The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1869-09-23
THE PROHIBITION MOVEMENT.


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~. Adytev ia NE haransus delivered
Lest night BY the representative Of Ne
"Anti.Dran Shop Party" 1t the corner
ofEighth street. and Commercial avenue,
TIE speaker never touched what seemed.
70 me 10 b the very gist Of his suh)eet.
He poetraysA Ne haoknsysd drunk
ard; the fearful mother; the sorrowing
wife; the hungsring, rag-clad children,
snd the general misery which, more oe
les, enveloped all, through the baneful
effects Of liquor; In short repeated many
Of the same eloquent nothings and
''giittsring gsneralities'' that have been
go - much better and 20 often before.
Upon the "rum-sellers" and those who
are p0vticeps crininis, - he said, by
giving them authority for carrying on
their calling, he severely animadvsrtsd.
He announced HE purpose TO speak
again tonight, 1t the same place, taking
for his text that fruitful theme, 1.-THE ex.
ample" often and brilliantly and slo-
quently delineated by the Parkers, the
Coughs, the Gerritt Smiths, and other
bright particular stats Of the prohibition
armament. Il IL, ut any rate, no virgin
neld, but, perhaps he might add some.
thing t. his iaureis by entering II. II,
he could b. persuaded, however, to post.
pone his address on that especial point,
and answer some questions touching the
issues which the "Auti.Dram Shop
Partyn have raised, 1t would be more to
the matter In hand, and,I modestly
suggest, more effective for the welfare
OF his party, th an the word.paintIng OF
any threadbsre subject, however thrill.
ling and eloquent. 7ls
Now, SIR, no sane man win deny the
evil-the awfully- evil--results Of exces-
sive indulgence in stlmulants and mar.
cotics, whether In the form OF whisky,
rum, brandy, beer, ale, wines, hasheesh,
rice water, opium, morphine, or other
kindred articles; and no one having hon.
estly at heart the well being Of humani-
ty will refuse TO lend their best efforts In
the work Of expurgating, or, at least.
mitigating, this curse OF man. All, let
US take II, agree that excessive drinking
bad; but In the mode of remedying II
The point OF Disagreement arises. And
that induces me TO ask an answer TO the
following questions: .......,
/. Is 1t the province OF government to
interfere, or 10 regulate, or 10 attempt TO
regulate, appetites natural or acquired,
which are as various as the constitution.
al notifications OF man; invading there.
by his most positive and sacred, because
most natural, rights? ,..-
2. Does history record a single instance
where enactments abridging such rights
and suppressing, regulating or attempt
Ing to regulate the appetite Of mar, were
ever successful?
3. Would the principle OF prohibition,
IL successfully applied TO stimulants and
narcotics, destroy the appetite in man
for stimulant or narcotic; or, rather, is
II n physiological fact, that the American
man In his degenerated physical condi-
ton, requires stimulant Of some kind?
4. Where prohibitory laws have been
fully and fairly tried, has that measure
ofsuccess been obtained which was pre-
dicted would result from their enforce
ment; and did such laws while prohibit
ing the sale Of liquors malt and spiritu.
ous) In small quantities, diminish drunk
enness; and was not that evil worse, II
possible, than neutrality-suspicious.
indulgence In narcotics, increased by the
passage and enforcement OF such laws?
5. How do the prohibitionists reconcile
with their theory the fact that the dwell
lers Of the richest and most productive
vinelands In the world, are, In the strict
meaning Of the word, accounted as
amongst the most temperate ofpeoples?
This, too, In the face OF the fact that they
are surrounded by wines and liquors In
superabundance, and at . cost easily
within the reach Of the poorest.
6 Is II the theory Of the new party thata
suppression OF the dramshops will arrest
the evils Of intemperance? Asthe exist.
ence Of dramshops Is chargeable to the
manufacture Of Intoxicating liquors, why
ignore the very foundation Of the evil
1.-THE manufacture Of liquor and assail
what Is merely one Its results?
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