The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-16
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10. 1880
rRE APpElL AND RGH LIcENSE

To the Eiltor OF The Appeal
Sir ncing a subscriber aud daily reader Of "Thc
old Rciahlo' Arrgtf. I feel privileged "a nsk
space Of II In which o. siy my sly," though In ~
doing may accomplish nothing more than that Of
rciilug myself trounccd Tor nay audlolty. In your
issue of the nth you siy, cdllorlnlly
eve print In another column an editorial irom
The M. iark EtcnHg A.. - GA tho failure 81 the
prohihitlon LAW passed. IN hh"ie island Two wear
ago. n 4 fn 81 cvidcncc nl thc tut that goes tu
ennrrm rch Temperance men in the opinion That
hlHh iircusc ami not prohibition T. the safest
means ui gTuppliug Win Go induce ANA ultimately
destroy nnnduirrdly great cNil.'
The article you fricr to alys that prohibition wns
a sucoss Ia Cambridge. Mas. while 10 srcms the
rvcr-c b. true IN Rhode Island liut in tlc object
Of this little communication. u ! understand
you, your position IL that "funl Temperance men"
nrr iu favor 81 "hirh lic,nsc aud not prohibition
as boinF the safest means oi rmpplIng with ~ NJ.
duccand ultimately destroy nn admittedly great
evil" Now, just listen NJ the man' opposed 90
Prohibition aud set you make hfsic o. suggest the
''saicsi mcaus' by which 10 "rclucc an1 ulti
maitiy destroy an admittedly great evil" n yuu
'dcslroy nn admittedly great cyIl" do you NOT
prohibit that cvir l. not prohibition the uu
mntuml Aud u you nv pnll, in hSur oi the
ultimate destruction ui "nn admittedly great oyu
priy tcll us how you can nt che eimc tlmc Oppose
the prohibition Of thatcv This asrmy strangely
Homogeneous 90 your rustic rlirrs. Thew nnf
thnsc whn sccn Ia advocate absolute prohibition
ar else "irrc WHISKY" ns ihcy say We hal ln ante
boilum days Thcy oppo.o lircnss 1T every tin1
Thcrr arr uihCr who advocate hish l'rrusr us o.
moans of iys-rning iuicmuguucc-hs " urnns thai
VII ultimately destroy an admittedly great
evil" DO you not think the nti class mon.
toned nrc far the Nose consi,ivnr Statistic
B. nEainsi high locufr ns au'iucrt Di dninkcnurs..
crime. even ~ compared with low lurn,c. 1hru
Why advocate high hornse ~ means oi lcs,ruinr
intompofauco. Its iuuuy tlW thus' WIN WEALTHY
oproso uruhihiton, rud set rtyicf mot 10 take %
stand against a. brcumo niypcatoi ut high Uoeusc
asa means 81 ultimately destroying 'nu admit
teddy rrnt evil" itucro better " srrns tp mr.
a. iRnurv che question rutIu,ly or urht prohibition
ffum she shoulder uui than adyseaic high aern,r
o. means 81 ltearnIus drunkenness. bringing
shout iclnpcmnoc iiwoull 90 lr. haun.
O. u. CanDunEns
shnunun. February a. is'9.
We chccriully give Mr.. Caroihcrs the
space be Graves Tor what nigh, be termed
his cock-surc communication. That We
are anxious TO grapplc with an admitted
evil and reduce, ultimately TO destroy H..
Is a strong aud consistent position dc.
scribcd by worls that u our correspondent
will read thom again lac mnst admit, DO
no, involve Tnr ArrE,l In anything like
the contradictory position that he implies.
To hrsi reduce before destroying an evil
implies time and successive steps, and
that Is the opposite OF the sweeping plan
involved la the word prohibition, which
means nj once, ins,anior Yes, W.
Ninit that in,empcancc IL an evil. and We
should rejoice to know that II was abol.
ishcd today. But, believing In the right
oipryalc Judgment In individual liberty.
In the right tia, every man hasAo eat,
drink and wear what hc pIcascs. and being
opposed 90 all sumPiuary law, We arc op.
posed 10 prohibition. Moral sunsion and
a public opinion that firmly dcnounccs
drunkenness, are mop 20 be relied
upon than all the prohibiiory laws
tina, were over passed That il the en-.
pcricnoc Of this country. II Is impmcica.
bile. In Maine, whore prohibition ha.@ccn
ON trial for thirty yoan, il il a failure.
especially in the larger towns, aud 10
much 10 that oven children under twelve
have been arrested In drunken conli.
ton. In Rhode Island the authoriiic. do
not hesitate TO declare Il a failure Tor want
Of sustaining public opinion. Even In
Vermont, whore there are no large cities
notable and persistent c,asions Of the law
have been reported. In Kansas the drug
store takes the place Of the saloon aud mo-
man need be without drink" who
desires H. In Iowa the law Is enforced In
the country asin Vermont, but In the towns
and cities II Is constantly avoided. chiefly
through the drug stores. Acorrcspondent
Of The Omaha Bee, who made a special tour
Of Iowa with n Wow Of investigating the
operation Of the prohibitory system, wrote
that paper recently that In the city NJ Ia.
venport II Is treated as joke and Jest -
Davenport Is a prosperous and rapidly
glowing city. When prohibition was sub.
milicd for adoption the people Of the city