The Grange advance., 1874-12-22
Temperance and journalistic
+. independence

This week we received paper,
(Plattsburg Sentinel), in which was in.
closed the following letter without sig
nature, and, though it is against our
principles to publish communications
without the authors name, we propose
to publish this one:
" Mr. Editor:
DEAR S1R:-Will you please publish
"The Cup of Devils, No. 5, Rascaity
Reviewed." which you will find in the
paper enclosed, and obi &c reader of
your paper. I told a friend that l
would send it to you. He said he was
a subscriber to your paper AMI hoped
you would publish it, but was afraid
you would be afraid that it would be Of
fensive to some one. I told him that
you claimed to 90 for reform and l
thought there was as much need Of re-
form in the spurious liquor trade, as
there was IN anything, and thought
you would publish it.
Now the article referred to would fill
two and half columns Of our paper,
and on account of its length would not
be read by one out Of twenty Of our
readers, yet if we do not publish it we
are to be charged with cowardice by
some one who dare not even let Us
know his name in making simple re-
quest to publish. We take this occa-
sion to read little lecture to a large
class of readers who are constantly
wanting the newspapers to espouse their
cause, and are terribly vexed with the
timidity of the press, and yet are too
Sinking and selfish to even permit their
names to be publicly named, though
they never could possibly lose cent
thereby, in connection with a cause
which they expect the editor to espouse
with all the energy and talent at his
command, no matter who is hit nor
what may be the financial Joss to the ed
itor. These same narrow-minded per-
sons are the first to stop paper If it
happens to contain word in opposi-
tion to their pet theories, and are the
last to pay for the paper under any cir
cumstances. Instead Of coming and
answering bold article, appearing over
the signature of some brave man in like
bold manner over their ewn signature,
they run off and stop the paper, or what
is worse, sneakingly abuse the editor pri-
vately, because he has dared to open his
columns to free statement Of every
correspondent honest views. We do
not believe that reform is to be accom-
plished by choking of the opinions Of
those who differ with us, and we say as
we have said before, that we propose to
make the GRANGE ADoANCE a free
forum for the discussion of all questions.
We believe that if all honest men
were as fearless in the expression Of
their opinions as are editors, errors
would soon have such a thorough airing
and exposing as would drive them back
to the black regions of perdition from
which they came.
As far as the temperance question is
concerned, we have never refrained
from printing whatever we deemed of
Importance on the subject, and we never
had drinker or saloon-keeper find any
fault with US therefor. Everybody likes
to hear the truth.
The article entitled "The Cup of
Devils is thorough showing up Of
the miserable poisonous adulterations
concocted from poisonous drugs and
palmed off on the dram drinkers as pure
liquors, under the names of French
brandy, imported wines with all the
different fine names, gins, runs, and
even the pure old rye whiskey, though
rs innocent ofrye as is pure strychnine.
Undisputable evidence is brought to
show the fact that, over one hundred
and fifty different drugs, chemicals, and
poisonous substances now enter into
the competition Of the various intoxicat-
ing beverages in universal use. And
yet, these liquors are sent forth to each
and every town in the Union - pure
ardent spirits. Wholesale druggists
make . speciality in that branch Of I'M
porta*ion for the use Of the liquor trade.
Chemists, first and second rata, prepare
the recipes for mixing, and circulars &C.
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