The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1889-07-03
FURTHER IN REPLY TO JOHN r.
SMITH,

SVtttu
The next case referred to by Mr..
Smith is the last supper, when the
Master made wine thessymbol of his
blood in the holy communion. Mr..
Smith, you are not ignorant of the
fact tina" cracked brained'' prohibl-
ZIONIST was only against rum being
used as a beverage, and not against
its use chemically, mechanically,
incidentally or for holy purposes
if there is such purpose requiring
it. Your intlmation would lead
those who do not know as much as
you do, TO believe. that prohibition
lists would not have allowed the
Master to use wine in the holy COM
munion nor allow alcohol to be used
for any purpose whatever; that they
would in fact expunge II from the
earth If they had the power. This
YOU know to be false. l am not
authorized to speak for the prohibit
tionists, but from my standpoint l
will say for the information of those
who may be misled by your insinua-
lions, that prohibitionists believe
that alcohol has its legitimate uses
in the world and TO expunge it
therefrom would be going back on
our civilization, but to prohibit its
use as beverage would be taking
an advance step and the most inn
portant one ever taken by civilized
man,
Axes, knives, guns, and all civil
izing implements have their uses
and are blessing to the world !;
but they are sometimes used for il
legitimate and murderous purposes,
and society to protect itself has
passed stringent prohibitory laws to
preventtheir being so used. The tools
are not prohibited but man is prohi-
bited from prostituting these useful
implements for murderous purposes.
This is Just what should be done
with regard to the use of alcohol.
If evil to man is caused by its use
as beverage, such use should be
prohibited. If man will prostitute
its usefulness to criminal purposes
craze and kill himself with it, or,
worse still, lnjure and kill Others
when he is so crazed-all should be
prohibited from using it as drink
for the safety and well being OF
Society.
That some can drink and do nc
harm has no more bearing on the
case than that some can carry con-
cealed weapons and do no harm with
them; but as all cannot all should
be alike prohibited. All the restric.
ton that prohibitionists want placed
upon drink is that it must not bs
taken into the stomach as the evils
to the many are numerous when sc
used. Just follow in your magma
ton the river of rum that is yearly
taken into the human stomach anC
then observe it's effect. You viii
see more misery and crime caused
by it in so-called civilized countries
than from all other causes combined
This is a statement requiring NJ
proof; yet we find many men VIII,
not only refuse to assist in prohibit
ing its criminal use, but actual,
work for its continuing. They would
rather see hell boil and the river o
misery and death roll on to suppl,
victims. They want it licensed an,
protected and made honorable b,
law, and so keep its channels unOb
structed by prohibitionists, whit
want its evil uses alone prohibited
and thus place it upon an equal foot
ing with other nuisances and Grim
inality.
Many, in fact all things that en-
danger life and property, from tn
building of wooden structures il
the heart of large cities, down t.
petty thieving, are by law prohibited
except the criminal use of rum. /
there any good reason why it SHOULD
not also be prohibited, seeing it i
the worst of all? have said enough
on this text to show from my stand
point that prohibitionists are consis
tent in believing the Bible a temper
ance record, and to show their con
sistency in believing alcohol usefu
for many purposes, but a curse as
drink. 1t is the curse we want pro
hlbited. "Where there's drinking
there is danger
JNo. M. HoRNER.