The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-08-18

4 w htOo Seo Oily wings bprOutlng on
snybody's shoulder; We are sinful hu.
man beings, made by God Almighty
in Ills wisdom with shortcomings and
the weaknesses OF man; we have our
srratites, and II Is Ia Che nature Q.
the beast to crafty that appetite for
Gtffnuia1ts, and is he cannot get St
lawfully he Is going to get it some
other way. There has always been
and always will be q demand for liquor
as q bsveridge, simply because man
likes the taste and It's effect, not be-.
cause he is sick, not because he needs
1t as u medicine, but simply for his
stOmaoh's sake as Paul said to limo.
thy, and somebody will always be ready
to supply 1t for the money.
That being the cause, l have tried
to deal with this question as a true
nj aud from q commOn.sense stand.
not 1 / would have them to be, but to
try and teach them to minimize and
reduce tho evil OF whiskey drinking.
| have not INDUCED In liquor myself
but L have seen 1t, some Of my family
have suffered from 1T, l have seen it's
misery, the misery 1t causes; l have
seen too much not to know that II we
could destroy the formula Of alcohol
either from fermentation or anything
else 1t would ipjure tho medical pro.
lesion In their business, deprive men
Of their valuable stimulants in Ger.
tain diseases, but the sum Of human
misery would be reduced. But the bsst
thing In my Judgment as q practical
man Is to treat mon as they are and
to try to teach them to restrain their
appetites as far as practical and min
lmizo n evil Of liquor drinking. You
have heard O. good deal about blood
money.
AS TO BLOOD MONEY.
Sometimes 1 get awfulY slick in the
senate when l hear q fellow get up
and twaddle about what he knows
nothing Of; when l hear preachers
talking about the drinking Of whiskey
being blood money. / look back to
the history Of the world, l find that
no man, no preacher prieat or states
man ever dreamed Of attempting to
prohibit the use OF liquor until about
Is or 100 years ago, have not under
took until the last 60 years to say
that man should not drink or that it
was a sin. l do not hesitate to say l
can iitld in the Bible q dozen or two
dozen texts recognizing the use of
liquor to where you can find one
which diScOurages it or danounces It..
Where does the sin come In?
The sin does not rest upon Bible
authority, 1t rests upon the preachers
authority, and / object to any
preacher changing the scripture to
suit his fanaticlsm and to mako me
swallow his religion. (LSughtnr)
You cannot show me In the scrip.ur
eS exc pit in II or two isolated cases
where the use OF wine Is denounced as
a sin, and L can Show you q dozen
passages where it Is spoken Of other.
wise. When any man talks to me about
blood money l put him down as an
abominable ass. | do not intend any
thing personal. / cannot see n pos,
sible excuse for any one to make such
a charge.
l saw the other day where some
man said that rather than SEQ bis
children educated on blood money he
would prefer TO see them grow up In
illiteracy. l do not blame him for
saying that II he believed it was blood
money. But 1T Is not blood money.
Where do you get the authority for
saying it Is % sin to use liquor? There
Is no doctrine Of that sort in the Bible.
You can find plenty Of texts as to the
abuse of liquor, getting drunk and
doing things that a man will do when
drunk which are sinful. l agree TO
that. The dispensary Is intended to
minimize tho abuse of liquor, while
prohibition is supposed to prohibit it's
use absolutely because 1t Is sinful.
SOME COLD FIGURES.
l always like to back up my asser.
tons with facts. Some people dfaw
on their imagination for their facts. |
may have Done SO at times, but did
not do so Intentionally. / have de.
clared and do now SO declare that
prohibition does not prohibit any
where a few days ago l received The
last printed report OF the commits.
Sioner OF internal revenua at Wash
ington, and | find these figures: State
of Kansas with q population OF 1,47O,.
40 had In 1t retail beer or malt
liquor licenses secured from the
Upitcd States goVernment 3, 1915 or AGO
people TO every retailer OF those bev
erdges. That's In KausaS, remember.
One liquor and beer dealer for every
400 people in tbs prohibition State OF
Kansas. QLau1hter.) Maine has G04,.
600 population according to the last
cenScs and haG 98S licenses issued nv
the United States government 10 sell
liquor and beer, or one to evory 1903
population. State Of South Carolina
mac $40 900 population and the total
u OF United States licenses to
retail liquor and beer including the
leo and odd dispensarlcs SGT, or one
retail seller for every2 2. 3G4 population.
Now, those figures ought to speak
for themselves without further argu.
ment; but have some further facts.
Take the city OF h r|estOn, S. G. 1t
had In 1900 SIS 600 population In round
numbers, and tie total number OF ar.
rests in that city for that year was
1902; arrests for drunkenness 524
Ml1d you they say Charleston Is the
nome or blind tigers, end | know 1t to
be true. Kansas City, Kan, popula-
ton $1,000, total number Of arrests
3,157; arrests for drunkenness 900.
rake Portland, the head centre OF
prohibition, where 1t has been the law
Tor 90 years; population SO, 600. total
number or arrests 1 900; arrests for
drunkenness, |, 1865; more than twice
az many as we're in Charleston. TO.
peka, Kars., population 33, 900, total
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