The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1873-07-25
disturber ofpeaoe and the enemy Ofevery

disturber ofpeace and the enemy Ofevery
virtue.
3rd. But TO what fearful erteni is
the whisky trade made 10 violate law in
the case Of electionsf The legalined re-
taller Of whisky often violates law. The
candidate for Office violates law. The
victim of his political corruption violates
Law, and thus whisky reigns high carni-
val through all ranks and departments
Of society and civil government And
vet men hesitate upon which side to cast
their vote Why do they hesitatei To
be silent Is 10 be filsel false to consci-
ence and the liberty Of republican gov
eminent.
Can Il be that selfinterest will paral-
yze the voice Of an enlightened consci-
encel Is there n merchant who will sti-
6e his convictions Of right for the sake
Of selling-or through fear Of losing the
sale oi-a few goodsi Is there doctor,
lawyer, preacher. druggist. grocer cor
any other man who will fcign neutrali-
ty on this question: If any soul be
vascilating between a sense Of truth and
duty aud feeling Of selfinterest, let
such an one know there is no neutral
ground. Moreover, the solemn vow Of
thousands and thousands Of human
hearts, all over this land, has gone to
record in Heaven, that the reign OF le-
eaiiSed drunkenness shall cease. II is
not expected the work will be accom-
plished easily or within short time. II
may require the efforts of a generation
and more Soul growth is slow. Men
are 10 be aroused and emboldened by a
holy enthusiasm, To speak out in favor Of
purity. Of peace and morality. Ulti-
mate success is certain Il is now with
In our reach. The present moral power
Of society, need only to be properly or
CANNED and utilized, TO secure the spec
dy capture Of the enemY's guns and am
munition, when he will rejoice at the OPP
portunity Of coming within our lines
and taking the obligation Of lifelong de-
votion 10 the cause Of Temperance. -
There are few good men, only a few, In
each generation, whose moral power is
so hn rs to be almost imperceptible.
Such men are not deficient in real-but
upon the altar Of whose hearts the fires
Of enthusiasm, like vestal flames, are
ever burning. But then their views Of
truth and human duty, have no pract-
cal bearing upon man as he il, nor upon
government. Hence for such an one,
there is no Oui conc. His spirit nature
has become 30 etherealized as to carry
him away up into the transcendental re-
gions Of sublimited mysticism where he
imagines himself in kingdom utterly
invisible, and to most mortals, unreach-
able, beyond all contact with the world
OF the affairs Of the world. Such per
sons would be shocked to the very top
and bottom Of their intensely religious
nature. at the idea Of coming back TO
this world and by their personal efforts,
seek to purify the ballot box or the le'
gislature of the State. Hence their salt
is never spread upon the world, to puri.
fy and preserve il, but expended in the
high mystic realms Of vacancy, and like
the desert rose, "waste its fragrance on
the desert air." W. l.. w.
p. S. The most serious obstacle now
in the public mind, to the suppression Of
the whisky trade, is the prevailing con-
viction, that the drug stores will be
come extensive ;ippling shops and run
an illegal trade 10 greater extent than
they do at present. Why is it that drug
stores are supposed to run an illegal
whisky trader They surely are not
guilty. They ought to be above suspi'
cion. w. l.. w.