Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1878-04-19
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0AKvnIE, April ~, lsfs.
N.sssy. Elsors LIN my effort to refu,. a..
rrumenas OF Citizen and Justice, shall go
voT 90 occupy as litsle space as possible a.
thimk a prol0ngnsion Of this discussion unps-~.
sarV 81 this time.
: issirer sayss sIfI can say what Ne shan -.
drink. he caa With more certainty saw what
shalf3eat.m ! will nee Justice quotation fror.
.BlakiatoEe for hrs bsnset. 'Tsst q nan Be ever
% abandoned In mis- principle OF vicious m h;s
.pesctices, provided be keeps his wickcdarss -
himseM and does NOT cifend against the rules ~
public decencv, Be IL out Of the reach Of hurss
laws. Bat II be makes his vices public. thoDgh
shey be such IS seem principally 10 eject himself
las drwmksnmsss or The like1 they then heco,0st
by The bad example they set, Of psruieious eeer,,
10 society; Sn6, ihereloEe, Il isthen BE bssseS.
of human Law 20 correct them"
Nov. Ciliasns san 81 M eahhagsa. tnrnips,
polatoes end boNnr eissBsr. too, and with Rlsks
isaone In my band can def you. Bat Won rauss
Be cznffUugy Tsuppdsa Fbu know the Old adarr
that 3sraie 6f3n sing Is the patent Of aruni-
ennessh kr ifvou sh6uldsget u little tipsy. Blak.
istone says you should be punished BY soma law,
Bns, Justice, would not you and Citizen, II vow
were dEunkaras, (mind, Do not sAy yeu are and
sSPs u s,. e. a Eou - t ,i5t 3 ~ up
eonnsunisk that panhAcd yoh Cor getainr arunk
and litanSed men ~ tveFy urn ofyouF path to
tr,fpt yo6 10 commit the 0dense As well put
An are In 4 madman's hand and tell him not 70
kiil. It's certain the men who follow the bus;.
ness AZ seIlfhg Whisik1 do u foT gain, and they
are not goih 90 misc Iaay Opportunities for sell
ling IL and many Of them viii take = mans last
cent tom him end ihen EoA him OF to freeze
CftixeA sava: lido Get deuy that the wines in
olden times intoxicated" Certainly not, bat {
dew YOU % show where God ever sanctioned TIE
use az intoxicating wines, and repeat that IN.
les there are two kinds OF wine spoken Of in the
Rihla. Il eontradicta ITSELF s0r We aFs told bv
some INSPIRED writers 20 shun u and BY Others 70
use Il nhundahfly. And as cOntemPoraEe0ss his
tory proves that wines less Intoxicating than our
ss S - r ca y S. spR sss. IL. |.
the Kind we are recommended 10 use abundantlv
ne quotes Sc. Pants advice 20 Timothy, Take
a little wine" ETC.. Su, pose this wine be re-
commended vas Intoxicating. think IL pretty
good evidence that Timothy was q total ahs,i-
nenm man be be would not have needed such ad-
siee. Cialken, Do thoa Iikeeiss. Wait until .
Paul or some man 10 whom you can look M 10
az a spiritual adviser lnot q medical one Whe =
fond Of the cup his seiT advises YOU TO take some.
thing for your bodily inhrmities, then pFohibi-
ton viii not affect you:
~ don't controvert the Ect that Is use l. hen.
eftto States" Whit benefit put the question
before. I have vet seen no answer. There is .
lIitle money paid into the treasury for the priv-
IeQe Of resning the citizens. A far greater som
Is taken out 70 Panish whisksy-yrininals aud
support whiskey- pauIHFs and pensi9uers. Aew
mel, bceoue wealthy 81 the sxpenss a The many
and without giving any adequate return. Don't
YOU suppose our citizens would End other and
hetser nseh for Their MBeney IL we bad no whskev
here wouidn't the bushel Of grain that makes
and the ane4hat buys the whiskey for some poor
degraded man 10 drink be put to q better use II
used TO feed the drunkard's wives and children
Meflinks 50. .sf#
am glad Citizen you have found your inIiu.
enee 70 lead you from the cup, and sooner than
Impede your progress, viii modify my shal net
Justice thieks that whisksS d necessary 10 the
IaborinR man az a stimulant. Messers. Editors,
IL is unnecessary for me 70 say aughi on this
point. Tbs. practise and writings Of the best
physicians Of the world eOnirovert this statement.
admit that some cases may arise in which Il Is
necessary % use alcohol. but think the time,
auantity and msnner Of administering should bs
regulated by = physician, j1st rs much as other
pOis0ns viz: opium, mercury, arsenic and others
~ like stamp. Suppose q merchant should at
tempt to sell impure articles OF food TO bis neigh
bors, would be not be speedily punished7 Ger
tainlv and how much more bIameworthy Is the
man who sells men that which steals away their
brains, skaters their fortunes and characters,
starves their families and finally sinks them 10
the level Of rhe brute7 Yet the public must at
low lis indiseriminate sale, because once in life
time o physician may make use Of H.. ---
The law will not be faithfully executed, and
Justice fears Iese maakiAd skoaid sa6sF from lass
nat enforced. Must Weerase the laws Furnishing
men for numbering, robbing and stealing from
our books because they are not faithfully execu-
ted7 Stretch out your train Of thought Justice,
and there is where 10 will lead you. lam aware
we have n law against gambling and some have
endeavored TO have IL enforced but the gamblers
were paFdoned. ! tell You good way 10 en-
force that law flor condemn gambling as much
as you dol is to do our best 70 have no gam
blers elected 10 high Offices. ...-.
Next comes the idea that the Law infringes on
the poor mans rights. VIII this sophistFy never
eease7 l have read Of the harp Of thousand
strings, but we have q set ofmen who make earth
discordant with their music on an old, cracked,
three stringed fiddle. First comes the poor mans
rights. Messrs. Editors, ! am - poor as any
man need wish to be, and have found that the
interest Of labor and capital are nseparable, and
that those who are always haFping on the rights
Of either are those WIN are endSavoring 10 feece
them. What suppose you does the LIQUOR dealer
care about the poor mans Fights7 lis the poor
map.s money he wants for bis poisonous bsyeT-
age He well knows that II a man IL not pan.
per, be can save enough In Q few weeks 10 get .
few gallons or he Tears that better still while be-
Il waiting 70 get money to buy it With be should
conclude that be don't need it. The other two
strings are reform and investigation. The frst
Is the reforming Of one set Of men out aRd anOtb-
Ct In and the last L the acts Of the last gOegs IN
looking into the cuisines 6 the other t0see where
they can pocket few collars and blame some
body else with &c.
Local option has been deseatsd, friends, bot
never despair Let Us throw our hammer 20 tbe
bEeese-pat our shoulder 70 the wlsel--and By
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