Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1871-03-03

IS IN fact mere COInDindLlOu OF lEl aC-
ticabies and malcontent politicians bent
upon the acquisition of notoriety and Po
litical plumber. Messrs. Whittier. Lea
witt, Cough and Garrison are not poll
ticians and have no tiIe-serving con
servatism in their mental or moral COM
position. On the contrary each is dis
for his independence and
candor and has shown himself capable
Of suffering for righteousness sake
Each is also a warm advocate of tenn
perance reform and has expended in
that behalf much of his time and best
effort.
We therefore take pleasure in com
mending to our readers the views of
these eminent gentlemen in reference to
this so-calIed Prohibition political par
ty which as yet very small but very Sc
lect body of political aspirants has lately
presented ticket for the support of
temperance-symPathizing people.
John C. WHITTIER.
This popular poet and sage. who was
recently rendered the nomination for
Congress in his District by the Prohibi-
ton Convention, wrote immediately to /
the Boston Journal that he had read /
the proceedings of the Convention with |
surprise and adds
II had fattered myself that my Re
was above suspicion but if /
there is anybody in the Commonwealth |
-
quence of the proceedings referred 60, 1t /
is sufficient to say that the use of my |
name was wholly unauthorized and that !
the nomination has been promptly de- |
clined. = John G. -Blhitier.
JoHN B. COUCH.
In a recent lecture. on. temperance de
hvered in Boston Mr.. Cough said he |
was opposed to the introduction of tenn |
perance into politics. He believed in /
manufacturing a sentiment in the COM |
rnunity that would come up to an hon
est Legislature, and demand such laws
as the public would see enforced. What |
is wanted is a public sentiment in the |
community to have prohibition. He
had no sympathy with the Legislature |
which had multiplied the grog shops by
a free rum law, neither with those Pro- |
hibitionists who had spent far more
time in fightiRg those who would not
worshipat their Shibboleth than in edu
eating public sentiment.
JOSHUA LEAvITT
Dr. Joshua Leavitt, the NestOr of the
Anti-SlaYery movement, and lifelong
temperance advocate said not long since:
1 have never heard that there was
analogy between temperance and sla-
very, nor advocated the making of the
former political issue. Slavery was,
from every consideration of humanity,
craftsmanship, and political economy, a
national crime. Intemperance is an in
dividual vice, a terribly destructive one,
it is true. told Mr.. Sumner only yester-
day that ! thought the Prohibitionists
were making great mistake in Massa-
chusetts.
WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON.
Mr.. Garrison a few weeks ago con-
tributed an able article to the ~ Z IN
de6endenf from which we make the fol-
lowing extracts:
When the moral reformer, perchance
from impatience at the slow progress of
the cause lie espOuses, sinks hiHseT IN
to tie politician, and seeks by caucus
nominations. electioneering tactics, and
partisan rivalries to accomplish in a ]
Summary manner the desired end, he
not only gQes aogfw to a Lo7UeS- plane, |
but impairs the force of his testimonies
by entering into the general scramble
tar the S0-calZe1Z H01t0ry and sUfollfUze1fkS
of official station.
Naturally, as concerning the admins
tration of public affairs, the people d.
vide into two parties. These may or
NAV not differ widely as to their intel
lectual and moral constituents, or the
policy which they aim to establish. In
either case they embody the popular
will and reveal the exact condition of
the community, state or nation. Now, |
suppose that they were equally corrupt, |
or equally disinclined to substitute
righteous for unrighteous laws or equal |
" opposed to a pending issue of mo
mentous importance to the whole coun-
try. How is this to be remedied by the |
formation of third political party ?
The ai67c1ILty is q moral, not a Political
o,fe and as the effect does not deter
mine the cause, but cause the effect, so
the zg051k to be d0ase is tie dissemination
0f mare He5tt, not the substitution of q !
1ieqy 6arfy 1f0akyy. 1t is a change of
heart that is needed; and when that
change has been Yought, after the aPos-
tolic example through the foolishness /
of preaching" it will be quickly re-
Aected at the ballot-boX In the action Of
the two all-absorbing parties of the land. /
These parties may, indeed, change their
names and their tactics from time to
time but so long as they embrace near
ly the entire voting population, and fair
-Iv represent the will of the people, Ii IS
idle to think of outYotiRg or of dissolV-
them by any political device whatever;
simply because the stream cannot rise
higher than the fountain. Hence the
inutility of third party organizations.
At the present time there are some
able and excellent friends Of the temper
ance cause who are Jealous in their ad-
vocacy of a separate political party, on
the ground that the Republican party
(the eBemocraticb being out of the question:
| is not in favor OF Prohibition up to
"high-water mark" But why Is If not,
etce15t ESaf pYbllc sentiment IS not yet
geaaysf0 sustain such a ztr0jksbfk0ty kI9V
| as they Gemea9 ]? And what does this
imply. except that more extended re-
formation is needed in regard TO the
drinking habits of the people And
how is that reformation to be accom-
plished, sscsbt 6y moyal and 6bi2aafEr0-
5ic fvst,tf,Yegkalfkies-the dissemination
Of the temperance pledge, the delivery
of temperance addresses. ETC., etc, on a
more extended scale than ever2 No
So..s:s.eai 1ayty IS adapted to e5sc.S IT. :. l'Faf
| neral change, but in proportion to such
a change will be the wished-for political
sequence.
At a recent state election in Massa-
} chusetts third party entered the field,