The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-22
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harm than any agency that has been
employed against it." AS q subscriber
to your paper, ask space In Your COT
unins to give my views on the suDIect
which evoked the aforesaid letter and
comment.
have read with no little pain your fire.
quent productions on this subject. | nave
admired the soundness of your Judgment
exhibited in the discussions of many OF
the issues which have recently agitated
the public mind. and was loath to assign
to YOU the position you Enthusiastically
occupy in regard to this a!l-absorbing
question, known as the Barbour-Quaries
bill. The only foundation for your posi-
ton seems to be that "this is matter
that should be regulated by the l-egis-
lature.'' You do not i'll any OF your
writings, that l can recall, undertake 10
deny the fact that this matter needs
regulation. recognizing the fact that the
traffic is menace to our country. II
this be the case, that the traffic threatens
the good of our country, and no sane
mind can deny it. why cannot our Con-
Stitution makers deal with it as freely
and as efficiently as they can with vicious
and unqualified voting? If this position.
then. be sound. l ask another question::
Il heretofore the liquor dealer has had
the right to say to the country. or the
magisterial district in which he lived, II
have the right to sell my liquors till you,
by q majority vote, say / shall not 20
it, want to know if it is not time the
country or the magisterjal district was
given the right to say to the barileeper.
before You can be legaliZed to set ND
in our midst that which works a thou
sand evils to our benefit, and is there
fore nuisance of the most pronounced
type. you must first get the consent OF 4
", io,f, of % pjtiZonS within tla local
governmental jurisdiction in which you
propose to injurc and corrupt her citizens
and offspring? Thcre seems to be no
two sides to this question, viewed from
the standpoint of fairness.
Now, as to .'ths spirit of Intolerance"
I concede your position, that threats are
not the proper means to accomplish de-
sired end: but the untenableness of your
position that a spirit OF Intolerance in
jures the temperance cause is too appa-
rent, it appears to me, for a mind OF your
usual clearneSS ever to contend for. 1t
is only that spirit of tolerance, yea, viz
tual endorsement among the so-called
army Of God Though compromising, not
to say traiterous, soldiers), that has fas-
tened this accursed traffic upon the most
enlightened nation of the word. II our
Constitution makers will oniNSask them
selves the question, what will 7 wish
l had done when stand before Him? and
not stop to consult the self-interested
and biased liquor dealer nor to consider
the revenue derived from such a corrupt
ing source (for our God is able and viii
take care of the governments whose heads
! obey Hinl), the Barbour-QuarleS bill,
with such alterations as are right and
proper, will not be long in passing. T
trust they will all be actuated by this
noble principle. And you, A1r. Editor.
'at me beseech. to get your bearings. as
Of yore. and come over into Macedonia
and help u.s.
Written for His names sake in advo-
! eating this rr"nz 'e"''se, and not through
love of letter writing.
\. c. GARRETT, JR
Buckingham, Va, Dec. 9th.