Danger in the Dark - ZseZse

138 DA~GER IN TilE DARK.
spun metaphysical argument. The question is, would
it be right for the government to restrain, by law, the
sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages 1'
" \Vell, then, we come directly to the point: can
we h itate to admit that society has a right to protect
weaker membe from the continual wrong nd
opp ion which come of intemperance 1"
, nt you mn t r memb r the law nee ary for
1'0 • ti n r train th wh 1 mmunity alik I"
, I th t nffici nt obj ction to their 1 ag 1"
" iVby n t
(n anyone a right to place his individual c mfort
and convenience a barrier to the prevention of
crime and the alvation of life r
"Upon my word, you are getting to be a real enhnsi
t in the cause of temperance. Walk up to the
bar and take aneth hom; then, I dare say, you can
give us a temperance lecture that II be worth listening
to.
"Honestly now friend Brown, if measures were
ken to uppress, by law, the manufacture and sale of
intoxi ting beverag ,I should certainly regard it as
on f the grea t phil ntbropic mov menta of the
ut on n t what inju tice ucb a law would
r to m n who are n ed in the liquor bu in 1
Ta for e mpl, the proprietors of the St. Charle .
Ju t look around at thi elegant establishment, erected
and furnished expressly for tbe purpose of retailinz
liquors,- many thousand dollars are here invested.