The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1878-08-14
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friend, Consider has another lengthy
article about temperance. This he in
tends, in part, as a reply to my article
Of June 9Th. But he simply notices
two or three deductions from the OBJ
lection I made to his temperance plan;
and my argument to sustain my OBJ
lection, he passed by. My objection
was, that his plan would never secure
the object he proposes, and gave my
reasons for thinking so. But he Meth
er notices nor gives us any argument
in favor of the practicability of his own
view.
He is in favor of positive prohibition.
So am |, and so l said in my other ar
ticle. But how does he expect this 7
BY doing nothing-throwing away all
temperance organizations and stopping
all temperance work? Public senti-
ment, he says. must require this at
the hands of our law makers. But if
left uninstructed, not even told any
thing about the cost of the traffic,
nothing about its criminal record or its
moral curse, and the strong influence
of a powerful moneyed interest, back
ed up by corrupt, morbid and insat-
liable appetite in favor of its continu
ance. is it likely that public sentiment
will ever make such a requirement.
Just as well expect an effect without
a cause. Our friends plan is about as
practicable as that proposed by GER
tain little animal for saving its race
from the depredatiOns of the cat. "Out-
slider seems to get away from his own
logic. He says, of Murphyrsm
wasn't the subject of little contrO-
versy going on through the columns of
the Herald. and for an occasional di.
lapidated blue ribbon seen on the coat
of some bare-footed unchin, so far as
my observation extends, it would be
as dead as Julius Cesar" SO then it
is discussion that, to-day, keeps the
temperance cause from being as dead
as Julius Cesar" That's what tenn
perance men think. And now, if the
little discussion in the Herald and a
few blue ribbons give life 10 the tenn
perance cause, will not more discussion
and more ribbons give it more life ?
Then ought not you to help us press
this matter upon the public and in
crease the numbers of "dilapidated
blue ribbons" until public sentiment
demands a prohibitOry lawl Again.
our friend says, heretofore temper
ance talks, temperance articles, and
temperance speeches have consisted in |
the main in abuse being applied to
whisky and whisky Dealers. This
he says has made temperance organi. !
cations "almost reproach and by
word" Then he Immediately says,
"The business Of retailing liquors by |
the drink / have characterized as being |
in my judgment UNANIMOUSLY nefari-
ous.' What temperance lecturer,
temperance talker or temperance writer
Except Outsider ever used language
50 harsh as this. "IaEamOUsly netariOts."
Temperance men don't want you to say
any thing worse about it than that.
And now after this harsh and I'M
qualified condemnation Of the whisky
traffic, he enters into an elaborate
apology for it. He tells us, "as for
whisky, / think it. Is almost as much
sinned against as sinning"-denies that
whisky is a factor of any magnitude
in the perpetration of crime"-says
that "numbers of instances have come
under my observation in which an
event Of this kind Il mean their tax
ing OF by means, Of whisky,) would
have been Q contamination "tO be de-
voutly wished and prayed for" Says
"the great source of complaint among
the masses of the people, ifthey we're to
express themselves candidly upon the
subject, would be that it did not kill
half enough. e Web, if it does not
kill half enough, why prohibit it!
Why not double its use, so that it may
kill enough And if this hurrying
men to an untimely end-d dr'Sabdrds
ends "a contamination to DO de-
vOutly wished and prayed for, " bow Is
1t that the means which produce this
'dsvOut- end, In your Judgment, can
be characterized as UNANIMOUSLY nefari-
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