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Editorial
January 24, 1867
Democratic Enquirer
Mcarthur, Vinton County, Ohio
What is this article about?
Hon. David Paul Brown, eminent Philadelphia lawyer, provides thirty reasons for prohibiting the sale of intoxicating liquors by law, citing impacts on reason, immorality, families, economy, crime, insanity, and divine law.
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Thirty Reasons.
The sale of intoxicating liquors, says Hon. David Paul Brown, the most eminent of Philadelphia lawyers, should be prohibited by law, because:
1. They deprive men of their reason, for the time being.
2. They destroy men of the greatest intellectual strength.
3. They foster and encourage every species of immorality
4. They bar the progress of civilization.
5. They destroy the peace and happiness of millions of families
6. They reduce many virtuous women and children to beggary.
7. They cause many thousands of murders.
8. They prevent all restoration of character.
9. They render abortive the strongest resolution.
10. The millions of property expended in them is lost.
11. They cause the majority of cases of insanity.
12. They destroy both the body and the soul.
13. They burden the people with millions of paupers.
14. They cause immense expenditures to prevent crime.
15. They cause sober people immense sums of charity.
16. They burden the country with enormous taxes.
17. Because the moderate drinkers want the temptation removed.
18. Drunkards want the opportunity removed.
19. Sober people want the nuisance removed.
20. Because their sale, upholds a class of men who are worse than criminals.
21. Their prohibition would save thousands failing.
22. The sale exposes our families to insult,
23. The sale exposes our families to destruction.
24. The sale upholds the vicious and the idle, at the expense of the virtuous and industrious.
25. The sale subject the sober to great oppression.
26. It takes the sober man's earnings to support the drunkard
27. It subjects numberless wives to untold sufferings.
28. It is contrary to the law of God.
29. It is contrary to common sense.
30. We have a right to rid ourselves of the burden.
Thirty Reasons.
The sale of intoxicating liquors, says Hon. David Paul Brown, the most eminent of Philadelphia lawyers, should be prohibited by law, because:
1. They deprive men of their reason, for the time being.
2. They destroy men of the greatest intellectual strength.
3. They foster and encourage every species of immorality
4. They bar the progress of civilization.
5. They destroy the peace and happiness of millions of families
6. They reduce many virtuous women and children to beggary.
7. They cause many thousands of murders.
8. They prevent all restoration of character.
9. They render abortive the strongest resolution.
10. The millions of property expended in them is lost.
11. They cause the majority of cases of insanity.
12. They destroy both the body and the soul.
13. They burden the people with millions of paupers.
14. They cause immense expenditures to prevent crime.
15. They cause sober people immense sums of charity.
16. They burden the country with enormous taxes.
17. Because the moderate drinkers want the temptation removed.
18. Drunkards want the opportunity removed.
19. Sober people want the nuisance removed.
20. Because their sale, upholds a class of men who are worse than criminals.
21. Their prohibition would save thousands failing.
22. The sale exposes our families to insult,
23. The sale exposes our families to destruction.
24. The sale upholds the vicious and the idle, at the expense of the virtuous and industrious.
25. The sale subject the sober to great oppression.
26. It takes the sober man's earnings to support the drunkard
27. It subjects numberless wives to untold sufferings.
28. It is contrary to the law of God.
29. It is contrary to common sense.
30. We have a right to rid ourselves of the burden.
What sub-type of article is it?
Temperance
Moral Or Religious
Social Reform
What keywords are associated?
Temperance
Prohibition
Intoxicating Liquors
Alcohol Ban
Moral Reform
Social Costs
Family Destruction
Economic Burden
What entities or persons were involved?
Hon. David Paul Brown
Philadelphia Lawyers
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Prohibition Of Intoxicating Liquor Sales
Stance / Tone
Strong Advocacy For Legal Prohibition
Key Figures
Hon. David Paul Brown
Philadelphia Lawyers
Key Arguments
Deprives Men Of Reason And Destroys Intellectual Strength
Fosters Immorality And Bars Civilization
Destroys Family Peace And Reduces Women/Children To Beggary
Causes Murders, Insanity, And Prevents Character Restoration
Wastes Millions In Property And Burdens With Paupers/Taxes
Exposes Families To Insult And Destruction
Upholds Vicious/Idle At Expense Of Virtuous/Industrious
Contrary To God's Law And Common Sense
All Groups Want Temptation/Nuisance Removed
Society Has Right To Eliminate The Burden