Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-01-23


.onNrmed bv over 1000 Of the best physicisDs
and Surgeons in the United States. Their
oheevvafions in every valk of life, their judg-
..eof sarenetheped a il is bv the most promi-
nent phvsioloeist and pafhologist Of our time,
orehs ~ nave influence in this matter.
Hear them! Men in health or in sickness.
are never benentsed by the use Of ardent
spirits: on the contrary the use of II i
4 frequent cause of disease and death
and often renders such disease, ~
arises from other causes more diff
culr of cure and more fatal in their ter
nination. Hear aIso what Chancellor Wal
-o.,h ssv.. ..n;syuise the business - you
NAV. Il { stilI IN it, true character the bust
ne.s Of destroving the bodies and souls Of
men. The yender and maker Of spirits. in
the whole range Of them, from the pettiest
Grocer to the most extensive disfiller, are
f.iriv chsrseabIe. not only With supplying the
.nnctite Tor spirits. but With the making Of
sbst unnarursl appetite, not only with sup
plving the drupkard With the fuel of bis vices
hui With the making Of the drunkard-"
Few men commit crime without prepara-
sion. and drinking 10 the way in or by which
men prepare themselves for crime, and then
- for nsrdon because they we're more or less
drunk- In one State. in the course Of few
weeks. four men under the influence Of this
noison. killed their own wives One Of them
killed also six of his children. One Of these
he placed. with his own hands, on the fire Of
his hearth. and kept it there, to br0il to
death upder the eve Of its father.
The Judge in passing sentence on another,
whose children had been rendered mother
less. said: by one fatal act your wife was
sent TO the cold and silent mansions Of the
dead. Your children we're deprived Of the
epdesrments and fostering care Of the mother,
Il.
g.Ilows. TJpon a review Of this shocking
transaction the question presents itself-whst
could 10 have perverted your nature; what
could 30 have steeled your heart? The an
swer js-spiritnous liquor. 1t has had the
effect 10 estranpe Won from the most endesr-
inc relations. from the ties of blood, from
your obligations to your fellow beings. and to
your Creator. II any further evidence were
wanting 10 manifest the desolating effects
of ardent spirits, which have moved like
DESTROYING angel over our land, we have it
in the Astounding fact, that, within the last
two month. three men have been arraigned
before me on charge Of numbering their
wives. All these offences were committed
bv incorporate men,"
Such IL the testimony Of the medical pro-
fessIon. and such il the confederation Of the
legal fraternity.
Mr.. Speaker. I desire to call the ate ntion
NJ the Honse to one poiut more By such a
constitutional amendment AZ have proposed,
not only will misery be Iesseped, but taxes
viii be reduced. Now tax il the tuition
money the people nav for civilization. There
was little taxation among the savages, but
ascending in the scale of civilization, mans
wants gradually increase, his mind
expands, he feels the need OF or
Ranized society; he no longer
r a.
"A liberty that il mere license--but now
yearns for the liberty Of Civilizations lib
ertv protected by law Therefore il is that q
government is formed in order to insure
TRANQUILITY. provide for mutual defence, pro-
mote the common welfare and secure the
blessings of liberty. Such a government is
supported only by taxation. And that man
has little right TO ask protection from a civ
ilized society which he refuses to support by
tax or by reducing men back to barbarism
by sale or use of intoxicating liquors.
But suppose you have license or local option?
Suppose you have; does that alter the nature
Of the business or prevent its effects? Will
that sOothe the heart broken widow or feed
the furnishing children? Licensed selling
will make drunkards as well rs unlicensed;
and the woes which it brings upon suffering
innocence are a. dreadful. man bought a
glass of liquor of one who was licensed; he
drank il, fell under the wheels of his wagon
and was crushed to death. Did that license
assuage the anguish Of his father or his
mother, his wife or his children? Deity, in.
dependence or liberty cannot confer on man
the right to do wrong, or to license a crime.
Then says the liquor seller I must aui, my
business; so must the thief, the assassin and
the robber. for a drinking man ia liable 10
commit apy crime known 10 law and YOU are
really a party to the crime. But the liau n
law il disobcyed. so are Gods laws. but he
does not repeal them.
Suppose a man should be licensed to throw
poison into your we'll, would that Justify him
in doing il? No more will it Justify You in
selling poison to be mixed with water which
10 drawn from the well. Suppose he should
write in capitsls on his license what his traf-
Ac viii do that so many II " III make psuper.
.end IN the slmshou.c and obl;ye other. In
snpno,, that which vii, coz, = hundred time.
more than ali the monex received from II.
cen.e.. that 40 m,nv more II viii EXCITE tn
tho comm;,.ion of crimes. and tim. tar the
neople for THAR nro.ecpt;on. thu, 40 MANY !,
will send ,o tho mil. ,o many To the state
nri.cn that Al many n - M depr;ve of reason
a manv n " iii vi.it - i'm d;s,ress;nu .icknes,
and TIA, In an m.nv Gaze, a;.s..s, ,ha, vonld
have hean comnsrativelv harmless. IL will
-..s.- eel . l., 40 ,,,arr ,..a. 1, III, c.u..