The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-07-19
They put white intelligence at the

They put white intelligence at the
bottom, black ignorance on top OF 1T,
and surmounted the political pyramid.
which they fondly hoped was to stand
through the ages, with the carpet
Dagger. Then came a heaving up OF
the lower stratum and the whole
structure, was knocked into ''pa. So
much for trying to reconstruct human
nature and for our DEPRESSION.
But, it does appear to us that some
of our temperance friends commit
somewhat similar folly in their
advocacy of stringent prohibltory
liquor laws. This is trying to recon-
struct human nature according to
their plan, "a ct drn,1s, trying to force
it into their temperance mould regard
less of it's knots and bumps and genera
crookedness. Such course hasnever
succeeded and never will succeed.
We have been in some temperance
towns, in this state, where liquor
license has been voted down and
where there are no saloons, but we
have never been in a town where
man could not get as much beer or
whiskey as he could pay for. There
was a dam just cross half the river
rather increasing the flow on the
opposite side; nothing more. And
where is the justice-and if it exists
how can you show it-of shutting up
! the saloons where man may take but
a glass of beer and allowing another
man to carry home a barrel full.
"Ah" answers our temperance law
advocates "do you not take into &C
count the surroundings the dangerous,
debasing infuance of the saloon, yes,
every thing you ever urged in this
matter. we have taken into cOnSidera-
ton and we say that you can never
prove to the laboring man than it is
right to shut up the saloon, where
after his DAYS work he was in the
habit of going and taking glass of
beer, as he wiped the sweat from his
brow. and at the same time allowing
the well off man to buy, in large
quantities, next door. his wine,
whiskey and beer. Your motives
are good no doubt, you are acting
earnestly and truly for the beuefit of
the working man, for the benefit of
his wife and children; but, we say
again, you can never prove this to
him; he will always regard you as
petty tyrant and humbug, SO long as
you agitate about shutting up the
saloon while you walk arm and arm
down the street with the excellent
brother, who keeps a five gallon keg
of the best old rye in his house. You
connot, by law, prevent the drinking
of intoxicating liquors SO long as they
are sold, you cannot, by law, prevent
the sale so long as they are manu-
featured, you cannot, by law, prevent
lheir manufacture. so long as the
grain and roots, from which they are
extracted, grow upon the earth.
There is an effectual, healthy way to
shut up saloons; ienot to go into them
there are effectual healthy ways to
prevent others from going into them,
lie example and advice. The best
reformer in the world is the man who,
Sreforms himself and then gives good
example ohis children and neighbors.
Here is power-the power to give
good example--greater than any God
has given to his angles, given to the
humblest of us. Let us, asking God S
aid. endeavor to use it in the blessed
cause of temperance, let us win men,
from the saloons to their own firesides
by example, kindness and love rather
than by force. Let us often here in
our streets these simple Words thank
you / never drink and a healthy,
permanent temperance reform shall
blossom and bear rich fruit of loving
homes, useful honorable lives and
happy deaths.
THE DUKES HAUNTING CAR.-Still