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

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that +, is more difficult to enforce the new /
Law than the old II that argument i
good We should certainly Eoe4se every
crime in the land
Bird proposition, '-The new law belongs
to a dangerous and fanatical class of leg
islationH This proposition is not worth ]
its ink. 1t Is only thrown out to exas-
perate some one by calling him fanatic (
l viii not retort by calling all OF the up
holders of the license system Il whiskey /
ring, for | think there are many good and
true men on the opposite side of this
question Brother IF" was mistaken
when he put this down for argument.
9Th proposition, "rhe new law leads
the temperance cause into politics, re
hgion, Sc. SO far as the temperance
causes going into politics is concerned,
this is ~ more than all organizations do.
1t is the duty of every American citizen
TO vote for what he coneeives to be right.
Templars only exercise this right when
they vote on the prohibition law. and
brother F. knows "a we'll as | dc. that
his vote will have nothing TO do with his
standing in a temperance lodge. Bat ia
relation to the charge that this law leads
the cause into religion; | deny il. Does
not the school law take control of a man
conscience, and say he must educate his
child and that he shait not bring it up in
ignorance Did not the last legislature
pass a law compelling every man to guard
against small pOx, whether his conscience
told him he was in danger or not Does
not the law say Il man must not carry
concealed weapons, although his con-
science may tell him that he ought 10 10
su2 Did.any one ever hear of these being
called religious laws No, no, brother
IF >" there i no religion in this law.
You only stuck in this proposition TO play
upon the preiudices OF the people with
i34e old cry of uniting church and state-
.-rsrother r next takes up lie eau
-eo<ss.ead- ---as.s- e prove that $780, $500
ed in abolishing prohibition laws where
S.aey were in force, that they have proved
q failure. This..is grand mistake.
Moneyed corporations are ever on the
lookout to repeal any law that is detri-
mental 10 their interests They tiud
helpers ia our aspiring politicians, no
7 know Whiskey 10 be the most powerful
I electioneeriug element in America The
whisky ring has ever been the strongest
i in the land and aided by the noble, honor
able politician OF the present day, they
I generally fight prohibition successfully
Washington. the father of his country,
: was compelled ID call out $4,000 men 10
put down the wltiskey ring in his admin
/ istratiun IL has been IL ghty, growing
power ever since, and many good men
+ have cried can't before its power. 1t
may have crushed temperance societies.
Ii may have suppressed lodges; but the
cause of right will spring forth with re-
newed yigor and assert its power. Satan
/ has overturned many churches, has de-
I stroycd many souls but must we sit
! down before his throne and say we cUl
/ stay his onward march. For shame for
shame But les US notice brother F >
! consistency. He tells US that the law Is
tOmfoolery because II allows man to buy
"a barrel and prohibits drink. He thinks
/ if we prohibit 1t all we should close the
/ drug stores aud not shut our sGnctimoni-
Gus eyes on barrel OF the "pizeu.
Then IN the next breath lac tells that the
law is so rigid that il is odious- The old
! lady must give up her camlhOr, the baby
its collie drops, Sc. What consistency
First, the law is too lax, ANA then too
rigid. and vet II tells us we must avoid
extremes Again ~ tells Us that tho
present law, with certain additional
amendments" viii better control the
liquor traffic than prohibition "lucrease
the bond, have competent inspectors, sc.
Bot who win get up these amendments
Who viii see that they are brought be-
fore the Legislature The whisky ring
Why no. they complain now. The lem
pIars 1t would kill the organization
They would be meddling with politics and
religion But r tells us that temper
ance men DO strange figuring, and that
their figures prove too much. lie then
tries 70 show that the Risky traffic Is
: proftaJls 10 the country. He tries L,
prove BY hEures that whisky pays an
enormous amount of taXatIou. Vow Mn
r. We viii suppose you farmer GU
employ forty hands To Work your talD
and rent CGt one acre Of land 90 Il saloon
keeper He pays yuu sou rent for one
acre Of ground but he entices your
tfJltiiis v1ial4 p - s2l5ss 49,, q
abuse your stock, pillow up your crop,
hinder your other hnuIs, aud in Il drunk
en- fl obey burn your barn ana You drive
them Of. They go once more 60 youI
tenant, become beastly drunk, aud close
the drama by meeting your child anC
/ numbering IL. You rented your one acr,
/ for fine price, did ut You Yes, yoi
made that acre pay 80 does the license
I law pay money into the treasury, but it
draws out five times the amount. But
you tell lac that you would have discharg-
ed your drunken hands for the first Of
Tense. Bur you are in this case repre-
seutiug the State OF Kentucky. Must
/ Kentucky exile every druukHrd2 Will
you vote for a law 10 drive every drunk
ard from the State for the first ofense .
should like to answer all the oppo
nents OF this law, but time and space for
bids | really had no time to write this.
but it has been minated that u, on
) II, could not or would not respond.
With the kindest feelings towards all the
I opponents Of Local Option. | remain,
JAS. II. SAUNDERS.