The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1888-01-11


by the decisions of
before and since the ~
Fourteenth Amendment neC
discussing at some lenbh the neith |
the State, applies the Princinr Rsnun
ciated to the manufacture lale Of
liquor, as follows; N
There is here no justiic, "a pr hold
ing that the state, under tn u mere
ly of police regulations, IS aiming to de-
prive the citizen of his constitutional
rights; for we cannot shut out of view
the fact, within the knowledge of all,
that the public health, the public
morals, and the pdblic safety, may be
endangered by the general use of intoxi-
eating drinks, nor can we ignore the
fact, established by statistics accessible
to every one, that the disorder, pauper-
ism, and crime prevalent in the country
are, in large measure, directly traceable
to the evil"
The other case before the court in,
y0lved the question of compensation to
brewers and distillers for the loss of
their property by prohibitory laws, on
appeal from the famous decision OF
Judge Brewer. On that question the
court says: "a prohibition simply upon
the use Of property for specific purposes
that are declared by valid legislation to
be injurious to the health, morals or
safety of the community, cannot, in
any just sense, be deemed q taking OF
property for the public benefit" Thus
the whole ground is covered and the
principles of prohibition clearly sus-
fo1r I'D ,a.1 ~
1t is not too much to say, with a we'll
known law-writeF, that this is probably
the most important decision ever rem
dered by tie august tribunal from
which it emanated The following
paragraphs from discriminating edi-
torial in the Central Law Journal indi-
cate how the decision is regarded by the
legal profession: at settles for all time
every material legal question connected
with the most burning moral, social,
political and politico-economical issue,
which is now before the American peo-
| pie or likely to come before them for
generations. It clears away all legal
impediments to q full decision and
pleDary action on the subject Of prohi-
bition, and allows the great reform to
90 as broadly before the people as its
most ardent advocates could desire. =
Indeed, the positions assumed by
| the Supreme Court of the United States
are as sweeping and conclusive as the
most ardent and setive prohibitionisl
eonld possibly desire; they ieaUe no Eega
fo0fkold upon tchich an opponent Of proks
biti0a could make stand. The question
| thus becomes purely a matter Of public
policy and expediency. And whenever
/ that question is presented and decided
in any State, II matters not which va,
the decision may be, no one can have
right to complain that his legal or con
/ sfitutional rights have been infringed
or his personal interests uniustl,
affected. The time has passed, there
fore, never to return, for WelI-informeC
enemies of prohibition to ring thu
changes on sacrificing personal liberty
and Substituting force for free will ;
The highest judicial tribunal in tn
land has opened the wooden horse,
4 and instead Ct finding "a dis1uises
4 enemy TO State sovereignty has dis
covered only the panoplied and patrioti.
| defenders Of that ancient doctrine ans
the real guardians Of individna
liberty"
Mr.. Davis returns again to the Ques
ton Of Father Mathew having expresses
any sentiment in fafoF Of prohibition
doubts the accuracy Of M statement
and asserts that be vail, auntiI it /
verified, continue to d8obt the AUTHORITY
of The seeming quotations. / pub
Iished the following as having beel
| written bT Father Matthew "a tie even