The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-11
Editor Advertiser:


 Each individual has the right to mink and act for himself and to per- snade others from error. If an jn5jv- .oual can show by moral suasion and intelligent facts that a person is abms- ing his privileges. or abusing those the right to persuade If possihie tnsf person to do right, but he has not the rignt to force that person to act as he of %aass aSs, nm ina,u unless he Is the guardian force one under his care to act as he wants him, but not to think as he wants, and 1t is the right thoushts snst one should endeavor to put in an fear their actions. An iridividasi should have the right to use mora suasion but not force. You can force 2 person to do right. but you cannot only accomplished by persuasion. A little moral suasion will do more fo accomplish right thinking and right acting than all the forces in the uni schools those in charge are fast com ing to this conclusion. The old say ing spare the rod and spoil the child'
 iSiast going and will soon pass into oplivion. and persuasion Is taking It's place No individual should be de- prived of the right to think inteiIi- gently upon any subject because then you might deprive the world of useful
 
 lively that q man cannot buy or sell alcoholic stimulants then there is not much use to investigate the good or pad or these articles, as he Is laying Chat Is by manufacturing, analysing and the like) to punishment. It is ali right to have laws. but when 1t comes ,s to - one ssnreI, gensrstion of people making scientific investigation then we are carrying the law too far. Suppose the amendment was passed and a scienti- ing. analysing. furnishing the differ ent beverages, even though he was do- ing this for the good of mankind. OF testing them physiologically and the- prosecution. Some viii viii say s that th0te the se proper investigations have been made. but 1t is known fact that the scien- tihc men of today diwer. Suppose they say that the majority if not most of these men were on one side or the other even then 1t would not be right to make the law so binding that men in future could not make further in- vestigations, accord the right to ev- cry man to think and act as he pleases think it is narrow -mindedness to fall out with man because he is an anti prohtbttiontst, prohibitionist, Democrat Republican. Jew or Gentle. but I do think that if man Is a Democrat he has the right to try by any facts he may have at his command to try to COuNAnCS tAC 1A0pQDllCdn IudI ne SnOuIQ be Democrat. So with the prohibi- tionist. so with religious beliefs. Abus- ing one another does not show intelli- gence; 1t simply shows that the man verify his contention or to sufficientiy convince another that he Is right There Is one known fact, and for this reason If no other. the public should be careful as to how they vote for or against the amendment. and that is it deprives the druggists from dispensing anything in the way of alcoohlic bev- erages. except pure alcohol. This de- prives the sick legally from those ex- cellent beverages which are some tim-S ess iss ans sns ncs t ts amendment passes 1t will be extreme undo what the past legislature has done. as 1t requires such an over whelming majority to get the ques- to say here all that the doctors have to do is to say that a patient needs certain beverage, and If the family have. confidence in that doctor all the legislation In the world could not keep the family from getting same. but why not let them get 1t in a legiti- mate way? have written to Cover nor Conner twice asking him If doc, tors would be allowed to prescribe and druggists dispense anything except pure alcohol, and although he Is stumping the state and Is supposed to tell us what IS the law m order that one might know whether he must vote for the amendment, I can only get an evasive answer from his secre- tary The first letter stated that the | governor could not undertake to ad- wise anyone. on the law; that thts was a matter of the courts to decide. but | he would suggest that l take the mat | ter up with two gentlemen in Mobile, namely. Mir. Stallworth and Judge Ber- | ney.
 | 1 wrote to both of them, and I have not heard from Mr Stallworth, but ! Judge Berney called to see me. and ] | explained to me as Fest he could. He fnid ma that he con anltad LuIae Sanlmes