The Hawaiian gazette., 1882-11-08
Batraiiall 05azettt.
TEDNEsDAY, NOVEMBER 5, lss2.
d. T,mrcrnnee ore.tien.


new Liquor Law came into operation, duriu:
, the whole Of his professional career al III
Islands be had never bad Hawaiian come in
to his once the worse for liquor, but siuc
that several had done SO, following the plal
: Of an occasional white patient Of supplying
themselves with liquor before putting them,
selves under the hand Of The dentist Dr.
HYDE at the same meeting has collected
considerable amount Of information. shown,
that The opening Of the liquor saloons wa
doing mischief to many.
The Editor expressing regret tc have TO pu
such things on record SAYS very properly
"What remedy then, is available TO check
evils which may flow from this new liberty
80 use in;oxicanis, which has been conferred
"un the Hawaiian race - He replies, " W,
have the same answer for this question that
I'VE should give if asked what will prove the
"poteut method Of persuading white men &c
lie steady in their habits, y
That method IS good as far as 1t goes, but II
has never been found sufficient to save ooHl-
nr,1tiiiss Of white men, though 20 doubt it has
saved individuals
50 far as past experience teaches there is
nothing but total abstinence that can or viii
save communities. Some will be found IN
every community who cannot resist the Temp
tati0n offered by the love Of strong drink, and
II does not seem likely that abstinence will be
generally practised by any people unless it is
enforced by prohibition.
This is objected to by many as interference
with personal freedom. It is 50 certainly, IS
well as every other prohibition, which is JUS
tilted on the ground Of being d public good.
The statistics OF the British Isles, and Of the
| United States, show Enthusiastically, that three
f0urths Of all the pauPerism and crime Of
these countries, peopled maiuly..by the Anglo
Saxon race are caused directly OF indirectly
by the iutemperats use OF intoxicating drinks,
and a corresponding proportion Of all the eS-
peuses for pauperism and crime in these
countries, besides more than the thousand
million Of dollars annually paid for the in
| toxiCauts-is chargeable 10 this source, and as
rule, must be paid by the temperate ard
| prosperous
This is only the money side Of the question
/ The more important one Of the human misery,
IN the syHGL2r poverty and suffering which
/ would he saved is the one which more earnest
/ " appeals 10 the human heart and calls for
relief. l opened my last paper aud read
WHEELING, W. Va, Oct, 2d.-A special TO
the husligMcT says 4 most bloodhound
| ling homicide occurred about fourteen miles
| from CiarEsburg this morning at about one
O'Clock. John r. Boggcs Jr. killed his wife
and daughter Of thirteen years old while in
fit Of mental arrangement, induced from
strong drink. He attacked his wife while in
bed. She called on her daughter, who came
! and assisted her mother to get loose from the
grasp Of her father. They then fed from the
house, and be grabbed large iron poker and
Z e. ~ 4 d - L Z
bl0ws, the last Of which proved fatal II
seems the daughter had then come up to help
save her mother, and with one blow he killed
Der also. The other children had fed. When
found the mother and daughter were lying
together IN the road near their home, dead
Bogges was found in the house in a state Of
intoxicatiUn. He denied the killing or know
ing anything about il. lie was a well-to-do
farmer, Of an old and respected family. The
occurrence created great excitement, and is
without parallel in this section.
And perhaps no city OF rural paper reaches
US from the farther lands which has not
s0methin. Of the kind 10 uarratc growing out
Of the use Of intoxicating drinks though not
often as tragical Do not the money and the
misery TO be saved justify most amply any
restriction Of personal indulgence which pro
hilitiUu may call for here or elsewhere
OF the right Of people to legislate for the
general sood-says an able American writer
and gUod man, though not a prohibitionist
Worse foe 70 American institutions than
suPerstisUu, with al its power worse foe to
American institutions than ignorance, with all |
its capabilities Of being nisled and used by !
