The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-10-23
CASTING INTERESTED BAEEOT G

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There are sixteen hundred persons in
tine Tenth District interested in the man
ufacture and sale Of wines-either in
the cultivation Of the grape, or in some
other way-and they will never vote
against their interest Such was the re-
mark Of a prominent Republican OF
this District few days after the result
Of the late election became known.
This remark was coupled with Others
one to the effect that the resolution Of
the Republican State Convention Oh the
temperance question was. in effect. pan
dering to the PrOhibitiOnists, and also
one that crusading l. played ont, or
words 20 that effect. Tie time and place
were not favorable 10 a discussion Of
the merits Of the several propositions
advanced by the gentleman; hence this
article, in which We propose 10 reply
briefly To the propositions Of our friend:
To take them up, then, in inverse or
| der. We remark first that 'crusading" il
aaot played ont, nor will it be 30 long
a. a single dram shop remains open to
pour its streams of woe and misery into
suffering households, aud wiring from
| broken, bleeding hearts the prayer to
| Him whore ways are uDsearchable,
that He will stay the feet Of the erring,
and soften the heart of the man who.
! for love Of gain, lures him to destruction.
! Who shall know or bear record to the
many prayers that have ascended since
| the evening on which the remark was
made. Did the gentleman see any young
men on the evening in question whose
condition indicated the necessity of ''cru-
sading" We saw ar least two - vet
in their teens-whom we know TO have
Christian mothers, who came reeling in
| TO the ears, hurting out their obscene
oatls in the presence of ladies, and fill
/ ing all with the most intense loathing
and disgust. Think you, anti-crusade
! friend. that the mothers of these boys
were not sending petition after petition
that God would guard and save their
erring sons! Perhaps they also asked
Him TO bless the man who dealt the
poison TO their sons; we have known
instances of the kind No, no, cru
sading" is not ''played our 1t may
have been transferred from the street 10
the closet, but there are still legions of
prayers daily ascending to Him, the
depth Of whose mercy is unfathomable,
but who has also said, Vengeance is
mine; will repay"
Again We deny, most emphatically, that
the temperance plank in the Republican
platform was placed there for the pur-
pose of pandering TO any sect, class or
party. We claim to know something of
the notions of those who demand
ed that plank, and we know that
it was placed there because it was
RIGHT The question of eXpediency
was matter of secondary considera-
ton. They think it is right yet, and
they propose to stand by it to the last.
AhidiAS, iSe uS dulnl6 tlie COilSSIh0SS
of the first statement alluded TO, that
there were sixteen hundred persons in
terested. We reply that there are many
times sixteen hundred who have inte-
rests, far beyond computation in money,
which are daily being wrecked by the
sordid avarice of few hundred,
whose love of gold outweighs their
regard for their duty to themselves,
their neighbors or their God. Think
you that these will vote against their
Interest,"" We think not Let the issue
come. We stand upon the Ohio Re-
publican platforn-a strict enforcement
of the laws against the liquor traffic.