The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-08-30
PROHIBITION CUES ION
FROM A PARTY STANDPOINT
Tho Missien of the Democratic Party to
Protect the Personal Rights OF Nj
noritios-The True Way TO
Eradicate the Evils OF
lntsmperancs, Etc.

AUSTIN, Aug. 2s.-[Editor HER
AID lin letter to THE HERALD OF
the goth instant, from Dallas, your
correspondent, jealous for local option,
dwells with 80 much aud frequent en-
phasis on the power Of msjoritias, and
the respect to which the opinions OF
the msjorisies are entitled, that fear,
as Democrat, he has forgotten that
one OF the organic principles OF the
Democratic party Ia tue protection OF
the rights Of ninorlties by constitu-
tional provisions, and by strictly
guarding those rights that we are
pleased to- term as fashionable and
pertaining TO every citizen. Undoubt-
eddy the Democratic party haa ALWAYS
opposed any sumptuary or kindred
laws becoming engratted on our stat.
utory eDaotments. In fact, il has
been, snidst defeat and discourage
mont, the mission OF tho Democratic
party TO limit itself in legislation
80 purely political lmatters, and
to Keep az rule OF action, certain or
ganic principles rather ss standards
by Wflch al new issues were meas
NAoNt ohA II vi LDbh0 Gu OTHAnln
marks could not DO discovered, then
the party stsbred clear OF the pollcv
proposed, lacking those essentials.
A party Is organized for p political
purpose, and, especially In this FREQ
country, must IL guard against esDiOu-
aye or Interference OF personal rights,
ana 10 seems to me that 10 the
reason that the Democratic party has
survived so many defeats and wit
messed the disintegratlou OF 80 many
dihorent parties battling agalnht its
veteran front, and az long as there is
SUFFICIENT conservatism ia the Demo-
cratic party 10 keep In Wow these or
ganic principles, all parties Will 20 to
pieces in tho future As in ,the past,
running againet the solid rock Of cen.
sltutlonal construction, upon which
il Is fouL ded.
Now, does II not seem n little like
interfering with what a man eats or
drinks, or whist he raises
and manufactures, FOR ma
Jorlty ID pass prohibitory
law against tho manufacture, sale and
use OF llquorsf aud isit not violation
q those cardinal principles by which
the personal rights OF minorltiesY
There is ne man who laments mora
tho evils done by in;smperaucs In this
country than do, but l believe the
evil is exaggerated. happen to bs
one OF those who believe thai, as q peo-
pie, we are improving in morals and
temperance. / know that Texas has
tho reputation OF being populated
hrgely by drunken bullios, in tbs
Middle and Northern states, and al
mouBh 1 believed, before L came 10
Texas, 1t was an eXAggeration, / am
9lad TO rscord tho fact that for the six
months | have been here, have seen
nut one or two drunken men. Shortly
alter my arrival in Texas, while In
sau Antonio, l was invited by a
BROTHER lawyer to so 10 The club-r1oms.
While there, was introduced to SOW.
@al gentlemen, My friend invited
tle party TO take something To drink.
There were five of us sitting around
the table, amt all but one ordered lem
o1ado, and that one apologized for
having his dashed with brandy to re-
1.-Two temporary disorder. II l told
thia 70 q Northern advocate
O prohibition, do you think |
would DO credited? No, indeed; but
h9rs whore tho hauits of Texas gentle
men arc known, IL will be- believed.
know that there srs many men
who destroy themselves with liquor,
but believe II these mon were do.
rived Of liquor, they would destroy
themselves some othor way even more
pOtenS Ono OF the most highly edu-
Gated physicians, who had been y Gu
perinlendont of lunatlo asylums for 20
years In the west, told me that more
opium, mOrphia and laudanum ne
tents were in asylumH from lOcGl or
ton districts than there were original
dtunkaTds in those districts, and that
thtre Is greater evil in its consequen.
o9s that that of liquor.
There 10 good and evil in everything,
Tue sun, as Il wheels up I'm It's vast
diurnel course, In some parts Of the
earth, warns vegetation into life; in
other parts OF the earth, scorchos tho
humid growth until II sends up MAS
matlo exhalstions, filling the sir with
death aud poison. Tho ross that
bushes in beauty on the bosom OF
maiden loyeliness, c1ncools the thorn.
Lat us discard this evil and keep the
good. Lot us teach the rising
youth of tho land tho depreciation OF
clouding the intellect and pslsylng the
arm with tho poison OF liquor, but let
US teach them this, not wlth.the sword
OF Mahomet, but through the soul ele-
waiting truths revealed 10 humanity by
Jesus Christ.
But for a moment, Let us return to
the question az party issue. believe
that II the Democratic party departs
from its organic doctrine OF protecting
the personal rights OF miuorities, IT
will lose lie power to porpetusto our
republican institutions, and also bo.
li6ve that republican Institutions de-
pend npon the Democratic party keep
ing in power, but whom IL becomes n
party ofisms | will none of II. There
arc other ways OF rescuing tho youth
OF the land from iniemperauce; Enact
law making IL a felony for liquor
seller to oiler 10 sell impure, or LIQUOR
with any poisonous essences In IL, and
appoint inspectors to enforce tho law.
Poisonous liquor creates an unnatural
Apostle aud craving for more, and
that Is tho cause of drunkenness.
But pure liquors will not be taken IN
excess. Then build more breNOries
and manufacture tho Texas grape into
vino, 80 that beer and wine becomes
rs cheap here as In Germany, and YOU
will thus drive drunkenness from the
land, but do not attempt 10 mako q
morel machine out OF the Democratic
party, IL has It's duties 10 perform to
the country, and they are limited 10.
purely political issues.
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