The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1885-10-14

statesman and a sage. lie was a
member of Congress for three sessions.
and nov stand, reelected for the
coming session thi, winter MehaYc
reason 60 hc proud of this man, "r
any other one who starts I'm the most
unprctcntiou~ way, hut afterwards
pmctuatcs his life with honor and
rcnoWn.
BRo. CUNpur has au article IN this
HERALD under the caption of Pro
hipitory Laws. which We give place
Co. not because of its excellent argu-
ment or clearly defined views, hut
because It Is very fair specimen of
that rantine and biased defense that
Is sometimes brought out la oppo-i-
ton to Prohibition. Anyone who
say~ Prohibition /, sumPluary law.
either has a wrong conception of the
idea an H. true form, or else does so
in gruudlcs, pervcr>ion of the truth.
Might a. we'll say thc Save against
murder, arson. rape and SO ou. are
sumpiuay, a- 90 bring such an alb
surd idea a. this against Prohjhi-
ton, Because a man ha- natural
inclination To get hca,tiy drunk. Is
no defense Than hc should Doe lcil
uumal,>tcd iu thc vent of this dis
gushing habit. Some men have "a
natural inclination 60 murder and
commi; rape aud steal, has Is this
amy defense for their not being pun
ished tor ity Not biz Some men
have an appetite or inclination for
one thing and some for another BE
cause a man ha, the burning thirst
of demon in him that prompts him
10 imbihe of the liquid that flows on
toward hell. no matter where YOU put
it. /, no more excuse for him. nor no
more reason why the iron hand of the
law should NOT arrest him, pointing
hi, index finger in the direction he
should 20, than that the same man
had the imbued spirit of murderer
and Just finished the execution
Of some hcll-hon deed Bro. Gun
diff article. In the main, j. about as
devoid of good reasoning and >en>i-
bile argumcnta, "a hens cgg l. of hair.
lie doesn't want any restraint put
upon a drunkard. because that drum
kard has an appetite. and to try TO
govern this appetite with the law
would make that law ~umptuary,
Talk about setting AN example for
the human race 10 follow, and promp-
ting them To do right by such lenient
means. Why Bro. Cundiii. there
are some men who have the spirit Of
a drunkard imbued in them from
infancy and they need something
more commanding and RELENTLESS, than
the gentle admonitionS of an exem-
plary character to admoni,h them of
their indi,cretion>. Cali not the law
-umptuary, Rather call il kind and
pleading. because that !, the attitude
of it, upholders. There i, no more
revolving and condemning ofiense
than drunkenness, mon one that j.
more deserving the ccn,ure of the
public, and a long a YOU oppose
Prohibition You uphold this vice.
There's no excuse, or pardon for man
that drinks. If he has an ungovern-
able appetite 10 exercise this function
and knows not how to suhdue it. he
needs a solicitous and-no sumptua-
~, but-,houghtful law TO arrest his
erring footsep, with its invincible
mandates. Drinking in any shape
or form deserves to be classcd among
crimes, because il leads To this, and a>
such there should be laws enacted
concerning it, the same as any other
ofiense. such a. thievery, arson, muir
der, DC. Prohibition l. the nearest
and most expedicnt road toward the
humiliation of intemperance. 1t Is
literally thesuppre,sion of the cause,
the stopping poi the fountainhead
from whence flows vice down into the
valley of the world, instead of thing
the stream of into different directions