Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-04-18
i OF the DIspatc1
Tn tfae MoutieeIio As.Dctnifon.

Tor the Dispatch
To fne Monticello Association.
Gentlemen,-A reply 10 Mr.. Refer
sons third letter is respectfully offered
Is follows
!. The undersigned assures you, gen
lemen, that Mr.. Reierson is entirely
mistaken when be implies IN his first
sentence that anything like pity for
LOSES prospective was offered you
Il was, on the contrary, contended II
various writings that there need not be
snv loss ct all-thst the various ways
IL which the grape and other fruit
could be made profitable without the
conversion thereof into al iDtoxicant
were SO plain that business disaster was
as unnecessary ss improbable.
.. Ny. Jefferson says =" We de-
mnnd ard will contend for justice"
The best way In the present condition
Of humanity TO get justice IN the busi-
ness world If by arbitration, provided
the arbitrators be impartial and sutb-
GENTLY informed upon the matters IN
yolyed. This great subject Of License
OF no license is By the Legislature
placed before the voting population for
arbitration. To give these arbltrstors
full information upon the relative per
niciougnegs Of the two parties whose
teachings are 10 be scrutiuized il IS
requisite 10 proceed upon .he pl&n--no
less rational than Scri2tural-" by
their fruits re shall know them
This plan must lead to fair lnvesti-
CATION Of the question. - Who hath
woe: Who hath sorrow: Who hath
contentious: Who hstb babblingI
Who hath wounds without cause F:
Who hath redness Of eyes: " The
answer Of The Wise Man has been cor
roborated by the experience OF ages
- They that t&rry long al the wine"
Hence the advice, Look not upon
the wine hen II Is red" DC.
Now, what justice is there 70 be found
il that phase Of teaching which Is un-
willing to have us claims subjected too
fair investigation Of the question, Does
II promote OF does il lessen the number
Of victims TO - woe and - SORROW, or
wounds and rednesE OF eyes :" :
II il be logically shown that one system
mas probability oflesdinga single VIC
tin 10 the -" redness Of eyes more than
would be SO led without that system,
should II not by the demands Of justice
give place 10 is rival: Zach one Of
you gentlemen would no doubt readily
give an answer sccOrdant with what Is
taught by the advocates Of local optlOr
Il you thought that one victim would be
your OWL son. But he is somebody's
son. What justice is there in claiming
Tor my Own child what AN not willing
10 allow to ny neighbours offspring:
Who does not SEE the proper answer 10
this question: The reasoning is plain
that If there be probability Of one
NOR ricttm under the license system
than under prohibition that fact should
be plainly stated 70 the Erbitrators, ano
they should act by the rules Of justice
in The premises. We here state that
the probabilities are plain that not
uDe, but hundreds and thousands more
victims viii occur under license than
under prohibition. This assertion is
made because Of the teaching Of sound
philosophy and positive experiment.
Reason and experience coincide II testi-
m0ny. What more csn be Justly Claimed
for the decision Of any question: Yes,
gentlemen, every true patriot is wiling
that this whole controversy shall be de-
tsrmined by the striciest justice. We
sincerely desire the srbitratorS 10 os
governed by. justice to the poverty
stricken toiler In field and factory 10
anxious mothers and fathers" to
literary students and coIegr professors
Let the arbitration be Is thorough as
its importance demands.
3. To all that has been said about
the absence Of the stronger drinks IN
wine countries we simply reply by re-
producing what was stated IN former
letter to the effect that the psr-capita
consumption OF vhiskey, &C., IN France
and Germany has increased mort rapid
ly fhsn in the United States, fearful a.
the latter has been. This disPels doubt.
4. Opposed to ths appeal made TO
the statesmen of Europe IN Mr.. Reler-
sons letter We place the example o.
larger numbers Of msn in Europe and
America who have made the subject
uns Of much study Stonswall jackson
WAS net sanselsss when be proiesssd As
dread of liquor more dian Of ballsts.
Two thousand eminent phTAicizas u