The Federal Government and the Liquor Traffic (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Federal Government and the Liquor TrafficIt is a long tedious journey from this government Of and by the club of jungle days to the modern idea that it is the duty of law to protect, rather than to starve and enslave, the weak. The idea is not yet fully en throned, for we find ourselves in the midst Of a struggle! Over the doctrine that the state has the right to sel' one a commission to rob and cheat his fellow in its name, the theory that the state has the right to issue letters Of marque and reprisal against its own citizens. In the former days the weak were Subjugated with a club at the individual caprice Of the strong. In these latter days, the idea has been modified into a plan by which the strong commissions one of its number to plunder and debauch the weak on a percentage basis or in return for a stated revenue. The whole duty Of the state to its weaker members has thus become the burning issue Of the twentieth century throughout the world.It is not the purpose, in this connection, to attempt to trace the development Of law from its beginning. Such would require volumes in itself. It is only in tended in this chapter to make clear the constitutional limitations Of the Federal Government Of the United States in dealing with the liquor problem, and the corresponding powers of the states, in respect to the same subject. The Constitution Of the United States is the fruitage Of the anglo-saxon struggle with the Norman Kings for liberty, a struggle of eight hundred and forty years. The English constitution, developed in this contest, was designed only to protect the people from the King. It had no relation to the dealings Of the people among themselves.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.