The aegis & intelligencer., 1898-01-07


drunkenness. "ou puhiSheS the SIM ana ;
may society. ANA what society may rlEhtI
puiilsh' II shoulu seek 10 prevent Ill man
ways God guards against the SIN. HOW CIV
| government shouiu ulScnarRe tuis uuS Is
| ili"I'er 10 oe uecldeu pS experience 1t ie no
"'il'cu 'h"t Ill some instances fF"hioitl"h ia
picN'"'e0 vi u'''lheliiicsS' A"e lueS'io" s' s
ho' accompanies oy greater eNiiS IMAM Is
| may "e' So'le "ther ihooe ol corrttl'"h
| nave no hesitation III saying that that can no
pe thc best way To remedy the drink eNll whcI
is based ON the presumption that man can b
more righteous IMAM MS Maker
| why should Maine be taken as test stat
touchihg the elhcacy Oh FrC hibltloh LSlmpil
because 1t has been tried there longer than any
"here else. lrohioitioh mas pcch called th'
Name -Llqu"r-lawI
IL IL should DC adhlttsd that thelaw mas IAN
ct Ill Naltic' may IL hot pc eHlcaclous else
where: LOf course circumstances alter cases
But have no reason to suppose that those oi
Name dlher from those Oh Maryland. Inc d'
cision OF onr CRANE jury leads TO the concl'Isl1r
that they 10 not!
Mt. Brahu haScd ms conclusion with relcl"
chce 10 the "hole great state Oh Maihe on one
man Judgment. u wrote 10 IN man DE-
cause khe" MN 10 De II man Oh Judgment
ana 10 nave eXcepti"paI opportunities l" DC
ialhiilar Win inc cohulI'oh ol Tue Whoie state
ooth clties ana rural uistrlcts. liad l known
What MS judgment "ould oe' L lshould not nave
asked IT.
lhe sasseflioh lol my lh'ormah'I that men
uTlhk 10 greater excess lor oraNauo Is Puerle'
II 40 not uouot the CONCLUSION ura"h oy my
informant from "hat ne Knew. Ana Nchtul"
10 assert 'nat many agree WIN me- Inc pre-
itSsor ASKS "hctuer men coliiinlI Hl'ruer
''louen plaN "uo; oolhellincs' -hch soiu uil-
uer Sill from this prom Ptlhg aud Sill 10 sih.
40 not see that reference 10 burglary ana ar
Soi' crline eoniinit'eu Ill secret tahes away
from inc iorce ol the assertloi tilat men 40
"""t 'ueS "ouiu h"C other"lse uo through re-
s'stahee 10 "hat Is heiu 10 De lhJ9stlce. MY
experience as ooS' ana among poSs mas
SHOWN ME that us boy nature so 10 act. Ana
Iae chllu Is lather 10 the man.
Mr.. Brand : friend says that III some parts OF
Name frohibitlon seems 10 oe elective; Duh
theFe general sehthheht' not statutes governs.
III Is perfectly 1alr 10 deny thls suggestior'
ana IL true' TO assert that there sober men
Were maze SOBER by the law But DO not see
'"c i"rcc Vi 'Le e"rE uncut II theS were sooei
oelore' lheS nave hot oeeh hi"ue uruhharus
ousn ptaN "uo' leaNc the reauer 10 lIuu
1t ouI' Ihe meaning Oh what Is salu oy ny
irieh" III connection WIN tnls STRIKING WORD Is
sulhclentlS ciear' men III whose ears the Ia"
's 1ho" S""it uo' uliiiA' Il VI eH "
'e'ie'9 III oi"ei " eAeieise "lia' 'le9 uecin
"'' >L' " uiltih III lhouel"'loh' are hhe'! "
III lin i'iiiiloie' a'ei!' Al'"oush "o' !" ullect
answer ~ my reNle"et' "ouid mere say IHe
ihoi u''i''c use Vi l'iu'i 'i'u niue" ueei e'Sen
III III II ai ioiu oe4'ie io"i"i'io' was pioposec'
"e Ia" 0"uiu "o' nave "eeil "eceP'cu 'Hii'!
Htals so"''el'I
Meu AepI uhuer restraint lor lohG Pel'ouS
VIII frequently cnauSe thelr manner oi ne.
