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

Il 90 NOT see any wings Sproutimg ON
anybody's shoulder; we are sinful hui.
man beings, made by God Almighty
In His wisdom with ahnrtcomings and
bhe weaknesses 0: man; 40 have our
appettteG, and IL Is la the nature OF
the beast to crafty that appetite for
stimulants, and II he cannot get it
lawfully he Is going to GET it some
other way. There has always been
and always will be q demand for liquor
as a beveridge, simply because man
likes the taste and its effect, not be.
cause he is sick, not because he needs
it as a 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, I have tried
to deal with this question as a. true
man and from q commOn.senso stand.
not az L would have them to be, but to
try and teach them to minimize and
reduce tho evil Of whiskey drinking.
1 have not INDUCED in liquor myself
but [ have seen It,, some Of my family
have suffered from 1T, l have seen its
misery, the misery 1T causes; l have
seen too much not to know that IL we
could destroy the formula Of alcohol
either from fermentation or anything
else 1t would injure the medical pro.
fession In their business, deprive men
OF their valuable stimulants in Ger.
tain diseases, but tho sum Of human
misery would be reduced. But the best
thing In my Judgment as q practical
man Is to treat men as they are and
to try to teach them to restrain their
appetites as far as practical and min
imize the evil Of liquor drinking. You
have heard a good deal about blood
money.
AS TO BLOOD MONEY.
Sometimes l get awfullY sick in the
senate when l hear a 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, / find that
no man, no preacher prieGt 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 q
| tllIU Ol0h SllUulu uOU uIJDh vi uItdu III
was O. sin. l do not hesitate to say 1
can find in the Bible q dozen or two
dozen texts recognizing the use of
liquor to whore you can find one
which d~iscourages it or %denounces 1T.
Where does the sin como In?
The sin does not rest upon Bible
authority, 1t rests upon the preachers
authority, and L object to any
preacher changing the scripture to
suit his fanaticlsm and to make me
swallow his religion. Lsuqhtcr)
You cannot show me in the scrjp.ur
eS except in one 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. l do not intend any
thing personal. / cannot see any pos.
Sible excuse for any n to make such
a charge.
1 saw the other day where some
man said that rather than SEQ his
children educated on blood money he
would prefer TO see them grow up In
illiteracy. | do not blame him for
saying that If he believed 1T was blood
money. But it Is not blood money.
Where do you get the authority for
saying 1T 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 aud
doing things that a man will do when
drunk which are sinful. / agree to
that. The ~dispensary is intended to
minimize the abuse Of liquor, while
prohibition Is supposed to prohibit its
use absolutely because It Is Sinful.
SOME COLI FIGURES.
l always like TO back up my asSer-
lions with facts. Some people draw
on their imagination for their facts.
may have done SO at times, but did
not do so Intentionally. l 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.
@ioncr Of internal revenue at Wash.
ington, and | find these figures: State
or Kansas with 2 population OF 1,470,-
d05 had In IL retail beer or matt
liquor licenses secured from the
Upltcd States government 3, l97, or ACC
people TO every retailer OF those bey
eraReS. That's In Kansas, remember.
one liquor and beer dealer for every
400 people in tho Prohibition State Of
Kansas. (Laughter,) Maine has 604,.
600 population according to the last
cenScS and haI 98S licenses issued by
the United States government TO sell
liquor and beer, or n to every 7O3
population. State OF South Carolina
had l $40, 600 pOpula, ion and the total
number Of United States licenses to
retail liquor ana bocr including the
100 and odd dlspensarles SGT, or ono
retail seller for every 36l population.
Now, those figures ought to speak
for themselves without further argu.
mont; but ! lave sOme further facts.
lake the city OF h T)eston, S. O. 1t
had IN 1900 So, 600 population In round
numbers, and the total number OF ar.
rests in that city for that year was
l,O02; arrests for drunkenness 524
Mid you they say Charleston Is the
home OF blind tigers, and | know 1t to
be true. Kansas City, Kan, popula-
tion $1,000, total number OF arrests
3,157; arrests for drunkenness 900.
Take Portland, the head centre OF
prohibition, where 1t has been the law
for so years; population SO, 600, total
number OF arrests | 900; arrests for
drunkenness, |, 1865; more than twice
aS roany as we're In Charleston. To.