The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-02-23
THE LIQUOR QUESTION
IN MISSISSIPPI AND THE PRO
HIBITORY LAWS PASSED.
The Effect Of Them More Harmful
Than Good and Likely TO ln-
crease Drunkenness.
IronnrsroNpEscE on Duo AFFEAL.l

CoRINrH, MISS, February lJ.-Ior-
NIT me to give you a few figures and
facts with regard to prohibition, not
only in Ccrinth but in all Mississippi
-6yures and facts taken from or base d
rnon the contents OF chapters lS2 TO
2io inclusive OF the published laws oil
onr State. passed by our Legislature
in regular session from January ON
up 10 March Is, 1884.
The whole number Of special pro-
hibition acts passed at that time ls
sixtv.ejebt. AS, however, three OF
them were repeals, four extensions
and two merely amendments, the sum
total If entirely new prohibition acts
snlounts b but fifty-nine. Oi these
but few consist OF two or three sec
tions. These are those which 90 In |
Tor urahibitioa straight. The great |
msi1,ity. which prefer the CoIban
10 a. hiring in the first section the usual
anathema OF prohibitionists against
intoxicating liquors Of all SORTS, l. e.
against alcoholic, lmalt and vlnous
LIQUORS, a. the standard phrase gener-
aliv reads, After that comes sec
tion or two which gives or give liquor
pTivileges. restricted or Unrestricted,
hardly ever to druggists but freely TO
nhysicians, the church and the domes'
tic circle, /. O., TO either, TO any two or
10 all of them. Then follows a sec.
tom which defines the punisl ment
with regard to nature, smo unt OF Tune
for any or every violation OF the re-
spective acts. And ii there are unex'
nired licenses on hand, the cosing
section, among other things, states
then that they should not be meddled
with.
Concerning the contents OF the first
aection of these acts there is no bone
Of content on" known ID me, the
name OF which shows 80 much con-
fusion. az the term liquor In the vo-
cabulsry OF our prohlbitionists. Why.
some Of these good people speak oil
alcoholic, malt and vinous Liquors rs
II there was no alcohol in either beer
or wine. Yea, some OF them ada
with the same breath cherry or peach
brandy, gin, ETC., and, perhaps, the
so.ralled "bit .ers," as II no alcohol
was in them eithe:. There are still
Others who continually speak OF in
toxicsting liquors" Us If there were
LIQUORS which do not intoxicate, even
when used in large quantities.
Permit me TO say that, outside OF
water, milk aud the like, there are
three distinct classes OF nat onal bev..
erases-liquor, beer and wine. Oi
these, the first class consists of whis
XIV, brandy, rum, arsc, gin, schnapps,
etc, and their odsprings or kindreds,
all OF which are gotten by distillA-
ton.
The second class, which embraces
beverages like lager, book, ale, porter,
lambic, mumme, etc, aud their kin
dreds, are the Joint product OF grains,
(malt), water and hops by the triple
process OF infusion, decoct on and
(yeatt) fermentation. The third class,
TO which drinks like port, Madeira,
Johannisberger, Tokay, champagne
aud their kindredS, also raspberry,
tomato or rhubarb wine, and their
kindreds. etc, belong, are Produced,
the first from the pure juice OF certain
Vrapep, the latter from the juice OF
certain other fruits (berries) or plants
bv way of natural fermentation. On
home. made cider is q kindred TO wine
But whilst | coneider California beef
and ginger ale, two OF our temperance
drinks proper, as rather bastard bev'
erages, the cordials of our lady brew.
ers' / am told, are Do.hing more and
nothing less the hermaphrodites oil
fruit juice, sugar aud whisky.
Now, what want TO say is this, thai
in all Europe and in this country, too
with the commercial men, the scien
tific men and the national economist
all Ahree-wine and beer AZ well Al
LIQUORS are articles OF distinct O.
different features; that with them vim
is wine, and not liquor or beer, ant
beer beer, not wine or liquor, willis
liquor Is neither beer nor wine, Blu
liquor only that, however, malt liquo
may be produced by preparing msish
or beer for the still from malt alto
gether; that we may get liquor o
wine, but don't we have that alread,
in the commercial spirit OF wine? an,
that lust for these very distinctly
features sake wines and beers ant
liquors are not only differently classed
but al:o differently tasted or licenses
even by this, our own government.
But to return to our figures: OF tn
50 acts mentioned above, 59-lS 4
give liquor license to physicians, So
25 "a give license to churches 10 us
wine at the Lords Supper, and 59-2
SO give license "ior dispensing hosp
tally within the domestic circle en-
in the family residence of the giver,
or, as il sometimes reads, "ior socii
and culinary purposes"
The act of the Fourth aud Fifth Di
trict OF Lee county, which grants phi,
sicans, sacramento and house license
and that for Montgomery, whic
grants the manufacture of wines an
Cordiale from grapes aud berries, bI
the fuse of any liquor" only "for n
cisl, culinary or medical purposes, }"
am sorry to say, were the only nc
the people concerned got the privilel
to vote on.
Again: OF these 50 acts there al
2 for academies, each Of whiC
grants only physicians liquor licens,
. for colleRes, of which one gran
liquor license ID physicians al
churches, whilst the other grants phi
sicisn's, church and home liquor
cense-the latter to the exclusion
the matriculates of the college, no
ever; for a normal high echo,
which giants liquor license only
physicians and churches, and 10 (
churches, of which one grants hon
made wine, one the cup Of hospits
ty; the physicians and the sacl
mental cup . the physicians the sac
mental aud the domestic cup. and
tamong them the act for the Presl
terrain camp ground in Jones count
all Of which grant no cups whatev
This leaves "A acte for villages, citi
supervisors districts and counties
which number but villages seem
have taken prohibition straight
through.
OF these filty-nine acts, once mt
there are but two which prohibit
mere sale, two which prohibit the {
aud barter, three which prohibit
making the sale and the giving av
aud only one-that Tor Byhal
which prohibits the sale, the giN