THE CAUSE OF DISTRESS.
; TO THE EDITOR. Pir — I read your interesting article on tho 1 " burning" question .of the day, and I con- ' elude from it that you suppose that all tho ! ills that you refer to oould bo removed by wise government, and possibly they could be very muoh diminished by wise laws, but on reflection I said to myself, No, while all kinds of vice are so rampant trouble will bo in the land, for " every prospect ploasps, and only man is vile," and, unfortunately, the virtuous suffer with the vile. It is always so, ■ the innocent suffer with the guilty. My , opinion is that if the smoking, drinking, i gambling, and other nameless vices could be i wiped out, or reduced to one half or quarter i of their present magnitude we Bhould have ; all the troubles under which we groan • removed, and joy and prosperity would , abound in the land, but whilst vice grows . and thrives all around the politician will not i be found who can cure our troubles, for ; " How few of all the ills that men endnre is ; it in the power of kings (or politicians) to i mar or cure." II am, &o , Lay the Axe to the Boot.
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Evening Post, Volume XILI, Issue 113, 14 May 1891, Page 4
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