New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-04-04
Wednesday, April 4, 1883.


ally forced, as the first glimpses of a
political campaign come before our vi
sion, to contemplate on an issue so un-
just in its contents, so utterly tyranniz-
ing the rights of free citizenship, as
Prohibition Has our sister state, the
fertile Iowa, not languished under the
banefnl influence of measure, which
has practically crippled her industries,
devastated her farms and closed her
Workshops? And was all this sad state
of affairs, recognized by the plying
neighbor as undeserved, brought about
by the enforcement of an act forbidding
the exercise ofafree will ? We answer,
yes! and if you, who call yourselves wise
legislators, with the best of your coun-
try at heart, enact laws, SO unreasonable
and so unworthy the efforts of clear
mind, then we charge you with violating
the Constitution. Iowa's best citi-
zens have not left their home, previous
~ happy one, simply because it was
forbidden them to drink their fill, to
drown themselves in hogsheads of IL
quor. but because it was forbidden them
to exercise their judgment, because
the right was denied them to thrive I'M
der a just law, because they were
classed with the drunkard, who sneaks
in at the back door. stunning the light
Of the open street, and, who in hurry
pours down the miserable cup of 'srot
gut" Sane Judgment allows no one to
be Incorporate sane Judgment stamps
prohibition as a tyrannical law, the
cancellation of which is worthy the ef-
forts OF every fairminded citizen.
Do you prohibitionists mean to assert
that these free and glorious United
States, with a record of prosperity un-
paralleled in the history Of the world,
have been founded, and are to day con-
Quoted by citizens, who in exercising
their free will, in determining what is
best for them and their dependents, fall
to the level of bad adviser ? Do
you mean to assert that self-control is
beyond our power, that our character
is so debased, so weakened, that we fail
to regonize an unjust action ?
We may combat intemperance by
temperate laws, pervaded by the spirit
of fairness, and appealing to the sound
judgment of the individual, but create
a state of oppression at variance with
personal liberty, and every righteously
thinking citizen will lend his influence
to repeal so wanton an act
Intemperance is tyranny against ma
lures law prohibition is tyranny
against good Judgment neither will
further an end of morality.
Deplorable as it is to witness an in
diVidual, powerless to restrain himself
from an abuse of natures gifts, we fail
to recognize, that such a member of
our society would be reformed by fore
ing him into belief, that the means,
which brought about his insobriety, are
unworthy an existence, for he sees that
a moderate indulgence is not at vari-
ance with his welfare. We recognize,
however, that timely word in behalf
of temperance, and under conditions
which must appear holy to every father
and son, is fraught with the greatest
influence. we mean !: loving wife's,
tender mothers admonition at home
Yes, here lies the solution of this all alb
sorbing problem. It is woman with
her hearty appeal, it is mother with her
tear stained eye, who alone can stay
the tide of intemperanee, by combating
the evil influence, exercised upon an
Incorporate away from home. Let our
wives make our home the sweetest
place on earth to us, let them make it
the goal, which we long for after day
of hard labor, let them soothe our cares
and sorrows, and we will not entertain
q moments thought of leaving such a
holy place for glittering hall.
But let our mothers, wives and sis
tiers desert their home for the political
Westinghouse, for the political stage
and speeding stump, and we will be
estranged from the hospitable roof,
which ought to unite us all into one
happy family, and which ought to make
us thankful for the blessings showered
upon us, and the bounty of NATURES
gifts.
We wonder if the ST. Paul GLOBE
was aware when it wrote it's uncalled
for and harsh criticism of John Lind's
standpoint, that the able M. G. had
as many friends, and such as were con-
tident of his ability and sound judy
ment.