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Show INTELLIGENCE VERSUS IGNORANCE Tho vote for license as against prohibition in tho counties ot Dnvlcs, Christian nnd McCrnckcn, marked simply n preference for lawful pro-ceduro pro-ceduro and Just taxation on tho ono bund ns against outlawry, hypocrisy and no tnxatlon on tho other hand. Tho Prohibitionist may bo either n well meaning fool, or a scoundrel in league with bootlegging and blln tlgerism, who prefers to got his liquor liq-uor on tho sly. But whero ho has tho best Intentions, he is n fanatic who would, on what ho considered sulflclcnt provocation not hesitate to burn his neighbor's houso or do any despicable act "In God's namo." Ho who sets himself to Interfere with tho personal liberty of any other man Is a villain. ''There Is no Instanco on record," says Ducklo, "of on ignorant man who, having good Intentions nnd power to enforco them, has not dono far moro evil than good. And whpn-evep whpn-evep the Intentions havo been very ehger, and the power extensive, tho evil has been enormous. If ho has no fear, If ho Is entlroly unselfish, If his solo object is tho good of others, lf ho pursues that object with enthusiasm, enthus-iasm, upon a large scale nnd with disinterested zeal, then It Is that you havo no check upon hint, you htivo no means of preventing calnin Ittcs which this Ignorant man will be Riiro to inflict. It Is nn undoubted fact that an overwhelming majority of persecutors havo boon men ot tho purest Intentions, of tho most ad-mlrnblo ad-mlrnblo and unsullied morals." I.oulsvlllo Courier-Journal. , |