When was it published?

July 4, 1882 in West Virginia Freeman

Editorial July 4, 1882

West Virginia Freeman

Q: What entities or persons were involved?

Cincinnati Gazette, Bro. Smith, People Of Ohio

Q: What keywords are associated?

Liquor Traffic, Sunday Suppression, Temperance, Ohio, Taxation, Prohibition

Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia

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What is this article about?

A rebuttal to the Cincinnati Gazette criticizes Ohio's approach to liquor traffic as half-brave and half-cowardly, advocating for full suppression rather than taxation and mere Sunday restrictions.

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Half Brave, Half Cowardly.

The liquor traffic must be taxed, and it must be suppressed on Sunday. These are the brave words of the brave people of Ohio.—Cincinnati Gazette.

Half brave and half cowardly, Bro. Smith, and the first half cowardly, at that! and the brave people of Ohio never said the first half and never will.

'Tis brave to say and insist that the liquor traffic shall be suppressed even one day in seven, but it is cowardly and puerile to covet and whine for a share in the profits of the wicked and murderous trade through all the other six days of the week.

What sub-type of article is it?

Temperance Taxation

What keywords are associated?

Liquor Traffic Sunday Suppression Temperance Ohio Taxation Prohibition

What entities or persons were involved?

Cincinnati Gazette Bro. Smith People Of Ohio

Editorial Details

Primary Topic

Critique Of Partial Liquor Traffic Regulation

Stance / Tone

Critical Of Half Measures In Temperance

Key Figures

Cincinnati Gazette Bro. Smith People Of Ohio

Key Arguments

Taxing Liquor Traffic While Allowing It Most Days Is Cowardly Full Suppression Of Liquor Traffic Is Necessary Sunday Suppression Alone Is Brave But Insufficient Profiting From The Wicked Trade Is Puerile