Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-13
Prohibition Arguments Pro and Con.


Robert O. ingcrsol oanostic. orator.
and scholar has ever been credited
with being o. thinker. And Go him le
due ono of the most terrible arraign-
monte the liquor traffic ever received
Here 10 10.
90 ana aware that thcrc ls o. prejudice
against any man who manufacture
alcohol I believe from The time 10
Issues frUm tho Cullcd and poisonous
worm Boz The distuiory until 90 emptirs
Into the saws of DEATH dishonur and
crime 20 domOrliizos every budy that
touches 90 from its source 90 whore tt
ends do not believe anybody can
contemplate the subject without being
prciudlced against the liquor crime
"All We have 60 do. gentlemen. ls Co
think OF The wrecks on either bank ot
the stream OF death. of the suicides.
NJ he Insanity of the Ignorance. of thc
desutution. of the little children tug
ring no the faded and withorcd breast
OF weeping and dcsparng mothers. OF
wives asking for bread. of the mon of
genius DC has wrecked. the mon strug-
CLING with imaginary serpcnts.producod
by this dcvilish thing, and whom you
think OF the jalls of the almshOuscs.
of the asylums, of the prisons OF tire
scanolds upon either bank. 1 do not
wonder that every thoughtful man is
prejudiced against this damned stuff
called alcohol Intcmpouncc cuts
down youth I'M its Nigor, manhood in It's
strength, Old age in It's weakness. It
breaks the fnthers heart bCrcaves the
doting mother eXtingulshes natural af-
lection, cruises conjugal love blots ont
flial attachment blghts parental hopes.
brings down mourning age iu sorrow to
the grave. IL produces weakness. not
so ni
not life II makes wives widows. chill
drcn orphansi fathers hends; and all
Of them paupors and hcggars AZ feeds
rheumatism, invites cholera, imports
pesulenCc, and embraces consumption.
10 covers the land with idlcness. mis-
cry and crime II fills our jails sup
plies your nlmshCuses. and demands
your asylums. II cngenders contro-
vcrsles. fosters quarrels and cherishes
riots. 10 crowds your penitenuaries.
and furnishes victims for your scat
folds. IL is the life blood OF your
gambler. the element OF the burglar.
the prop OF the highwayman. and sup
port OF the midnight incendiary. II
Countcnances the liar respects the
thief cstecms the blasphemcr. 10 vio-
lates obligation, rcVerenCcs fraud and
hon0rs infamy. IL defames bonevo-
lence, hates love. scorns virtue and
ISLANDERS innocence. II hoites the IA
ther 90 butcher his helpless offspring
helps the husband 10 massacre his wife
and the child 10 grind the patricidal
AK. 10 burns up men. consumes wo-
men. destroys life, curses God. despiscs
heaven. n subons witnesses nurses
perjury, dehles the jury box and stains
the judicial ermine IL dogrades the
citizen. debases the legislator. dishon-
ors the statesman and disarms the pat
riot II brings shame, not honor,
misery, not safety; despair, not hope;
sorrow, not happiness, and with the
malevolence of a hend II calmly sur
yeys its frghtful desolation and un-
satiated havoc. IL poisons felicity, kills
peace, ruins morals, blights confidence.
Stays reputation and wipes out national
honor. then curses the world and laughs
at its ruiz.
1T does am that and more. II muir
ders the soul. IL is the sum OF all
the villauies the father Of am crimes
the mother OF an denominations. the
devils best friend and Gods worst enc
my.