Practical ProhibitionT. C. Johnson & Company, 1887 - 383 pages |
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... established custom . This persistent adherence to prece- dent , though based upon popular error and though proved be- yond question to be at variance with every principle of reason and of expediency , has stood in the way of every ...
... established custom . This persistent adherence to prece- dent , though based upon popular error and though proved be- yond question to be at variance with every principle of reason and of expediency , has stood in the way of every ...
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... all must neces- sarily establish ; but that they are a species of intemperance will be generally admitted by fair minded and unprejudiced persons , even among those who are themselves addicted to 50 PRACTICAL PROHIBITION .
... all must neces- sarily establish ; but that they are a species of intemperance will be generally admitted by fair minded and unprejudiced persons , even among those who are themselves addicted to 50 PRACTICAL PROHIBITION .
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... established in Texas , the great Civil War came on and brought along with it those dis- turbing social elements which for a time put an end to the rapid progress of our civilization , and the country relapsed into a condition no better ...
... established in Texas , the great Civil War came on and brought along with it those dis- turbing social elements which for a time put an end to the rapid progress of our civilization , and the country relapsed into a condition no better ...
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... established that the constitution can not rightfully be changed so as to protect the best interests of society at large , then must society forever remain at the mercy of the cormo- rants who are feasting upon its vitals and spreading ...
... established that the constitution can not rightfully be changed so as to protect the best interests of society at large , then must society forever remain at the mercy of the cormo- rants who are feasting upon its vitals and spreading ...
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... established by Him as the representative of His visible kingdom on earth . From the car- dinal doctrines upon which the great superstructure of the great Christian religion is based a diversity of theories and opinions pertaining to ...
... established by Him as the representative of His visible kingdom on earth . From the car- dinal doctrines upon which the great superstructure of the great Christian religion is based a diversity of theories and opinions pertaining to ...
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Page 173 - Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the following amendment to the Constitution be, and hereby is, proposed to the states to become valid as a part of the Constitution when ratified by the legislatures of the several states as provided by the Constitution: ARTICLE "SECTION 1.
Page 380 - ... brings down mourning age in sorrow to the grave. It produces weakness, not strength; sickness, not health; death, not life. It makes wives widows, children orphans, fathers fiends, and all of them paupers and beggars. It feeds rheumatism, nurses gout, welcomes epidemics, invites cholera, imports pestilence, and embraces consumption. It covers the land with idleness, misery, and crime.
Page 344 - 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 259 - What stronger breast-plate than a heart untainted ? Thrice is he armed, that hath his quarrel just ; And he but naked, though locked up in steel, Whose conscience with injustice is corrupted.
Page 380 - It violates obligations, reverences fraud, and honors infamy. It defames benevolence, hates love, scorns virtue, and slanders innocence. It incites the father to butcher his helpless offspring, helps the husband to massacre his wife, and the child to grind the parricidal axe.
Page 366 - The Legislature shall not pass any act authorizing the grant of license for the sale of ardent spirits or other intoxicating liquors.] SEC.
Page 357 - No person shall manufacture for sale, or sell, or keep for sale, as a beverage, any intoxicating liquors whatever, including ale, wine, and beer. The General Assembly shall by law prescribe regulations for the enforcement of the prohibition herein contained, and shall thereby provide suitable penalties for the violation of the provision hereof.] [The foregoing amendment was adopted at a special election held on June 27,1882.
Page 223 - Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging : and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
Page 151 - The legislature shall at its first session enact a law whereby the qualified voters of any county, justice's precinct, town...
Page 345 - Republican party of this state, in the senate and assembly, to support a resolution providing for the submission to the people of an amendment to the constitution, under which amendment it will be the duty of the governor to appoint the secretary of state, the state treasurer, the comptroller, the attorney-general, and the state engineer and surveyor, leaving only the governor and lieutenant-governor as elective state executive officers.