Show abraham lincoln on prohibition prohibition will great injury to the cause of temperance it is a species of intemperance within itself for it goes be ond end the bounds of rea son in that it attempts to control a man s appetite by legislation and in making crimes out of things that are not crimes A prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles on which our government was founded I 1 have always s been found laboi labeling ing to pi protect the tile weaker clashes classes fi om the sti stronger and I 1 nen never er can give my consent to such a law as you propose to enact until my tongue shall be f silenced in death I 1 will continue to fight for the rights of men |