The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-03-17

81 a. ErtIHi tN "a IIlNMtN. N. lta
el rir 'aCis aai 6-ufes. in order o..
elwethe Arguments of some mis- 4
.nHo,l auail Informed Tlo, .e. wh8.
non entirely wrong ideas aa3 prem .
Rs. hove pe'ii.oned ODE legislature .
II unI Stats. lo place before tNeCiti .
eus ot Missouri, at iho next general .
lection. au amoulmcattn tac con
tiuiion prohibiting 'hemanuiaclur. /
ma lo 0l Intoxicating liquors.
The above mentioned petitioners !
tate as ueir reason Tor desiring .
.uch prohibitory constitutional
amendment that So wlH abolish /
drunkenness. and ihas prove a bcuca'l
o the people of this State. ihatl
.lch object would bo accompll bed !
iy such mtans, we deny, aad no
iroof can be adducea % Che con
rary Those petitioners seem not
% consider that on enactment OIL
such laws would De thc grosscst and /
most 5ospotie Infringement on thel
3 esonal liberty OF tAe iHdiri ua4 and 1
81 the people u would pui @ brandl
upon lhe human raee. rating 70 below
ne beast 60 not being able .ol
choose and distinguish wha. alall .fe
its food OF drink The most abso-
lutte despois that ever crushed q na
ton Of slaves under their feet, the
Emperor Nero, the Car Peter, OF
Russia. aud other enemies ana de-
spisers Of mankind, never dared to
20 so far as 70 issue rules and rcgu-
hli0ns ana command what men
should eat OF drink, and shall it he
LEFT 70 TIE people 81 the great state
OF Missouri 20 50 debase themselves I.
And Tor whatg Because few hun
drcd or even thousand mis- ra0le be-
inqs, among her millions Of inhabi-
tants, have no control of thclr pas
sions and permit their haser ape
uto to eot TIE better of their luig-
mcst Because good lhiag is abus-
cd DIV de few, Il IS to Be dobarr-
cd from lho many, because Q oompa
ratively small number OF iudluiu-
als are injured by excessive drink
ing Of spirits, the manufacture and
sale OF an stimulating beverages
shalt be absolutaly forbidden
Among nations OF 40 advanced
civilization C becomes very diGicalI
to draw The line as 20 What is a ne
cesslty otiNe, and what a superiority
what constitutes q luxury, and whai
article Is wlat2 a highly civilized
nation requires many things, which
become absolute wants, ihough new
5r missed by tho savage, noe gsccs-
sarv 20 his comfort Our high state
Of civilization and the organization
Of society, require and absorb such
an amount Of brain matter that 9
suimulaul Of some kind IS ieit an alb
solnte necessity Hence our general
use Of coffee 60 tea, ani tho highly
beneficial use ofbeor and wine, and
even stronger drink 10 moderation
With Tie same logic tiot these pc
titioners ask prohibItory euavtmenta
they might demand law making the
breeding and 81 lugh.ering Of hogs
and packing Of polk ielOny, be~
cause a uumher 90 people die annu
ally Of trichinosis. or put penalty
on tie eating Of beef mutton, veni-
son, etc bccause considerable
number of individuals thereby con-
tract lapeworm. With Che same
consistency the manufacture and sale
Of the most potent and beneiicieni
duts, which save OF plolong The
lives Of millions of human beings
such as opium, quiuine, colonel, etc
might be prohibited, because a GER
tain number of people shorten theil
existence by Che excessive consump
zion 0f opium, or by N igjudiciou.
use of quinine or calomel And wha
might be said ia this connection ne
garding the raising, Manufacture an1
use of tobacco, which contains on,
Of the strongest poisons, nicotine
and the excessive use Of which is, uf
doubt, injurious Us many individuals
But shonil for this reason the bar,
worked farmer and mechanic mis-
lbe solaee of his pipe or quid, or lhl
tired Office man and lawyer bis sooth
ing cigar, or tho venerable oonlenar
/ ian his customary and reirea bin.
piach ofsnuh2 And as to improvin.
/ the physique, intellect or mora
/ standard o any nation, let us looI
around and see what centuries Of To-.
tal abstinence have done for sue
people. Look at the Turks The
! we're once powerful and progressive
nation, until Mohamel prohibte.
She use of vine he was probably
acluated hy some such motives a
the petitioners, aud 30 doubt though
to raise bis people on tic pinnacle
ofhappiuess, by prohibiting the onll
stimulant then known % them, wine
/ Contemplate their present deeaYe
condition, aile- centuries Of total ab
sunence, and compare them "a ca
western nations Of Europe, % tht
English, Germans, French, etc who
since time immomorial, INDUCED ir
stimulating beveagcs Compare
them even with The whiskey drinking
aud despot ridden Russians, and
which presents The lairer picture +.
Lock at the Bfahmins Of India who
full6ll The ided Of our total absli-
uence petitioners, fer they not only
use no STIMULATING drinks, but eshev
lhe use of tobacco and meats of pll
kind Surely, according TO Che doe
trincs Of our latter day water apostles
and vcge,arians, the Bralmins should
De The model PEOPLE on tAe iace of
lhe earth ID point of physique, intel.
ect and morality But what DO we
see 10 realityY a physically and 10
tellectually 0egenerated race, and
their moralsy The Baiaieres, or
dancing girls Of India, the iafaDtcids
Of female children. burning Of sid.
ows. ia short, The less said ahou.
their morals lhe better We see %
India nation of two hundred and
fly millions Of water drinkers emil
rice eaters governed bY 10000 beer
and vine drinking EagIishmen, Ger
tainlV not hV brute force. for thaf