THE " SPECTATOR" ON, THE PERMISSIVE BILL.

Auckland Star, Volume II, Issue 505, 23 August 1871, Page 3

THE " SPECTATOR" ON, THE PERMISSIVE BILL.

It is bad morally, bad socially, bad politU j cally. * '■'•■'* "•* Unless the svvallowing of alcohol is a maliim in se f a positive bffehce against moral!., then the'advocates of' the Pehriissive Bill have'no logical standing at all, are simply trying to 6babl& ■* Jt 8 majority to oppress the minority into rW-tiag on the majority's opiilioh jn a mat^ \av of indifference. They blight just as well allow the majority toflog tbe.minority for believing in' tran-substantiation.-p-for ,th«t belief leads to acts which, if the belief is wrong, do them more harm than the : belief .that alcohol is on the whole, beneficial; or to put it in an.easier way, they ' might just as well allow.the_majority in a 'cracked parish, because they held-vege-tarian opinions, to shut up the butchers' 'stops. The' Teetotallers ar&, however, We Willingly allow, innocent df this oppressive-, nCsS.' Their tiue belief; like that of all Mohammedan Doctors, of all Hindoo Pun--1 "dlis, 'of half the teachers of China, and of some, of.the greatest of Western moralists,' 'is'rithat alcbhol-drinkihgis Wicked, that no . _Q^n ; has. or can have any ; inore rightxo; j diminish the br^in.,Godrhfl,s,g^yen him,by, . ; HV;allo.wing, stupefying, drugs, ,thp,n he has to diminish his powers by blinding himself, I_!i_ox i-to produce insanity by knocking;his head against a wall. our judgement,--a 1 •s.'tliat'yieW-is'falsev for we accept the medical. • 'fevidWncej Which; declares that while there "• eiisti^ ihTETurbpe "a"E_ielanch<>ly delusion about the amount 'of alcohol which it is ' "^afe to 'take, thfer^ is a : wfiich ' de/fihitely1 'increases the faker's mental and , .hodilyrhealth. f,.,-*:'"^1 '.'The Bill'lsbad- • socially, on account of the unbearable dis-, „ tinotion : jt,would ? c^eate hefween ri'chiand poor,'inasmuch as it/avowedly,permit's the rich.tQ.indulge in ; a.favourite.find jn t^tp,-, ri patters':eyes immoral incjujge.n;ce, whip|i,at; the same moment it prohibi^<to th?>_p9PA: ;...*_: f*.. *".Th6 Permissiveißilli is .bad' politically, becauserit]WOuld;f_iil. jWreean !i prohibit thel artificial presentatit^n of the temptation, as by reStiieting licen6eio¥-by forbiddrb'g"' itie y\ti^] of liqUoj_ where it is sold,, but we',tannOtr prohibiK'cbn-' ; ..*' sUmiJtipii'of liqu'oriltog;etber.-' It fchances,, an^ ft ois 'a' very singular ■ dianf;e-, ll.lthat'' .. g there is one / mode Qf ; dimfHfib <ing^_-ii_fih^. which' is extremely po'pulir''wrt|. states'-, [•W^^b^^.ejgdi^^-Jjhejs^^i^e^y&^aithy ~ . pi gtovefnments. in ' its 7 JJeljay, aiid 7 wbifib.. brings to the side ot,^te :. .aid'tb^ipolice, atjid Ah,§, l Ay^y,i jau^ ™c judiciary are .ablf ?t^ajiQrd>oV4 hat me.tbpdi ...« lis. .excessive taxation. .HMsii ;,GijlidstQn,e <-' ,wbuid'' be delighted to..triple the.. spirit-, duties, that measure would createmo riots, < -':,afad' i!as we have said,'if passedf Jvauld-bC'l supported by tliti'-tkiHS'bVginized power ,r " oif'the StateV And yet -it Cannc/t n&'-tiffiie'f .. .for this, rfe'fi'soh,'th'Jit'ifni'e'tlixaseeeds a ' ' certain amount tlie' State is defiefited't)^' .; L ipiqifc distillation.,.,/ 7 ,7' 7/ • ti -...i

A _-* 3«Jf'>¥ -Hi t¥a«ft.g f coßsidertible ' 'attention- itfiioij^' scientific nlerv, find if it deserves all that is daiiried'-forit, it hvill1 tiu^': " "4u6"sEioaably~ HUpersMe'-stcam• toj a great extent in all places where power isirUqilired,' j.' aiM'es^c^lly;in'i:ailv^aj .-ifcori"sists producing' a vacuum by the flame of crude petroleum. The staleinent isincred'ibl'c., but it is confidently asseMStw ''that' its cost will be uext to nothing, and its use may even be' made to produce a revan'tie, a8 in-. j burning the petroleum only the ligjiter parts I of it are (.onsuthed,; the heavy or l^lMctltlng oil being left at the bottom', from where it can I be taken, and #?ld /or more.' tjian ,tl e.» eost; of ■■' - the eriid^fcii. -'T^e roadhiiiesi csnsttfucted on this principle will, it is said, soon be: brought '"' -befbrt^tM Jbudlilj,; wh^ri the indention or ' discover^ can be fully 'testetl. ' Giei.C'advan-: t tagepiairiyclafimed.foriit^Bsa motor ?or street * * Vkllro&isr Win 'is' entirely noiseless, tvitholife smoke or iteam, and perfectly under control. - -..-mWashington Chronicle. \ «t*b».r.tjj