The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-10-09
TIE RUIN OF RUM.

Tie KUHN Or RUM.
MuItitudes of Authorities, Both Religious
and Secular, Unite in Condemning the
Great Curse.
If the traffic in ardent spirits is i'm
moral, then of necessity are the laws
which authorize the traffic immoral.
And if the laws are immoral than we
must be immoral if we do not protest
against them. GerrU Smith.
Hereafter no ardent spirits will be
issued to troops of the United States.
No ardent spirits shall be introduced
into the fort, camp or garrison, nor
sold by any sutler to the troops. Nor
will any permit be granted for the
purchase of ardent spirits. General
LewiS CasS, 1882, from Var Depart
ment
Throw out your light teach the
people to feel that they are the law
makers. Show all the friends of Tenn
pcrance the folly of sending drinking
men to our legislative halls, and then
sending them petitions to save the COM
munity from the ruinous effects of their
own practice. EdUard c. DeIaUan in
1888.
l have found the use of alcoholic
drinks to be the most powerful predis-
posing cause of malignant cholera with
which L am acquainted. Were | one
of the authorities, would placard ev-
cry spirit shop in town with large bills
containing the words: Cholera sold
here. "-Dr. 4. N. adams, Professor of
the Institutes of Medicine IN the Ander-
Sonian University of Glasgow.
Be it enacted, That from and after
the first day of September, 1862, the
spirit ration in the navy of the United
States shall cease; and thereafter no
distilled splrituous liquors shall be adj
mitted on board vessels of war, except
as medical stores, and upon the order
and under the control of the medical
off Hers of such vessels, and to be used
only for medical purposes. = United
States Congress.
protest against the notion so preva-
lent and so industriously urged, that
beer is harmless, and a desirable sub
stitute for the more concentrated
liquors. What beer may be, and what
it may do in other countries and
climates, | do not know from observa-
ton. That in this country and eli
mate, its use is an evil only less than
the use of whisky, if less on the whole,
and that its effect is only longer de-
layed, not so immediately and OBJ
viously bad, its incidents not so re-
pulsive, but destructive in the end, /
have seen abundant proof. Colonel
Greene, President Connecticut Mlttuat
Life Insurance Complain.
All intelligent physicians will assent
to the following facts: l. That the
use Of intoxicating drinks, for a bever-
age, causes the principal part of the
sufferings of society. 2. Other things
being equal, those who totally abstain
from the use of Intoxicating drinks
are more healthy than those who do
not. s. The abolition of the liquor
traffic would greatly promote the gen.
eral health and prosperity of the coun-
try. These things being true, it does
appear to me that every good citizen
should do what he eau to have the
liquor traffic abolished.
| Far be it from us to wish or endeav-
or to intrude upon the proper religious
or civil liberty of any of our people.
But the retailing of spirituous liquors,
and giving drains 10 customers when
they call at the stores, are such preva-
| lent customs at present, and are pro-
ductive of so many evils, that we Judge
it our indispensable duty to form reg
ulation against them. The cause of
God, which we prefer to every other
consideration under Heaven, absolute
| ly requires us to step forth with humble
boldness in this respect. Thomas Coke
and Francis ASbu7y, Bishops of the M.
| b. Church in Antertcd, 1900.
l wish some of our great statesmen
would walk through our great towns,
and would go from house to house
with some of the devoted clergvmen
who know the condition of the people.
wish they would come and hear the
biographies of intense misery which
are to be found under the humblest
roofs; and when they have learned
these things, and found that they are
all to be traced up to one black fount-
Misunderstanding drink believe they
would lay aside their political ques-
tons and conflicts, and take in hand
that which touches the very root of the
life and morals of the people What
are we about? How is it that men
who profess to be statesmen can waste
their time and the time of the Legisla-
ture before they take this subject in
hand.-CGrdinGI Manning.