Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-04-17
Freedom to Drink Behr.

alsn't this Il free ccuntry% ayes;
we mean it to be SO, and we believe it
SO Id many ways" "Vyell then, can't a
main do as he p,eases?" sThat depends
on what he rleases to do. Ifhe pleases
to throw a stone through youir window,
OF to break your head, or to stick a
knife into you, l say, no, he has not a
right to do as he pleases::" "Of course
he must not interfere with me; true,
and l mist hot interfere. with him, I
see; but theft, things that do not con-
cetn others; FIR example, to drink beer;
that is for myself; l may do as I please.
l may drink all the beer 1 like; If this
is Il free country Yes, and yy,oolu,irr
netghbot MAY. drink all the beer he
likes. But it the beer drinking puts
him beside himself so that he does not
know what he is about, and then he
does these bad things to You, what's to
be done about itf 1t is plain he must
be shut up so that he cannot harm you
Then he loses his freedom. The same
might happen to others, in fact it often
happens, so often that we see tits much
wiser to step in with the law before
man has made a fool of himself and
hurt others also. Still it is a free coun5
try; though nobody has the freedom to
httt others. II q man Waits that kind
Of freedom He must 60 to the wild
woods where there are no other People.
There he may drink What lie pleases
and tear around, and the law will not
touch him" "But 1 do hot care to go
to the wild woods. / thought this is a
tree country here" $50 it is II you
give. the right meaning Of words.
Freedom is the liberty. 20 40 right.
Liberty to do 4i,1il Is, ,~ls1c.eahise; ana So s.
men get a license to sell tic. li;duor that
does s. much, mischief, Bit that does
moi, make it right, 1t only says We " will
llst YOU S,'i d. wrong 3i8 il YOU viii ipiasy for
the privilege. But noSne OF. our laws
say 5. t. to a a , Hal, y S;5i1 Snail iA;t drink. Xt
most they. only that you shall notteHlpt
nor help, YOUR nneigfhbeoqrto do that which
wastes 4{is, money, and makes him a
fool.' ..1Bqt i i is only when men drink
too much that they d. these, violent
things. hi Ii them !: not drill drftn1ktt . MICK inbihRa
"BqEt would not that interfere with
their freedom? see no difference on
" # would be worse, to set a watch over
every man to seq row much. he drinks
and stop him at the right moment.
Here is : man apd a German at. that,
who cannot drink more than three
glasses alf lager. without 'gettia1, full, Z, as
he says, and he does fearful things and
gets locked up. Loses his freedom, you
see; There are plenty more who. lose
their freedom in another way. for lager
beer. is a ,stupefier. Hear. what one Oh
server. says: The votaries of lager. be.
come sluggish, hard to stir 9p, distrqst-
full. Of their own strength, aid thereby
very apt to be led and influenced ty
others through lack st energy. subject
tq others and slaves to beer, standing
UP fpn beer, fighting fol, beer That il
the worst kind of slavery, and it. is EN-:
tailed ALSO }Npon:A,the children of the
.beer-drinkeAEs. .r4IQw,. true American
liberty means freedom from all that
sort Of thing. Il means the quickHess
and elearness of thought, and readiness
Of saction suited, to leadership, T., AND
tnlsh,of this we have gained through
abstiaRnce from. German lager and
Eheliehsale. and: irish whisky.,- Will
YOU share this heedumswith .hs and
help o,In&kG . 9lorious.future for this
free country BEER Series.