The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-11-16
REPEAL THE pECALoG
Editor Pensacola Journal:

Editor Pensacola Journal:
| Ny attention has been called to a
lclipping found in The Journal under
the caption of Prohibition" by Gill
fi1lan Scott. Evidently this is propa-
ganda sent out by the liquor interests,
and I confess to surprise that The
/ Journal would give publication, and
implied endorsement, to such a dia-
tribe against fundamental law of the
nation.
The diatribe is so Illogical, so IRA
tional, that it is not even specious-it
is too absurd to deceive. Every state
ment made in it applies with equal
pertinence 10 the Decalogue. The ten
commandments constitute a prohibi-
ton law-every section is a prohibi-
ton. 1t has been in vogue for three
thousand years and is a failure be-
cause "a vast army Of highly respec-
table people" (sic) are today living in
total disregard of it.
Respectable People.
Is it possible that any decent, law
a. iding man can endorse the following
statement of Mr.. Scott?
Prohibition has developed a money
making game, the biggest graft in his
tory. The game is being played by a
vast army of highly respectable peo-
.rle."
Is a CRATER an outlaw, a sneak, a
dCdgar-of- Ie-law respectable? Since
when, and IN whose eyes, is he respec-
table. HIS public opinion become so
degenerate that such people are
awGrdsd responsibility? No man who
must sneak into corner to evade the
law, who imperils another with the
penitentiary in order to crafty his de-
g~Lente appetite can lay claim to re-
speciality or gentility-he cahnot be
q decent citizen of the state.
Thia s1me vast army of highly re-
spcctabl2 people" have as little regard
i1r th5 decflogue as they do for the
law of the nation. Every man of them
lives Il disregard of the law of God,
they daily violate and trample under
their -s.oLlcss feet the law that under
J. IS -ociJ-y md government. A Iawless
2 t 49, are, deriding the laws of both
Lan and Cod. Yet they are permitted
20 be advertised as highly respecta-
b. 0 -nores, o tempore! Upon what
e eno-ate tines have we fallenl
4 h. came vast army of highly re-
SOS take people" creep into homes
~ -s2d silly women astray, they look
upon the fair daughters of our land
with l1scivious eyes and regard them
a6 legitimate prey to their lust They
sre destitute of that sense of chival-
GUS honor which is pledged to protect
he virtue of womanhood and the in
.egr.ty of home even with the hearts
blood. 1t is a well-known fact that the
foundations of society are fast giving
way and the home is in daily peril OF
in Tasion. This same vast army OF
highly respectable" outlaws constitute
the army of invasion. Not one of the
ten commandments is kept by them.
Therefore, the decalogue is a failure
and should be repealed. BY this vast
the laws of God are regarded as ,
obsolete, belonging to a day of semi
civilization. These commandments are
prohibit the indulgence OF
lust, graft, covetousness, appetite con-
cupicense; therefore, the vast army"
hold them in contempt. "And this will
continue as long as human nature is
human nature, and as long as prohibit
ton is dignified by the name of law"
4 ne 1eIQeuy lS-5IOP RHOt1lbI-
TIONS" OF God Almighty, accept the
permit reasonable sins
for reasonable people, and put unrea-
sonable prophets, preachers and godly
people in Jail until they become reason /
able" Put the bible in a museum as
a curio for future generations; convert |
your cathedrals and churches into the
aires and dance halls, and your
preachers into clowns. They have all |
proven unable to stem the tide of hui
man nature rushing on in a mighty |
current of greed, lechery, pride and |
lust for power. These things are hui
man nature" and will continue as long |
as human nature is human nature.
Accept the inevitable" and be reason
Lble.
H. II, McNEILL.
Mariana, Fla, Nov. IA, 1921.
The Journal does not necessarily en-