designing men, is intemperancc and IN some |
way, by some method, We must learn how to |
solve the problem to make cur nation iutClli- |
gent, aud 20 make our nation temperate. We |
shall not solve that problem by prohibition l /
hold, indeed, that it is tie night Of the COM /
munity 10 do everything necessary for its own |
self-proieCti0n and its own perpetuatiUn. |
There is absolutely nothing that the c0mmun- /
ity may not do IN its own self-preservation. |
When the war cloud rises in the horizon, the |
nation comes into your homes 1t laws its hand l
upon your husband it drags him away from 1
your roof: It puts him in the tented field /
against bis will and against yours. Aud 1t |
has night to do il for Its own protection and |
perpetuatiOn. ] hnld that he nation has a |
right 10 shut up any shop, to interfere with |
any industry, real or imaginary to stop tire |
wheels Of any business, 10 do whatsoever It /
will to protect itself from destruction; and no |
man has a night to stand up and say. Ny |
rights are iuterfercd with.
l have said that total abstinence was H,s |
only preventive and the only safe guard Of any |
aJ1lBIl1g against the terrible evils Of iutemper.
ance, and that the ouly way to secure total alb
stnence was by prohibition, whether for |
European or Hawaiian. ] we'll know that |
where the people rule, prohibition cannot be
enforced By a minority. But / am encouraged i
by the growing sentiment in its favor in both
Great Britain and the United States. | be
lieve that tie curse, the evil, the misery
growing from Intemperance 10 the use Of
alcoholic drinks Will come 10 an end and by
pr0hibitUIy means. / may not see IT, 1 do
not expect TO. rejoice in the belief that my
children will, and that 1t viii greatly increase
the sum Of human happiness.
have done business In tins land and with
Havaiians more than f0rty-hve years, but
never till since Oct. LIST has my House sent
cut for native help and had sent 90 it IN re-
spouse a Hawaiian 80 intoxicated as 10 he
entirely unfit for his duty. 1t is not singular,
but it Is sad. Il il singular that with the
largest petition before the legislature for
prohibition that ever came before 4 Hawaiian
legislature for any object, signed by five
thousand Of all classes and races they should
have passed a law opening wider than ever
before The door Of supply.
SO. far as it may prove the Cdrse which it
has done, and the destroyer Of the
race HIwaiians alone arc responsible.
Whatever ruin II may bring upon them, they
Will bear testimony that as a legislator and
citizen, have ever raised my voice against il.
The following statements from the pen Of
zen Neal Dow OF Maine will encourage those
who look earnestly for the day when the
blight Of intemperance will no mole rest upon
my land, and that IN the nature Of things pro-
Iibiti0n Hyust he the great instrument 70 usher
& in. .
They viii feel that the agitation persevered
%, will ultimately be crowned with happy |
esuit Men whom highly esteem, feel as l |
10, the evils spoken Of, and will equally
el0iee IN such result even If not reached by
heir methods, even as l shall If reached by
iliiercnt ones from my own.
Genl Dow writes Temperance workers, |
be world over, are now addressing themselves !
@ the solution Of this most important cues
ion as never before, and everywhere they
COX upon prohibition a. the only remedy for
be tremendous sin, shame, and crime Of 4
irunkenness. By ether methods, intemper-
nee may he diminished and temporarily
hcCked, but no permanent reform IN this
batter can &c obtained except hy putting
way temptation TO indulgence 10 strong
rink such, ] think, ls the current Of belief
moDs intelligent Temperance workers every
ghere. In the United Kingdom aud its de- d
endenCics, as well as 10 this country. ten
cranCe work is carried on with the same 4
ystem and persistence that arc seen n the
0nduct Of tie f0reign and hJmc missionary
.ork, and everywhere its friends regard pro
lbtion ls the only possible permanent rene
y tor tue horrors Of iutempCraHce.
Father Mathew, after having almost entirely
banged the habits Of bis c0untrymCn as 70
be use Of strong drink, saw all the fruit Of bis
.bor slipping away, and lamsuted that when r
{ had an overwhelming public opini0n on
Is side Il Lad not occurred 10 him to obtain