Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-03-31
THOSE cnusAprNG CRUSADERS.

who used to keep = saloon on South Q
street, Virginia City. Jerry was a
genius In his way, aud decidedly pop
ular with all who knew him. Among
his peculiarities he used to get up
some Of the queerest pictorial arrange
msnts imaginable, n Of which enti-
tied Jerry Thomas Dream" intro
ducing-most amuslngly assorted and
fixed up-portraits Of the most promi.
ncnt citizens Of the place, will always
be called to mind by those who saw Ii.
Jerry Is now In New York, running
an art gallery and cafe on Broadway,
between Thir,ieth and Thlrty.frst
streets. He sends US q sort Of procla-
nation Of his views on wine, women.
and the present temperance crusade,
from which we extract the following:
Concerning the oft-urged assertion
that the belligerent ones are lighting
for the rescue OF imperilled fathers,
husbands. sons, brothers, etc., I am
exceedingly skepticsl; for 1t Is we'll
known, and therefore safe to assert,
| that their masculine klth and kin are.
mostly. rs free frsm drinking habits
as are the crusaders themselves; aud
much more temperate, for they, WISE
ly, keep aloof from the nisiee-the gar
| rulous old women In male apparel
who are mixed up In the business, like
bad eggs In n Tom and Jerry, should
not be taken Into account ut all. Wo-
men whose dear ones have fallen VIC
tins 10 the whisky iiend do not make
themselves conspicuous at street cor
ners nor cry aloud In bar-rooms, they
suffer at home. IL tholr tears and en-
treaties are poweriess, what good i'm
preston can be made by the set phra-
.es and stereotyped tunes OF strange
women?
The gentle Amazons arc drawn to the
trent less by a desire to rescue drunk
ards than by tho wish to subdue whisky
dealers and sacrifice their stock In
trade In libations to the thirsty earth.
| Their actions show this plainly /; more
eclat can be gained In the work Of de-
.tructien than In the labor Of redemp-
ton. People cannot DO kept away
from liquor by the moral force" Of
male oracles and feminine busybodles,
nor by prohibitory laws. Such mean
arouse opposition, cause thousands TO
resort to the bottle, at home n In by
places. from sheer obstinacy. IL tho
saloons were closed BY coercion, what
a rush we would see OF wrong headed
citizens to all points where stlmulants
could possibly be obtained!
"Then men would drink who never drank
before,
While those who always drank would drink
the more"
True temperance Is n virtue that
that cannot be too highly priced ; the
kind which IL maintained BY force and
intimidation Is hardly worth having. |
People who can only be kept out Of
mischief by fear Of the laws are not
valuable citizens. Shutting up saloons
Will not promote tho growth Of the
desired blessing. We could ~ easily
seal M the clouds a, stop the flow Of
drink TO the mouths that thirst for IL.
But our reiormers would, II they
could. force their principles upon the
world, after the same manner OF Ma
homet, who rode rough shod ver
nations, and thrust his tenets-tsm-
perancs included-upon tho vanquish-
ell ut the points OF lnnumerable scim.
etars. They will not believe that a
gcntler process like the growth Of
christianity, would Insure a greater
success.
II computation must be used, let US
employ IL consistently /; that l., close
our ports, Imperyiously, against the
Importation Of foreign stimnlants and
whatever will produce them ; render
smuggling an impsssibillty, stop the
growth OF domestic fruit. grain, and
the like, so that liquor no longer can
be made therefrom, and destroy the
stock Of spirits, wine, ETC., on hand. |
can think OF no other coerclve scheme
thar, II carried out, would prevent tho
use Of strong drink.
Respecting the use Of fruit In the
production OF stimulaIts, let me re-
late a little story. as twas told me,
about n good. honest oil preacher In a
picturesque New Hampshire village,
who got lamentably u unacconht-
ably drunk II hot Sunday, between
the forenoon and afternoon services
without drinking drop OF any slim
ulsting or intoxicating beverage:
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