The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-04-12
NO. 10.
On I. q. G.. r.

~ '"S e'""" "o'h Vi tue bOOu emp
lars. But before abandoning the wine
beer and rum theory, permit me to star.
to you and the most honorable BODY OF
"Cold Waterers," the reasons which
kept me so long, and still keeps me, from,
the noble enterprise"
!. The object Of the G. r. il against
Christianity and the Bible, and there.
fore most absurd. suppose we.rslilI
live in the Christian epoch but Christi
anity is derived from Christ. who no,
only changed water into wine for the
enjoyment and hilarity of his fellow :
men, but drank some Himself at mos,
every meal, and to crown the theory, at
as' made wine the emblem, nay, even
changed wine into His holy blood. If
our God, who was made man to redeem
us not only by His death, but also by
His example-if He made so frequent
use of wine, why should a poor sinner
not make use Of it? For nv pari. T
vote for the improvement Of the idea
taking beer and rum into'the bargain
But let us examine the Bible closer and
see, in Genesis,chapter XXvIt verse %
now the patriarch Isaac, in his Cody
blessing to Jacob. wished him ..plentv Of
corn and wine," while in his BLESSING
verse 80, wishes to Esau only dew from
ABOVE" which certainly is water. This
shows plainly that the wine drinkiny
are the people of God, who in the family
OF Jacob went down to Egypt, multi
Piled there like the stars in the sky. and
the SAND on the sea shore, then came
back to the Land Of Promise, ,nbduus
routing and killing the descendants of
the "water:blessed" Esau. One of ,hc
escaping gentiles probably settled in the
famous Territory of Ireland, and start
Ell in our days the I. o. G. T., which
durlngl.the course of several years ara
always beginning to do good work"
Mr. Editor, 'this may suffice TO prov,
'hat the q. I. are society that works
contrary to Bible and Christianity.
2. venture to prove ,that.the G.. r,
are also az. unjust and unreasonable So.
ciety, dangerous to the freedom Of our
glorious land, dangerous to the property
OF their fellow-citizens, and treasonablo
toward our Government and our freq
institutions. The "Cold Water, man il
MS last article clearly assumes the super-
intendency over the stomachs of our
people. lie claims the right to prohibit
certain beverages; with the same right
nc could forbid the use Of sour-kraut
or mince pies The absurdifv of such 4
tneory Is obvious to every sound mind.
but Just such theory could lead TO tho
iawlcss destruction of Mr.. Beck's prop-
erty down III that Crane, Territory. As
l am personally adverse to the use of
TOBACCO. which indeed is a very useless.
and under no circumstance useful weed
1t on the q. I. principle, would be riuht
to burn down the tobacco bouses NJ
II Huntingburg. But l admit the roisin~
and manufacturing of the poisonous TO.
bacco, because millions Of pcoplc carr,
their living by so doing, and moreover.
because millions Of dollars i'm the shane
OF stamps, licenses and taxes flow into
the Government Treasury. 1t is lust
exactly the same thing with spirituous
liquors, .and therefore proclaim the in.
tentions Of the &. I. as treason against
our Government, and herald them ~
to the liberties of our people.
3. There seems to exist lack Of NOR
Al capacity in the Territory of ireland.
People there cannot resist the tempta-
tiOn. How is that in sexual relation?-
Does young Ireland not resist sexual
Is not the unlawfulncsa
and the excess in the latter case much
more deplorablc, dangerous and sinful.
than the excess and the unlawfulness in
Keep up your moral capac-
ity, and stop, when il is time. This is
my motto, and relates to not only unr
but to all our employments
and tasks.
To bring this article to close, will
relate an incident which iustifies nv
doubt as to the sincerity Of the G.. Il,
when preparing to get home from tho
Institute i'm lluntingburg last fall year
ago, member of the Il. 4. was to ride
back to Jasper with me. As he was
well acquainted with me, and is yet, he
urged me to buy bottle of whisky for
our use while on the road. refused to
do SO, SAYING I never took 10 sucha
habit, ] disliked whisky anyhow, and
as Tor beer could wait til we reached
Jasper. Consequently the young gen.
tleman did not 70 along. shall not
expose lis name. but have silently
pjtied his moral capacity, reeult;nr from