Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-02-17

right to decoy into your den of pollution.
made more dangerous by it, being legalized
and Kept in oYder-all who are not so far
gone as to be classed among habitual drunk
ards or who are 80 unfortunate as to be
found on the list aof minors; you have
right to draw into the M@lstrom of mode
rate drinking-that terrible pool from which
millions are yearly passing onto occupy a
lower place in the scale of drunkenness--any
of those who are unsuspecting of danger
and disregard the injunction of the wise
man who said sLook not upon the wine
when it giveth color in the cup, when it
movcth itself Alright; at last it biteth like a
serpen: and stingeth like an adder You
have right TO put the bottle to your neigh
boris mouth, the bottle which contains that
which has caused the priest and the prophet
to err, caused Noah, Lot, and other bible
men TO stray from the paths OF virtue,
caused thousands in our own day to ruin
their physical natures and lay themselves in
premature graves, while their mental and
moral natures have suffered the natural
consequences which follow diseased body.
You have right to deal out that which
causes contentious, redness Of eyes, wounds
without cause, babblings, &c.-you have q
right to sow the seeds of dissolution and
death ny dealing out liquid fire. and sdis-'
titled damnation.' y sEugss, srs yszarEls
Now this sort of reasoning suits not only
"What Say YOU" but it suits quite large
number of persons, among whom may be
found rum sellers and moderate drinkers,
two OF the classes which are the 2.estest
enemies with which the temperance people
have to contend. 81, II 70 griigg7.,jssE ...5
| Those of US who hold the traf6cking in
Intoxicating liquors as beverage to be a
nigh hapded crime, cannot conscientiously
deal with it in any other manner titan as
such; we cannot make compromises With
the devil for the sake of keeping down agi-
tatlon; on the contrary we have no desire
to be on friendly terms with that which
we regard as injurious to the human family.
Would our friend .'What Say You" advo-
cate the doctrine that we should legalize
any other crime for the sake Of securing
peace Would he say for the sake of quiet.
ing disturbances we will make it lauda-
Die business to engage in counterfeiting coin
or engage in taking that which belongs to
another Does he not consider it of vastly
more Importance that humanity should be
kept from this '.sin which doth so easily
beset u.s. than that our property should be
protected We believe in keeping any
question which is worthy Of being discussed
constantly before the public mind. Have
not all the great reformations been agitated
for series of years until the public mind
was ready tor action, and has not every one
been opposed and has not the cry been
raised by their pretended friends, 1T is too
expensive" yet causes to much connection"
Other reforms have been brought about by
agitaton-by untiring labor on, the part of
their friends. We ask of the true friend of
temperance, to fear not to have the cause
agitated--it is one that will bear the light
OF investigation, Let our motto be, mo
wheedling, no compromises but war to
the hilt until the foe Alcohol lies Frustrated
at our feet.'' |. FR1sB1E.
Grandview, Iowa, Feb 14th. i'f req.