The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-09-11
ADVICE TO PROHIBITIONIsT.s.
HY HENRY CARTER.

Oar Prohibition (third parity friends
base their claims for support from all
friends of temperance and ultimate pro-
hbition, first, upon the ground that
their party Is absolutely needed to enact
prohibition. Secondly, that when they
have thus obtained it their party is abso-
luteiy necessary to enforce it, and they
keep up the courage of their followers by
comparison with the slow growth of the
an.i-slavery party, which hually became
"A great party and abolished the great
curse and shame of the nation.
The first proposition Is dis?roved by
such an avalanche OF fact and the whole
history of the prohibition movement,
that it is astonishing they keep on re-
peati"g it, and misleading SO many who
would like to vote right on the question.
Now for the facts: Since the prohibit
ton idea was started, nearly forty years
ago, about twenty states aud territories
of the Union have had or have prohibi-
ton, but it was never once obtained by
.., h,t ayar,nd ,Iw,vs bv tb. na,nl,
;r,a'r.ct,ya If u.r,v II ms is r, md
~, ,,,.. will ,tt.nut to d.nv il wb.t he
comes ,r tn.ir claim, Is u,G th. wind
c,mnI.,ely taken ONT of their sails
IT, man. ot ,h. states this WAS don.
ha,,., ,h,. ,i,.. ,f :, n,IiticaI t.u,.r,uc.
ory,nizal,nu WAS advanced. AS III New
II .,,n-h,r. m 1S55 w,th severe neual.
tia, -, II, md ,mnr,s,u,neut. but # WAS
- a,,t,,,n.d rn INV .yr.,,t. N.rmnrt
and ,ssachuse1ts had sucb law about
the same time. and SO little practical
good resulted from 1t that 1t was repealed
in 1870 CouuectIcut had "A prohibition
law INT il WAS never enforced GENERALLY
ard was rpn.aled in 1872 MARYLAND oh
t.;nad sucn a law for thirteen of The
twenty-three counties. which was worked
81 nonrlv from non enforcement in all
INIT a few places that they vote this fall
IN hiyb tsx in it's place. Illinois has To-
cal optlon. which is said to work well in
small places. Ii was obtained by all good
citizens without the and of political
party. Michigan had prohibition law
since 1854. but repealed il III 1870. They
have l,c Il ontion vet for small places and
verv str,ct laws. as TO minors and Sun.
DAYS. and three years ago passed the law
about the temperance text books for
schools lne ours. No third putty had
ANYTHING TO do with that. Iowa, Kansas,
Nebraska and other states have had all
the laws they want, obtained without
senarate party action and coming too
of Ell alas before there was public
sentiment Id render them effective.
Constitutional prohibition was had
last wear in Name, aud few months
AGO in Rhode Island and how-by the
action of this third PARTY, or as It ALWAYS
has been, by united dctioH Of all its
triends enttrely trced from party' The
,nird Marty hal nothing To do with il
more tuan others but to cast it's few
votes. But, as all are aware there has
Deeu in the far Southern states great
temperance. revival y.,iu, on. aud much
prohibition legislation resulting. there
from. Now let us see what the Plohibi
ton party had to do with that Also
lutek nothing, tor none Was in existence
ther. wh.n tine most of if WAS effected
On tho contrary thp t,s,im,nv is that
all .,,tu act,n,, Was kent out. sam
J,n,> r,i.. ,r,at revlval,st and prohibi
ton orator. and worker Tor il III Georgia
said recently, "that all Dartg tras pur-
poseIy Kept ont If IT, The Republican
party III Arkansas has taken up prohibi-
tinn IN the great diSpust of tb. Probibi
tioulsts in other states. some of whom
are already Discerning injury to the
cause thereby But enough. | have es
tabllshed by the uuanswerable logic OF
facts the position | took that prohlbltion
has always been had when the people
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