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Professor Foster's Address in Y. M. Cc. A. Hall.

SUMMARY REPORT.

Arrer singing ‘‘Work for the Night is Coming,” and prayer by the Rev. J. Whit- man, the chairman, Rev. J. Burwash, in- troduced Professor Foster, M. P.

Prornmssor Foster said it was not his intention to deliver a speech; but merely to talk a little on things pertinent to the question of the Liquor Traffic. The one fact that strikes us most forcibly is the changed way in which those who advocate total abstinence and probibition are re- garded. Not many years ago they were thought of as ignorant fanatics. But throughout Grat Britain, the United States and Canada there are now thousands of places such as this, in which persons are speaking and others are listening with intelligent interest to the discussion. The great question is—How to get rid of drinking! For drinking must be put down if our civilization isto be en- lightened and permanent. There are still, it is true, some persons who say that all this agitation is the result of

IGNORANCE AND FANATICISM,

though we do not hear much of that now. Well, if such persons would divide the population ef Cherlottetown, placing on the right side those who are longing for the suppression of the liquor traffic, and on the left those who wish to see it continue to flourish, it wuld be fi und that the brain end heart of the city are on the right side. But suppose that you were to take a trip to London—that little world within itself— and suppose you were to take your seats in the little gallery over-looking the House of Commons—the greatest representative as- sembly of the world. There is one person on whom you would look with greater interest than on any other. It is the figure of anaged man. The hours pass on. It is nearly five o'clock in the morning. But the aged statesman remains in his seat. At last he rises to say that. greater than all the evils common to the world—greater than the evils of war, pestilence and famine —is the evil of intemperance; and to cast his vote in favor of a Bill. prohibiting the sale of alcoholic liquors in the Principality of Wales on the Lrrd’s Day. So we have the opinion of W. E. Gladstone, against the opinion of those who say that this agitation is actuated by ignorance and fanaticism. Then let us visit Westminster Abbey. Listen to the preacher. He is always eloquent; but most eloquent of all in his denunciation of the accursed liquor traffic. And so we have the opinion of the celebrated Canon Farrar against the opinion of those who say that this agitation is carried on by ignorant fanatics. Then—we shall suppose that there are no doctors pre-

* sent. The doctors, as you know, are the

coolest people in the world. They can re- gard death without a tear, and cut up the haman form divine with the utmost com- placency— all for the good of science. Well let us Visit, in another part of London, a meeting of doctors—not an ordinary meeting but one attended by leading phy- sicians from all parts of the civilized world. One of the most celebrated of them is read- ing a paper on “The Influence of Alcholic Liquor upon the Human System.” Let us listen to his conclusions. Ist he says that @ person in health bas no business to take a drop ef alcoholic liquor into his system; 2nd, that even if aman be ill, he has no business to prescribe alcoholic liquors for himself, but should take it as he would any other drug, subject to the orders of a physician; 3rd, that even when prescribed some thing else could, in nine cases out of ten, be found which would effect the cure desired just as well or better. So you have the opinion of the great Doctor Richardson — an opinion which is concurred in by a large proportion of the distinguished scienti'ic men present— and you feel convinced that the agitation against the liquor traffic is not all on the part of ignorance and fanatacism. The fact is, the common sense of the people is a*serting itself They see at last, that the best way to get rid ot the drinking customs is to get rid of the places in which drink is sold, that the way io get rid of the drunk- ards isto getrid of the places in which drunkards are made. In this, there are just TWO LINES OF WORK,

and never will be more than two. These are (1) Moral Suasion—the appeal to the reason and the conscience, and (2) the Legal Restriction of the liquor traffic—the placing of the foot of the community upon the necks of those who sell strong drink. There was a time, not so long ago, when it was deemed right to sell slaves. But, one day some one woke up to the fact that slavery was a great wrong upon humanity. He spoke to others about it, and by appeals to the reason and the conscience, people were convinced that it was so. This was the effect of moral suasion. But was this sufficient. Not at all, Slavery had to be driven out at the point of the bayonet —by the exertion of the physical power of the nation. At one time the nations were ground down under absolute tyranny. Moral suasion, when it once began to work, soon convinced a large majority of persons that absolute tyranny interfered with their natural rights; but there was strife and war and blood before tyranny was put down. Neither slavery nor tyranny would ever have succumbed to the appeals of reason and coneience—it required the strong arm of force to put them down. Neither will the liquor traffic. Moral suasion is good; but it must be followed by legal restriction. I am teld to go to the end of the bowling alley and set up the nine pins. Igo. But having set up eight of the pins, a burly fellow at the other end steps out from behind a screen and throws a ball which puts them all down. Id jthis again and again, and each time the burly fellow appears as before, and foils my purpose. Iam told to) pray; and | pray with the same result. I am then told that I do not pray in the right spirit, and so! fall upon my knees pear tor pluck and s:renyth to grapple w burly fellow. Then I go and knock him d wn and tie his hands behind his back; and then I[ succeed in This a a further _ difficulty, Ener ' dette air Miustration. The sahetll eaneh i care nothing for our , Our prayers, our protesta-

