The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1889-03-23
PROHIBITION.

SVuhAA SNhSidill, Dut Sopu. Wllult-
some, moral blessings have follow
ed the successful result of the vote
Of last August.
In Osyka, Prohibition has been
on trial almost two years and the
practical moral results stand out
very prominently. Situated as that
town is, on the borderoftwo States,
it is natural to suppose that much
liquor will come to the depot, con
signed to partiesin Louisiana. A
more Jugs and kegs come now to
individuals than came in the days
of the saloon, the whisky men AZ
sert that far more liquor is being
drank now than formerly, These
people forget that the open saluhn
supplied then all the demandsmade
upon IL, and that as there was no
necessity for jugs, so they did not
come. They also forget that bad
as is the presence of the jug, that
it is an atom of evil, compared to
the outpour Of whisky that flowed
from the saloons.
Some very good people who have
had experience enough to know
that the declaration OF law never
works radical reform in n few
years OF time, seem quite astonish
cd to think the whole entire prac
tice of dram tlrinking.dill not dis
appear as soon as the County went
dry. Many Of these good people
are church members and know
there are disorderly persons in
their churches, but not one of them
insists that Christianity is u fail
ure simply because few Obdnrate
persons refuse to obey the church
laws.
One or two recalcitrant children
do not furnish IN argument for the
abandonment Of schools. One on
two persons of either sex, who
prove untrue to their marriage
VOWS, do not make people distrust'
fal of the whole order of marriage
Two or three murders, and as many
thefts, even if tae guilty ones es
cape punishment, do notoperatc as
an excuse for the repeal of tile laws
against homicide or stealing.
Some of oIr friends seem easily
disconnected on Prohibition If one
lug gets in and the law is not vim
dicated. These are weak soldiers
They are like those lsraelites il
the wilderness who after marching
a few days under the leadership O
Moses, became terribly dissatisfied
at Rephidim, when they desired tt
return to the flesh pots Of Egypt
!. fearing God would abandon then
ere they arrived at Canaan. Thes'
kind of soldiers would have givei
M the patriotic effort of ollr faith
,, ers as soon as the affairat Bunker
Hill went against them.
: Reforms work slowly, viceretire
very sullehly before the advance
of virtue. The illegal traffic il
, liquor must be repressed like al
other illegal things, i. c. by th'
penalties of the law. There is NJ
I; compromise batween Prohibition
: and the sale. If the latter WIS al
evil before the election when !
received the countenance Of law, j
is none the less so now when tn
popular verdict has prOnounce'
, against it. Men who arc alway
offering to surrender are veal
citizens. These wish the law t
do everything and the peoplf
/ nothing. Liquor must be vote
. 1out, hunted out, lawed ont and pu
out. Ii is said the vets won il
Jackson in the recent election be
cause the laws had not been wei
, executed. What plea this to sur
, render before7 Because a few gal
Ions obtain illicit sale, is that
! reason that the open saloon witt
. it's gilded lights, and its screene'
doors shouldagain be placed befor
Z our peopIei
: A man has n good mill dam tina
secures him ample power to d
much work, but he finds he cannO
stop all the water, and that. SOM
: escapes ont through the joints o
the planks that form his waite
:. gates. and because of this he de
stroys the whole dam and refuse
! 10 receive the beneiitsof the strean
Z because he cannot stop every leak
: Again man has fine field o
grain but some noxions weelshay
come up and are growing there
and because hecannDt get all thes
! out, he tears down the fence an
lets the stock ruin all the oats
What simple reasoning! Still thl
!, would bein keeping with the actiol
of the man who, because he saw {
. Jug or two of whisley sticking on
I at show or circus that he shouli
I refuse to vote for Prohibition b.
local option.
The fight with liquor cntrenche
e as it is in custom, is q cOntinRa
II battle. We have beaten it out j
l. the open field, and have driven
from thetrenches. Wehave broke
up its great armies and it onl
! now continues a guerilla warfare
= Shall we fear the guerilias after W
I have beaten the main arniesi
4 The jug and the bottletrade onl
find patrons in the old loverswlies