The Grange advance., 1874-06-10

not come out openly, yet secretly they give
it their influence. A fourth reason is and
upon the heads Of the people rest the blame)
that great many of the men whom we
send to our State Legislatures and 10 our
halls of Congress to enact laws, not only
frequent the haunts of intemperance, but
| would aid and abet it, and even sell their
very souls to Satan if they thought by so
doing they could gain wealth or political
| power. How can we expect to be rid Of
this hideous monster if the very men we
put in Office pet and caress it?
Thousands among our men Of wealth and
business, who look with utter abhorrence
on the effects Of intemperance as viewed in
its worst form, keep at their homes spark
ling and tempting wines, and often other
and stronger liquors, and deal them out to
their guests. Here is where many young
man, just starting out in life with clear
and active mind. q soul unsullied by vice,
| and bright and successful future before
him, has first received the poisonous
draught that has set his brain on fire and
created on appetite not easy to resist He
has gone on from worse to worse until in q
few years drunkard's grave has closed
the scene.
lntemperance is no common adversary; it
is a most powerful one and it needs our
united strength to put it down. There
must be no halfway work in this cause.
What is done must be we'll and thoroughly
done. Now is the time to strike the blow.
Good and right minded people are uprising
against this evil; and the women. God
bless them,) have taken the most important
step ever taken in this war against King
Alcohol. Different States have tried diff
ferent ways to resist this evil. Some have
passed prohibitory liquor law, others
have passed laws laying certain restric-
tions upon liquor sellers, which restric tions
if overstepped laid the seller open to fine
Satan has various ways of going around
thing if he cannot get over it and so with
the rum seller; he has nearly always found
a way to get around these laws and cheat
justice out Of its dues. Intemperance and
its evils cannot be blotted out in day nor
week. 1t will perhaps take years but if,
we wish to get rid Of it, and trust we do,
let us go to work, and that right earnestly.
The first thing we do, let US assist the
women in every way that we can in
their endeavors to pray the saloons
out Of existence. The next thing we
do let US add to and strengthen the ranks
of temperance till we are able to cope with
its adversary. Then let US put men in Of
fee whose motto shall be war unto death
against intemperance. We must all work,
and not the majority sit idle waiting for
few leading ones to do the work, but
let US individually see what we can do to
spread the cause Of temperance, and at the
same time tear down the strongholds of
intemperance !; reform its leaders and save
from utter destruction those who are per-
ishing through its evil effects. Let the
cities, villages and townships vote no IL
cense, and let every foe to intemperaoce be
always found ready at his post to fight
against it. Men manufacture and sell
liquor to satisfy the greed of gain. Let
us in some way make the business unprofit-
able to them, and necessarily they will
have to turn to something else to acquire
riches. Men drink liquor to satisfy the
cravings of an unnatural appetite and the
more they drink the more they crave until
death cuts their cravings short. Let US
try by entreaty, kind influences and prayer
to God to help them to overcome this un-
natural appetite and recover their lost
manhood. Besides doing all this let US in
struct the rising generation in the ways Of
temperance, teach them to avoid it's evil in
fuences and to loathe and hate it as they
do the venomous crawling serpent. My
friends, if we work in this manner faithful
ly,I believe that in the course of time with,
Gods blessing crowning our efforts, we
shall be able to resist the evils of lntemper-
ance and Danish it from our land.
The New Tax Law.
FLORA, May 20, 1874.
Editors Of Grange Advance:
l noticed in a recent issue of The