tious; they went tu make money; and they

THE DAILY

will continue to foil our purpose by placing temptations ir | e pathway of our young men, just so ] as we lack the pluck to grapple with t:em and knock them down. About 2,000 yoars ago, the laws were not so efficient as tliey are now. In a certain town or village there lived two men whom we shall call John Smith and John Jones. Smith was an industrious careful man, and by dint of long years of labor suc- ceeded in becoming the possessor of a considerable flock of sheep. But Jones was an idle man, stronger than Smith. One day he went over and told Smith that he wanted the flock of sheep and would drive them away. ‘‘Ob,” said Smith, ‘‘You can’t mean it. Your moral sentiment won't allow you to doso.” But Jones snapped his fingers in Smith’s face, and said, *‘I am stronger than you; the sheep are mine; and forthwith drove them

away. Before Jcnes had _ gone far, another stronger than Jones came

along and took the sheep away from him. A consultation of the men of the village was at once held. It lasted just fifteen minntes. It was seen that if such conduct were permitted, no man in the community would be secure in his possessions; and so moral sentiment, being found to be of avail, it was resolved to pass a law against thieving and to back it up by the appoint- ment of five or six strong policemen. So it came about that the moral rights of the community are now secured by legal restrictions upon thieves. The same course must be pursued with respect to those who, having no moral sentiment and caring only for money, destroy the happiness of our homes and mar the fortunes and the lives of our young men. But there are those who do not like the word

PROHIBITION,

To have a rigid license law is all right; ‘‘I am in favor of temperance; but prohibition is inconsistent with free institutions; there is something so un-British about it.” Well a_ license law is made up of both permissions and prohibitions. It gives, for instance, per- mission to sell liquor during six days in the week. You are a temperance man, you say; do you think that permission pro- motes temperance? No, certainly not. It permits the licensee to keep his bar open until 10 o'clock every night; has this per- mission a tendency to keep our young men from becoming drunkards! No. You must admit that it hasnot. But the license law prohibits the sale of liquor on the Lord’s Day, or to minors. These and other prohibitions tend to make people sober. In fact the whole strength of the license law of which you are in favor lies in the prohibitions it contains. Yet you say you don’t like prohibition. Suppose yourself appointed Commissioner for the issue of licenses in Charlottetown. You call a mass meeting. Everyone at. tends. You ask who among this audience of 10,000 people desires a license to sell liquor? At once, every hand goes up. All desire licenses. What would you say! What would you do? You would say, ‘‘these people have gone mad;” you would choose, say, thirty-three from among the crowd, and tell the rest to go home about their business. You would prohibit 9,967 persons from selling liquor and you would license thirty-three. Yet you don't like prohibition. But what would you do with those who remain! I would, if I were Commissioner, send them home, too; and let there be prohibition all round— ‘*what’s sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.” But you,—you want to see in force a rigid license law. Well,» you would call up each of thirty-three, and you would say: ‘‘Here is your license to sell liquor. But, mind, **You are not to sell on the Lord’s Day,’’ ‘You are not to sell to minors; You are not to sell to persons who are known to be drunkards; You are not to sell any liquor whatever after 10 o'clock at night.” And so having prohibited the 9,967 from selling any liquor at all, you send the favored 3

home weighted down with prohibitions; and if these are not sufficient to keep down drunkenness, you _ say, *‘put on more prohibitions.” But you say, ‘it is quite impossible to stop liquor drink- ing by Act of Parliament.” My good sir, no one ever said that it was possible. Vanon Wilberforce—a grandson, by the way, of the great abolitionist—says an Act of Parliament may stop it by clapping the drunkard into jail and keeping him there; and devlares that he never saw this treat. ment fail in a single instance. He also says that he does not know of a single case in which a drunkard ‘‘broke up” when his grog was suddenly stopped within the prison walls, proving the popular idea that a drunkard must cool off by degrees to be a fallacy. In fact, he says, a man is far more likely to ‘‘break up” if he does not stop drinkivg But in the ordinary sense in which the term is used no one has ever said that liquor drinking can be stopped by Act of Parliament. It can, however,put the cursed system undera ban. It can drive the liquor dealers and their victims into dark places and by-ways. It can break up the custom of ‘‘treating;” it can do these things and more, even though it cannot stop drinking.

OUR SCOTT ACT

has not in the past worked well. That is true. But let us consider whether the fault lies in the Act itself, or in the circum- stances surrounding it. For the first vio- lation of its provisions it inflicts a fine of $50—that makes the liquor dealer think.

For the second it claps on £100—that makes him think twice as much. If he should again offend, it takes him by the collar,

casts him into jail, and gives him leisure

ts reflect. These provisions are strong.

