The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-04-20
Uhe 9atlana Daily Gluhe.
MONDAY, APRIL 90, 1874.
The WOmen's Temperance Movc-
ncnt.

fairly remarks, | find it difficult to pursue
his mcanderings, SO swiftly and crafty
does he dodge from Good Lord to good
devil" and vice versa he enters the arena
with declaration that the temperance
crusade must be dead failure, and in the
course of his fitting makes the most sur.
prising statements to the contrary. Prob
ably in all christendom there are not six
individuals, who deny the wonderful. un.
comfortable power of magnetic influences.
The universal judgment is that when its
mighty waves are set in motion any attempt
to withstand their force is entirely vain.
In his reasoning Max paints this mighty
engine with all the attributes and powers,
its warmest advocates could possibly claim
for it, and asks US to accept it as a proof
of his theory of failure.
How is this lie says "viewed in an
other aspect, as great, active, moral in
fiuence the "Women's Temperance Move.
ment' is grand and glorious success. i"
What matters the point of view when it
discloscs to an eager, satisfied vision
grand and glorious success?" What more
can be desired than such an ultimatum ?
What Is the objection to storm, electric
or otherwise, if it accomplishes the desired
end! All we could wish and perhaps more
than most Of us expect is the purified al
/ mosphcre, cleansed for the exercise of in-
telligent thought, which you say will be
one sure result
My friend, if the success you grant us
as inevitable, only serve to add fire to the
sacred flame which you say burns in our
/ hearts, what will be the limit of its dura-
ton? Are you not illogical? If the real
the great the only triumph be barely what
you portray it, what more can we desire !?
What in the worlds history and expo
rience, your two great reservoirs of illus
tration, is the result of intelligent, calm,
unprecedented minds dealing unself.hly
with the problem of human progress? DO
you not accord it all when you say men are
only ruled through calm reason and iudg-
| ment, and tell us in addition that we are
surely on the road to reach these faculties :?
| have no knowledge of your identity
my dear sir, but to what nationality you
can belong and enroll yourself among the
swarms Of inebriated foreigners who throng
our country is more than | can determine.
y on cannot be american and New England
bred at that and quote to US what has been
done or left undone by older countries than
ours, and every one fthem for ages, under
a government differing so widely from ours
that comparison with us cannot be Justly
made. Place our record in other respects
beside the best of these, and if you are an
American, answer me that you endorse
means ends there, and repudiatc tho of
/ your own country.
You inquire: How do our statistics of
drunkenness compare with those of Ger
many | answer that the balance is i'm
mensely in our favor. Our people are
either one thing or the other Our entire
nation cannot be quoted as an inebriated
noun o: multitude. Here men are either
drunk or sober, while Germans are indi-
vidually, collectively and everlastingly
| 6sered and | cannot understand that n state
of maudln inbecility is any better than a
/ drunken, disordcrly condition
Again do you throw down all your weap-
ons in the admission of the fact that all al.
coholic stimulants are injurious. That is
also Il strong point in our favor which you
make in regard to intcmperance in eating,
but when you inquire if a stomach which
had been outraged for years by inordinate
unnatural food should be put upon an en-
elusive diet Of oatmeal, | reply emphati-
cally yes sir" and there is not med
ical man of your acquaintance but would
repeat the same thing. Who cares for
"sweet contentment of spirit when life and
| health are in the balance: Must it then
ever be a question of physical enjoyment
Look over the list of self sacrifices you your
self practice every day Of your life and an
swcr You would teach men the wisdom
and pleasure ot''growing absteniousness and
temperance" Has it ever been done, or i,
the moderate drinker and innocent useI
nine times out of ten on the downward
path to ultimate and complete ruin?
There Is no expectation on our side that
America can be made totally abstinent
The expression of such Il hope would be the
strongest evidence of weakness we could
| possibly exhibit, but we do believe that the
ruling element can be brought to believe
in and to sustain sobriety and decency at