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title: 'The Throne of Iniquity, or Sustaining Evil by Law: A Discourse in Behalf of a Law Prohibiting the Traffic in Intoxicating Drinks'
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authors:
- 'Albert Barnes'
date: 1852-01-01
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subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Temperance'
scriptures:
- 'Psalms 94'
- 'Acts 24'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/barnes-1852-the-throne-of-iniquity-or-sustaining-evil-by-law-a-discourse-in-behalf-of-a-law-prohibiting-the-traffic-in-intoxicating-drinks
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# The Throne of Iniquity, or Sustaining Evil by Law: A Discourse in Behalf of a Law Prohibiting the Traffic in Intoxicating Drinks

Albert Barnes (1852) argues that licensing and regulating the liquor traffic validates evil. He advocates total legal prohibition of intoxicating drinks, appealing to moral and state police powers.

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