The Cyclopędia of Temperance and Prohibition: A Reference Book of Facts, Statistics, and General Information on All Phases of the Drink Question, the Temperance Movement and the Prohibition AgitationWalter W. Spooner |
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... violated . Basutoland . - There is a similar pro- hibition ( similarly violated ) in force in Basutoland , situated between Natal and the Orange Free State . At first it ap- plied only to the native chiefs , who , hav- ing to act as ...
... violated . Basutoland . - There is a similar pro- hibition ( similarly violated ) in force in Basutoland , situated between Natal and the Orange Free State . At first it ap- plied only to the native chiefs , who , hav- ing to act as ...
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... violation of principle . " The Abolitionists , like the Prohibition- ists , were bitterly taunted with the com- 1 Quoted in Austin Willey's Enquirer ( published at Portland , Me . ) , Aug. 23 , 1853 . parative insignificance of their ...
... violation of principle . " The Abolitionists , like the Prohibition- ists , were bitterly taunted with the com- 1 Quoted in Austin Willey's Enquirer ( published at Portland , Me . ) , Aug. 23 , 1853 . parative insignificance of their ...
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... violation of some great laws of human nature . In our views , and in our practice as a nation , there is something fundamentally wrong ; and the remedy , like the evil , must be found in the correct application of gen- eral principles ...
... violation of some great laws of human nature . In our views , and in our practice as a nation , there is something fundamentally wrong ; and the remedy , like the evil , must be found in the correct application of gen- eral principles ...
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... violation of the act . The Collector of Inland Revenue is required to prosecute when he has reason to believe that an offense has been com- mitted . In a prosecution it is not necessary that a witness shall be able to state the kind or ...
... violation of the act . The Collector of Inland Revenue is required to prosecute when he has reason to believe that an offense has been com- mitted . In a prosecution it is not necessary that a witness shall be able to state the kind or ...
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... violation of law . Mr. Carson conceived a plan of organization for the punishment of these offenders and the complete sup- pression of their unlawful business . The Carson League was established , composed of persons committed in ...
... violation of law . Mr. Carson conceived a plan of organization for the punishment of these offenders and the complete sup- pression of their unlawful business . The Carson League was established , composed of persons committed in ...
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Page 81 - Every husband, wife, child, parent, guardian, employer or other person, who shall be injured in person or property, or means of support, by any intoxicated person, or in consequence of the intoxication, habitual or otherwise, of any person...
Page 220 - Who hath woe ? who hath sorrow ? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause ? who hath redness of eyes ? They that tarry long at the wine ; they that go to seek mixed wine.
Page 363 - In my judgment, such of us as have never fallen victims have been spared more from the absence of appetite, than from any mental or moral superiority over those who have. Indeed I believe, if we take habitual drunkards as a class, their heads and their hearts will bear an advantageous comparison with those of any other class.
Page 93 - No legislature can bargain away the public health or the public morals. The people themselves cannot do it, much less their servants. The supervision of both these subjects of governmental power is continuing in its nature, and they are to be dealt with as the special exigencies of the moment may require.
Page 260 - I drank only water; the other workmen, near fifty in number, were great guzzlers of beer. On occasion I carried up and down stairs a large form of types in each hand, when others carried but one in both hands They wondered to see, from this and several instances, that the Water-American, as they called me, was stronger than themselves, who drank strong beer!
Page 362 - And when the victory shall be complete, — when there shall be neither a slave nor a drunkard on the earth, — how proud the title of that land which may truly claim to be the birthplace and the cradle of both those revolutions that shall have ended in that victory. How nobly distinguished that people who shall have planted and nurtured to maturity both the political and moral freedom of their species.
Page 437 - Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came unto me, and his countenance was like the countenance of an angel of God, very terrible: but I asked him not whence he was, neither told he me his name: 7 But he said unto me, Behold, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, neither eat any unclean thing: for the child shall be a Nazarite to God from the womb to the day of his death.
Page 252 - ... release from import duties those articles of foreign production, except luxuries, the like of which cannot be produced at home. If there shall still remain a larger revenue than is requisite for the wants of the government, we favor the entire repeal of internal taxes, rather than the surrender of any part of our protective system, at the joint behest of the whiskey trusts and the agents of foreign manufacturers.
Page 427 - They will ask thee concerning wine and lots. Answer, In both there is great sin, and also some things of use unto men; but their sinfulness is greater than their use.
Page 93 - The power which the states have of prohibiting such use by individuals of their property, .as will be prejudicial to the health, the morals, or the safety of the public, is not, and, consistently with the existence and safety of organized society, cannot be, burdened with the condition that the state must compensate such individual owners for pecuniary losses they may sustain, by reason of their not being permitted, by a noxious use of their property, to inflict injury upon the community.