The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1889-06-14
In Defense Of Prohibition,
EDIroRs COLUMBIAN, DEAR SIns.

myself the same privilege.
My answer to Mr.. Derr's first issue,
was mild and gentlemanly, but seeing
it was impossible for him 10 establish
an argument based upon facts, he re-
sorts to personal abuse with disloyal
tongue, and firmly believe that retail
alton is the only sure cure for the abuse
disease that Mr.. Derr is addicted to.
Now, argument is one thing, and
abuse is another we have had the ar
gument, and now comes the abuse. He
compares me to a boa constructor; well
that is something, better than nothing
at all, but am very much afraid that
the snake is ON the other side, trying
TO swallow something he can not get
down. He also says | have a swelled
head well, this is better than no head
at all. But Mr.. Derr's soul reminds
me of the one doctor describes. He
says it is so small that it can be put
into the barrel of humming birds
quill, and then blown into gnat's eye,
and it would then have more room than
frog in the Pacific ocean. He says
If | was to swallow him, l would have
more brains in my stomach than have
in my head. Well, l suppose would
have more whiskey brains, such as beer
heads, lager heads, and lunk heads,
and besides this the conceity Derr's
brains are 80 shallow, and soft, that
they would be easily digested, without
the least danger of dyspepsia. 1 think
his brains lies in his lower extremities,
which is the cause of his desiring to
crafty the lusts of his stomach, and is
the cause of his upholding the snares
of the devil. / emphatically say you
did exaggerate, misconstrue, and mis-
represent the scripture, and my former
reply.
did not say that liquor was the
cause of all the evils, but | did say
it was the cause of great many evils,
and am safe in saying three-fourths
of them. Now, do you see how he
misrepresents things and yet denies 1T;
beware of false teachers, as this is one
of Satan's strongholds. He also says
the temptation was not taken away
from Adam and Eve, but the Lord
drove them from the garden for their
disobedience, and now on the same
theory why does he not drive the peo-
pie from the land to-day on account OF
their disobedience You clearly see
the absurdity of such doctrine. He
says Mr.. A. being arrested and sent to
the penitentiary, took away his own
liberty. Who ever heard of man
taking away his own libertya That is
for others to do, by enacting laws and
enforcing them, thereby depriving him
of certain privileges. Every law we
have causes every person to surrender
certain privileges, but in exchange for
this surrender, we obtain protection
through our government.
| deny that l ever forwarded for
publication, that you said, that no man
has right to say what you shall eat,
drink or wear, providing you steal it.
This is an error on the part of the prin-
ter, and not mine as the copy will show,
and yet he accuses me of misrepresen-
tation when / am entirely innocent.
Mr.. Derr speaks of the calibre of the
man; his calibre is sized up in the fol
lowing; in his first issue he spoke bold
ly of the land of the free, and the
home of the brave. What right have
you to speak thus? You had better
hang your head with shame, and be
the last to triumph over freedom. Did
you assist or lend helping hand to
bring this about, a free land Did
you personally leave home and family,
brave man, to defend your country,
or did you seek shelter behind logs on
the mountainf Now this is what he
boasts 30 much about. He said said
l had a perfect right to say what hui
manity shall drink This is another
one of his falsehoods. l said l had,
providing they steal 1t, and this is
what thousands are virtually doing, by
expending for dilAk what should 60 to
the support of their families. admit
the word prohibition is not used iu the
Bible, but there is connecting link
between that and temperance, that you
can not shntter. might as we'll ask
you to find the word immersion in the
Bible, in reference to baptism. You
believe in it, and yet you can not find
il, and yet believe there is a connect,
ing link between these two; immersion
was not taught any more than prohibi-
ton was. The translation in Hebrew
and Greek was correct as l gave il, OF
the various kinds of wine made in tha,
day, which was both fermented and
unfermented, aud any person but 8
numbskull knows it. Mr.. Derr is pret
ty we'll cornered when he has TO resor
to abuse for argument.
The 80 called religious views on pro
hibition by Farmer, as appeared il
your last issue, happens to be preach
er. He may haye secured farmer t.
publish it, but the originator is
preacher, a wolf in sleeps clothing
and a snake in the grass, thief neve
leaves any clue that might cause hi
Identification, and this is what thu
preacher undertook, but literally failed
/ have respect for any man 'though b,
be on the opposite side" who will comt
out boldly, and place his own signatur,
to an article, instead of disgracing some
innocent farmer with one of his would
be religious bat devilish articles Of
trash, which he Is ashamed to connrcl
ulIueell VIII, H6 COtues tte u FARMER, dnC
yet doubt if the rays of the sun cvel
shone ON him while wearing farmer.
apparel; the ridiculous idea of preach
er whose business it is to instruct hu
manity to do right, and then advise
such to do wrong; his christianity al
lies in his toe-nails, and in the opposite
direction from the quick, or else hi,
christianity, if he ever possessed any
was like Samson's strength, being al
in his hair, and the first time it was
cut he lost it all, and if the Lord evei
delivers HIM from the fiery furnace he
will need shoes with cast iron soes tc
help him through.
You believe in immersion, and not
in prohibition, and say to you as
said to Mr.. Derr, If you will find the
word immersion in the Bible, | will
find the word prohibition. He says
ministers should not use the pulDit foI