The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-09-24
Perfection not Expected.
For The Inatlrr.l

For The Lcadrr.l
In spite Of all laws against them,
crimes are everywhere committed.
We nav shoot, hang, burn, and 9th
crwise punish with the most revolving
fortunes, and We shall Vet have
thefls, robberies. rape~, murders.
etc. To the end Of time. Never
against nirpnseS has been enacted a
singh statute that has not been set
at naugh' aud violatcd by some crim-
mat. OF what avail then is
the bloody criminal code? Would
it not he best 10 repeal it and leave
all men free To do as they please?
WHY pass laws that interfere with
that dearest birth-right, personal
I liberty, when those same laws ar"
! liable TO daily violations? Such
laws exist and indeed, are indis
ucnsablc, for one cOgrnt reason:
. though they cannot exlcrminate, yei
they lessen crime, and thus afford l."
society a very material protection.
The enemies 81 Prohibition, the
gentlemen who view this most whole
some movement through the distnrt
ed medium either of slavish appetite
or selfish Interest. are loud. bitter
and fierce in their denuncistion>
against every proposition t" lagis-
late against the sale Of int"NicantS.
most drhasing, most hrutalizing III
their effects on society. Prohibit
rion, they habituallv allrge, dneS NOT
prohibit; and then proceed will much
satisfaction To instance this place
and that whore Prnhihitorv laws are
evadcd and violated just a. IT Pr"
hibtorv laws were not as liable /"
j Infringement rs other laws. Like
/ at her laws, they Of course can not
entir, " eradicate the evil, but thcI
very greatly check and lessen II
/ THIS is ali that can h. said in favor
7 e any law. Then, too. If Prohibit
. ton does not prohibit, why should
whisky dealers and whisky drinkers
he in the least concerned? Whv all
his stir. This re-tlessne>s. this froth
and foam, aud particularly this III
cessant abuse OF Prohibition at
These high-pres~ure ma il"-tati"ns
are out II place if ProhihitioC doe.
p"t prohibit. To close the saloons
they assert. would only lead 10 in
creased drinking in private. People
would then havrit brought nv ex
press in jrgs, kegs aud Il, mijnhnS
Some nodnubt would. such az cnulo
afford IT. hut the large maj nrily ,rhns,
must prone to fall nv ;hr temptation
Of open. pubic salnon-. would no
from lack of means. MANY a maj
e deprsvrd appetite, has come u
town with he resolution 10, T.
touch a drop. hut who has aevrrlh'
less returned to his miserable tamiI'
ate At night, IN n slate of hrastl'
intoxicari"n. The 0pcn saloon VA
, there, and the temptation was t.,
>tr"rg for his will-pnwer. long az
en!ceblrd and wrecked by the habi
of drink
As 10 The lew whose means woul'
allow them to send abroad for drink
heir eXampl" only serves as a sa
lesson Of warning against I'll
'vrannv of fiery. relentless arpctlt,
Aud Wkrre vas this appetite bonn
Why, where else but in the saloon
l Then, close the saloon. the sonnr
, the better. and thus protect til
, Using generation from its deadly in
fiuence. Ola topeIs, Of course, AZ
asst redemption. let them 90 an
die of one by one. until they aIe a
gone But, in the meantime, Pr
hihitioni>,S intend to see TO it tina
. n" more old toptrs are TO be mad
, from among our Young people, b
The presence of the seductive bu
ruiunu~ saloon.
Dclendd est Carthage.
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