Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1874-09-17
Poiitica, Pemper.ncs PLATFORM.

Even the weak eyes of the Gazette can
see that no anti-licen8e party would |
iare pass such resolution. Anybody
can see-perhaps some Democrats ex-
cepted-how man wishing a
crop of corn would plow his ground
and plant his seed and then wait on ma
ture to make the corn grow. So any
body can see how the Democratic par
ty wants to secure the votes OF the
whisky rings by becoming parttceps
crtminis in the liquor traffic. Even the
o. Y. Ne,cs, recently not very sharp
to see Democratic errors-can see, and
say, "The Democracy are bad, bold and
inscriptions. They have insuited the
moral sentiment of Ohio by declaring
for license"
The Republican party has Issued its
Temperance platform, plain, bold,good,
meaning what it says. 1t is one on
which all true friends of Temperance
eau consistently stand and work. These
are its plain words
"That the restraint of intemperance
and its causes, to the full extent ol the
Legislative, judicial and police powers
of the State, and The forfeiture of pup,
| lie trust for intoxication, are demanded
by the moral and material welfare oi
society and the State"
Let US analyze these words. First
thew recognize the demands of moral''
ty, generally ignored by political par
ties. Second-they recognize the de
| mands of the material welfare OF socle
tv and the State also. Third-they al
firm that the moral and material wei
fare of society aud the State demand
the restraint of both intemperance an(
all its causes. But the license of the IL
quor traffic is the legal sanction OF
cause of intemperance. Fourth-the!
Idemand legal restraint to the full ex
tent of the legislative, judicial and pc
lice powers of the State. License ant
restraint are antagonistic. Fifth-thl
affirmation of the demands OF the moi
al and material welfare of society an
e the State in regard to the subjects
: legal restraint extends still farther. !
demands the forfeiture of public trls
: for intoxication. 1t affirms that III
s Temperance disqualifies for office.
Now, is there no particular policy a
firmed in all these clear and distln'
> words?-- mo policy to which the hepul
: lican party is bound?-nothing but tn
: ..expression of the opinion that wha
!, ever government may lawfully and j.
= dicially do, it may lawfully and Jua
cially do in mitigation of the evils OF Il
Itemnerance.'' See O. Y. Neacs OF Sep
i TO- endorsing the Pittsburgh Con'n'e
It ciat. Here we urge, is moral dei''o''
l. no more than a statement OF an opil
: ion in regard to the laws of polite
; expediency? May we violate the a
O mauds or moral obligation-'lepuo
l. ate' moral debts, or treaS them as ma
: ters of political expediency which ms
or may not be regarded? Of two M
terial or natural evils we may choo
X :he less. But of two moral evils v
n NAV never choose the one orthe othe
N This is the Republican platform NOR,
lc itv II deals with morality unben
a. ing. infiexible, and antagonistlc to e
" erv form of reputation of moral claim
Is In all good conscience we must appe
W rom the endorsement Of the Conant
IS, c;m by the O. y NeUs, and to the ca
e. dor of the editor himself. Is there not
sh ing more in th- Republican platfor
rs than the expression of an opinion
or what government may do? MOI
or ing beyond this, Bro. Ashennur
Won know there is; you know there
nd AN affirmation of the high clal ms
,ct moral obligation upon the State. Y
-st know there is demand for the apr
M cation of moral claims to the causes
inf intemperance, and that to the full
i'll tent of all the powers of governme
10 And moreover, you know that to 81
%, we naav obey moral demands, is to
,ce f,e. You know when moral demar
mr. are made on moral persons, they M
pi- obey. Then is not moral editor M
70. aIlv hound. when he reviews, to &c
he truthfully and with candor? The M
,ur alitv of the O. v. Ne,cs can decide.
lie There is third platform. Its wo
are very few-'Prohi6itSon. VI |
YES we have little to say. But, honest 7 !
,ad hibitionists we ask you to tell US J
iii. what YOU mean by that charm-wo
-. PROHIBITION. Do you mean any /
Iei' hibiticn beyond the jul extent OF
var nowers of the Government? Anyth
AS bevond this you hardly contemplate
go. vour political party platform.
IA Certainly have no reference to eccles
uiu ficaI prohibition. You certainly hi
OF no reference to mere physical or e.
les, military prohibition. Certainly
ves nrohibition of fcivil law only. IN
hut bevond the legitimate powers OF
pu' State. what prohibition do you, 4
to third party. demand? This IS !
f a What we want to know, now since
los second day of Septem Der, 1874.
,aS us what. the State of Ohio, by its le
'nu m iative, its Judicial, its police powers
nus 10 more than is demanded by the
,th- pu publican ,Hc1 platform. If political sue
mr. in the temperance cause, honestly
> or intelligentIy, be the object of the
hihition leaders, and not dlVIs
MOI MOI among its friends, and consequent
the feat. and the turning over The destli
rue of our good cause to the tender n
can cies of the whisky ring for a qua
ef- of A century, then let all the friend
lles temnerance hear the warning and
l IL vice of our friends of Cincinnati. ut
lng ed in the Resolutions and Address
IN the Committee of Fifteen. This
lore be found in another column OF
the n,nar tn-day. Discreet, and wise,