The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-08-15
Some Prohibition Logic.

poses us tnc 'RONil DcH RitIl lIScI
will not scare them from their position.
They may c0ncc,lc that he is the cen
tral source of common sense, but they
do not cOllcc,lc that he has Il monopoly
of morality. The prohibiti0nists have
reason To congratulate themselves
in so far us Anderson County is con
ccrnrd in that
ISL TIry are represented by man
of rrcproachablc Christian character
Il man with Il clean record, who has
borne himself with the courage of his
convictions and not Il time serving
politician. The intelligent voters Of
Anderson County, whatever may be
their private Judgment as To HE plac-
iicAbility Of Prohibition. Will conrrdr
that much TO us.
md. The prohibitiuni,t> can appcal
to the record and say: did
prohibit Here is the proof The
State has prohibited every man from
selling liquor. This privilege she re
serves to herself by her own agents,
and they can sell only ut the public
hispcnsurics. Very well. All must
admit that. Un last Friday these
agents were Likewise. prohibited from
worked like acIIaIn. Now, until some
responsible man brings forth positive
proof 10 the contrary, not from Maine.
not from Kansas, but from Anderson
Comfy that prohibition did not pro-
hibit on that day. the enemies of the
rall>c of prohibition ought to remain
silent. Was it good thing to have
had prohibition on that dayl Why
Was It deemed advisable to have pro-
IlDtion that day? The friends of tic
dispcnsaiy, who do not drink liquor ut
all, did not need to have the dispen-
sary closed against themselves? Then
against whom was it closcdY Certainly
not against the prohibitionists, for
they are asking that it be closed all
the time. But every intelligent man,
! do not care what may be his prcjudi-
ces. admits hat it was Il good thing to
close it on that day. Was it against
in Anderson larger crowds. Why is it
not closed then every day against the
crowds: Ii it is Il good thing for the
community to have the sale OF liquor
prohibited one day against the crowds
why is it not good thing for the cOnn-
try to have it prohibited two days, 4
week, Il month, Il year. perprtunlly!
Will our people not stop and consider
for one moment the sad commentary 1T
is upon our boasted Christian civiliza-
ton that it is necessary to sell liquor
to the people, and yet when they gather
together in II crowd it becomes impera-
lively necessary to prohibit the sale of
liquor to them on that day, in the in
terest Of peace and good order of
society. Men who are so blinded by
political prejudice may not, possibly
will not, stop to consider the matter,
but submit it to every intelligent,
dispassionate man. who approved the
closing of the dispensary last Friday
to consider the question of prohibition
in the light of the good effects it had
upon the crowd that day. and then ask
himself this question. "If our civlliza-
ton and our sense of prOpriety ap-
proves OF the prohibition we enforced
for one day, why can we not success
IT it is good for the masses why wnnla
it not be equally good for the indi-
vidual Tor every day7 Why cannot q
people who claim to be upright, moral,
civilized, christianized, stand up in
their manhood and say we will outlaw
the sale of spirituOus liquors forever
from our borders?
This question was fairly submitted
to the voters of Anderson County in
1898, when there were 1,024 who voted
for prohibition; there were 1884 who
voted to sell liquor through the dispen-
sary. 1t is charged that the preachers
and OLD bar-keepers have formed IN
"unholy alliance" to establish bar
rooms again. That statement is so
absurd every intelligent man can bear
truth to it's nonsense. How many
preachers are there in Anderson COun-
tyP How many exbar-keepers? The
ness before the ;iispensnry came in 10
s!!lpplant the bar.rooms and joined the
church and has lived consistent life
to oil outward appearances since: one
is dead, one does not vote in the Demo
cratic primary, the others have either
left the State or gone into other vOca-
tions that are more cOngenial, and there
is not today i'll the city of Anderson
an ex.bar-kecper who would join the
preachers of Anderson County in their
''unholy alliance" for the purpose OF
establishing the old bar-rOOms again
as has been charged.
Now. Mr.. Editor, | have no malice
towards any one who may differ from
me. ! do not say they are fools or
fanatics or hypocrites because they do
no, not look atoIdo at the question at issue from
the same right to think for himself
that claim for myself. But submit
that it is not fair, that it is not right,
Tor any man to impose upon the ignOr-
ance and preiudices OF some of the
voters in the State rs has been at
tempted 10 De done. 10 tell an lgnOr-
ant man that the preachers of this
State, and thntincludcs every preacher
in Anderson County, aud old bar-room
men had formed an "unholy alliance,
with Col. Hoyt at the head, to tear
down the dispensary' so as to re- cstab-
lish the old bar-room system is rs
reprehensible and contemplate as was
practiced by. the "scallawags and car
pct-baggcrs'' on the ignorant negroes,
when they were told that ''if they
voted the Democratic ticket and the
Democrats got into power. the first
thing tho Democrats would do would
be to put back into slavery all the
negroes"
The average Democrat of Anderson
County could not find language adc-
guate to express his utter contempt
tor such men, and where is there a man
who has any feeling orpridc of charac-
ter can blame the preachers who have
the manhood to resent such charger
Ii the charge be true. then, indeed, tho
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