The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1928-11-14

n Lewiston (Maine) Evening Journal,
4 printed in his book, "The Passing Age,
the following letter from "a correspondent who
seems to have taken some offense at our opin-
ion the duty of good people to obey the law"
All will agree that the following is an unus-
ual presentation of the personal liberty theme.
To the Editor:
You seem to take good deal of delight in
telling other people how to live and perhaps
that is your business, but it to that
you exceed your duty when you arrogate to
yourself the right to inform all of those who may
happen to enjoy occasional drink of "Scotch"
occasions.
l have been presented a fine bottle Of
Scotch whiskey for Christmas and it is before
me as l sit at my typewriter and indite this let
ter to you. 1t bears the label of Sandy Mac
Donald-a good, fair, wel-bodied liquor which
l am assured was bought before the war and has
been in my friends cellar since What
right has any form of Law to make me GRIM
inal if partake of this gift as it was intended
that do by the giver.
| claim that any such law is an invasion of
my personal liberty. l notice that you have re-
ferred often in your excellent column to the So
called Bill of Rights which secures to all men and
women certain inaenabe rights to their person.
al liberty, which, you say, are not inconsist-
ent with the rights of others. How do you re-
concile your statements?
l have just tasted of this bottle of LIQUOR, I
will confide to you, and l cannot see where or
how am invading the rights of any other per-
son on earth. l find it excellent 1t warns my
stomach; it inspires my thought. 1 cannot feel,
Mr.. Editor, that l have wronged the community
added to the lawlessness of the general society
in so doing. 1t makes me tired to be classed as a
criminal for any such occasion, and notify you
that before long, there will be revolt against
the sort of stuff that you are writing.
Just to show my independence of such truck
as you are writing, I have taken another drink
OF the aforesaid most jubilant Sandy Macdonald
and VIII say to you that it is about as smoote
drink as Criminal ever put into his system
The second drink, which l shall soon follow by
third, makes me more certain that those who
feel their system require stimulant, should band
together; organize, and start campaign to floor
this Volstead business if it can be done.
Now, Editor, / am no bum and you can't
make me bum l like little drink now and
then and have taken third or maybe it is a
fourth and am more than ever convincew that
any man thqt doen't is a big idiot. You say that
evablon OF the law is producing STAGE of affairs
IN our Grear nand Glorious Country. You are
wronh. This ciuntry is jess as good as it ever
l
will leabe it to you lit wasnSt, when we had
free rum
want to say to you that this Scotch is all
right lot of it would't do us HARM When
we ened stmulany need it. My grandfather
was brougr up on rum. They had it in the
housd all the time. They dranj it freely and
even the minstew drank it when he came to our
housa It's pretty kinf of a cointry when a
garndson is better than his gundfather can
drink this sort of Scutcg all day and not be no
worse citoxen than was befote could drink
this whole quaet AUDI meyer quiber an etelash
Bue whay wheat yiu is to remund win
oncr agaiaan add agnain thqt you arw dead
wronh ib comsfening evert bony whu drinks as a
bouhm. We amt criuals.
will sat inxlosihg thqt yiu 2meRrT
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Willie B. FulLe r.