Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1863-01-07
THE Legal TRAFFIC
sP1RITUOUS LIQUORS,
JUDAS ESCARGOT, Esp E,
AND HIS RIGHTS.

Nav VIC not consider that JUDAS liinc
has come, and that be should now be In
stalled where the world may admire his
JoDgabused character. He has been for
centuries under the ban Of Christendom.
He has been fruitful theme for theolog-
ical rens, End has been literally pounded
in the pulpit Judas has rounded many
point Of malevolsnce. But since a
people protesting to be believers in the
Bible and Temperance Lave used their
influence and vote. to sustain law 10
sslizing ths sale of spiritnous liquors
BY appointing agents in the cities, towns
Eai Wages, to deal out to their fellow
men sure poison, 10y merely paying n
s9nus of less than thirty pieces of silver,
ana since the peoples agent to deal
out lie poison has encirclsd his lame
with horror. degradation and misery,
AMI las become gentleman, honorcd
asa government agent: and since the
.pgal traffic in rum is sustained by a
Christian people, is it not time for us to
ssa whether Judas shall be tramped un-
Ter foot aay longer, Why should Judas
% degraded, when saloon agents are
honored. Why should the destroying of
all that makes man noble and good bs
made legitimate business by an act of
good people. to entrance, fascinate, and to
lure men and women into its hellish jaws,
and Judas continue to have the brand
Of centuries.
There has been great unanimity
q opinion respecting Judas. Have we
NJ reached point in civilization whore
-s claim of Jndas to legal worship may
lsurgod with some degree of SUGGEST
am encouraged to hope that something
nav be done for him in view of the tri :
amPhal march of legislation in a diree-
Ton that 10 traitorous to the best interests
Of the human family. | ain especially
encouraged when see the hosts of those
who profess to be fol lowers of the Bible,
and who are supposed to have in their
hearts hatred of Judas, sustaining the
legal traffic of treachery, as though it
we're blessing to mankind. Yea, even
men who profess TO love humanity and
temperance, aid the legal destruction of
man with eagerness, as thirsty dog
laps up water. They support system
Of legislation which produces the father
of all erimes-treason. perjury, murder.
and Indebtedness in all its forms. with
more junction than if these episodes were
ordered in the Ten COMMANDMENTS
Al the door of such lies whatever there
IS of crime in this system of legalized
trafnc' that spreads its pail over the land.
Ihey profess that their whole mission
towards their fellow man on earth is
love, In all its manifold forces: who thew
leap at their destruction with more avid
ity than if God had ord,iped # "a
cardinal virtue. The Leader, the Gp;da
whom they profess to love and obey, was
ushered into the world with an anthem
performed by heavenly choir; ''Peace
on earth, good will to man" was its mes
sage, and the professed followers OF the
Redeemer are aiding legalized wrong
Of such magnitude as would make Judas
weep.
And these are the manifestations of
shat men call humanity. The inspira-
ton of the Holy Spirit addresses its fol-
lowers thus: ''Whatever things are true,
whatever things are just. whatever things
are lovely. and if there is any praise
!alnk of these things" Persons profess
'og to be the salt of the earth, the light
q the world, have turned deaf ear to
1h heavenly message; but they have
Oeen swift to hear the voice of dema-
sIgaes; Whatever things are false,
s3aa'eyeF things destroy, whatever things
s'g'atle and jeba.e, if there is any vics,
F"4 theFe Is sny surcess thipt NJ thasa