The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-04-17
HosTETTER's BITTERs.
EVILS OF EXCESS.
PRoR1nzToRY xAws...ranDrCHNAx.
STIMULI

Tntemperanco has no avowed advocates Even
It's slaves the vlro TO which they YIELD or
grOt, with maudiin tears, their inability 10 resist
the false appetite for stimulants which long con.
tinued excess has engendored. or all the millions
whom II degradss, brutass and ruins. there IL not
one who, In his sober moments, stands forth its
champion. Temperance, on the other hand. has
host Of active and energetic friends. Society,
as body, breaches H. although so many members
Of society fail to practice 1t. 1t Is advocated in
every pulpit It's prohibition Is the object Of largo
and respectable social organizations Il b made
side issue, and sometimes the main issue at
the polls. aud stringent laws arc enacted TO enforce
| IL.
In short, all parties, Ali ersedS, all interests
unite In dspreoating drunkennssst and the only
question connected with II upon which they do
not agree, ls ~ to the wisest method Of
the evil. PrOhibitOry State legislation has been
thought By many sincere and good men to bS the
best remedy but It has been tried again and
again In New England and elsewhere without
having produced the beneficial effects expected
from II and at last Massachusetts. so long the
stronghold of prohibition, has rspudlatsd that
policy by lmmsnso majority. Tie Federal
Government, partly In the interest Of temperance,
aud partly for revenue purposes. has imposed .
tai upon domestic liquors which, n the laws were
TiEidly executed, would at once lesson their con-
sumption, and inerease the sum total Of the ma
si0nai revenue. bat It appears to have signally
r. II II A.aE A. 4.
ibls decrease in the manufaetuEs or eensumpion
Of domestic spirits. and me propor.iOnA.o aug
msntatiou In the receipts Of the Government from
that source. Laws Of this nature are always sx-
tsnSivsly svsdsd, and result In large amount Of
OaieiAl corruption and public Generalization,
without accomplishing the prinary objects which
their orginaasrs had In view.
Rxpsrisnss seems 10 teach us that moral innu-
sness are more potent than pssal statutes in
FsstTalning this species Of excess. Father
Mathew moral aud religious crusade against
iSsbristy probably did more good than ell
the prshiLitory laws that have sTsr besn an
acted.
The extreme PrShihiiisnlsss iasisl that alcohol
aas ne as . msdieins that it ls. when tAksa
intO the stomach, necessarily poisonous. Bat
hsrs ths faeaity that las taAds disease and the
Esasdiss fOr disease lie stsdy for 50 many ages,
iHeesasisE its knowlsdzs and PsrfsstinE lis system
a. treatment with every passing year. meets tie
aIlsgstioa With point kiank denial. Who are
beat competent to decide this question. In which
the health aHd lives sf HIiliens Of human beings
are Involved? tss professors Of the art Of healing
f-.fT L. it, asHi
to prescribe for their own aiI,nsnts and who. when
Prcs.EAssI By nsss. piaee thsir ehisf reliance on
the dOetOEf Does nSt shs PrOfssSiOn In Ehes, mex
to Gsd. they put their truss ia Sickness, kaow
better than they do whsthsr alcoholic tsaies are
OF are necessary in certain phases Of disssss
cennsn sense answers In the Affirmative. Physl.
sians ssli us that alcoholic medicines are among
tie most valuable remedial Agents In AAisriA
Asdisa-spssisss which easnot be dispensed with
without sacrificing the health and lives Of multi
sudes Of their patients. five put trust In them
and that We pul trust in theu is evident, or ws
should not call them in % ministsr to us whsa
in dangsr-ws are bound 10 subscribe 10 their die.
tuaa.
So fer, thsn. ss medication Il eonssrnsd, the
object Of the philanthEoplsts Who adVoeass tenn
psrAnes should be to aid the profession 10 its
prais,wsrthy efforts TO secure pure, unadaltsra-
ted alcoholic siimulant for curative and prevent
I've purpoAes. II any Law could bo devised for
keeping the unwhelssoms and impure liquors
Of commerce out of the sick room. Il would be
"a inapprseisble blessing. and II. on the other
band, . Law guaranteeing = pure S.imulant to
all who are pTofessionalIy dseiAred to need II
could be practically enforced. that. too. would
be Of infinite benefit 70 mankind. But no sHsh
special legislation could be rendered Elective
II would be svadod, aud rendered null and
void by the interests In conflict with It, just
As the iiquOrsIars are now nulihed by similar
causes.
Bet when-as in the ease, for example, Of Hos.
letters Stomach Bittsrs--a medicinal Stimulant
has been ptsvOd. beyond ell eavil. 70 be absolute
iy free from AdaiteFation, and eOmplsse specific
for large class Of diseases. no benevolent aud
snlightsnsd friend Of temperance can eonsistsntly
lift up bis VOiee agaiAst Il. On the contrary,
cry proper effort should be made to procure the
substitution Of such tonic for the serd, Gerry and
poisonous fluids too frequently adniaistersd to
inValids.
It should be 3 powerful argument in favor Of
preparation like this that It has been deprived By
reeti6eation and BY the medicinal vegetable ingrc-
dionts Of which It partly consists, Of all the deo-
tsFiOus properties present in ordinary slcoholic
stimulants, and which begct an unnatural craving
for strong drink, thereby leading directly to in
temperance. This, We say, should be strong ar
1uues,t In its favor With all rational tam peranee
men, for since stimulants are medicines that can
not bo dispensed with, 1t is manifssty all impor-
tsnt 70 administer the best.
As 9 recognized and standard tonic Of undispu-
ted purity, HOStettsr's Bttsrs may be citOd as an
apt illustration Of the use Of stimulants as con-
trastsd with their abuse. It is not intended as
beverages indeed, there are many varieties Of un-
medieated alcohol which the man who loves strong
drink for itself would prefer to the Bitters. No
topper Is partialto the article, for its effect whom
taken in excess, is that Of an smetic. 1t is 70.
gardsd as medicine only, and is prescribed for
the prevention and cure Of sicknoss and for moth
ing olss.
foregoing remarks in candid and impartial spir-
1t, will see. we think, that the cause hO has ut
heart, and which unfortunately has keen greatly |
in its progress by Intolerance and mis-
Is likely to bc benefited rather than
retarded by the employment In medical practice
Of wholesome pharmaceutical preparation, with |
: ppre stmulativs basis. instead Of tho Ahomina-
was befors) sold by liquor dealers and at tavern
bars.
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