The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-07-11

JOosj ia tne waving OF tne bloody shirt
and the cultivation of sectional animOsi-
Ties long after the war had ceased, and
when the cultivation of fraternal affec-
ttOn and the methods of peace had be-
come duty, furnish urgent reasons for
q change OF government, and fully ex-
plain the reasons why so many of the
aolest and best Republican leaders, in
Guiding the hOnOred names of Seward,
Chase Greeley, Sumner, Adams, .Trum-
0ull, Palmer, Curtin, Cassius M. Clay,
Julian and Rufus p. Spaulding have fled
from affiliation with the Republican
party as from the eOntagiOn of pestilenee.
LGreat applause.l This Is the way
read history. The series Of Jobs and
frauds which have put to shame the
leaders of the Republican party and
driven those great men, who were the
pride and honor and the glory of the Re-
publican party during the rebellion, out
OF the party; that Is the true history, and
not the false statement OF self-adnlatiOn
with which the Republican platform
teens. l : :
THE LIQUOR QUESTION.
The Republican platform further ap-
proves the action of the General Assem-
Dly OF Ohio, in the submission of the
constitutional amendments relative to
the liquor traffic, and it approves the
taxation OF the liquor traffic for revenue
and for the purpose of providing against
the evils resulting from such trafIic,
That Is. the Scott bill. This platform ap.
proves the Scott bill as it is. 1t does not
aVoW whether that bill Is a hnality or
not. start In my consideration of this
whole subject from this rule of morals;
mat that which is intrinsically or per
SO wrong and sinful, l should have no
compromise with at all. The law Of the
life OF a good man is to fight against
immortality, wrong, every minute of his
life; and the law Of the life of good
citizen is to fight against any cOnnec-
ton between the state and immortality
every minute of his existence. But when
a Jnlng Is not immoral per SO, but only
wrong when abused, then the duty Of
the citizen Is to protest against the abuse
put not against the Legitimate use of
that thing. LApplause.l The sin of man
against woman Is eternally and always
wrong, and those laws which in some
cases have been passed for licensing of
houses of ill-fameare shameless, disrep-
utable and wrong, because what is thus
termed by legislation, license, is q crime
against nature and God. CApplause.l But
the drinking of a glass of beer or wine
or whisky, whether 1t be right OrwrOng
depends, not upon the nature of the act
itself, but upon the condition of the
man who drinks. [Applausel If that
man Is drunkard, or liable to be made
drunkard by drink, then to sell to him
would be an abuse for which that man
and every accOmplice should be Dunish-
ed; but, If thatman is a man of habitual
SELF control, who knows when and how
ne can safely crafty his appetite, that
man in drinking that glass Is not gull
ty or any crime against society or him
self. LApplause.l | believe, and / say 1t
reVerently, If the Savior of the world
converted water into poison at Galilee,
and II MOhammed was right in .banish-
ing the use of all Intoxicating LIQUIDS
from among his people a. being poison
GUS, then ought to join the Prohibition
lists In all they hold to absolute prOhibi-
ton; because hold what is wicked and
immoral must be striVen against with
all the forces of the individual man and
all the forces of society. Believing as
DO, that the crime of intemperance, as
1t Is called by some of the best men in
the community, consists not in the use,
but in the abuse Of that which rightly
used Is not perniciOus, hold to the doc
trlne that 1t Is the duty of society to
wage war with all it's forces, not against
It's use, but against its abuse. [Cries of
good, and applause. am for what the
Democratic party states to be the duty |
of the state, license law, and therefore |
| don't believe 1t is right for the state, |
in the eloquent words of Allen o. Myers, |
to notify every man who has $500 to |
come and make as many drunkards as |
ne can. l believe in a license system,
for two reasons, first, because as to rev.
enue, a graded license appOrtiOns the |
revenue in proportion to the protection |
afforded by the state, and the revenue |
also bears proportion TO the injury that |
may be done by an abuse of the drink: |
second, because believe the control that |
society has over the business, under a /
JudieiOus license system, is far greater
than under the Scott bill or a
license system, the license of the /
Keeper of a bad house, or of one
who sells to minors or dTunkards, can
be revoked or not renewed. But under
The Scott bill, no matter how low or de- |
graded the man, society says to him:
For 5000 you shall have the right to |
drunkards." Applause |
1t is right to say to him: "If you are a
good citizen, aud can prove your charac-
Ter, you will be permitted to conduct
this traffic, provided you conduct it in
with severe and rigid rules
which society throws around the traffic.
SO say, the license system, severe Ii
don't care how severe it isl
which throws the protection of the law
over the traffic rightly conducted, and
brushes with its heels the wrongful
traffic, is the best temperance policy,
and Is the policy of the Democratic par
". But they say you can't adopt il un-
1er the present constitution. Then ad-
Opt an amendment to the constitution.
The Republican majority voted down a
to submit to the people a
simple license amendment, by which |
We might have a graded system instead
II the arbitrary, unfluetuating amount
hat Is now charged. Is the Scott bill
! success as a temperance measure? Ar
yuing before the Supreme Court, said
'he Scott bill, If properly labeled and
)illed, should be called "a bill to en-
courage the traffic in intoxicating lio-
Tor, and to provide license for license
# the same" My friend of the CONNER
,ial called this a temperance speech.
Well, so be 1t. 1t is the honest opinion
hat the bill, which makes it lawful to
IelI liquor over the bar for $500, and
which repeals the dramsh0p law, what
Use 1t may be it is not a temperance mea-
Iure. 1t has put money into the treas
Try, but it is not temperance measure
It all. 1t has not perceptibly diminish
'd the number of dramshOps in the state
t only says: For 500 go thou and man
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