Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-06-08
In Answer to J. u. Cranflll.


15i to those writing in favor Of
prohibition for their incorporate use
OF language and aspersion Of motives,
was most timely and opportune. That
our German fellow-citlzens are as law
abiding ~ the native born, Is adj
mitted by all who come in contact
with them that they are of convivial
habits ought 10 concern themselves
alone; that there Ia no more crime
committed by them in proportion to
their population than any other people
is matter OF record aud that they
are a llberty-lovlng people is evidenced
from the fact that they are almost
solldly opposed to prohibition. Then
why the Alppant allusion to them by
J. 3. Cranfill In Weekly GAZETTE OF
May Is? He 1--WE presume j. b.
Cranfill belongs to the masculine
gender, and for the sake of
brevity will refer presumably
says: 1.-THE foreign population, es.
peclally the Germans, will agree to all
he (Libertas) says The house
passed the bill, and II received only
seven negative votes In the senate.
Three of those votes were German"
He frat designates Libertas as "thi
fellow,n and the Germans, especially,
Will agree 10 all he says. We have not
the honor OF q personal acquaintance
with Mr.. j. Il. Cranfill nor Libertas'
but as written language IL the SYM
Dol OF spoken language, and spoken
language the expression OF the
individuals thoughts, we can judge
the two writers by their respective
emanations, and every impartial
reader must admit that the former
stands about TO the latter as mud does
10 marble.
AS above limited, the Germans OPP
pose prohibition, because they look
upon 1t AZ an infringement on their
liberties guaranteed to them by the
constitution Of these United States.
lnasmuch IA II aims TO prescribe what
they shall drink or not drink. AS the
possession OF any good without a
strenuous effort 10 obtain II Ia never
more properly appreciated by the pos.
SCISSOR thereof than when he Is deprived
OF II, 30 IL Is with our German fellow
citizens with regard to prohibition.
Coming from the greatest military
despotism Of modern times, they can
more keenly discern any effort that Is
made TO curtall or aubvert the liberty
enjoyed 10y them under our existing
laws, That prohibition means the
| abridgement Of those laws and the
| final subveIsion of the existing order
| Of things Is well known fact, patent
| to any impartial observer, and 30 far
its advocates are revolutionists. Pro-
| hibition Ia also )mmunistic and DIES.
potic In its designs, inssmuch as IL
aims to place the people more directly
under the supervision OF the govern
ment, which aim tends directly to-
wards Capitalization, the bsne OF all
free Institutions No doubt many
prohlDltionists have read with
horror the proceedings OF
communists in the old world,
as we'll as OF those In our large cities,
and yet they occupy similar position
only on different part OF the field.
The science Of modern government Is
that the people who are governed the
least are governed best and are the
happiest, yet prohibition seeks the
contrary. IL seeks to cause the people
to retrograde toward the operations OF
ancient governments, when liberty
WAS supposed to be aggregated In the
ruler and the governed had to prove
their liberty Instead OF the governed
being free as In our government, the
proof to curtail their liberty resting
with the governmt
. That prohibition tends directly to
words the contamination of such stat,
! OF affairs, however remote II may 40
, ear, Is admitted by Mr., j. b. Gran
0 fill himself in bis communication
where he coolly and complacentl,
r points us to the prohibition existing
0 over in tho Indian Territory. Pre-
Y hlbition OF a very satisfaC
. tory character can be had eve
}. should IL he necessary to reduce in
Q people to vassals and wards of tn
Q government, or, in other words, plac
u them In condition similar to that o
3 cupied by the wild tribes of the India
Territory He further says 1t Ia N,
o expected that prohibition will pr,
Q hiblt any more than capital punish
d ment keeps men from committing cap
- tai crimes, or laws prohibiting the
~ keep men from stealing. This Ia
+ sophism very nicely placed, Suppol
n we put II Into this shape: A
to laws enacted for the governmel
w Oh lEtt pcople, WnlVl nave lue hAu
u ton and moral support OF all got
IL citizens, will be respected and obeye
r. and can be enforced; those that ha,
es not the sanction and moral support
k. all good citizens are merely a blot,
"a upon the statute books OF the stat
ne and cannot be enforced according
or their intent That there are lust
OF good men opposed TO prohibition
ne there are In favor of II we presuu
will not be denied by the most viole
y, prohibltionist. Now can they poi
", TO any good man who Is opposed TO h
ry enforcement OF the law prohibitil
IL capital crimes, theft, etc. Let I
gn reader draw his own conclusion.
he Mr.. J, b. Cranfill, In his Allusion
ed Libertas, says that "the devil general
OF gets In his best work under a nom
plume.n Could II not be possible I'll
'se the devil, In Libertas' case, could be
lal departed prohihitlonist2
re- We are told that the first devil "
as once an angel, but, trying 10 becoi
re- equal to God, the latter cast him II
nd outer darkness. Our Savior is the 3