The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-07-22

turn. Platforms seemed to be the subject
by the farmers here.
We are Modest.
The following letter was written without
any solicitation on our part. and by q gentle.
man for whose opinion we have the most
profound respect. Did 1t contain nothing of
public interest, we should not publish it, but
it seems to us the views set forth therein
should be seen by our readers, hence we
throw our modesty to the winds: Ed
To the Young Editor of the Pioneer:
SIR
In looking over the recent files of
the PIONEER I would come TO the conclusion
that North Dakota, and especially that part
Of it about Bottineau, lays claim to the first
placeNamong the states Of his country. If
editorials will clineh the claim ana put it
past dispute, you may lay elatm%to a large
share of the honor. There is nothing like a
a little young blood t9e help lift the "old To-
gies" out of the deep inire Of long esta blished
prejudice. Young eyes are clearer and strong
er than old. and the mind fresh from the
school will detect f~allacies thai escape the
notice even of Veterans.
Like the ring Of your article on prohibition
Ill youA AS5NC VI buly Acts tAAouSA you h0SCs
permit me to say. not by way of censure,
but just to point out that the impetuosity of
youth Is liable to it's drawbacks rs well as
the folly of age-yes, you have got things a
little mixed. Waking up to the discovery
that on every question there will be d1versi-
ty Of opinion, even among "honest and in
telligeut men,"tand wisdom may not die
with us) you settle for all time to come, the
n s,ocf3rrH If 1iaonco vuhnr WA, eov SVTn a
never for a single moment countenance the
idea of license" This statement helps us to
a clearer understanding of the second sem
tence in the article referred to-. Here there
is no modification or hesitancy, and there is
as little of either when you say, 1.-THE tact is,
alcoholic liquor is, like many other things,
a good thing which has been sorely abused"
Here again you may find, the fire of youth,
may subject you to a volley of grape, CAMS
ter and big guns that will make it next to
miraculous if you come out alive from that
"Valley of Death" Let them "volley and
thunder" You are on a hight above the ele-
walton of their guns. You are not in the val.
ley, as the shooters suppose. "Every Great
ure of God is good and to be received with
t~hankfulness,' and If they choose to waste
their ammunition in the vain attempt to
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ford, to look on without fear. But what about
Prohibition? A little longer experience.
which Of course implies q more minute &C.
quaintance with the various views held and
advocated by prohibitionists. win enable you
to see that they may be divided into two
classes, Which W. shall call the Radical and
the Conservative. The Radical sees nothing
in alcohol but evil and that continually-evil
in itn N TN ro on6 OWL ~ SIC rocrl%o D,,k -
where it should be and use it - 1t should be
used, and 1T will be, so far from being injuri-
Gus, as great a blessing as any element in the
drug store. All the hard names hurled at IL
cannot alter the fact. They may serve to
show a command of vituperative terms, and
how zeal may outrun discretion but they do
not ''speak volumes for common sense nor
common charity. They as plainly show a
want of discrimination between the words
"use'' and "abuse," "nature"*an d design
The Censervatiyesclaimf for it q place and a
: power which no other element, yet discov.
cred, can occupy or WELD, and say, use it but
do not abuse IT.. We want 1t wholly confined
: to its useful purposes, and therefore cannot
consistently seek the prohibition Of its man
ufacturs, totally, and we claim to be prohib
~itionists. II I'm glad to see that, in the be
ginning of your career rs q journalist, YOU
give no uncertain sound as to your excheq
uer creed It u like the quintessence Of
mature experience, more thar" the flush o.
!, youth, when you7 say, "If q thing Is legiti
mate and right, government has no right Il
demand a license, unless in times o: imam
cial stress and "a q means of revenue only
!. did Dad whisper this to your May you liy,
. to become President of this great nation, II
, carry. out your theory OF taxation for "reven
ne only" and let our protected gentry pro
? tect themselves by their honest industry o.
get out of the. way of those whose brain.
and perseverance, rightly directed, will nnt
for them q place from which no competition
can dislodge them-and them we will honor
asmodels and benefactors,
Let us clear away from oul eyes the cob
; webs OF prejudice and face this question Co.
, probibition) In all it's bearings, seeking
: (oniy) to M the truth for the betterment
of the race, rather than to establish by sheel
force a, theory which is not correct Sucl
: q sentence as this, with which you clos.
: your article) bespeaks for you q philosoph
: ~icalinsight into the nature Of things worthy
OF your descent. And may you never des
cend to 9. lower level. is the wish and hops
oSsyour
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