The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1873-03-20

AlfsaAy ~ Sstail sale In this cosn.
try Il over 500. .ooo. 900. and according
to the best authority. It burdens the
republic With 800, QUO paupsss, at an an
nual eost Of $l0O, ,OoO. 600. The waste Of
graia. fruit, etc., 10 $50. .0oO. .00o. The
loss u productive industry to the coan-
try by drunkards and tipplers Is $226,-
OO0eeo. The sest Of crime y $50 O,Ooo,-
600. The support Of Insane and dis
ablsd II el0o, ,0OO. 900, wasting our coun-
tryS resources, over twelve hundred
million dollars yearly, and sdding to
the governosnt revenue only CSC, ,OoO.-
600. But Whist % that waste, to com.
pare with the blighted hopes sud suf-
ferings Of the broken. hearted. and the
oft neglected asd pitifsl condition Of
the drunkard's children, whose desti-
tuition should awaken our tenderest
sympathias. and prompt us to rush to
thsir rsscue. There 10 no higher prln-
oip's Of philanthropy than to rsmovs
out Of the way Of the tempted and
the weak, agencies Of vice that lssd to
their downfall.
five would stop the effect, ~ must
remove the cause. Save the youth
and We will soon save the nation. De-
stroy all intoxicating beverages. aud
Thousands will come to the Cesss, aud
honor our Savior, who otherwise will
DO lost to our country, to virtue aud to
heaven. Nov II must b apparent to
ell that the educational, moral aud
Christian devsloposnt Of the people
are essential TO free government. all Of
which are retarded by the traflic In
stro1g drink. And moral means are
rendered comparatively poweslsIs,
when not sustained by correct legisla.
tion.
II 10 . universally acknowledged
maxim Of law, that mo man has .
right 70 uss his own to the Injury Of
bic neighbor." hut the license and
local option laws Of different States
leave It to the voice OF the people, by
yoks or poeitiop. 10 ltoeoss the dram
shops and regulate the sale Of intoxi-
eating drinks, BY majority Of legal
votes, In each town, district or ward.
BY which this 10 famous business, with
Oh Its demoralizing effects, may be
imposed upon the minority Of voters
and upon oil the women and children
by tho drinking class Of com nuuitv.
When the object Of our govern ment
according to the founders. 10 for the
protection Of its citizens. to establish
justice, and for the preservation sad
improvement Of their morals, that In
cludss both ssxcs, aud oil ages, aud
not simply voters. For women and
children are amsusbls TO law, aud
therefore they have the right to the
profession OF the law against the fear
ful evils Of intsinperAncs. And II the
States have the right to license, regu-
late, or restrain the sale on certain
days and occasions, which they now
do, they have the same right and pow
o. to prohibit entirely. Then the
dram shop would witness against 1t.
self - an unlawful business. - much
= counterfeit printing establishment
Of government money, aud would b
much easier enforced than any system
Of license. local option or irreguiation.
Many consider that impolitic. but ear
~ rsformers did not vet ou the princi-
pie Of sxpsdiency, or inquire whether
their poaitisn was politiss but whsslssr |
u W. right, sndon thas psissipls thsy
stood with God through suffering and |
In death, and parchsssd for 10 our civ
Il and religious principles, and We hon
o their msmosy.
The Asst NV enacted TO regulate tile
sale Of strong drink wss by the Phi.
gain Fathess, In 1888. Now 2aO ysan |
ef ussucccsssol effort BY our legisla- |
tures to regulate the traffic, should |
convinss the American people that 1t
cannot b done, to satisfy the princi-
plss Of Justice in civil or religious gov
ernmsnt, any more than we can
regulate other crime.
And though the laws Of many states
provide against the sals of strong
drink 70 minoss and drunkards. they
lsave oil other clsssss exposed TO the
baneful effects Of their licensed dram
nhns~a h~ v,e,e~k chs ataA>. ho~o.~
partuefs In tho crime Of constantly
adding new recruits to the ranks Of
- it, natural conss-
quencs, and then punish the victim
By hns OF i0prisoumsut. ~ stt&
Now, II liquor muss be sold. sell Il
to the drunken and fallen, those a.
ready ruined, and protect and save the
virtuoss and sober OF our states, the
h0pe Of the nation and Of future Gen.
erstions. to whom We must look for
NE Development Of tho coentsy, ID all
its highest interests. uaorri, rsligious,
political and commercial. |
II Christian people cast thsir inAusncs
for any form Of license to the business,
ws cannot ehjset 70 rsosivins the rum
Keller into church fellowship. - be
only sells Whist we license to be sold.
II We would labos ts rolOrD the is,e.
hriate whose soul 10 In peril, he may
extend to ~ the word Of
reproof, that he only drinks vhst ~
licencsd should Be sold 70 drink.
Nov, = regards civil da,uage act,
however good In its intent, Il 10 well
70 remember that II h not law OF pre-
vsnttoo whereby sdsan-shop may b
closed and its evil effects averted by
viSs - sDsther Who ssss IL iusidioas
work daily end paihfaliy anticipates
the end, but wheu Injury can be made
some NANCY conslS1sation
may Be had BY law; yet that does nos
restore the virtue of the ruined, q ~.
lisvs the anguish o. the brok ken heart
ID, or bring to life the dead.
And sftss years of labor ID the cause
Of tsmpssancs ond mission work, I am
fully convinced thst nothing will re-
lisve us from the fearful evils Of in