National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-01-03
SHOULD BEER BE E4sKPEED'
ABSTRACT OF REPLY OF DAVID BAKER
To LOUIS 0CHADE


At the meeting Of the Grand Lodge L o. g. T.,
held on Wednesday night last, Past Grand
Worthy Chief Templar David Baker read COM
prehensive paper in reply to the arguments OF
Louis Schade against the temperance movement,
in his address before the Brewers Congress- lately
held ut Cincinnati, Ohio. The points made by
Mr.. Schade in his address were that, as about a
per cent. of the revenue is derived from the man
ping the fountains Of our national support to
Iegislsie against such manufactures; that prohi-
bition laws including malt liquors increase drunk
drinks that to prevent the sale Of
men of their right Of property In them, and iegis
Puritanical influence OF temperance people Is to
corrupt morals, discourage immigration, and in
crease drunkenness; and that the true humanita-
least s s obnoxious So and s deieteri S .
To these points, and the general charge Of
| "Ppritanical intolerance and hypocrisy" IS
enjoined that to leyislste against spirituous lq-
uors, to the exclusion Of thsnalt would 20 incor.
saars n are though than the
alcoholic drinks II YVES ps bensipie 70 let Peu'
way robberies and murders, which are but he
eens. To lesisiste against alcoholic liSsor. only
u per cent Of receipts BY internal revenue, this
auer. 'i e pschsdes This eSou
sive and destructive legisfsti1 sgainst rum was
tried in the first developme.ts q the temperance
siaring inconsisteney. Temperance, therefore,
seeks q total radical cure, no; mere paiiiafion
In reply to the objection Of Mr. ScAadc that
prohibition laws are Unconstitutional, infringe
incnts Of Individual rights Gooi'Templar Baker
Fletcher vs. Rhode Island. and Picrcc VS.. New
Hampshire, in which Chief Justice fancy, in his
decision, stated that although State is bound
any merchandise which Congress authorizes to be
imported, 1t is not bound to furnish market for
it, or to abstain from the passage Of any law
guard the health morals Of its citizens, al
though such laws may discourage importation, or
diminish the profits Of the importer Or lessen the
deem the retail and internal trafic in ardent
spirits injurious to citizens and calculated to pro-
G a. idieness yiss or dsbdnehsry sec nothing ,,
vent II from regulating and restraining the traftc,
or from prohibiting 1t altogether, II it thinks
In the New Hampshire "a Sc the same Judge de-
cided "thc traffic in the article (gin) may be law
fully regulated by the State as soon as it has
or license required. or the sale prohibited.
In reply to Mr.. Schades objections Of temper
ancc cnactments stopping Immigration and cor
rupting mems minds Mr.. Baker opposes the sta
tistics OF States where such laws are In force, and
shows that lager beer gardens and saloons are
neither promoters OF morals nor encourage Of i'm
y,
ais in these States is exceptionally high.
As Mr. Schade asserts that prohibitory enact.
ments cannot be enforced, Mr.. Baker inquiries I:
rebel. Such an idea 10 an imput alton on the good
law abiding German, Irish, and other Foreigners
on our shores Disclaimins all Puritanisal IN,
temperance people Of the country a sincere devo-
ton to the principles of civil and religious liberty
BY love Of and
condition of the thousands beggared by rum. In
retort he, in conclusion, says that Mr.. Schsde's
Soud may maintain eVi and religious liberty
our glorious institutions, tho fair name
Of our country, drink beer; is You would
S wssn drsH saS
net be q nation of hypocrits, corrupt in morals,
despised and ridiculous in the eyes of tho civil
chapter wherever. whenever, or whatever else
you do you should drink beer.
As a test of the morals Of native-born citizens |
Mr.. Baker cites the following from the census Of
1870 as q record Of crime: In prison in Maine 81
persons, Of which the proportion Of native born
foreigners one to every III; New Hampshire, 2c7, |
natives to every 143d, foreigners to every IS;
Massachusetts, 2,5S, natives l to every SIS, for.
to every DO, foreigners to every $50; Illinois
49, natives to every 49, foreigners to every
l.2li; Indiana sCI: native to every 2Sss foreign
tives to every $685. foreigners to every o25; Viz
ginia LIZA natives to every 9s3, foreigners to
every l,l&o; Mississippi Az. natives to every |
$40. foreigners to every 100; Tennessee $751; ma
tives to every 173I, foreigners to every 1,0i0:
574, natives to every 625, foreigners
to every 232; Iowa 9J7, natives to every S,4F,
foreigners to every 1851; Wisconsin 4lS, natives
to every 3,2l0, foreigners to every LBS. Taking
.hese States collectively the proportion of for
eigners exceeds that of natives in prison more
han two to one. This proportion is maintained
iespte the greater evil Of distilled over fer
nented liquors.
The census also shows that there are IS, 1s5 res
.aurant keepers in the United States, Of which
number II GO native born. one to every 1853
native population and H. are Germans, or one to
avery li3 Of our German citizens, while I'D nre
There arc in all Il 505, e3 persons engaged in
business in the United States, which shows That
here is restaurant keeper in every 355 persons
n business. Of these there is one native to every
100 business men; one Irishman to every "a bust
less men; one Englishman to every 243 business
men; and one German to every 20 business men.
Thus it is seen that the proportion OF German liz
Tor sellers is more than three times as great as
hat of English or Irshmen, while II is almost ten
lines as great that Of men Of native birth. |
Iere. Mr. Baker says, We see this particular Ger
nan opposition to this uri;anical" temperance
movement. Facts show that one In every seventy
persons who comes to our shore from Germany
o engage in any business occupation, comes to
ngage In the he!l-born tr2fhc In malt and spirit
lous liquors, which entails poverty, misery, and
rhine upon every community. Does this not call
oudly for zeal and devotion the part Of all true
Is not prohibition necessity?