Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1883-08-16
" Temperance Axioms" From Different
Standpoint.

Standpoint.
EDITOR HERALD-In your issue of
July 26 we read, from the pen of G. H.
Goddard, Temperance Axioms." We
are all aware that the moderate use of
an article, and total abstinence do not
imply the same thing.
He says, "With liquor suppressed, the
| appetite remains" l would like to ask,
can the appetite for alcohol be better
conquered with the means of fgratifying
it in the reach Of every one, or when it
is impossible to procure the means for
its qualification?
In the division of Sons of Temper
ance, of which l was formerly a men,
Der, were two men who We're trying to
overcome strong appetite for alco-
holic stimulants; one of whom would
Frequently come with pitiful confess
| sion, tina he had been where he saw and
smelt alcohol and had drunk again, pro-
fess great sorrow, and wish to be rein
stated. The other persistently kept
aloof from all places where he would
meet anything to arouse his appetite for
| the stlmulant in which he ehad formerly
| freely INDUCED. The consequence was,
that he had no humiliating confessions
to make like the first. After we had
reiEstatcd the first time and again, the
other said: Il will never vote to rein
state Bro. ---ag again, unless he will
promise to stay away from places where
liquor is kept. dare not go where l
can see or smell the accursed stuff"
Now which of these two men took the
better course to conquer the appetizer
The professor says, "License the sale
ofpure liquors. then make drunken
ness punishable by fine and imprison-
ment." To our nina it is, to say the
least, a very inconsistent thing to IL
cense the sale of an article and then
make the use of the same punishable.
He takes the stand that all the evils re-
sulting from the traffic in liquor arise
from adulterated liquors.
| Again, 1.-The abuse or abstinence
from liquors is entirely an individual
matter" In one sense this might be
said Of all wrong; no person is NOR
ally responsible for the sin of another,
yet no human being is SO isolated that
he can do wrong and not injure some
person or persons besides himself. No
sin can be entirely an individual mat
ter. Suppose some person steals Mr..
G.s COW, a Single individual commits
| the theft, no other human being has
anything to do with it. Is it entirely
an individual matter or does the crime
affect some one besides the perpetrator ?
:" The man who sells for the purpose
| of making men drunk is no worse than
the man who buys for the purpose of
| getting drunk The man who sells in
toNicants does it for the sole purpose of
| gain; and so great is his love of gain
that he viii sell in the face of all the
crime. pauperism and misery caused by
| the terrible traffic. There is no excuse
for the liquor dealer except love of
money; he knows that he is not en-
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the other hand theman who drinks has
an Unsuitable appetite to contend with,
an appetite which it is almost impossi-
bic for him to control with the means
for its qualification in his reach. How
different it would be with him were the
manufacture of alcohol prohibited.l
Does the professor think that the le-
gitimate use of rye, corn and the vari-
GUS fruits is. to be converted into alco-
hol? How much better that the pau
pers made by drunkenness were well
fed and made comfortable by these pro-
ducts of the soil, than that they be con-
verted into that which rendels people
miserable, causes crime and tram of
other evils too numerous to mention.
Then instead of "going back on the
soil and then going back on God" they
could with pure hearts bless God for the
provision He has made for their COM
fort and sustenance. MS.