The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1914-08-28
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Hon. C. A. Windle, of Chicago,
Editor of Brann's Iconoclast address
ed magnificent meeting at the
Woodland Auditorium, in Lexington,
Sunday night The house was packed
to capacity long before 8 o'clock, and
more than thousand people were
turned away unable to gain admis-
sion. Mr.. Windle spoke for nearly
two hours and his speech was listen
ed to throughout with the most re-
spectful attention. He was frequently
interrupted by bursts of applause as
he drove home some of his salient
points against prohibition. His
speech follows in full:
Mr.. Chairman, Ladies and Gentle
men:
AS look out upon this magnificent
audience of splendid men and women,
it thrills me to know that / am about
to address the citizens of the Athens
of America city that gave to fame
and glory galaxy of the greatest
orators that ever lived But | do
not appear before you for the purpose
OF paying tribute to your illustriOus
dead, but to appeal to the living in
the name of justice, truth, right and
reason.
! In this plea l shall not seek to
arouse passion, prejudice, or stir up
partisan rancOr, but shall rest my
cause upon logic and facts
Let it be understood in the begin
ming that | am not opposed to temper
ance.
Temperance has to do with your
control of yourself. 1t is right. Pro-
hibitiOn has to do with some other
mans control of you. 1t is wrong.
Temperance is Self-impOSed and
self-cOntrOlled. Prohibition is imposed
by others without your consent, in
spite Of your protest, and enforced
with policeman's club.
Temperance always implies use,
but fOrbids abuse. Prohibition for
bids use even in moderation.
Therefore, if temperance is right,
prohibition is wrong.
Every plea for temperance is an in
dictment of prohibition. When two
principles are fundamental and eter-
nally opposed to each, other, both can
not be right
| People who stand for right cannot
support policy that is wrong in prin-
ciple.
| No Christian can support a move
ment that is un-Christian in charac-
| ter.
/ No sincere advocate of true temper
ance can afford to stand for quack
remedy for intemperance
Contrary
To Reason.
Prohibition is contrary to reason.
Every proposition that is fundament-
ally right can be reconciled with COM
mon sense. 1t never can be reason
able to prohibit anything the use of
which is proper, but the abuse of
which may result in evil.
If it were reasonable to prohibit
anything because it's use is abused, it
would be necessary to prohibit all
good. Every good thing in this world
is abused by some people. To forbid
the use of the good because of this |
fact would not only be unreasonable, |
but idiotic.
If the logic of prohibition is reason |
able then it would be proper to pro-
hibit the use of money. The abuse
of money is prolific source of crime |
The right to free speech leads to con-
slant abuse and great evil. Is it rea-
sonable to prohibit free speech be-
cause of this fact?
In the third chapter of ST. James, |
verses and 8, we read:
"And the tongue is fire, world |
of iniquity; so is the tongue among |
our members that it defileth the |
whole body, and setteth on fire the
course of nature; and it is set on fire
of hell.
For every kind of beast and of |
birds and of serpents and of things in |
the sea, is tanned and hath been
tanned of mankind; but the tongue !
can no man tame; it is an unruly evil,
full of deadly poison. Herewith |
bless we God, even the Father; and
Herewith curse we men, which are
made after the similitude OF Cod"
If the logic OF prohibition is sound,