Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-10-24
written for the Register, Sept, 2ith, ls72.]
Ehe Prohibition ESckef.

be unable 20 comprehend WhF
the advocates or legal prohibit
ton should nominate a county
ticket, when the nominations nt
the parties were all, or nearly all,
stnunch temperance men, and
intinates that there is 'some-
ting wrong somewhere" The
truth ia, there is something wrong
somewhere. w do not object
to the men, but to the partjes.-
We are working for the total ov-
erthrow Of the liquor traffic by
State and national prohibition.
How shall we getit? Not through
The Democratic party, for it has
never protested to he a temper
ance party, nor yet through the
Republican party for notwith-
standing its former claims to be-
ing a temperance party, it has
openly repudiated The temper
ance cause by embodying in its
platform n resolution 9TH 16th)
which is directly opposed to the
restriction of the liquor traffic
by law. You may say the liquor
traffic ia not mentioned in the
resolution. That is true, but ask
yourself what rights are spoken
of, which result in ell, which it
would be unconstitutional to in
ter}ere with by legal enactments.
Ii it does not refer to the li9uor
traffic, to what does it refer? l.
there any other right which is
likely to be interfered with but
the right to sell and drink whf-
ky seven days on. of a week?-
Are there any other evils than
those arising from the liquor
Ira ffic, which it would be sun
constitntional' for our Legislators
to interfere with? We cannot
see why it should be unconstitn-
tional to make laws to mitigate
any evil. Or what possible
rights men can have that result
in evil. Can anything be right
which is evil in its tendencles?-
Passing from the absurdity of
the thing, we will look further
for it's meaning. Herman Raster
who is acknowledged to be the
author of the 10th Resolution of
the Ehilndeldhia Platform, i'll re
ply to Mr.. Miller. says: Dear
Sir. In reply to yours of July
9Th, l have to say that [ have
written the 10th resolution of the
Philadelphia Platform, and that
it was adopted by the platform
Committee, nth the full and er-
understanding that its pur
poe was to discountenance al!
so-calIed temperance Prohiba-
tory and Sunday laws"
These ire some of our reasons
for not voting with either of the
parties. Because in so doing,we
wonld be upholding the very
thing we are working to de-
stroy, aud the only alternative
left us was 10 nominate a ticket
of our own or NOT vote at all. 1t
is trne as your correspondent
it requires ':pluck" to advo-
cate the cause oil 'sprnhibitiDn,"
and l would TO God that more ot
the protested friends of temper
ance had the pluck to stand mp
for pr nciple and not be carried
away by every Luf of wind tat
sweeps down the political sky
l fear your correspondents tenn
perance principles are only skin
deep if he can stand on the Re
ublican pla form. What avails
it if we talk ourselves hoarse and
rend the worry air with our denun-
Citations OF tie liquor traffic, if
s our most powerful weapon
the ballot, in favor of it, by vot-
to keep "a party in power
which has openly declared itself
: ainst I'll temperance Law s aud
all restrictions Of that traaic?--
What avalls it to preach. pray
and talk temperance and the.i
: ote whisky? know there are
many prohibitionists in the old
parties, who fenring public opinion
Or desiring an Office, or some 9TH
er selfish motive will not cnme
out and vote prohibition. Such
weak minded temperance men
our sincerest pity. We on
~ hope they may stumble against
he rock of their CIV consciences
and turn before it is too late
| am creditably informed that l..
B Gnnckei, when here last, on
in1errogated in regard to
the 10th resolution. replied. that
1T was done to get votes" Yes
that is it; to get votes, whisky
And now we have the
sublime spectacle of two great
political parties down on their
Knees on opposite sides of tue
clawing like two infuriat-
ID Thomas cats, for the whisky
vote. This is no o%verdrawn pic
nre. 1t is ali actual fact, that
both parties depend for success
IN the whisky vote. 1t cannot
re denied that In that vote lies