Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-10-09

small quantities, intoxlcat ing drinks, Is just
responsibls for the misery, beggary, starvations
and disease which is entailed npon the sommu-
nifty as the fcnd in human shape that procures
the license to do all these things. In fact, they
are really more censurable than the rum-seller,
for without the recommendations of these free
holders, the rum-seller could not get the sane
ton of the law to poison the wel-springs of
our happiness, bring us down to the level OF
brutes, aud bcggar and starve the families OF
the poor unfortunates who are tempted by their
siren song.
Let the signers Of petitions be spotted-let |
them in their business relations be ignored, and,
| If need be, wiped out Of the business commu- |
nity-give them tan eye for an eye, and tooth |
for tooth" Held them up to scorn and con- |
| tempt. |
And you, ladies, who are always the greatest
sufferers through this rum traffic, know l will
| refuse TO countenance any man who signs pc
tition recommending the granting ola license.
If it is a shoe maker, dry goods merchant, gro
Ger, tailor, coal dealer, or person who is en-
| gagged in any kind Of business who has signed
a petition, renounce him at once and forever;
| find some honest, upright, respectable man 10
purchase the necessaries Of life from. If you
| find that some member of church has signed a
petition, set him down as a base-born hyp0crite
who only attends church that he may the more
| conveniently practice deception and rascality.
such men are unfit to associate with true and
honest christians, who seek only the good OF
mankind. They should associate only with
the Kindred spirits among whose names their
signatures are enrolled, or with rum-sellers, and
not have the brazen-faced impudence to desc
crate the house of God with their presence
War, war TO the bitter end against all those who
| are engaged in or encourage the sale or uss, as
a beverage, that which Is sappng the life-blood
, of the nation.
, Talk PEOPLE say, is cheap; let us show by our
acts we mean something more than talk Let
us be up and doing while it is yet day, for the
night cometh when no man can work; get out
circumstances, and have them numerousy sign
ed, opposing the licensing of rum holes; gather
i all into our fold who are willing TO enter; work,
work increasingly for the accomplishment oil
our heaven born object; enlist all the ladies pos
sbe although timidity is a leading trait in
, | many things in women, it Is unknown 10 them
" when engaged In the great and good work, Of
minstering to the wants OF, or saving from the
= | grasp of the demon, poor, weak, ialterng man
II The nightly prayer aud morning orison Of
u the poor nebriates is, ''save us, or we perish,
|! for the 9th chapter and 10th verse of LIST CORN
y thians tells them very plainly that "No drunk
IL ard shall inherit the kingdom of heaven" Til.
to them is a horrible, painful thought, ant
* they ask ITS, as temperance people, to remov,
e. this temptation, to cause these temples reare,
X to Bacchus to crumble into dust; aud tuppl
sk and fall TO the ground they surely will If We ar
TO only true to ourselves, and keep alive thi
20 moral sentiment,w which will shake them to thei
ny very foundations as cllectally as though the
An had been struck by an earthquake.
SIX wish to briefly allude TO another matter
of which is pertinent to this occasion leaes
d. is, as we all know, the fruitful source of muc
lie of the rum drinking of the present day. As lon
as a man is employed, and earning his bread b
m tho sweat Of his brow, he is not likely TO Wis
On drinking saloons; but when he gets out of worl
nd and is unable to find any, he becomes despoI
I'm dent, worse, disheartened, reckless lie ina
on have wife and family depending upon hi
a for that daily sustenance which lie cannot iu
no nish them, and in order to Danish the deep so
nd row that clings TO him like night-mare whiC
ks, he cannot shake of, he resorts to ntoxicatir
All drinks and forgets, for the tina bein e, all
he troubles all his sorrows.
line L do think that it should at all times he u
s a duty, as well as the pleasure, of every Son
ere Temperance to endeavor, by all means in h
cal power ID secure employment for those who nee
Tho it. We have business men, influential mel
are members here, who can with very little eff
,nt find employment of some Kind for all tho
ing who may appeal to them. Let such not appe
~. in vain keep the wolf from their doors by q
Ing ing them an opportunity to earn an honest lly
MS llhood, and thereby save them from the gri
riy- of those tiehds OF destruction who are, 10 II
9Th | thinking, spec al amhass ldors of the dey
nch whose duty it is to destroy and send to hell
the many souls as possible. Very many of o
1ie. members think that il they maintain the pied
of inviolate, and induce all they can to becor
ave members of our Order, their whole duty is
Who complished. No, my friends, your duty dc
the not stop there when you get man on his fe
yer: seq to it that he is able to stand beft
BILE, you leave him. 1t is very poor encourageme
lied to attempt to live upright and honest, so long
the reclaimed man is depriced of the means
earning an honest livelihood. All of YOU,
.ose doubt, have heard of Tantalus whose punt
.Mu ment by the King, for some trivial offence, v
ron that he should be chained in such position
W W.. to prevent him from partakng of some uscic
iS fruit, which was placed just without his reaC
&c eIe when he was nigh unto perishing with hung
e.so and in like manner was he unable to quench
, thirst, although the purest of water ripp
n u at his feet. Had some good Samaritan been pa
s'i- ing at the time, no doubt he would have 81
. dered the chains of rantalus, and thus enab
"a him to satisfy his hunger and thirst. We M
act the part of good Samaritans; aid each otf
.he break the bonds that may at any time hold
.ue OF our members in duress,and place within ii
', ~, reach that which they hunger and thirst af
NC W. employment,that they may provide for those
.hs pendent upon them, instead OF seeking fors
anu fulness IN rum.
y 1t thank you for the honor conferred upon
&c shall endeavor to merit your confidence
~ esteem, and shall ever remember this nigh
WIN the most happy one l ever passed during
life.