Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-03-07
PUBLISHED DAILY AND TRI-WEEKLY by
EDGAR SNOWDEN.
TUESDAY EVENING, MARCE :, 1882.
On, esteemed CORRESPONDENT, "Hsoovsr," il

Our esteemed correspondent, Hanover" 10
his srticl, on sdv,cacy CT local cp.ion Which
We published yesterday makes probably as strong
sn argument as his eide Of the question can
present; bu! he fails 10 cosviace W.. IS VIZ Thick
be will fail to c,nvocs mos; Ct cur RAIDERS OF
the inc)Trectness Of the We've wo advanced on
that subject. lie thinks the ground work OF
on. argument is tina! while Thousands dt:ok
moderately. AID do DO o1e harm, only Eundreds
Griok to eZcess, and he attempts to ovssihFo"
it by proving that it is tho hundreds only Eho
use and The Thousands who abuse liqsor. 1t Te
admitted the truth CT his statement, whlea We
do not. cur position w3u!d still b lmpregoab!e,
for is is not altogether b1csuse the abuse ia
comparatively small that Wo object to prohlb!-
ton. tus because We dsn7 tho right of major
ity to dictate to minority 10 matters Ct social
ooncorn only. Bat re d. rot adIit tue Truth;
Fl cures d. lie verS oiisn. especially When stat
is:iCs are gotten up for 2 purpose. We do 1ct,
Of course. FIR q moment. dcu)t ihe siooaro:y Of
our correspondent ia p:escntirg than, OF s1S-
psct him Of manufacturing to suit his vl9W9,
but every body knows what statistics havo been
made to prove, and how. if W. rely upon them,
not OILY wine snd liquors arc 10 b. avoided
but tobacco, which haa b,en shown to be alaUqvS
ioorious. ton. orf,e. medicines oi al kinds aDd
even animal food, which vegetorianl coateL6.
makes men brutal and ferocious. Then tco
our GORE 9ondent bsss hi5 statistics upon 3
division Of dTiokers which we 60 70. admit to
be eorree'. lie appears 10 have o)uatcd as
moderate drioker5 onIy lnen Tho dIiok habiIu-
ally. aud heavily at that. leaving Gu. OF tho
scoouot that lbrSe body Of perfectly temperate
men; not total n5staiHels. WHO take o drink
OCCASIONALLY, aad problbly have uevsr 10 their
lives. exceeded toe bounds OF modera,ion.
Hanover may BE- go exception. bat. hasesboa;s,
there sr. certainly more than t5a mon. Hho arc
temperate aud occasional drinkers 70 Cue
dIunkaId.
Oar correspondent is roroshiuSly ooli0i0us
CT the events Of tho laIo wat. whca hc speaks
of our duli ~ vicl ,ncc to our good jrdsmou. ia
contendlng that q precedent l0a7 Do set b. az
&C! apparently useful which will lead TO tbe
worst results Surely the right Of msn TO bs
secure 10 his person sat property from uaFCs-
sonsble s,arobes and saizar.s. th5 irtGom Ct
speech and of the pris'. end many other safe
guards Of liberty. co. nd scarcely hove been moro
fully secured By human laws than they were by
the constitution OF our couatTy, yet We kDoI, to
our SORROW. how ell thcs, aostimabe rights
we're Wonton,y trampigd upon. net op!y duriog
the war, bu; for years after It's coacu %. a: tho
bidding OF plrty. Even tho sacred precGo.s Of
the temples Of religion Herc Invaded. and min
listers of the 6 ,spe dragged of to prison be'
caus, they refused 10 pray as the 1espo: for the
time beog required. Tho rgas to regulate docs
not imply the right to prohibit, ba. merely g..
sufes tbs right Of on, msn from being czercjs:d
10 the detrinent CT s1o.her.
"Hanovors" argument the. local option
law will not prevent any body from drinking
whskey, is abou. CO pr with tina: freedom Of
cobscleno, which permits nsn to Leltcre as he
likes. but does not allow him 10 profess or act
upon his faith. Ths. there m,y be dofec.s in
the present lioense system, sa lhare srs 10 most
other systems, 10 CT, rr.psred to ndui q; Hha0
escsrIained. let them b, c3rrcofcd. bat doa's
undertake to sty that because some men abuse
csr!sio rights, all m:n must DO deprived Of
thtm.