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FRAZER & DOZIER, Wholesale and Retail
HARDWARE, Columbus, Ga
Hamilton Journal.
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J. L. Dennis, • • ... .Proprietor.
HAMILTON GEORGIA,
April 13,...... 1 SC 8
THEBLIGHT OF FREE WHISKEY
From Senator Colquitt’s -;reat speech.]
In the light of the wise and sober
utterances of the sage of Momcello,
I declare that no greater wrong
could be perpretrated on my section
than to abolish the whiskey tax. It
would flood our States with cheap
whiskey, demoralize and brutalize
our laboring class, and render worse
than nugatory the labors of a quarter
of a century in tho interest of their
advancement. It would b,e an out¬
rage on all our people, but against
the negro race it would rise to the
proportion of a hideous and appal¬
ling crime.
A distillery upon every spring
branch, a peck of corn bartered for a
quart ot whiskey, a jug of the devil’s
swill in every cabin will convert eve¬
ry neighborhood into a pandemonium
and expose to danger the purity of
every Christian household. Families
would fly into the towns and cities
and abandon the country to the. or
gie of sensual, drunken, debauched
wretches.
It is a universal!} recognized prin
ciple in all civilized governments
that luxuries and articles promotive
of vice are especially fitting subjects
of taxation. This principle is of
wise and just application in a ! l gov¬
ernments, but peculiurly so in those
which depend for their glory, their
greatness, and their perpetuity on
the virtue and intelligence of their
people.
It is impossiole to deny honestly
and logically the justness of the
principle, or the fairness and propri¬
ety of its application to the taxes in
question. Burdens upon vice are in¬
centives to virtue. It is right to
make vice and vicious tendencies pay
dear for the privilege of existence. I
am not for giving to whiskey, so far
as the permit of the Government can
give it, the unrestrained freedom of
the country. Untaxed whiskey will
be cheap whiskey. Cheap whiskey
will necessarily result in increased
consumption. Increased consump
lion \vill«be followed by increased
lawlessness and crime and degrada
non.
changes of cruelty & oppression.
It is further charged that there is
harshness, cruelty and oppression in
the execution uf these laws. We are
told of “Siberian exile” and “Russian
despotism.” Frightful and pathetic
pictures are drawn of martyred men
and citizens, who have been taken
from the bosom of their families hur¬
ried through the forms of trial, and
mercilessly condemned to exile and
imprisonment a thousand miles from
their homes. I was shocked and
honified at the thought that numbers
of my own fellow citizens of Georgia
were pining away in the dungeons at
Albany, N. Y., without the solace
and sympathy of friends to alleviate
their calamity. I sought for infor¬
mation; the record is before me. The
imprisonments in northern prisons
for the past five years from the north¬
ern d strict of Georgia(there are none
from the southern) have been as fol¬
lows :
One for fraudulent accounts, one
for pension frauds, two for perjury,
one for breaking into Government
warehouse, nine for counterfeiting,
tea for conspiracy, thirteen for viola¬
tion of postal laws, and three for vio¬
lation of the internal revenue laws.
“RU: VI AN METHODS.”
Mark it! Three victims of “Russian
methods” from both the revenue dis¬
tricts of Georgia for the past five
years! One would have thought
from the passionate denunciations of
the internal revenue system that its
officers had put out drag-nets and de¬
populated the mountain region of my
State, with a view to colonizing with
suffering martyrs the alleged Siberia
of the north.
Let us look to the record again.
Three for violation of internal reven¬
ue laws! Thirteen for violation of
postal laws! Why do we not hear of
“Siberia exile” and “Russian despot¬
ism” in connection with the postal
laws ? Why are they not denounced
as odious, and ihe cry raised, “They
must go! They must go ! ” The an¬
swer is obvious. The retention of
the postal laws is no barrier to the
schemes of the monopolist—the re¬
peal ot the internal revenue laws re¬
moves the chief obstacles to the pre¬
servation of a high tariff.
If objection is made to the inter¬
nal revenue laws because they are
ssarching and inquisitorial, the same
objection applies with equal force for
the abolition of the custom and pos-
tal laws, all of which are enforced by
similar methods and under similar
P a i ns an ^ penalties.
