Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-02-28

For inStunCe-Alr. OVeTmyer states Tor
his premise the hypothesis that an in
di.idual has q right TO use; that the
right TO use gives him the right to have,
the right to have uecessitates the right
70 get, and when you take away the
right to sell, you take away the means
Of getting, which destroys the right
to use. Taken abstractly, and if the g
we're two individuals only concerned,
and the user were temperate in his use,
this formulated proposition might be
core But the law must be made 20
fit the many. and TO deal with facts as
they really are. Let as state the case
differ emily. Ii the use of ajchOhslic
liquors, by aggregate humble. 8, is car
ried beyond the temperate poiuc, If that
u-e works injury 70 others, not the
users. and ii the evil consequences of
the use far exceed the good consequen-
ces, and to the Ia gest number; then
the inherent right 10 use, so strongly
emphasized by Mr., Overmyer, ceases t.
be a right, and becomes a trespass
The i"0lienabte right upon " hich
Mr.. Overmy er hinges his whole argu-
meRt--W hen carried so Tar as 10 tres
pass upon the inaGenable rights Of
others, cease to be an inalienable light,
Does The u~e Of alcoholic liquors as d
whole that is taken concretely with
reference to society-produce an injury
or a benefit? Statistics, the only truth
full guide, avs it does. That being the
fact, the case should be stated as fol-
lows: The use OF alchohohc liquors as
Il whole, produces evil to the aggregate
masses. IN q Iepublican form OF govern
ment, laws should be enacted Tor the
5epeft and not The rUiL of the masses,
theref re The u,e OF alcoholic liquors,
taken concretely, should not be sane
toned by law. According to sir. Over
myers theory, one might have the in
herent right to use tainted meat, 10 q
limited extent, and claim that it bene-
fitted him, but if that use tainted the
blood Of one posterity; if it uecssitat-
ed the setting of tainted meat indiscrim-
inately, no one would clam for mo-
ment that one had the right to eat faint
ed meat, We all have duties which we
owe to society as we'll as to ourselves.
And where our Individual habits pro-
duce injury to society, government has
a perfect righ', nay, it Is its dt.ty, to re
strain US in those habits, and compel US
to perform our duties. even though they
be the negative duties of absIaining.
beg pardon Of the readers of the
HERAt for arguing this question, but
as the adyOcai Is OF resu omission were
given the whole time, aud as they pre-
sented their strongest arguments by
their strongest men, and as L have
frankly given their strong points 1 pre-
sumo may be pardoned for expressing
my views, and for endeavoring to show
the fallacy Of some Of their logic.
The vote, however, was against re-
submission, two to one.
Last Friday [ went up TO Atchison
and siaid until Sunday morning with
my old friend Mir. Z. F. Korns. Ed Is
the same july, whole->ouled, good TEL
low, as of Old. His family will remove
to PhiiliPsburg next month,
and am sure Mrs. Korn : Old friends
will be glad to welcome her back again.
While in Atchisun we VISITED tie
CHAMPION office and chaued awhile
with orr old friend Prentis-an ire
preside fellow, bim full of kiudiiness
and effervescingss4un Atch,son is a
wide awake CONNIE cial CT y though il be
tumbled in among the hills and raviues
OF the west shore Of the muddy Missouri
The top graphy OF the town in so much
upon the wash-board order that street
car navigation, to say the least, is ZIP.
en- business. Life IS too short to pat
ronize this crawling means of locomo-
ton, consequently pedestrianism is 6
fashionable exercise here. Atchison-
no doubt, by some envious people has
been wickedly called ''hog town, - how.
ever this may be, OF one thing we are
certain, and that is, she has the means
of dey clipping excellent cuiUe8.
We have noticed in the legislature
that there is a tendency on the part o.
( some members, to inu oduce bills agains
their own better Judgment, and against
their own interests, simply to satisfy
the clamorings Of some of their constit
uents. And then they will have some
fellow member oppose their bill for the
purpose of beating it, while they roll
their tongues ia their cheeks and wink
to the house, (6gurauvely speaking) as
much as to say, 81 know the bill ough,
to be killed, but you see had to per