The Menace of Prohibition
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Lulu Wightman treats prohibition as a struggle over the powers of American government. Her pamphlet argues that efforts to regulate drinking threaten personal liberty when moral reformers seek political authority to enforce their beliefs. Drawing on John Stuart Mill and the Declaration of Independence, she asks how far a government may go in compelling citizens to follow a particular standard of conduct.
The discussion moves between party platforms, public statements and examples from religious history. Wightman links restrictions on liquor to campaigns for Sunday observance, censorship and wider controls on ordinary pleasures. Her tone is urgent and openly partisan, with the protection of dissenting citizens at the heart of her case. Readers interested in American reform movements or debates about church and state will find a forceful argument about the boundary between private conviction and public law.
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- Author
- Lulu Wightman
- Pages
- 34
- Language
- English
- Genre
- American History
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