The farmer and mechanic., 1913-02-25

mighty arm OF the law" Municipal
and state authorities would better say
notnlng than to say that to the immor-
al elements; for it is to establish them |
in the districls where they have set un /
their nefarious dens and to encourage |
them to carry their wickedness into /
any other districts which they may
md 1t convenient or profitable to en-
ter. Moreover, the segregation of vice
IN one district spreads dreadful i'm
morahties and fostering diseases to
every other part of a city. The popu-
!atlon or the polluted districts must |
be constantly replenished: and all the |
streams of the white slave traffic !
now into the foul pools Of the red |
light region" in order to keep them |
and aggressive vice. 1t secretes pus
which conveys blood-poison to the
whole social system.
The apolOgists Of segregated vice
pose as friends Of virtue and very
practical men,: but if they are really
sincere in their professions OF desire
10 promote and protect virtue, a more
impracticable. pur-blind lot never
lived. The policy for which they
stand had fair trial for manv. many
years in all lands: what has been the
outcome of it? In Paris and Toxic II
mas had the fullest and fairest trial;
yet heathen Japan has found it i'm
practicable and loathsome. The "red
light districts of Paris and Toxic
smell to heaven and shame the enor-
mites Of Babylon and the excesses Of
Sodom. Let us hear no more Of the
practlcability Of segregating vice with
d view to extirpatinS or limiting it;
one might as well talk Of extirpating
snakes by establishing viper farm.
The truth is that whenever any evil
is licensed by civil authority. formally
or informally, it is effectually propa-
gated. The prohibition Of vice may be
difficult. but it becomes more and
more easy Of enforcement with every
added day; while the licensing of sin
tends always to greater excess Of in
iquity. There are counties in Georgia
in which the sale Of intoxicating liq-
Uors was prohibited full forty years
ago: in those counties prohibition was
at the first somewhat hard to enforce:
but now the prohibitOry law is more
perfectly enforced in those counties
, than is any other penal statute. A
, generation has grown r~ which never
, knew the open saloon and a public
opinion has been made which is all
) controlling in its power. On the other
! hand, there are other counties where
, the leaders OF public opinion have as
Sume0 that prohibition was impractic-
, able, and those counties are filled with
3 all sorts of lawlessness. The advo.
, Gates OF saloons have protested all the
{ time that they wished the iquor-shop:
a closed and that just as soon as public
: opinion would support prohibition
( they would favor it's adoption; bu
? meanwhile their method has constant
4 ly created sentiment in favor Of thu
open saloon and against all forms O
q prohibition. Men and communitie.
y can taper on" to the use Of liQuor
a and the Indulgence Of all forms O.
- ! Woo. h1yf th0v car OPP fCnyy
. such indulgences. The only way to b.
a rid of sin is to quit it right now.
hi For many years after the war be
a tween the States the American peopl
d were very generally agreed that tn
e resumption OF specie payments was tn
r currency policy which should be adop
"a ted; but the leaders dilly-dallied an
"a said: I'VE ought to resume speci
- payments. but we do not know how.
= Finally q strong. wise, brave man said
el 1.-The way to resume is to resume: an
r it was done. Wnereupon the natio
le settled down 10 business On a fri
N foundation. lii like manner the Wa
le to stop vice is to stop 1t. The thin
w is too simple for argument, and n
is man will argue about it who has nc
hid away somewhere in his pervefts
in brain the vile heresy that some sir
"A are necessary-l base, cOwardly nc
TO ton which makes virtue matter 6
Ia moro convenience rather than of ,r
IN yiOlable conviction.
III The penal code Of Georgia and tn
al codes Of all the commonwealths
al EChristendom outlaw that crime whic
.. infests the ''red light districts
to which some purpose to segregate vic
On For municipal authorities to see%
,fP create. allow OF protect such distric
ed is nothing short Of lawlessaess upo
10 the part of men sworn to support Ia
en- Ind paid to enforce 1t. Such a cours
dv ia shameless departure from persol
nv al integrity and infamous perfidy
n off1cial obligation. Who gave mum.
a ipal authorities the right to nulii!
e. State laws?
to The way to stop the SOCIAL evif' !
GA law il to enforce law. That is t!
ho policy Of our criminal code, which
in not a code for private interpretatit
~, ord local annlicatiOn, There is not