The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-10-08

ExPoRIA. Oct. s, 1885.

ENPORIA, OcSs d 1cS5.
EpTroR DAILY NEWS: Referring TO
my former article entitled "Prohibition
as q Factor in Morals" which wee writ
ten with an earnest desire to promose the
cause of temperance and point ous SONS
Of The numerous objections to prohIhi-
ton e. 9 means of obtaining that great
end, / am constraiHed to ssy that the
labored effort OF Rev. Mr.. MackGv 70
dodge the real issue and endeaYor 70
make it appear before the people that
I an in favor OF free whisky and that
every man should Be dFunkard, can
hardly be called an answer to my pEeVi-
Gus letter. by reverend friend In tact
reminds me Of the young lawyer who,
after FIVE hours speech before the Jury,
set down with defiant look toward the
opposing counsel e much e to say an
sHer that If you can, but which was met
by the lawyer on the other side, who
arose from his seat and said: H6entle-
man Of the jury, / will follow the exam.
pie of my learned brother and will sum-
NIT the case without argument" Now,
inssmuch Is Brother Mackey offers no
argument in support Of prohibition and
lnasmuch as We both agree q 20 the
evils Of intempersnce, IL Is difficult to
see wherein his letter is any reply 10
mine. He certainly cannot. in accord
ance with the doctrine Of his creed. sus.
tain himself for . moment by any ar
gument for positive teetotalism.
We all know that the Lord Jesus turned
water into wine at the marriage feast,
and that the guests there were SO pleased
with it that they charged the master of
ceremonies on that occasion with having
kept the oldest and best wine till the last,
and it surely can not be said that the
Son would invoke the spigit Of the Holy
Father 20 COMMIT 9 crime. st. EPanl's
advice to Timothy is step in tha same
direction. Use no longer WGteE1s said
the great apostle, shut take little wine
for thy stomach's sake and thine often
inf1rm1ties." Mark you this, Paul says
take "little" wine, evidently intending
that Timothy should use the wine tenn
perstelY, and not make glutton of him.
self or become q drunkard, because he
had not been altogether interdicted from
the use of wine. There is no argument
so fOTcible with mankind a. that pre-.
sented In living illustrations. Take
away the visible example and all be
comes theoretical. Young men and
women reared in secluded districts are
unable, without education combining
precept and example, to fully realize OF
properly guard against the dangers that
everywhere beset them whenIthey step
out into the world at large. But young
man must be weak indeed, and have an
utter lack of self-control, to enter into
the evils that destroy mankind
when he realizes the ultimate re-
suits OF these vices. But when
he thoroughly understands the subtle
nature of the steps, leading insldiOusly
down to these evils, he is better prepared
to be his own guide than one devoid Of
such knowledge. Many young mer
have fallen victims to the use of intoxI
cants upon entering city or town sim
ply because they did not realize the eff
fects Of 1t, and had not been educated IL
the school of seltcontrol and to resis
temptation without the requirements o
of q lock and key. For, had they been
they would have encountered no creates
risk of danger in one place than IL
another. What possible merit Is Their
in mans not becoming q thief whe1
everything is spiked down or too heavI
to carry? Take common country laC
and surround him with the wealth O
the treasury OF the United States, ani
let millions OF money lie loosely arounG
him, and he would be absolutely daseC
simply because he was unaccustomed K
such sight. a young man brought uE
in bank with thousands of dollars "
Ing constantly around him is stronger II
resisting the temptation to become 1
thief than one always accustomed to livt
where wealth Is locked up so that b.
cannot handle 1t. Il Is the blind tina
walk into the pitfalls. not those who see
and young men or women who are no
properly educated. both by precept anC
example, are morally blind. If alco
holic liquors could be ami
hilated by prohibition and something
equally eficacious for medicinal anC
mechanical purposes substituted in theil
place. 1 grant that prohibition woulC
be the best way out. Unfortunately pro
hibition is pOwerless to accomplish suct
results, and Why Brother Msckay,a mar
OF acknowledged ability and of higl
moral culture, should be 80 carried away
IN its defense, Is beyond ordinary per
ceptlon, and must say in conclusion
that If the world was made up with suct
men as Brother Macksy prohibition
would not be required in anything.