Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1854-09-20


buckeye, tobacco and fshberries. Ali ye hol-
low hearted long faced hypocrits, you can min
gle such principles as them with the political
interests Of the country. But when we say
candidates for Office must be sound on the
prohibition question, you are ready to exclaim
with upltted hands, that will never dol You
viii defeat our party. What? party Of drunk
en- seamps who riot in their baehanalian coun-
els at four and eight dollars per day?
You surely don't mean the democrat or whig
parties when you thus speak; if they rest on
such principles, there is nothing to lose in
breaking both down, and the sooner the better.
II to advocate the best interest Of our country
and to dry up the most prolific source Of human
suffering and woe,-if to wipe out the fOu,est
spot that has ever marred the fair face of our
country is antagonistic to party interests, IN
tLaname OF God let them 60 down. And let
ever, thing 90 with them that cannot hold up
their head in a nation Of sober, moral, and in
telligent freemen. You might just as well let US
come in, for we will not vote for your man be
he whig or democrat unless he is in favor Of a
prohibitary law.
While this state of affairs has existed for
years. Temperance organizations have risen
up;and are preparing the way tol the next Du-
ring which time some have been apostatising
from the different organizations, and going
back ten fold more the child Of drunkenness
and disgrace than before, and ardent spirits
still used for political ascendency, and moral
decendency, degradation and shame, the world
is really to say that the Temperance efforts
have been entirely abortive, and some OF the
weak friends Of the reform are ready to adopt
the idea that nothing has been done in the last
thirty years, by the various Temperance efforts.
We submit the following statement for the ben
eft of those who allow that all Temperance
efforts have resulted in nothing:
Let US see the statistical report of the year
1910; population of the U. S. was six millions;
liquor annually consumed thirty millions OF
gallons, equal to five gallons to each person,
and in this proportion it stood with very little
change until 1880; now bear in mind that the
Temperance folks begun to do ''nOthing" in or
about the year 1925. Now see how 1t stands,
In the year 1910; population fourteen millions
five thousand, at FIVE gallons TO each person,
(the same population of l8l0) the amount OF
intoxicating liquors would have been seventy
one millions, but, by some means or other, it
is reduced to forty tSo millions five thousand,
falling off of twenty eight millions five thou.
sand of gallons. Now let us see how it stands
in 1850 population twenty mlllions liquors
consumed forty SIX millions five thousand, a.
mounting to two and four tenths of q gallon to
each person; by this it is plain to see, that had
it remained in the same proportion up to 1850,
one hundred millions OF allOns would have
been the amount annually consumed IN the
United States. but, by some means or other II
is only brty six and four tenths Of million, e.
nvagh tto mall conscience. Here is a falling
off since, 1925 of fifty three millions Of gallons
this is nosmall effect. Now what is the cause:
shurely nothing that the friends of Temperance
have Gone. Had It not been for the interpoSl
ton, energy, and labors of Temperance mer
anu women, the ssniount Of liquors consumed
| in $50 would have been more than double
what it was,-or one hundred millions. The for
| ty SIX millions of gallons that was used is com
peteut to kill thirty thousand of our race anC
| brig, them to a .drunkard's grave and HE'LL
| Then we would ask if forty six millions of gal
| Ions destroy annually thirty thousand lives
how many at the same ratio, would one hun
| dred millions destroy? Suppose two thirds o
! this army Of dead drunkards left families, neg
/ lected. destitute families, you would have forty
six thousand widows. Wailing, and woe wou!C
! fill our land. Then suppose each widow
! has four ragged, neglected children, what al
arlnyl one hundred and sixty thousand orphans
| nor is this evil computed to those who fall by
! it or to their widows and miserable ctIldreu?-
| HARDLY an individual in America but wha
! has been injured more or less, by the manUiac
/ ture and sale of ardent spirits. What 4 sad com
ment upon the Internal traffic, Tor legalised mur
| der) Now let the nothing" be bl0tted out tha
| Temperance benevolence has done since 1928
and YOU will fill the land with wailing and woe
YOU spread disease and moral pollution from
! Maine to California more than double VIVA
it now is; you make it necessary for every Stat
and county in the United States, to adj
to their old penetentaries and jalls, aims
houses and luuatic assylums, to meet the vas
amount of crime, poverty and lunacy under tn
awful effects of blotting it out. Or perhaps tn
useless churches and colleges might he got t
make assylums or something OF the sort, a
worship and learning would be quite out Of tn
ouestion III drunken and besotted nation
At this sad change even the blotting out OF th
"nothiug,n might be heard the enquiry, wha
made all these sad changes? what has turne
such vandal spirits loose in the land? wha
smoke from the bottomles5 pitt? Come friend
be calm, this is nothing more than blotting on
the "nothng" that has been achieved by tn
friends of Temperance in the last thirty year,
By the value of order, s0berucss and truth, an
the happiness of our race be persuaded to c.
anime the matter in the light Of truth, lest
opposition you may be found fighting again
the best interests of suffering humanity; if or
fruit be good approve it--do not condemn
In conclusion is the liquor traffic right? Il;
il beautifed the world? Docs this system
legalized wholesale destruction of human Ii
and poverty, support ITSELF Are not the peop!
the sovereign independent people taxed for l
support? VIII you vote for or against lega
lied mischief? SlSUS'