. Temperance essays, and selections from different authors . H^*f £^ ^0^S ^cL-x^ ? Klpg ;^5?>^ Moderate Drinking. jTun&aj- if. After a. Inni . - :. gp*ll,#® a 8—- - iP k^ ?^* ^gpr^ . —cS^I?- No. 3. ?» COMPARATIVE TEMPERANCE VIEW \ OF ENaL^NTDS COMMERCE,TAXATION AND CHARITIES. INTRODUCTION. Albany, January 6th, Members of Congress— Gentlemen: Now, that the question is under considerationof advancing the tax on tobacco and intoxicating drink, I takethe liberty of enclosing to members of Congress a brief docu-ment on British taxation, &c, &c. Prohibition of the sale of intoxicating dri
. Temperance essays, and selections from different authors . H^*f £^ ^0^S ^cL-x^ ? Klpg ;^5?>^ Moderate Drinking. jTun&aj- if. After a. Inni . - :. gp*ll,#® a 8—- - iP k^ ?^* ^gpr^ . —cS^I?- No. 3. ?» COMPARATIVE TEMPERANCE VIEW \ OF ENaL^NTDS COMMERCE,TAXATION AND CHARITIES. INTRODUCTION. Albany, January 6th, Members of Congress— Gentlemen: Now, that the question is under considerationof advancing the tax on tobacco and intoxicating drink, I takethe liberty of enclosing to members of Congress a brief docu-ment on British taxation, &c, &c. Prohibition of the sale of intoxicating drink, as a beverage,as also of tobacco, would, in my opinion, not only be humane,but the true policy of governments. But such prohibition canonly be sustained where a large proportion of the people areconvinced that the principle is sound, and stand ready to sus-tain it, not only by vote, in the courts, but by the practice oftotal abstinence. While discussing the question of excise, Lord Chesterfield,in his address before the house of Lords, 125 years ago,touched the point exactly. He said: luxury, my lord
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