The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-09-19

sell liquor without the consent of a ina
jority OF the voters OF his ward. precinct.
or township. A man who wants To keep
a saloon among YOU. must 90 To YOU, or
~ al least TO a majority OF the voters OF
I'D hs ward and gct your names signed To
~ h, petition. 20 that in reality YOU are
10 decide the question of saloon or no
~ saloon. and here is the precise point
~ OF my sermon. rs your moral instruct
. I'D or. il j. my duty to instruct you how To
act when such petitions TO keep saloons
I'so are presented for your signatures. Can
ADJ YOU conscieniiOusly sign all petitions
u D FOR keeping saloons. | enphatically
.nf- say: No (; and YOU may ask, and have IA
fortnight To ask, Why not: To give yon an
iodinielligent answer. we must see first
allwhat a saloon j.. \ saloon, such as you
acid are asked 10 authorize by your sigma
ob4iuros j. room or hall TO be used for
| ~ drinking aud selling liquors. Hence "A
= ]. saloon j. not per se, or in its nature,
a necessarily an evil. for a man must some
de times use liquors by order of his phys
oc iciam Therefore did not say that You
: 80 cannot cOn,cientiOussy sign any petition
lcl Tor Keeping saloons. but did say that
ave YOU cannot with safe conscience sign
my them all. ani will add; that it would
"a be- far better for you to- sign none at all.
20, Why: Because what 81. Francis OF
nee sale, said OF balls,
coMrAeISG THEM To MUSHROOMS,
no That the best are good for nothing. can
lkebc truly said OF saloons: The best are
aid good for nothing. Can any of you.
on saloon keepers. or Others. point out 10
.et- me any good effected by saloons: II
INV vnu can. may not Ice 80 severe against
! 90 them For my part l must confess that
me hnyt never been able TO lind any good
i.e ia them hat on the contrary, abundance
isli d: evil. You all know that saloons are
ain -chop!s tor iileness. for drunkenness,
he-ior gambling. ami many of them for
een robbery. chceting and RIGHTEOUSNESS.
ben YOa all know that saloon keepers. as
an general thing. care nothing about The
IA Lords Dar. and brake alike human and
hat diyiue laws. Why. no longer ago than
en- last Sunday. | saw irum the 'front.' door
yrrOf ny iiouse when starting cn a sick call.
AZ .bOGs hall-lA,st -ix In the evening, not
ar less thAn a dozen OF iri-hnlen coming
"A. ,iut lron tie alley 1y 4 back door of i
b, - l!oom on Illinois street. between Geor-
put ia and Louisiana. all apparently pretty
lieI drunk. and going home through alleys
Ollie 20 avoid hcin- arrested. Again. on SIM
ere day evening l2-t. " hen called al sbOnf
on ninc o'clock T.. ~. Ia visit . sick man. i
ere met large crowd. some Of them clIs
aud in- and swearing. going in aud coming
IN oui OF a saloon: among them Young
. Irish BOYS under age, and also police
: 81 men. swelling up the number OF law
nrd breakers sad by whom was the saloon
ale Kept. by a Chinese heathen? No.
- By 4 Catholic man. ] feel ashamed of
Ild such Christians. But enough about the
: llevils of saloons. where many fathers Of
81. a l.f
ZEE cemt OI their wages aud leave their fami
o.ilies straying- You know all this and
q / " hen a man keeping "a saloon. such n
to ie>crih.,l ABOVE a -Iloon that j. a nui-
}. a ancc. comes 10 you Ia sign your name
.m-i io his petition. act the man aud the
tort hrisiian. and say me-. Vi YOU sign his
'cd >, ii;iOI YOU will have 10 answer before
IL tIs-d .oT AZ t.ir crimes committed IN his
Al oon. - >aS> your ratcchism. pl9e
So il reads thus Question say the
ninr v .tys %; being accessory TO another
persons sins. Answer One may be
:. !" accessory TO another persons sins: by
- =, counsel. by command. by consent, etc.
- Now ask you. do you not give your
- consent TO all the crimes that you know
II will be committed in that mans saloon,
~ sheo YOU sign his pctiiion. Certainly
OH DO. Nou are n gully of his crimes
L -
!. r, ,bl er TO ..et into house Is guilty Of
-th is after, robbery. and the wholesale
LIQUOR merchant. who sells to man
!. W ,onl he knows to keep nuisance and
- a disi equitable saloon, is also accessory
Ito his ~ins. and no less 80 when be goes
~ int lis bond Tor three thousand dollars.
Bun, il. will say: IL don't sign his bond
.oIri ie-.)ne else will" Very well. let
- them do it, But will you 90 and drown \
" .vou rscif secause some one else will do
ii. You have too much common sense
- - Tor that. | am proud to have in this
"'paris h at least Que man, who refused To
=, sign his name to petitions for liquor
~ liccn. G. athc ugh hc.knew he must loose
~ ~ and lid ioos- ~ it. jobs amounting TO
e'onc Thousand dollars. DO not my
4. lIien' :. bartt Your souls by fear of dis
~ pleasing a ncighhor and losing paltry ,
~ sum o. money. DO not sign any petit
y. tions fir those mean and low saloons
- calculated To ruin your childreh. DO
not teD me the saloon keepers have TO
give security for all damage: IL is not
: TRUE. They give security for bodily and
~. material damage. but they do not and
~ cannot rive security for the souls they
! y" I, send io hell They do not know, and
care not ior the value of an immortal
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