The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-07-18
snnpiuary laws.

"Bc We not Judged ia Mh"t you shall
eat aud in what you shall drink. 1T
Paul
what a grand old pro-liquor democrat
II Paul would have been ii he had lived
in our day; for he wrote to Timothy Ito
take a Iittle for his stomach sake, and
the above text shows that Timothy was TO
be The Judge of his Dawn stomach.
plntarch was happy in his comparisons.
We ,voull like for some Plutarch to COM
mare Paul and jefferson. Paul was the
anos,le of "A religion that gave the largest
l,bcrtv and the least restraint. Jefferson
was the great apostle OF political liberty.
When we see Il christian republic, We see
the principles of Paul and Jefferson going
s,and in hand. \ community protected
and the individual punished. These
sumpiuary laws deprive whole com
munity of a privilege or private right
beo,use some one abuses it to his 0ca iu-
iurv. Furnishing twenty innocent men
on account of one guilty person, which
"Investigator" says IS al right. 1t may
be so in Russia, but not Ia a tree republic.
Iuycstirator asks ''isit right 10 retail
Iiouor ~ As he is wiring in favor OF
this ..barreI law, we ask him Is 1t right
10 ,rh3iegale itY This laT is the best il-
Iust,ation Of the text "sWaiuiug at "A guat
aud swallowing a camel We have ever
seen. The author Of II, and those no
vote for it. strain at a gill of liquor in
IA grocery, but drink whole barrel ia
their own houses. poor devil who IS
rot able TO buy a barrel must DO without
IL. Will. a rich man can roll in drunken
ness from one year TO aq1her. uooi
TemDlur endorses the tra4iie when he votes
for If. and the principle Of the thing is
knock ed out OF the ring. The writer can
not endorse the trade byany such Is vote.
investigator says again, che abuse
of "A thing should be awful argument
against the use of il, wien the abuse was
greater than the blessing
Now hear me: / belicfe in benefcent
Providence that gave every thing to man
as blessing. and nothing as curse
and If the hole world h0uld abnse the
blessing. that is 10 rGs0n an humble
christian should be deprSed of il. Noah
4 was saved on this pojnt0f law. So was
r. 90 .sy,I.jls, si..,-e ebo abussd the blessings
trary doctrine wouft be BAT the devil
must rule when lie has the Eajoritv ; and
that he has the ight TO deFive a servant
of the Lord OF the blessiuG Of his mas
ter. The wages Of sin isdcath." The
ways Of the Lord arc his Blessings, both
temporal and eternal. OuISayior turned
water into wine TO show ibat IL was Il
blessing. and that the poor man should
not be deprived Of it on account Of his
poverty. III Is useless tomy that wine
in those days did not intGicate, for we
read that the Apostles acted like drunken
men when the Holy Ghost descended on
them on the day of Pentic@t).
This barrel law does precisely what our
Savior made that miracle 10 prevent
that is deprives Al poor maao OF his liquor
keeps Lazarus from drinkiag but gives
Dives barrel. II this sw is right in
principle, Lazarus must bet drink "a gill
for il Is sin against the Lard but Dives
can drink n barrel and be a good chris
tian. Reader. can you see how fauati-
csm turns things tOpsy aryy and foils
+ the cause il favors. \ man can be in
favor OF religion without being in favor
fof the Spanish luquisition III can be
IN favor OF Temperance and in favor of
the Order OF Good Templars and yet not
in favor OF this law, for this law endorses
the traffic and violates TIE fundamental
principles of the Order which says il il
wrong and should be grubbed UP 10y the
roots.
1t Is contemplate to see men hide from
} the eagle aud shoot ~ sparrow hawks.
This whole Local Option War instead
OF making war on the rich distiller aud
wealthy Wholesale desler, is leveled at
7
/ is the poorest man in the trade Let The
/ richest man in every own start a saloon
and you will hear not hing of il. The
/ Crusaders have ueyeryet knelt down
before the paIatiaI residence of a. rich
man in the trade aud begged him to quit
/ the traffic We dislike to write this but
1 .'let the truth of history be told if the
I Heavens fall All right minded men
have a reverence for prayer and the high
est respect for women, but we are bound
to state that they are putting that rever-
ence and respect to an awful strain when
( they act in any such a way. There is
u time for all things.
This law is dangerous precedent \
precedent in the commencement is like a
mountain spring, "a bird can lap his wings
over-it when he drlfks. pebble can turn
IL FROM Il IS course, bat as it rails on II he
comes a s;sss..s.s-rsxsr trresiatsl,Se IA, isl
societies, and NHrSs'slse's &c $500.
allow any of them lostl wade our ~ -
With their slImptuafy Jaws depr7s iilz us
ct personal privileges and private rigaatsi
I or the days Of our liberties win Be num-
bered. Tue price Vi Liberty is eternal
vigilance. JACKSON.