Why are they not enforced? Well, after the passage of every act of this kind a period

longer or sh rter, must elapse during which

its constitutionality is tested. During this

period it is, of course, inoperatiive. Then,

after its constitutionality is established,

doubts are raised as to whether the place in

which it is applied is a town or a city. For-

merly every man in Moncton supposed that

he lived in a town. But, one morning, after

the hearing of a Scott Act case, some one

woke up to find that it really was

& city, and soon there were numbers

who stoutly maintained that it was « city

and always had been a city. The people of

Charlottetown fameied that they lived in a

city aad voted for the Seott Act apart from

the County; but the defendants inp a Scott

Aci case said this was wrong. Summerside

was considered a town, and so threw in iig

vote with the rest of Prince County; bat

the violators of the Scott Act said this

too was wrong. All such questions had

each to be settled before the

Courts and until our constitutional and

geographical knowledge was confirmed by the highest tribunals in the realm, the liquor dealers had full swing. But had the Mayors and City Councils and Stipendiary Magistrates and Policemen been as keen to prosecute violators of the Scott Act as they were to punish for other offences against the law, perhaps they would not have had it so much their own way— perhaps, indeed, there would have been much less trouble about the Scott Act. Or had they been as careless with respect to gambling, petty larceny and thievery as they are about selling liquor contrary to the law, these offences would be rampant to-day. So that it is quite evident that the cavses why the Act does not work as well as it should work lie in extraneous circumstances and not in the Act itself. In one respect the Act is undoubtedly weak. tit should be provided with the machinery necessary to enforce it. No odium properly attaches to one who informs against those who violate the law. Butthe punishment of men who maintain the great public evil of liquor drinking should not be left to private indi- viduals. The public should provide the means of enforcing the measures required in its own behalf. Under the provisions of tke license law passed Jast session, we shall have, placed behind the Scott Act, Government officials who will enforce the law; and the money obtained for fines will go into a common fund to be used for the prosecution of those who sell liquor contrary to the law,'and with these addition- al helps; we shall be in a position to carry out the Scott Act, and make it a success. Still there may be those who would perfer ,‘the License Law, 1883.” To these persons, a few saggestions. If you do away with the Scott Scott, and adopt the new law, the constitutionality of that law will have to be tested as the constitutionality of the Scott Act was tested; and there will again be free liquor extending over a period of two or three years. Again, by licensing the liquor trattic you make it one of your _ institutions. You have your churches, your schools, your happy homes, all of which tend to elevate and civilize ; but, in the midst, you place your licensed rumshops to undo the work: they are doing, and to drag members of your community down to destruction. Yet, again, by adopting the license system, you enter into a partnership with rumsellers. They pay your corporation certain moneys, and you consent to let them recoup them- selves. How? Say you obtain $2,000 as license fees, the the money must go back again into the pocket of the rumsellers. Where does it come from?! As you see your friend’s soon going to destruction, be- cause he frequents these licensed houses, will it make you fee: happy to think that your taxation is less by, perhaps, a cent and quarter in the dollar? To-day the liquor traffic is under your con- trol. You can control the man who is ruining your son, if you wish to do so. You can place your heel upon his head, and make him feel the weight of your anger. But, license him! What ther? There is a cry in the street of mad dog. You seize the first weapon that comes to hand, you run, and have your fovot upou the bea::

out. But your hand is arrested by the word ‘‘stop;’ and stooping down you see a collar about its neck inscribed with the legend ‘“‘licensed by the muni- cipality to bite for one year;’ so you are obliged to ‘et the animal go iis mad way tillthe year is up. Just so with respect to the licensed liquor dealer. He is ‘‘licensed by the municipality to sell liquor for one year; and your arm is stayed in the act of striking the blow which you would inflict. Lastly, by licensing the liquor traffic you make yourself—and each member of the community makes himself—responsible for what it does. God, on his eternal throne of judgment, sees not only the licensed liquor dealer, he sees the City Council who grant the license, and, behind the City Council, the voters who authorized them to do it, and he will hold all responsible for the lives lost and the souls ruined on account of the traflie so licensed. The moment you license the traffic you become its sponsors, and are answerable for the misery, crime and death which come from it. But to influence your action in this matter, there are, above all, the eternal principles of truth and right. Stand firm on these, and beware how you set your foot upon the shifting sands of expediency.

At the request of the Chairman, T. C. James, Esq., offered a short, appropriate prayer, and the meeting dispersed.

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John Stumbles is desirous of disposing of the stock of buffalo and wolf robes, cir- cingles, etc., at present on hand.

——-— -<2°- Gio o-- Tue Western Agricultural Convention of delegates from the various Farmers Clubs in Prince County, met last Tuesday afternoon in Montgomery’s Hall, Summerside. The President of the Association read a paper on “Rotation of Crops,” which brought out con- siderable discussion, The next meeting will be opend by an address from Wm. MeN. Simpson, Esq., of Hamilton, Lot 18—subject: “The best means of increasing the supply-of home-made manure.”

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OVEMBER 14 1883.

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GRAN D

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