Year: 1873

Again. you say that play around the
question because l do not wish the Dem
ocrats to be restored to power again


Here our objects are in conflict, for you
desire the restoration of that old party,
and 'you are pretty good at helping a
lame dog over the style Of course you
will deny this, but whether it is your
object or not. the result of your efforts
will be that, if anything; and 1 imagine
that you 'wag your tail very prettily,
when patted on the head by your Demo
cratic friends, If your object is more
stringent liquor law, you will surely de-
feat the very end you are aiming at


Please read carefully and prayerfully the
advice given by the Gallipolis Journal, as
presume Mr.. Mackley will copy it. But
now suppose you could pass prohibitory
law, (of course you would have to change
the constitution of Ohio, and that of the
United States) but suppose you could ac-
complish all that this fall, what would be
the result? Would there not be any
liquor sold in Ohio any more? All in
telligent people know that in Maine,
about as much liquor is sold as ever.
Gov. Andrews advised the repeal of the
prohibitory law in Massachusetts,, because
it had the effect of increasing drunken
ness rather than diminishing it. Plainly
so far the liquor law is failure, the rum
seller will sell, and drunkards will drink,
whatever the law. But you say the law
must be enforced. Why not enforce it
now Mr.. Burden? Do not liquor venders
sell liquor in violation of law now7 Why
don't you prosecute them Mr.. B. You
talk like if you was about the doggeries
quite often. Well you say we want to
prohibit the manufacture of liquor. That
| is all liquor that contains alcohol, for it
is alcohol that intoxicates. Now how
are you going to exterminate alcohol
from the world? The elements that
compose alcohol pervade all nature. 1t
cannot be denied that the good wine of
the Bible, the wine authorized and COM
mended had a slight trace of alcohol in
it; so has bread; so has molasses; so has
the juice of sugar cane; SO has all pre-
serves. 1t is the venous fermentation
produced by spontaneous change of the
gluten or albumen, which acts upon the
sugar, breaking it up into alcohol and
carbonic acid gas, that causes the dough
| to rise. And simple -four and water
when set aside in warm place, will fer
ment. 1t has been experimental that
pound of bread accupying the space of 60
cubic inches, contains about Is grains of
alcohol. Well, you say we will prohibit
the manufacture of alcohol in a beverage,
in such degree as to make it intoxicat-
| ing. How are you going to accomplish
this if you please? Are you going to
have public officers to watch over the
cider and wine, and when it comes to
certain point of fermentation, stop the
process2 How preposterous


Again; nine-tenths of the people of the
| United States use alcohol in some form
or other. There are the bourbon, tonic
bitters, beers, and wines, all containing
more or less alcohol as a general thing.
Your theory however grand it may ap-
pear, is utterly impractical. 1t is true,
we want good temperance man for rep
resentative; but is not T. j. Harrison as
good temperance man as w. Scott?
But he does not belong to the right party.
Well, political party is nothing but a
tool for the people to work with" Now,
l would say to the Republicans of Jack
son, Burden of course would sooner go
for Monahan) if you want to vote for the
| man Utbat 1ovaS Cod and hates RIM ~
vote for T. j. Harrison. The qualifca-
ton necessary for Representative, is
sound common sense, with good natural
and acquired abilities, backed up by un-
impeachable moral character, and such
we have in the person of L. Jay Harrison.