Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-04-14
For the Evening CAPITAL.
THE RETURN OF KING ALCOHOL.

THE RETURN OF KING ALCOHOL.
TERRIBLE is the wrath Of the king
that comes back from exile" is say
ing that has become common, espec-
ially 10 those countries where revolu-
tions are frequent.
The rule Of alcohol has been &C
kn wledged. When bis power has
been broken, and be has been driven
into exile, the people have known it
for it as perceptible to every one.
Wien be has returned to the throne
from which he had been driven, this,
too. has been known, for bis rule has
been more severe than at first. He
comes back with banners, and music.
aud huzzas. lie remembers bis for
mer experience, and determines to
make up for the time be was in exile.
The severity OF his rule is showo
ia the community, and IN the indisid-
ual In Maine. before the Danish
ment was complete, we End this king
Ia temporary exile, and always when
he returned, we fad the record that
intemperance had greatly increased.
A Chinese tradition tells Us, that
away back in the remote ages, the en-
peror forbad intoxicants, and heaven
raincd gold for three days, but what
followed after some years. 1t is re-
lated, that after the emperors degen-
Grated, one of them constructed, with
In his palace grounds, tank so large
that three thousand men could drink
at its brim, and then filed it with
enough wine to Hoat a barge They
then spent their time in riot and de-
bauchery, which led TO the decay Of
the imperial power and its division
among several chiefs
In the Swiss conf, Iteration, there was
law restricting the sale Of liquor up
to the year 1874 Then constitu-
tional clause was adopted removing
all restrictions on internal trade =
This the courts interpreted to refer to
the manufacture aud sale ofintoXicat-
ing LIQUORS. We are now told, that
drinking not only threatens the pros
perity Of the nation, but its very exist
ence.
What is true of the return of king
alcohol to communities and countries
Is true Of his return to individuals. -
DIR. Cuyler speaking of intemperance
said: "Some of the hardest cases | en-
counter, are of those whose names
are enrolled on church registers. In
wonder Iecture-room | have heard a
man pray most pathetically for deliv-
erance from the tempter, and yet he
has been tracked to drinking saloon
on his way home from the prayer
meeting"
The gifted Tom Marshall, Of Ken
lucky, reformed, and said at great
temperance meeting IN New York
city, "A drunkard is the hardest thing
Ia the world for a philosopher to elias
sify. He amt man." The old hab
it returned, aud ruled up to the close
OF life. When dying be thus solilo-
quized. well well, this is the eud
Tom Marshall is dying, not having a
suit of clothes in which TO be buried,
dying upon borrowed bed. covered
with borrowed sheet. in house
built by CHARITY
liz this sing were enthroned in all
bis regal power. aud we knew of the
evasions that would occur of laws
such as have occurred in Annapolis,
we might hesitate. to drive bin into
exile. But since be. is in exile, aud
every act that is put forth to show
bis power is an illegal act. it becomes
every man to consider well before be
gives his influence to bring back the
banished king. II be gives " so
much trouble now 10 exile, what will
be do IN this community and with
the lives and character of many who
have escaped his power for tie last
two or three yearsl How can We
vote TO bring back king whose pow
er i so Gesfructiveg