Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-04-25

taTiIY capable of deciding this important
n Irsii0n. whether they wish the le OF
/ ounrs 10 he permit or prohihiied with
in thtir respective localities. If the peo-
ple ar, capable of srlf-gOvernment al all,
ihey certainly are as capable of deciding
This question for themselves.
Besides the qursliun of rights. the low
,r QUESTION of revenue might also bp con
siderrd in this conn, ciion. Etch cOmmu
niiy, however, by proper tax and charge
upon the traffic, might reimburse itself
for all expenses incident 10 its regulation
and con rOl | desire then thaf the quts
ii0n OF "license law" be submitted di
Hretly To vote of the people And |
firmly believe il the people permit tlr.
Legislainre 10 grant licence to such lo
calilirs as desire the s1le of ardent spir
! S within their several limits under whole
sumr restrictions. we shall have made =
sure and rapid advance towards curing p
large share of the evils Ofthe unrestricted
sale of intoxicating liquors
Mr. Bishop, of Cincinnati, favored
leaving the matter to the people, rs
represented in the Legislature, to
pass such laws from time to time as
may be deemed best instead of tying
them up for twenty years to one
plan. Mr.. Taylor, a lawyer of Aug
iaze county, said the "woman's war;
had the effect upon him to convince
him it was incumbent upon the Con-
vention to provide some means by
which this vexed question could be
settled. The only way in his view
to settle it properly was a license
system, the details of which should
be left to the Legislature. Mr.
Steadman, of Toledo, favored Ii
cense, and it would drive the, traffic
into the hands of respectable men,
crush out the low doggeries, and de-
crease Sthe drunkenness that now
curses the country. Mr. McCormic,
a manufacturer from Gallipolis, took
strong grounds against License and
favored the best possible restriction
measures attainable as a Constitu.
tional provision. Mr.. Coats, a law
yer from Union county, opposed
License as licensing a wrong, and
would oppose the proposition to en-
able the people to give sanction to
wrong. Mr.. VOris, of Akron, stated
his position to be that the sale of
Intoxicating liquors should be Who'll
ly subordinate to the express pro-
visions of law, and that it was the
imperative duty of the State to
make proper provision in that be-
half; that it would be unwise for the
State to license the sale of Intoxica-
ting liquors as a beverage; that mu-
nlcipal corporations should have
large discretion to regulate and pro-
hibit the traffic within the general
policy of the State; liability for dam
ages to others growing out of the
sale and its consequent intoxiea-
ton.
The discussion was renewed Tues
day morning by Mr.. Freiberg, mer-
chant and manufacturer, of Cincin-
matt, who in long humorous speech,
advocated License. DIR. G. Volney
Dorsey, of Piqua made a long and
eloquent address. He was mem
Der of the Convention of 1851, and
at that time voted, he said, in favor
of No License. Not dozen years
had elapsed, however, before he was
convinced that he had made a grave
mistake. In order to prevent, or at
least curtail, the evils resulting from
the use of Intoxicating liquor, he
was in favor of a License system;
not, however, a general or wholesale
one. He would be in favor of leav-
ing the matter with the General As
sembly, under restriction well defn-
ed in the Constitution. Judge Tut
tie, of Trumble county, favored sub
mission of the question of License
or No License to the people of the
State. Nh. Tyler, of Henry county,
took ground in favor of stringent
License law. The debate still con-
tinues.
DR.. H.B, VAN NORMAN, late of this
place, but now practicng at Cleveland,
delivered lately an address before the
Cleveland Homeopathic College, in
which allusion was made TO the use of
alcoholic stimulanis in the practice of thr
profession, as follows:
Alcohol never makes nerve, brain,
muscle, bone, or in the slightest de-
gree builds up lost tissue; but is elm
mated as it entered the system, al
coholic still. After the poison is
swallowed, we first find it in the
breath, then in the blood exciting
the hearts action; then the brain
and nervous system is stimulated,
not nourished.
The Surgeon very well knows the
danger of performing any grave op-
Grafton on all persons habitualIy
drinkers. Why the delay until by
diet and abstinence the system
comes up to its proper standard ?
The blood that was poisoned must
first become healthy before the op-
orator is safe; at first it was very
unsafe.
Examine the statistics of the ar
my and Navy, and you will find.
those persons that abstained from
alcoholic drinks could do more,
could endure more fatigue, could
change climate better, and when
sick or wounded were the first to
recover Is it not so in our own ex-
perience? Don't we feel that the
chances are better for the temperate
man than for the drinker? l am
glad some Life Insurance Companies
are willing to take risks on temper
ance men at much lower rates than
others. This is as it should be-, for l
consider the habitual drinker is more
liable to sickness, accident and death
than the total abstalner.
l often think physicians prescribe
when they wish to get rid
of certain patient, or else they like
it themselves, or they do not know
what else to give, or it is a habit to
give stimulants to A. B. and Z. in
in such and such dis
eases, or in certain stages of all dis
eases. Shame on such doctors! l |
hope this College will never gradu-
ate homeopathic whisky doctor.
1t is quite an easy thing for a
nhvsician tn send his Datient to the |