law we're rightly executed, would as one'
lessen their consumption and increase the sun
total Of the NaAionsl rev snue. but Il appears y
have signally failed in both these objects. Their
is no psrceptibe decrease in the manufacture o
consumption Of domestic spirits, and no pro
portionate augmentation In the receipts Of III
Govefnmsnt from that source. Laws Of this 10
ture are always excessively svsded. and resul
in . large amount Of Official cOrsup.ioa and pub
lie demoralisaties, without accomplishing tn,
primary objects which their ,originators had il
view.
Experience seems to tessh US that moral ia
aussees ere moro potent than pssal statutes i
restraining this speciss Of excess. Father MAJ
hsw's moral end religious crusade against in
ebriety probably did more good than al. thep pre-
hibitory laws that have ever been enaetsd.
The sxtssme prohibitiosists insist thas alec
hol hes no uses - medicine that IL il, whe
taken into the stomach. necessarily poisonoui
Bat here the Faculty that has naAs disease an,
the remedies for disease ito study for 90 man
ages. dnersasing it, knowledge s.A psrfsctin
its System Of treatment with every lpassin
year, meets the allegation with . point blsn
denial Who ere best competent to decide III
question, in which the health and lives Of mi
lions Of human beings are lnyolved-the pro
fessors ofthe art OF healing or individ uals VIII,
eonfessedly, are incompetent to prescribe 70
their own ailments. and who, when prostrate
by illness, place their chief reliance upon q
doc:ors9 Does not the profession in whom
next to God. they put their trust 10 sickness
know better than they do whether alcoholic to-
ics are or aee not necessary in certain phases
disease, Common sense answers in the ailirr
alive. Physicians tell W that alcoholic med
cines are among the most valuable remedi
agents in the Matsris Med,ca-speciacs Viii,
csunot be dispensed with without sacrificing Il
health and lives OF multitudes oftheir patient
live put trust in them-and that We put tru
in.them 10 evident. or W should not call them
to minister 90 US when in)dssgsr-ws are boul
to subscribe 70 their dietum.
So far, then, - medication il conc erned, Il
object Of the philsnthropists who sdvoesae Ter
perance should be TO cid the profs ssion in i
praiseworthy efforts TO secure . pure, unadulers
ed alcoholic stimulant for curative aud proven
i've purposes If any law could be devi sed +
keeping the unwholesome and impure liquors
commerce out Of the sick -room, is would be
insppreciable blessing and il, on the 9th
hand, . law guaranteeing pure stimulant to
who are professionally declared 20 need il cou
be practically enforced, that. too. would be
Infinite benefit 70 mankind. But - such sps
ial legislation could b rendered Elective.
would Be evaded, ssd rendered null - void
the interests in conflict with it, jvst a. d
liquor laws are now nullifed BY similar cause
But when-as in the case. for example,
Hoststter's Stomach Bittsrs-a medicinal stir
ulsnt has been proved, beyond oil eavil, TO
absolutely free from adultsration, lead . COT
plsts specific for large class Of diseases, 4
benevolent and enlightened friend Of Tempe
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