Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-01-10
CIRCULAR NO II.

OFFICE ~ q. W. CHIEY TEMPLAR,)
Grand Lodge Of NO., /. o. G.. T.,
NEW FLORENCE, Nov. II.
Addressed to the people Of Lexing-
ton, Fayette, Warrensburg, Fulton;
and other towns in the State,of like
character.
FELLOW CITIZENS A the great
expense on your part and liberal do
nations from friends, you have now in
your midst schools and colleges of
such grade and reputation, that you
may justly feel proud.
Your places, as educational points
are familiar to Missourians, wherever
they may be.
1t is, and of right should bc.a source
of satisfaction to- each of your places,
that many of our best men, filling
places of honor and proit-orna-
ments to the state, to society and the
church, can look to your schools as
their Alma Mater.
But a peculiar and unhealthy state
of public morals is now before
you; vice and sin arr waxing bold and
defiant. Their shops may be found
in the sunlight shadow ofyour church,
es-aye, of your schools; and to
''stand guard with fixed beyonets is
now a part of the duty of your pro-
~fessors, lest the young student be
led away by the open and frequent
temptations thrown before him.
The newspapers contain very full
advertisements of the peculiar advan-
tages of your respective places-such
as experienced teachers, good build
ings, healthy locations, boarding in
good families, &c. All this is right
and proper; no objections can be
urged against such means to gather
students into your schools.
But | havca right to ask in the
name of the people of Missouri who
have children to educate, or who have
an interest in the future ofOur State.
| ask it III the name of the boys and
girls who are now filling their places
IN farms and country schools, and
will soon seek some one of your
towns of learning. ask in the name
of, and for the peace and purity OF
good society.
Have you whisky saloons in your
town? i SO, why? Answer. Be
cause you sign petition asking youl
own county court to license their To-
cationin your midst. The dramscllei
wants to make money, and does s.
over the wreck of fortune, character
and health of your W people; yes.
he does so over the untimely graves
of your children and friends, and yet
in the face of these and other facts
you say by your signatures, Mr.. Dram
shop keeper go ahead for another
six months in your work ofdeath and
destruction"
Deny this, you who may. But the
"lourishing saloon' OH the one side,
and OH the other the "fast young
prodigal;" the half made and the full
dI unkard; poverty, disease and death;
the widows and the orphans of such
sad destruction, more than tell you
that these things are SO, and not all
yet told-the Book of Remembrance
yet to be read.
The sum Of what we have said is
this.
That your schools and colleges
may be successful in the present day.
Purge the dram-shops out of your
towns that your ora young men, and
the young men who go to your towns
from the country, may be free from
this temptation to strong drink: tina,
parents in the country and the vii.
lagos MAJ be assured that their sons
are safe, will return to their homes
free from a slavish appetite for drink
pure in morals.
Get your towns right. The pro-
gress of ideas is such, that this must bt
done. The temperance movement i:
gaining strength and advocates al
over yonr State, and these people wI'
send their children to temperance
towns foran education, and to non,
other.
ttn. ,1,n cnpfin,nnf- Of fhancapti
of the people of Missouri when l sa,
that. The town or city presents
glorious record when she says, ''no
a saloon or dram-shop in our midst
And that town will receive the pat
ronage of the temperance man, ant
what is more: the man of intemporat'
habits will commit the are of hi
children in such a place sooner thar
in any other.
The Iefor nation is at hand. In
temperance is not longer winked at
Responsibility goes hand in hand will
sobricty. The temperate boy get.
the position. while the intempcrat'
boy is turned out o fdoors.
Columbia, Boon Co.,, the seat oftht
State university and Agriculture
college, also of two denominations
female schools, kirksville, Adair co.
the seat of the State Normal school
are both free from saloons or bar
rooms.
The foregoing remarks are intend
ed for every town in Missouri, thu
places first indicated, was done tt
make the address more pointed ant
plain.
81 speak as to wise men: judge "
what l say"
Submitted in behalf of the temper
ancc people of Missouri, for the gooc
of the whole state.
Z. p. ELLIS,
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