South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-09-22

been prartIced will not be surren-
dered. 1 approve the action of our
recent Convention on this subject.
Hon. G. L. Stewart in Toledo.
The Toledo Blade makes the fol-
lowing report of G. T. Stewards
speech in that place on the 5th
He declared that there are four
political organization contendIng
for the control of the government,
the Dram-ShOp party, the Prohibi>
ton party, the Republican party
and the Democratic party, of which
the two first are positive, with
clearly defined platforms, princl-
pes and purposes, and the two lat
ter are merely negative, with no
definite issue between them, no pol
icy or purpose in view: bat only
~contesting for the possession of the
offices and ~quarreling over dead is
sues, casting ut each other the BIT
ter embers and words of old feuds
and quarrels that ought TO be bur-
led ont of sight. He allowed the
magnitude of the Dram-Shop party
with 10000 dramsshops in the
nation, and $4,000 dram-shops in
the State, controlling the votes of
half q million drunken lmbeciles in
the former and fifty thousand in
the latter, ruling every national,
state and city election, and fast ex-
tending Its corrupt power over the
ballot-box at all times ard in all
places. He referred to the Nation-
al Congress of the Dram. shop par
ty, held IN Chicago in 1867, and
showed how the system of organ
lied action then adopted had been
carried out until complete control
had beer secured of both the Re-
publican and Democratic parties.
He denied that the title OF German
Liberal belonged to this movement,
for 1t comprised men of all nation
alities, and thousands of our best
German citizens utterly repudiate
It. Its proper name IS the Drar-
Shop party. BE took up its plat
form as laid down at Chicago, and
affirmed by | Hits rational, state and
local conventions since, and argued
that If Is destructive OF civil liberty.
He eontrastod personal with civil
liberty, and showed that it Is nec-
essary to restrict the first TO pre-
serve the latter, so far as to pres
vent one class of citizens from in-
juring the other. The Prohibition
party had been formed to meet the
Dram Shop party IN open conflict.
It's principles he claimed 10 be the
grandest embodiment of civil Iiber-
ty ever presented by any party to
the people. He deried that Prohi>
had anv affinity 10 sumptua.
~ laws. He argued that tho liq-
uor traffic Is the most stupendous
of all crimes, and showed its crlm-
by many Illustrations. The
Prohibition party proposed to meet
it and destroy 1t as q crime with the
same weapons that society employs
against all other crimes. lie de-
that no nation can exist half
drunk and half sober, and referred
10 the history of Egvps, Assyria,
Greece, Rome and the French En-
pire as examples. "Our Republic,
with a million drunkards," he ex-
claimed, SIS on :he Niagara, ard
is fast verging to tho brink of the
preclpiee Over which those govern
had reelej INTO destruction"
He ridlculed the attempts of the Re-
publieans to get up On issue for the
election. The greatest of all ques-
lions, he claimed, Is the murder
100000 a year
the nation and 10000 a year in
the State shall be murdered by the
or whether it shall be prohi-
5IteG ana the people saved. All
who voted the Republican or DEM
ocratic ticket, he said. voted for
Permission, "3furder, Yes" He ap-
10 the voters to vote Prohls
bition, "afurder, No"
PERHAPS the most remarkable