The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-07-11
THE SPECIAL OPTION LAW
Election Saturday July, Is.
All communications For or Against the
Option Law, to.insure insertion should be
handed in by Tuesday morning.
Communicated.
Reasons for Voting Against
Special Option,
Objections TO the New Law.

Because, 1t is wrong in principle-be
| ing sumPtuary in its nature-seeking t,
| compel the arpetites and tastes of indiyid
uas, and is a dangerous precedent.
! Because. the geography of Fulton coun
| ty renders the enforcement of prohibition
utterly impossible aud impracticable.
| Because, people born to personal lib.
erty cannot be driVen into an arbitrary
code of morals or religion.
Because, the new law permits the sale OF
whiskey by the barrel, thereby not even
pretending to effect prohibition with that
class who are able to buy barrel st q
time
Because, the new law only transfers
the whiskey trade from grocers to drug
gists.
Because, the new law places the retail
traffic in the hands of physicians, who
are not required to give bond, and who
are in no wise responsible for abuse of
power except through their oath.
Because the new law allows such lati-
tude TO the physician that it would be i'm
possible to convict him of violation of
his oath.
Because. il is contrary to the spirit of
a free country to constitute Doctors, or
or any other class, our moral aud physi-
cal guardians.
Because, the poor man who is unable or
unwilling to buy barrel at time, IS
forced to the extra tax of paying for pre-
scriptions, an extra price 10 the drug
stores for spirits when demands by him
self or family, whereas the man able to
buy barrel is privileged.
Because, under the new law, families
are subject to tyranic Inconvenience in
procuring spirituous medicines, Inasmuch
as the honest physician has no right to
prescribe 10 the father for the mother or
10 the son for the father, except through
personal vSsits. To admit otherwise rem
ders the law nonsense.
Because. the new law establishes des-
pOtic espionage over the citizen in pro-
hibiting all persons from selling, loan
ing or giving away any spirituous lq-
uors, or mixtures thereof, thereby giving
u malicious person good cue to produce
trouble aud litigation.
Because, the new law deprives the town
of Hickman and the County OF Fulton of
more than $1,000 revenue annually, VIII ch
must be made up by increased taxation.
Because under the new law there Is no
power under the sun to compel County
Judge TO authorize more than two drug
stores in the county, which may result in
the prejudice of one druggists against an
other, of one section of the county against
another.
Because, the Option law complexities the
cause with politics and party
which in the past has always proven in
furious TO the cause.
In the foregoing it has been my aim to
give few, of many, sufficient reasons,
why this Option law should not be voted
upon themselves by the people of Fulton
Ii is only necessary 20 examine carefully
the provisions of this law, 20 satisfy any
one who is not a fanatic that il can never
any good, but may be prolific
cause of many evils. The prohibition ad-
vocates even have but little 10 say of the
direct operations of this law they go Off
in their spread eagle platitudes about the
evils Of intemperace III general way,
etc, points which nobody eoutroyertGbut
let them discuss the merits-the direct
workings of this special law-this pana-
cea they have gotten up TO drive intern
from the laud. Let every vo-
ter carefully read the act for himself, and
vote accordingly. WAsnINGroNIAN.