Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-11-02
Citizen Makes Strong ZAP
peal For Law Enforce
ment, Particularly the
Prohibition Law.
Editor Edgefield Advertiser

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Editor Edgefeld Advertiser:
Y have been reading many editors
ais and magazine articles of late or
i law enforcement, and the prohibition
law in particular, and with the excep
# ton of a few they would have yor
believe that "the prohibitionists'
have just been little "too previous
with their movement and got this
prohibition law put over on the
American people by some hook OF
crook (mostly crook, before they
were ready for it, and since there is
not enough "public opinion" to en-,
force it, it has become a huge joke
IS If you will pardon me. for this in,
trusion, I should like to get few
ideas out of my system, that perhaps
at the same time might relieve the
monotony of the mockings of these
Sanballats and Tobiahs.
L do. not presume to be elected
from all eternity to squelch any
body's arguments on this particular
enforcement, and if what has occur
red to ME does not coincide with some
body else's theories, do not want to
be, misunderstood as hitting at them;
4 for, of course, this is free country
and freedom of speech is guaranteed
9to them as, well as myself under the
constitution s.,
It is a good idea when you are go
3 ing to make high jump, to start
away back and take "running 60"
So Ilshall begin where law first took
readable shape-back on Sinai.
Let us consider just those that
deal with our fellow-man:
"Thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not
steal, thou shalt not covet, thou shalt
not lie and thou shalt not commit
adultery"
Have you, dear reader, ever heard
anyone put up an argument against
these laws? Is there anything the
matter with them? Do they curtail
any body's liberties? Are they being
enforced? If not, is it because they
can not be? Have they been foisted
upon an unwilling people, and there
fore must be defsd?
Let's see, take this one-"Thou
shalt not kill" Why shouldn't l be al
lowed to kill whom I please? It is do
ing me a great injustice, you will cur
tail my liberties. Talk about Ameri-
ca being the land of the free, when a
bunch of long-haired fanatics can
! dictate to me! Who said God gave
Moses that bunch of laws, anyway?
Who saw him deliver them? Again,
"Thou shalt not steal" Why not? Pm
an I.aW. W., and Pm proud of it. I
2 "a right to as many privileges as
you have, and if want your automo-
bile I'll take it and you can get you
another. The world owes me living
and mean to have it. am being de-
prived of my liberties, and this free
country! Such laws as that are never
going to be enforced and ought to
be repealed.
Again, "Thou shalt not bear false
witness" Now, just why can't l lie?
Besides, who is going to stop me? l
am free man, and this is a free
country and I shall do as please.
Just tell the people they "shant" do
this or that, and, bylJove, that's what
they are going to do; it's human ma
ture and they can't help it. That's
one reason why I, am going to lie. I
don't care particularly about your
lying habit, but the injustice of your
law tempts ME TO break it.
And again, there is law against
adultery as you call it. 1t is absurd !!
What! cut man down to one wife
and this the land of the free and the
home of the brave? Even Turk can
beat that. Pm going to assert my
rights and be brave enough to stand
by them, am.
You are disgusted, you say. What is
the matter with my arguments; one
just as well be out of the world as
out of fastion! You say the editor
ought to be more careful and not let
the. rawlings of lunatic get into his
columns.
: But listen, wasn't there a familiar
ring some how to them? Doesn't it
sound like the deep wisdom born in
the unfathomable depths of the
brains of wise men who sit in high
places in this land of the free?