The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-05-01
HosTETTER's BITTERs.
EVILS OF EXCESS.
PRoHHHrToRY LAws...MHDTcTNAE
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Intempcranee has no nvowod advocates. Even
lie slaves curse the vice to which they YIELD or re-
gret, with maudlin tears, their inability to resist
the ialsc appetite for stlmulants which long con-
tinued excesa has engcndered or Nil the millions
whom II dCgrades. bruthcs and ruins. there Is not
one who in his sober moments, stands forth is
champion. Temperance, on the other hand. has
n host Of active and energetic friends. Society,
rs body, breaches il, although so many members
of society fall to practice Il. It Is advocated n
every pulpit It's prohibition Is the object OF large
ard respectable social organizations; IL Is made a
side issue, and sometimes tho main issue at
the polls aud stringent laws arc enacted to enforce
lit.
In short, all parties, all crceds. all interests
unite In deprecsting drunkonnessj and tho only
question connected with 1t upon which they do
not agree Is as the wisest method Of controlling
the evil. Prohibitory State legislation has been
thought by many sincere and good men to DO the
best remedy but 1t has been tried again aud
again in New England and elsewhere without
having produced tho beneficial effects expected
from Il and at last Massachusetts,, 50 long tho
stronghold OF prohibition, has rcpadiated that
poliey by immense majority. The Federal
Government partly in tho interest of temperance,
aud partly for revenue purposes. has imposed a
tax upon domestic liquors which, II the laws were
lrigIdly executed, would at once lesson their con-
sumption, and increase the sum total Of the nH-
tional revenue, but II appears to have signnlly
failed in both these objects. There IL pereept-
ible decrease In the manufaeiurs or consumption
of domestic spirits. aud mo proporlonats aug.
nentation in the receipts of the Government from
that Laws Of this nature are always ex-
Itensively eyaded. and result 10 large amount oi
official corruption and public Generalization,
without accomplishing the rTigary objects which
their originators had in view.
Experience seems to teach US that moral infu.
enees are mora potent than penal statutes 10
restraining this species Of excess. Father
Mathews moral aud religious crusade against
Iinebriety probably did moro good than all
the prohbtory laws that have ever been eE-
acted.
The extreme prohibilionists insist that alcohol
has no uses as > medicine that Il Is, HbeE taken
into the stomach. necessarily poisonous. Bat
here the faculty that has made disease aud The
remedies for disease i.s study Tor 80 mauy ages,
increasing its knowledge aud pergsctns is system
Of treatment With sverJ passing year. mSsts tie
allegation with point blank denial. VITO aFs
best competent 10 decide this question. in which
the health aad lises Of millions Of human Lsing'
are involved the professors Of the art Of healing
or individuals who. eOnfessedly. arc incompetent
! 70 prescribe for their own ailments aud who, Hbsu
Frustrated By ilness, place their chief reliance
ihe doctor? Does not the profession 10 whom. 3
TO God. they put their trust ia sickness. know
better than they DO whether alcoholic tonies are
or aro not necessary in certain phases Of dIssaFe
Common sense answers Ia the Affirmative. Pbysi
eians tell u that alcoholic medicines are among
tbe most valuable remedial agents In Ma;eris
, Msdiea-speeiees which cannot be dispensed with
without sacrificing the health aud lives Of multi
tudes OF their patients. 1--WE put trust Ia them
and tha, We put trust 10 them Is evident, OF ",
should not call them in 10 minister 30 MS wher
in danscr-we arc bound 70 subscribe 70 their die
, tum.
So far, then, rs medication Is concerned, th,
object Of the phiIantsropis,s who advoes,s tea
peranes should bo 10 aid the profession 10 it
prais, worthy cGsrts 10 secure pure. unGdultcra
r ted alcoholic s,imulans for curative and prevent
i've Purpo4cs. II any law could be devised fo
keeping the unwholesomo and impure liqnor
OF commerce out Of the siek room, Il would b
an inappreeiabls blessing, and if. on the othc
hand. Law guaranteeing 3 pure s,imulsnt Il
, all who are professionally declared to need /
r could be practically enforced. that. too, woul,
, be Of infinite benefit TO mankind. Bot no suel
special legislation could be rendered Elective
It would be eyaded, and rendered null ans
: void by the interests in conflict with Il, jus
I as the liquor.laWs are now nulifed By simila
] causes
Bot when-as in the case, for example, Of II
: letters Stomach Bitters-a medicinal stimulan
has been proved. beyond all eavil. to be absolute
: ~ free from aduIteration, and complete speciG
c for large class Of diseases, no benevolent an,
enlightened friend Of temperance can consistent,
lift up his voice against Il. On the contrary, ev
cry proper effort should be made to procure th
substitution Of such tonic for the acrd fiery an,
{ poisonous fluids too frequently administered b
Z invalids.
It should be powerful argument in favor Of
preparation like this, that il has been deprived b.
rcctifcation and by the medicinal vegetable ingrc
dients Of which il partly consists, Of all tho dele
terious properties present in ordinary alcoholic
r stimulants, and which begct an unnatural craving
J. for strong drink. thereby leading directly to In
temperance. This, NC say, should be strong ar
Q gument in its favor with all rational Temperance
men, for since stimulants arc medicines that can
Q not be dispensed WITH IL Is manifestly oil inpor
o tant to administer tho hest.
y As recognized and standard tonic Of undispu
IS ted purity Hostetters Bittcrs may be cited as Al
d apt illustration of the use of stimulants rs con
IS trasted with their abuse. 1t Is not intended as
,f BEVERAGE indeed, there are many varieties of nm
medicated alcohol which the man who loves stron
drink for itself would prefer to the Bittcrs. N
e topper is partial to the article, for its effect whc
taken in excess, is that of an emetic. It is re
! garded medicine only, and is prescribed 70
:he prevention and cure Of sickness, and for moth
lug else.
The temperance reader who has pcruged tn
foregoing remarks in a candid and impartial spir
it, will see. we think, that tho cause be has n
heart, and which unfortunately has heen creatl
\ retarded in its progress by intolerance and mis-
conception, is likely TO be benefited rather thai
y retarded by the employment in medical practic
of wholesome pharmaceutical preparation wit
Il pure stimulative basis. instead of tho abominn
bic irewater, (now moro abominalle than It eve
was before) sold by liquor dealers and at tavcr
bars.
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