Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-09

than an amendment to the Constitute.
. 0hiang to tatters tho principles up,
by men having more intelligence
their. little fingers than is to be "a
nered by searching tho craniuins Of
this ~ "a iatter-day Jeremiahs. Al
U.sion OF tho people. unjust as tn
would be In the absence Of the rel
1dooued and strong-stomached defe
d ,s OF the nation. but by. tho vote
the Legislatures composed OF perso,
without tho authority specially del
gated 10 decide such n Inomcnfous
sue.
The theory OF our government Ior
hold inviolate and the express proyisid
Oh the Tenth Amendment Is that III
States SHAH have reserved to them o.
powers not especially delegated TO IL
central authority. and tho converse
true that Il power expressly granted
int TO the suites, yet tho proposcd pro
nrinillon amendment. doubtless to curl
right advocates. provides that the stat
ana Federal government shall have III
iI nsisr OF cone,,rrent legislation. AS q
ment shall issue it's nat TO the poop
OF New York, rendered subservieI
TO the viii of another State agnins
.naii DC held to be those having a cor
s.e,nnt OF ! per Gent alcohol. and Ii
ma5i,uS 9n N Ne York lor shall provide
VI % per cent, TNlrh cha
con sr"i? The Federal law? But e.
press authority TO legislate upon IL
matter has been given the State, ar
what Dahiel VIII be able to decide. 4
Argument Not Controversies. 4
NO pretended reasons are put TO-,
Tho rum -Suzzlcr, who. unable To rsfrar
from his whisky, unless he swears o.
completely and intoxicatcs himself Wit
rne ,ue.usion mat his mission Is Il
use or mud beverages by stronger pc,
sons than himself; the professional hui
ists who see In the role OF reformer a
opportunity for political prcferme,t
and the establishment of a czardom i
Il republic: the whole train OF unthinL
ing enthusiasts who precn themselves
upon supposed unscliishness and Low
Tor their icllowman---none OF these cais
inf ausht, save the end to be reachc,a
Wlilingiy, even triumphantly. the
Would welcome government at VAST
OF king bent only upon the enforce
meht Of their dearly loved iencts. 4
whose shrine should como annualiS
h Iin,h ,a aii over the land pilgrims to d
nood or this happening in form is nj
reason why an approach should /!
made to this condition In fact.
a. b ,bS 1,t., to What you appear to resar1
nor employed your pen with It's az
customed force upon this subject an
nave restrained your expected words rs
asu.honit'on. The policy OF prohibitio3
mas been said. but having adopted
ana enforced II too, let us content ou,
serves win our own Righteousness, an,
nor go wandering in the realm {
political poltrooncry, forsakinC tho,t
landmarks which have ever been or
safety. Let the next Legislature IN
portation into this state OF any iiuuo,E
"httsoever. since that Is what tn.
people voted for. and. IL it is deen1e5
wise and worth while to make prohiba
ZION part or our basic law, provide frs
rock-ribDeu area Of aridity wi,hi
our confines that will cause the thros
"i inc salamander To parch. virgiDis
" committed forever and a day to this
prlncipie OF total abstinence but thu
commonwealth has not greater rlui3
to dictate TO less enlightened comm,in 4
tics Than these wet States possess L
force US to repeal this policy and ir2
undatc our borders with the ostracize5
hu!d. To keep whisky from the worss
class or negroes made prohibition nos
siGlc Tor Virginia, but in other state
TINS reason has no force, and what 81
bad Tor one people may be good fos
another The moderate use OF beer am
hEht wines ought to BIO the solutioi
o. me whole problem. but the prohibsl
non amendment would eliminate al
beverages, save inoonshine white Light
hing, which will continue 10 be Drc
iuceu as long AS natures garden pre-
nection 1t IL to he remarked that Iii
campaign maps OF the Anti-Saloo
League all show tho wet States denote
=, n most funeral black. II the aim 6
Inc states not thus topographicaIi
collapsed Is TO give an exterritorial ar
riicatton TO their own laws they shout
also receive a copious smear OF tina
o!gotry and can't
The principle of local self-goverr
ment by the states has been slurre
over until there is an inclination
regard it as no longer sacred. but, Will
there have been attempts to evade /
not until this moment Of national exi
Eency has it been sought to destro
legislation authorizing the inspectio
OF stockyards and canning factories
the child labor law and many othe
Federal statutes by their express term
be used in interstate commerce, hayin
no force unless there is or IS intcnde
a shipment out OF tho manufacturing
S,atess borders The United State,
state TO leSislatc within its own Dor
dcrs. untrammeled by Federal inter
Terence. by It's decisions upholding tn
lation made by Congress only by rea
son or the fact that the goods produce,
by child labor were to be sent out o
the State
Is the Anti-Saloon League afraid be
cause prohibition has become the fixe
policy, Of this State. and it Will
out OF job unless 1t has other field,
to conquer? Only four of the oriKina
thirteen states are dry" Let us wei
come the other nine into the ranks, i;
they want to come. but let us not die
tate to them and viof0te the agreement
under which a firm and indissoiublg
union became possible. Virginia wa
the next to the last State to ratify, I'M
less ! am mistaken. and held out onIs
through fear OF encroachment upon he
right by the other States !
the members OF the LEGISLATURE
about at", to assemble should read thei5
Constitution. containing, as it does. tn
fundamental principles of government
and unsmirched as yet by regulations o
a police nature. The constitutions
amendment-who viii expose its here
sy fathom IL with an "Areopa gitica. Z
or proclaim it's falsencss before our Law
makers? Will Virginia. the mother o.
States. by fate ordained TO blaze thu
way, hold fast to that which is true.
or yield supinely to the tide of argrea
sion. JEFEERSoNSsM
Norfolk, Va. January 8, 1918.
Somebody.