The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1873-07-25
GOOD T{MPlAR's COLUMN.
To the Voters OF Lincoln County

To the Voters OF Lincoln County !
All good government is the out-growth
of the inteiiigenoe and virte Of the SOW
oreign people. The truth ofthis has long
0go become automatic. Knowledge un-
sanctihed by virtue. only augments po-
l;tical knavery and forgcs the chanes by
which human souls are held in bestial
slavery b the rorrup, cupidity Of des-
pots. "Let there be light then, and
let that light illumine the understanding
and purge the conscience, until political
integrity and pure patriotism shall un-
fold their fragrant foliage and afford a
secure shelter against the dcsolating
breath Of drunkenness and q perverted
public conscience. The evils continual.
ly resulting from the whisky trade, are
- numerous and detrimental to every
human interest, for time and for eterui-
". as 10 require their speedy abatement,
otherwise free government Is a sham
and the pursuit ef happiness a trcacher.
ons myth. Your anxious attention is
requested, in this paper, to the following
question; What purpose is he WAisty
trads made 10 scrve, iR conducting our cleo
iiOHsi We can only furnish q partial
answer 10 this question, for eternity shall
he forever unfolding the unutterable de
pnviiy Of its horrid deeds Of crime.
lst. The whisky trade serves to violate
ipe. 10 broad generic sense, the whole
body-politic staggers to its fall, beneath
il ever recurring blows against consti-
tutional and statute law. The tar reg
ulating the Manufacture Of whisky and
brandy is-yiolated every day. The fact
Is obvious. nor can il be concealed. II.
licit distilling and smuggling are clamor.
ing for popular sympathy and reoogni-
ton As a legitimate and respectable cali
ing II NAV be that those who are thus
violating law. are not fully conscious Of
theirown conspicuity and don't see them
selves as others see them. Apple bran
dy sold at one dollar and half per gal
lon. means something! II means that
Law Is violated. the authority Of govern
ment disregarded and that the ,rhisky
trade affords the temptation for the in
fiction Of all this wrong upon govern
ment and upon society. What amount
Of this snugyied liquor is subordinated
to electioneering purposes can not be
known.
2nd. The law controlling the sale Of
whisky is habitually violated and that
with thoughtless impunity. This whole
sale disregard OF law is vastly scide',ed by
the apparent respectability conferred up
on whisky drinking by candidates for Of
fee. Candidates for Office sometimes
take very correct views Of their situa-
ton. They can discern, almost by intu-
ition, that certain persons will never vote
for them unless they are 6ra made fools,
hence they resort to Whisky and treating
and the work is infallibly accomplished.
The very whisky thus furnished by can
didates for office has often been called
by the name Of such candidatel A.
whisky or b. whisky, as the case may
bel And the parties so cajoled and dem
onized by its influence, have been penned
up and guarded like Wild beasts, on the
night previous to the election. and next
day lsd off to the polls under an escort,
aud made 10 cast their vote for A. or b.
All done In the name Of liberty and un-
der the sanction of a free governmentll
Is this demOrslizing reign OF whisky
10 continued May candidates prosecute
the work Of political strife and moral
degradation, until the last hope of pub
lie virtue and free government shall
have been dissipatedi 7 Shall the riot
and maddened violence incident 10 our
elections, the legitimate fruits Of the
whisky trade. extend their horrid desso-
lations. 10 other generatiOEsi Voters Of
Lincoln ! eur appeal is to youl A suf
fering, bleeding country cries for help !
Do you esteem the right Of suffrage a sa-
cred trust Then see how the whisky
trade respects that righti You study
the political questions Of the day, and
having formed your Judgment from facts
and principles of truth, go to the polls,
and cast your vote in the love Of your
country and seeking only her highest
good but Of how much weight is that
vote IN the ballot bOri II is cancelled by
another vote, prepared and bought for
the occasion, by treat in your legalized
salOonsl And will you say by your vOte,
the sale of whisky shall continue 10 be
legulized, the political virtue violated,
and the very foundations OF morality
and civil liberty swept away by the
love you bear in your bosom for your
country, your children, your wife and
your God. 20 the polls and by your vote
condemn the whisky trade as fountain
al corrnptiOn. the anthOr Of crime, the