, 1874-03-30

tho ruling Of tho Unitod States Supreme Court,
but tho salvation Of tue milton,
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TEMPERANCE LEGISLATION.
Tho forvor Of tho Incorporate temperance
women III abatinE, dying; aud yet tho world, 1t
would aeem, Ia uo bottor of thnn whom it vas
first kind}od. Saloons aro as numerous tho |
number Of tlrunkards about as great as whom it |
began. Tho volume OF prisons made momon- |
tary impression Oh the air, excted tho ridioulo |
OF tho anti-rolglous world, awakening regret In |
the bredstB Of those wlloso religion is not wholly
irrational md sonsational-apd these aro tho |
only rcaults which have been produced by tho
"praying womon." II prayer is euro for
the evils Of intemporanco, It is Ger
tainly as offootual when oIfored up
at homo as in saloon; when per-
formed In legal manner.-that Is, without in-
fringing tho rights Of othors -as In IN ilogal
and fanatical way. With truly feminine logic,
however, tho women imagined thoir prayers
moro offlcaoious when performed in q saloon than
at homo. Not In prayer itbolf, but In the placo
whoro 1t was offored, did they put their trust;
as II the Hcaror of tho prayer wero moro likely
to hoarlten to 1t when His MD was invoked In or
in front OF saloon, as If He woro noaror 30
holy place than any other.
Tho good .sonso Of the country, as general
rulo allowed these women to try their powers.
They havo failed, and their failuro Is anothor
fact to demonstrate that no irrational treatment
will euro the OWL Of intempornnco.
It cannot be denied that there is a vast deal
OF drunkenness In tho country. It cannot bo
denied TINT drunkenness Is an evil "a worry great
evil. Nor doos any ono question tint 1t is an
evil TINT demands a remedy. The only question
=, What ahall the remedy be2 The temperance
legislation Of tho country hitherto has done
nothing to diminish intempcrauce. Our 1egis-
lation on tho matser thus far has, therefore,
heon failure. Prayer has been tried, nnd the
praying, too, has been failure. Ia all hone
to discover remedy, therefore, lost We think
not.
In the drunkard there are two elements tho
man and the drink. The man without the
drink will never bo d drunkarl. This is
30 cloar = proposition that no philoB-
ophor will question 1t. Another equally
undoniable truth is TINT drink Of itself, when
not takon by my ono, does not mako drunk
ard. It ia only when tho man md tho drink
come together that We have the compound
known as tho drunkard. What name chemist
would give tliis composition We do not know,
nor does 1t concern us here. But it is not overy
rtx.A1 t,1ua~ An1ro 3rA-
/ mako him dgunkard. All experience teachea
that men will drink stimulating drinks. To
prevent the formation Of IN inobrato there aro,
therefore, only two ways either 90 to change
! the constitution Of tho man that tho drink will
not affect him, except III water does, or SO to
| chango the nature Of Ills potionB that they will
not make boast OF him. It ia an established
fact that men can drunk certain liquors anl
not become aots. It Ia IN established ract, too,
that cortain other liquors, continued for any
longth Of timo, do make bacchanals of mon. Il
ever the evila Of intemperance are diminished in
this country, it must be in tho light OF these
facts. Hitherto we havo been logiBlating only
for the men who drink, forgetful that our 1egis
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Is it not time that wo should begin to legHlat,
concerning the drink, tho boor, the wine, which
nc can roach There may DO abundance O
fwino in country and its inhabitants be sober
A very great quantity may be drank by then
without thoir becoming druukarls. Ger
many, Franco, Italy, and Spain ar
proofs Of this, Tlore can DO no quos
ton that those countries in which stimu
lating drinks arc cheapest and most abundan
are the most temperate. Tho reason ie that til
liquors are pure and do not croate an artiflcia
appetite. Now, il this Is the case in southern
climates. why may. It not bo made SO in northern
climates7 Why cannot wo, by legislation, caus
pure and wholesome liquors to be manufac
tured7 Why not lcgisiato tho liquor, not til
mani There Is certainly very great iucou
siatenoy In tho law which punishes the sale o
unwholesome food and permits that Of unwholc
some liquors. This ia the direction, it aeems t
us. which enlightened legislation on tie matte
before US will take In the future. II tho demon
asrations OF the praying women should hay
called attention to this, they will not be sntirel
without fruit.
Dr.. Brown-soqunrd. the Scientific america,
and THE TRIBUNE hayo got themselves into
box. Our position is tue boat Of the three. "
simply stated the theory that it would be VIC
to educate children to use either land iudsffo
emily, because this might develop both aides (
the brain, but tho other two culprits were siuft
enough to advocate the idea. Now comes
person who hos searched tho Scriptures m
fonnd therein masa Of arguments against th
innovation. Ho says the loft hand is curset
"Lot not thy left hand know what thy rgh