Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-12-01
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Stimulate. In spite Of the swfsl logic q e.
psrissss, and in defiance Of. preh,bitssy stat
utes, iniempsrsnes 10 more prevalent N shs
Unissd staass "a. day than il has ever been q |
any former period This il stshstical fact
which the we'll informed philanshroPiss can not |
dssy, however much be may regret Il. and IL
proves enc Of two things-eithsr that the vice
ia past remedy o. mitigation, or that the strin-
gent means adopted TO preventive sale and use
ofstimulsnts have been unwiss and irrational.
Hsman nature is not 20 hopelsssly vicious q TO
b. beyond the influence Of reason and psrsus-
sion However obsNaass Il nay BE IN its rssis-
taaes 70 arbitrary and iscossistsat laws; sad
the inference, therefore, il. that the extremists
Who have declared Incorporating war against
the use u liquor under any eireu nssanees have
nvershos The mark, and actually increased the
evil they intended 10 crush out. The United
States law authorizes the importation. manufac-
tsre and sale Of spirits, and the Government
derives large revenue fIon such importation
manufacture and sale, and while this 10 the case
no lacal law can ever prevent the uss Of the ar
| ticle. The statutes which impose taxes and du.
ties on liqusr. presuppess that il will Be used,
and recognize the wright Of the people to use il
That right 10 denied BY the prohibitionisis and
they make by laws 70 prevent the citizen fcom
sxsreising personal privilege guaranteed 70
him, By implication Il least, BY the law Of the
land.
This 10 the whole case 10 q nut she'll. ans Il 10
| for these reasons that the Maine Law. and
every other enactment Of it, Glass; he's provid.
/ ~ 0IU@oi I9ltuT0.
every good man adnits that into xiestie. IL =
terrible vies-the fruitful parent Of every sps.
sies Of crime. But Il dsss not therefor. fellsw
that alchohol::c stimulants should bs abolished.
Wipe them cut and what becomes Of one Of the
most important departments Of medical art
Osly ignorant fanatics, or nsa whose better
judgement 10 wrapdsd BY prajsdies, will at.
tempt to deny that lives are saved daily BY The
timEly administration Of spirituous stimulus q
arsaniuating and restorative agent. II 10 the
basis Of all the tincturss Of tho pharmacopaias
and II hes preserved the lives Of thousands on
the battle field, in the military and other hos
pitfalls. and in private practice. Without it.
medical sceucs would be like the play Of Ham,
let with the part Of the hero omitted. Nest es-
psciallo 10 this true Of pure medical: s.imulans
Unqsestionably the extremsste, of the Ne,
Dow stripe. would like to suppress all medical.
ed preparations containing alcohol. They
wsuld probably begin with Hosrsrrsa's Sson-
AcH Blrrsns, rsputed 10 be the most potent res.
tsrasivs and Alternative of the day. They would
deprive the sgue and fever districts OF the
South and West Of this powerful specific. They
would meet the trovslsr in the Valley of the
Mississippi, Or the miner in the placers and
canon Of Calnerris, or the voyager about 10
sail for the issalu brieus coast Of Mckee Or the
West Indies, and demond the surrender Of this
great antidots to malaria, and protective against
the elects Of unwholesoms water. II he hap
psnsd to be provided with il. Nay. they would
probably 60 further than that, and destroy the
great factory At Pittsburgh, where IL IL prepar-
Cd. and every bottle Of il upon which they could
lay their hands throughout the length and
efedtn OF the land. In vain would il be proved
to them that the article was m anul actured from
the purest OF ell known diausivs stimuli and the
most valuable CT medicinal herbs and roots.
Away with It away with it Y they would cry.
''it contains alcohol and therefore il must 30
de stroysd.'
But thiss the language of insane bigstry, En-.
lightsned Scisncs-sye, and enlightened RsliR-
ion and Morality, condemn il utterly
Bishop Eastburn, the Reverend DR.. Worcester.
and other rreat divinss, have recently given
their testimony against such Wholesale hsstili.y
to stimulants, and have dsclard that the vice Of
| drunkenness has been grsstly increased bv the
undiscriminating onslaught of the prehibtisn.
lists. The good Agassie, and such men a. Pro-
fessol Horsfo6p and Jsckson. together with Drs.
Bigelow, Clarke, Holmes, White and many 9th
er eminen, prao itioners, whose standing q
physlcans should secure respect for their opin-
ions on point like this, have stated that elco
holic preparations are absolutely essential to
toratives. They only insist that the preparatios
be pure. they are IN favsr Of strinesnt laws
against adulterssicn; their motto 10 ''rseulass
/ not destroy"
And this is the true policy, dictated alik. BY
What, on the other hand. 10 the tendency Of the
policy prohibitien IL dsss not prevent, il has
| never prevented, II never can prevent the of Al
coholic hsids, but u lsads - their deterioration
and thus increase thousand fold the evils that
il proposes 70 ansihilats, When liquor az
sold secretly, and q the risk Of personal liberty
Of course the dealers will seek 70 conpensate
themselves for the hazard they incur, by NOR.
dinats profits. and to obtain those prents they
will adulterass what they cell. II 10 notorious
that the liquor sold in States where prshibitory
laws exist. il for the most part poison. Il 10 .
safe for the ventorts give his customers Q nsry
| and destructive compound - good asticls-the
penalty being in eaeh cass the ssus. Strict ana
faithfully executed inspection laws would proven.
this horrible adultsration. Prehibitory lava
promote t.
II 10 we'll known that most Of the liooor r..
Gently forfeited in New York, Brooklvin and
elsewhere, for evasion Of the Government tar.
he's been q The vilest description. The msnu-
facturers. in view Of the possibility Of eei,u,.
have gotten ~ The coatsabasd article n shs
lsast psssible sxpssse, 10 order thst their loss.
in cese q discovery, might b cenparativsly
! SMELL. Ine safety Of the public oemsnda that
| auoh uorniQiouo stuff h desepov>A ~ ..as.