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Rev. J. I. WARD, Assistant Editor.

r PRICE ONE CENT.
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books or pictures, because every reader Of
them does not Immediately become a sedu-
Ger or adulterer We shall be told that
healthy man, who needs no alcohol as med.
icine, may drink > moderately without iniu-
ny. lsqMayu'he aieYesl DUST as an honest
man or woman may read an obscene book
without injnry.~ The tendency of the
last is undue stimulation OF natural pro-
pensily, deprravaiion Of moral sense, un-
dermining Of principle, preparation of
men and women for the crimes Just men
toned. ind what is the tendency of the
first RI Precisely similar;l undue stimulaL
ton of natural propensity, depravationo OF
moral ssense,i undermining of principle,
preparation of men and women for tintemr
perance and all it's attendant evils Then if
the books should be prohibited, why not
the drains II we may constituiionally in
dict printing Office Or book shop for MAX
Ing and vending the first, why may we not
constitutionally indict distillery or grogl
shop for making and vending the last i---
The Rev. DR.. Tying quantity, yet forcibly
and truly said that every4moderate drinker
was drunkard's apprentice. By parityof
reason, every moderate reader is seducer's
Of. adulterer's apprentice, Then if one apI
premiership is to be prohibited why should
the. other be tolerated : But we shall be
told that we have no, right TO punish the
moderate drinker This is true. But we
can indict the printer or bookseller, and
therefore oughtto indict the hdistiler and
grog-venders bia s, aaia seata E,2b s3s
8a But laws against intemperance, to bejust,
must operate equally upon all; and hence
laws prohibiting the sale, Of alcohol, except
ing ip large quantities, favor the rich and
oppress the poor, and are therefore partial
and aristocratic. This, objection IS more
verbal than substantial, and, and founded
upon false assumption Such laws favor,
instead Of expressing the poor, and would
equally favor the rich, if they were equally
prohibitorynlto themo They reailaws to
save men from the appetites, and ltoiproa
mote that equality Of conditions W hich is
an element of true democracy, and there
fore they are eminently democratic. We
shall consider this point more fully. a..


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