THE PRINCIPLE, THE POLICY AND THE PARTY. A DISPASSIONATE STUDY OF THE ARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAINST Unsettled questions have no mercy on the peace of nations." New York FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY LONDON AND TORONTO 1894 -GARFIELD. HV CONTENTS. Page. PART I. THE PRINCIPLE. IS PROHIBITION IN ACCORD WITH WISE PRIN CIPLES OF STATESMANSHIP? "No legislation founded on unsound principles can accomplish a permanent good, whatever be the present seeming.”—PREFACE TO BISHOP'S STATUTORY CRIMES. "MEN are four," says an Arabic proverb: "He who knows not, and knows not he knows not. He is a fool; shun him. "He who knows not, and knows he knows not. He is simple; teach him. "He who knows, and knows not he knows. He is asleep; wake him. "He who knows, and knows that he knows. He is wise; follow him." The only difficulty with this, as with so many other wise deliverances, lies in its application. For it frequently happens that the man who knows not that he knows not, and the man who knows that he knows, manifest the same characteristics, being equally positive and equally sincere. If emphasis in assertion is to be sole guide in deciding the righteousness of a cause, we shall be forced generally to conclude that each side is right. Certainly this would be the case in the discus 1 |