. assem- Is lc"ui'1 SNcil' NJ orc"Ni"S vi "aH
hapts' however Drought ABOUT mas Il tendency
10 improve the stahuar" OF lhdlNlduals ana
communities. Ihey VINO 10 not accept the IL
terence suggested are called by the reviewer
UNI UNI wthihkihG people "A paragraph Oh phiios'-
Ph"Lhe icaus " tux, neal ques'ioii'l
Is MI. hrahu ready 10 prove that all llhe sotc cr
comiluhitles Ill Maine owe hothlh& 10 frohibi-
tlon: II nave put myself out OF position for
thahlhG the attempt oy saying: i; Is not de-
hicu ih"t III solie liis'anceS FROM Ji'loh mas
prevented drunkenness. suppose L ask the
reviewer, can you I"ott that the sober com
Ill Maine were made such by the
Maine III" L nave iNed LOT years Ill II com
munitS that had never Known any restraint
with regard 10 drink oth+r than their own
sense OF proprIety' and could yet have met all
the demands that Prof. Wright is ready TO eN-
act; for according to his assertion he is not DIS
posed to enforce prohibition i'll its strict sense.
ne "ssertioh th"' Iluor SOFA against law Is
likely 10 DC pau-"orse IN It's ehects than that
"hleh Is openly solo, Is met by the assertion
Laat however solo, nuch Is hkely TO he bad
ana all sure 10 XIII IN Il rev years tens OF thous
anus whose manhood mas oecn undermined by
hSatlaole thirst. make my own all that the
professor may say OF the euects OF Unsuitable
hiFst- Inc next sentence aHords an llustra-
ION Oh the art cohtroNefsial whlch the reader
nay adnire as olt OF sarcasm or OF irony.
II the paragraph that loiIows' about the mid
lie, may DE tound the exclamation What
oglcal iilmslness: rms the reader may apply. |
Is ne may De lhclheu oy prejudice, to what |
'rccedes' or 10 "hat toilows IT.
IL Is true 20" uoes not put II out OF the |
'ower ol man W COMMIT SIN II Is equally
eli evident that lie mas not put 1t out OF mans
'ower torestrain his fellow man from seducing |
ma aebauching the race. Equally sell evil
lent CIVIL government Is an institution OF
''H 10 protect Inc weak. But THIS assertion
oes not touch lhe question whether the only
hooe oi preventing abuse Is 10 dehy the right
o usc.I
no" ei"lueh'S uoes Mr' Drahu plead lor
icohol as the Eitai prihcipal OIL bliss IN
''e '"l up t'i"" con useu ought 10
'e uilder TINS Dtiiiiahtirohy Perhaps would
'e II cou!d only connect II with any thing |
ave written. What follows is of Il grosser
than IRONY. am told that NJ
nent Is SIMPLY speclous' ior the intelligent
roniol'louisl uoes hoI conuehn alcohoi.
IN tolu that my nonsense Is intended Tor people
'ho cannot prooe peheath lts piausloleness, or
'ho accept any word that l may utter. This
udeheSs' "hich am 10 accept because 1t is
poken III controversy Is suppose, an answer
paragraph III "hlch say that while the
IstiILihS OF strong liquors IS comparatively
ate lnvenuot' alcohol' the elntoXlcating quality
all illuors' Is louhd even III the grape on the
Inc. III Is aicohoi I'm "lheJ that lntoXicateS.
'ou mas not cohuelhhed the use ot that which
eihg aouseu may lhtoAlcate' that Is, the use
i WINE. MI. wright VINO has Just asked, us
&c writing ior lne purpose Oh bringing out the
'hole truth Is poIu enough 10 write How
oes nc iii"Aei' appear that telh Perahce people
ohdemn aicohol us aicohol! lslt palatable in
Is uhdisgulSed state! Could men, il they
you'd use IL as beverage: Nonsense ~
Inc professor aecllhes TO enter upon the
heories oi blple vines Nerertheless he ven
ures on HtIie bloie eAegess. one generic
erih' he says represents both the wine that
naddehs by intoNcation' and the wine that
lauuehs Without nlauless' many OF his
FIcll"s VIII nol lhailA Nun lor the assertion
lorse' 100 nc say thaI "heh the WINE Is
Z" we are NOT 10 look upon 1t. ana II the Bible
makes any distinction 1t certainly prohibits