The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1873-08-01

cy to principle, and proclaim il a pre-.
cious ',jewel."
2d. Those who are distillers at present
may reasonably be expected TO oppose
prohibition. Every man desires that the
business in which he is engaged shall be
recognized rs respectable and legitimate
IL is known how very poteat money is
in comforting respectability upon is pos
SCISSOR. Distilling derives a pseudo res
pcctability from the enormous amount Of
capital invested in it. Hence, men de
rive immense comfort and courage from
the commercial and social position Sc
cured to them by the high consideration
usually accorded to the possessor of mon
ey Under the pressure Of this monetary
influence, the conscience Is made TO bend
or break, and the whisky.maker secures
at least partial recognition for his trade,
on the ground that he "makes money
too Every feeling Of pride of charac-
Ter is enlisted to influence the distiller TO
vote against the prohibiiory law. 10 is
reasonable to count him in favor of
whisky.
Sd. Some may vote in favor Of whisky
through fear of losing trade or custom in
this particular business; especially may
this be true in a community where the
whisky vote is largely in the majority.
Whenever the conviction obtains that
there is much 10 lose and nothing to gain
by voting against the whisky interests,
such a vote may not reasonably be ex-
pected. Nevertheless there are noble
examples Of inGexible devotion to truth
and right, amid the combined influences
Of a subsidized majority.
4th. Those who make profit by the
sale Of whisky may reasonably be ex-
pectod to vote in favor of the law that
legalizes the trade. "Where the treas
ure is, there will the heart be also. y
Hence the sympathies Of those who sell
whisky, are supposed, in the main, to be
against the Temperance cause. We have
heard of some noble exceptions. May
their number daily increase On the
other hand, it is aPpreheaded that efforts
will be made to carry the vote of the
county in favor Of whisky, by the unlaw-
ful use Of whisky. These suspicious may
be groundless. II is hoped they are.
Should such efforts he made, however,
lct the voters of Lincoln consider well
the character and magnitude Of such an
evil What would be the real signif-
canoe Of such an effort About this -
There is man white or cnlored) whose
reason and sense Of right would lead him
to vote against the whisky trade, but if
reason can be dethroned, and his sense
of right consumed by the fires of the
maddening cup, he will, under such an
influence, readily yield his manhood, and
cast his vote in favor of whisky, and con-
sequently in favor of all the crimes
and woes that flow from the use of whis.
Ky. lie is made to cast vote, under
the influence of whisky, which he would
not have done in the exercise Of that rea.
son and conscience with which God en-
dowed him. Would not this be the de-
structlon Of all rights conferred upon
man, human and Divinel
II reason and conscience are to be sub
iugated in order to secure the vote, then
are not the dearest and most sacred
rights known to free government, crush
ed beneath the tyrants powerl If he,
whom the law declares free (be he white
or black, and competent to exercise the
blood-bought elective franchise, may be
drugged with whisky until he is bereft of
reason and conscience, and caused to vote
for that which secures his own degrada-
ton, then is law but shadow, and free
government a miserable farce without
the ghost Of reality.
Voters Of Lincoln! as you love lib
erty and the sacredness Of your own
hearthstone-by the immortal love you
bear for your country, your children and
your God, record your vow in Heaven
that, as long as life shall last, you will
resist, by all honorable and lawful means,
the use Of whisky in controlling cleo
tions. Let the solemn resolve be made,
and the decree go forth-Whisky shall
not control our elections We have all
the elements of a speedy and glorious
triumph. Victory is certain, and "the
world will bless our progress in the work
we have to do, shouting the battle-cry of
freedom"
9th. There may he some holding Of
fee, and Others expecting one day to be-
come candidates for Office, who may
vote on the wrong side through mistake,
or some may refuse to vote on the ques-
tion, not feeling certain on which side
their interests do lie. OF course all
will vote their honest
sentiments. and preachers, impeccable
beings as they are, "can not sin"-of
course not. But for the information of
all doubters as TO the success Of the tenn
peranoe cause, let il be known now, once
for all, that the temperance army in
Kentucky is increasing rapidly every
lay. At this writing nearly one thuO-
,and LODGES stand Dledgad Ear l;fa The