The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1895-03-16
The License Question.
For the Democratic Advocate !

MESsRS. EDITORS Il presume il will be expected
by your readers that should take some notice of
the article in your issue of last week. in which ref
erenee is made to what was published from my pen
i'll the Sentinel of the week before and was Substan-
tally the same that had written to you express
ing my approval Of the effort of the ministers of the
gospel to persuade our citizens not to countenance
the continuance of licensing the sale of ardent Spir
its as Il beverage in our community Your CORE
Spondent's use of the good old pr0verb, from the
Latin OF which, in part, he takes his pSeudonym,
..Verbum Sap cannot think was Intended to dis
parage free discussion. y word to the wise is suf
cient, if it he Il wise worl; but in my humble opin
ion his was not such. Nor is that of his second
communication. did not write against alcohol i'll
any of its legitimate uses, nor against any man or
set of men in their work : men among men for the
welfare of men-"n eighhors loving each other aS
themselves but against the employment Of alec
hOl TO unmnn men and cause them 10 do evil and
not good. When some one said to John h. Cough,
"Oh. Mr.. Cough. You must admit that little of the
'cretIr won't hurt you much he made the wise
answer III You don't take any. it will not hurt
Won At all. want to do all in my power to per
suade my fellowmen not to use ardent spirits as
beverage, nor encourage any other person TO use
them as such: because AN history and eNperience
proves that the of them such has been and i
one of the greatest curses of society. do not want
any man. and certainly not any man Of good char
acter, To be engaged in 50 bad business selling
ardent spirits to be used as a beverage. Your cor
respondent thinks good men in the business would
sell 20 any who would become drunken, If their
friends would ask them not To sell to such: hut /
have known not few instances in which wives
and mothers have pleaded IN tears with the sellers
OF ardent slhrtS not 70 sell any more 70 thelf nus
hands and children who were turned away vita
refusal of their requests and even with lad treat
meut for making the requests
Ii would be a sin a. mince worlS on this subject.
and the most astounding OF sins for any prote>set
lover of the gospel TO do any thing by wont or act
10 encourage the use sale Of aUient spirits
beverage, now that acts in Superabundanrc have
demonstrated this and sale To k one of the
greatest causes of hnderng the success OF the Cos
pei "VerbUm sap has much right to his opln-
ion a. have To mine. and thinking aS he does he
may regapl me a fanatic ON this subject But
love ..Ncrhum san and all " Dr., think with him ton
much. a. my neighborS and fellow -mmortals !"
withhold from them my honest and sincere eNprCS-
sion Of conviction that they are wrong IN seeking
make it appear that the saloons are neeVied AMI
that good men are Unsuitable in keeping Them and
other good mcH in asking the court 20 grant them
license to do 81 can but indulge thu hope that
the time will come when the law of oar land az
sanctions the making or selling ot alcohol in any
form 10 h used hgyCrlCT. We know &c Has
proper uses hat know fully a. well that -
drink fog drink sake alone ii is ont Of ifs proper
place I blush Co think that any one should adNO-
cate It's n beverage and pray acEoutly mat
every such one max D" speedily amt permanently
CenvcTtei
twill uoi De- deemed Improper. think. for me
state iha;s- resident nj cstmlnSter for IVA cuiy-
nine wears. my observation aud experience have
lccn such fully 20 warrant the opinion shat our
city and vicinity would have hsvu decidedly batter
ruuld write long chaFterni sd la't> tlaf g-'nrr'l
Gene within my know lpsiEr Illustrating the d!rc-
uJl effects ~ the ~c 81 aritut spirits as tsAcrnge
Both as minister ~ fle gospel and an e'inoai"y az
bodies and souls oi men hg this business and 10 has
Salem 90 ms io; iH stand vith weeping friends aud
tBrrly brought % aeHth by the dius>i iuaucnrr cs
Fhf tunsrsi JrlFir rf1r~.sus hu ,zEE aDh. sf
only thr incorporate I1Ss of lrHur not the uSc 90 O..
tiast rlluc them tHrci iir it,t that htii i"y ih'
syaous thcs vicftlaz 1EHi r sil probability newer
have hss7TUf rlrguklHi~ ? T Nam.
Efr##t 81 secs
= allow me b. ssy cat think -v,rhusu
sap ought fa give thn rubIit DIS lrfss mann. ari
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