MOD'FY THE LAWS.
If the laws are too rigid in them
selves; if the processes under them
are too harsh, let them be amended
and modified. This can be done, if
necessary, without affecting their ob
jects or efficiency. During the pres
en rt congress numerous bills have
been introduced which will remedy all j
the abuses which have been charged
against the internal revenue laws; but
no modification, no change, however
beneficent, will suit the high tariff
beneficiaries.
Newspapers in 1188.
From the edition of George P.
Rowell & Co’s “American Newspa¬
per Directory,” published April 2nd,
twentieth year), it appears that
the newspapers and periodicals ot all
kinds issued in the United States
and Canada, now number 16,310,
showing a gain of 890 during the
last twelve months and of 7,136 in
10 years.
The publishers of the directory as¬
sert that the impression that when
the proprietor of a newspaper under¬
takes to state what has been his ex¬
act circulation, he does not generally
tell the truth is an erroneous one :
and they conspicuously offer a re¬
ward of $100 for every instance in
their book for this year, where it can
be shown that the detailed report re¬
ceived from a publisher was untrue.
Wonderful Cures.
W D. Hoyt & Co., Wholesale and Retail
Druggists of Rome,Da., say; We have 1 ceil
Belling Dr King’s New Discovery, Electric
Ritters and Bucklen’s Arnica Salve for two
years. Have never handled remedies that
sell as well or give such universal satisfac¬
tion, There have been some wonderful
cures effected by these medicines in this
city, ceveral cases entirely of pronounced con¬
sumption have been cured bv us¬
ing a few bottles of Dr. Kings New D'scov
ery, taken in connection with Electric
BUters We guarantee them always. Sold
by Cook Brothers.
The Wealh. Of a Home
Is dependent upon t he bappine s therein.
If nckneas is there, wha; a shadow tails.
Parents, you should uever negl« ct a slight
cough or cold, but give in time Tav ors
Cheokee Remedy of Sweet Gum and Mul¬
lein .
-Hi
A Caxd.
Dr J O Hunt having located in Hamil¬
ton foT the purpose of practicing medi¬
cine offers his services in all the different
branches of the profession. After thirty
cne years of flattering experience he feeb
justified in saving that, he is prepared to
successfully treat any curable disease in
ble. Office south of court house next
printing office, Residence nex* year
dwelling now occupied by Hon H 0 Cam
eron,
Dec 2Ut, 1887.
Personal.
Mr. N. H F ohhcliE ein of Mobile, Ala ,
I take t.eat oleisne in recommend
j,; r D,- Ki-tg New Discovery for consump¬
tion, ha via"; u-.ed it for a seveie attack of
Bronchitis and cat a; ,h. It gave ne in
suint iel 5 ef and entirely cured me and I
b »vi* not been afflicted sinc e. I also beg
io stale that I bad fiied other remedies
with no good result. Have also used Elec
tr'c iVutets an i New Life Pills, both of
winch I can recommend.
Dr. Kings New Discovery for Consump¬
tion, coughs am odd- is sold on a posi¬
tive guarantee. Trial bottle free at Cook’s
Now is the time to prepare your
system for the trying summer months
by purifying blood and liver by using
Eureka,
s. s. s.
S. B. B.
Sarsaparilla,
Black Draught, &c.
Warners Safe Cure,
Simmons Liver Regulator,
Warners Log Cabin Remedies,
For sale by,
Dr. S. G. RILEY.
Malaria does not alwass reveal its prep
ence by chills or regular shakes. Your
system may be full* of it and none of these
symtoms be present. \ou will leeftms
erable, think yon are bilious, take purga¬
tive «nd only feel weaker and worse, be¬
cause the malarions poisin is stiAf opera¬
tive. A dose of Shallenbergers Pills will
show you next morning that you have hit
the real enemy, and a dose or two more
will remove every vestige of the poison.
They never gripe, do not act on thh bow¬
els, but simply destroy malaria
The general attroney of the Pullman
sleeping car corrpary, Ex-chief Justice
O. A. Lochrane, states that old Dr. Dig¬
gers cou'ct leave no better legacy than his
Huckleberry Cordial for all bowel affec
tions.
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SISTER OF
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