Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume II, Number 410, 15 March 1892 — A NATION'S CURSE. [ARTICLE]

A NATION'S CURSE.

The dreadfoi and demcmlising fect of aleohoi upon thehuman syfetem is very diatreeeingly wident in the HawaHen race. The fbreigfier kt a geaMpUon ago found dw naUvee a won4erfally developt»d people phymcaily. To dsy ae a naUon | they are a wreck. ThMmps4 deoav ie enMy and enUroly d«e to in<ialgeiiee in eleoholie epMe. The experience ef all people ie eimply that of tbe īndian of Amohoa, the Maoris of New Zeaiand, and the aborifcioes | of Australia hae the daranable iafl | nenceoftbischief enemy to miokind not gone far enough? It j ie not aow time to take active steps towsrd the of the liquor traffic ? B«tter late than never. There are considerable Christian« ir. Honolulu. Why are yoo dormant? Why do you not by oomhinaUon, activity, unity. endeavor to enjoy tbo bleasing of Prohibitory Law. There is no neeeeaity for looking upon the matter of temperanoe in a religi<ms light, whatover, we allknow the following &at§. ■' ' Tbat aleohol hae a wry poleoaooB eM tbe hnmaa system. That thofaemi» Asyittm are &U. od by vieUisie. That powty that wouM i»ot oUnnHie esiet, is catxeed bjr 4rookwtwei andgoo<f bea*th are ineompaUhle. oeaiefv in Hemolnlo, e» oieewbere hawoona&emhlepoHUeaiin&ienee, and to sacoeeefuUy oombit him it ma/ be neceraary to enter into poliUee. Politice waa tbe oniy method that enabled prohib ; Uon to met with enoeeee in the U. 8. The Hawaiian hae lMt hie all, and if aleoholie agfreMiveaeM is not aueoeeefully deleated, thie nohle raoe will shorUy heeome extinct. Laqnor, indedl hae heen the curee of Hawaii« and it laiie upon the ehouldere of all theee intereetod in tibe welfare of the naUon toeeethat the ealoone are rastrieted « abolished.