The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-04-07

Of Massachusetts to convince you that
you cannot do any good herei You may
think you can do good here, but Itell you
your laborS are oil 10 vain; you make my
business good instead Of worse and there.
fore you are very welcome, respect
your motives, but I pity your ignorance
Of this world. You say your message has
been given you by q heavenly command,
but you arc mistaken; God never gave
you such command; you take II upon
yourselves 10 preach and pray. God
never intended you for such work, and
you are altogether out Of your sphere,
Your duty 10 OF home, teaching young
ideas how 10 shoot Ladies, you are wei.
come here every day, as have told you,
but you can make no impression on me;
your lsbors are all in vain. Ihate to tell
you 80; yet I do not wish 10 deceive
you. You have cowardly husbands, Or
they would take your place in the
front ranks. You have enough TO
do to take care Of your families, and the
husband who lets you 60 out 70 fight q
battle is q coward; q man without O
principle, q man who 10 not man, but q
person who ought 10 wear skirt instead
Of brooches. lido not like TO make such
an assertion, but circumstances compel
me to say that which / think. There has
been no word bad enough 10 express the
contempt Of parties In town concerning
myself. / have stood 1t all without q
murmur; but when you come to my place
Of business and say that my business 10 q
bad one, I think It my duty to say whatI
think In regard 10 the matter. Some Of
you have bad blood In your families; you
cannot control their action, and you
blame the saloon keeper for his ac-
ton. How Is the saloon keeper TO
blame for the hereditary natures Of
your families? The saloon keeper
Is not TO blame for the bad child in your
family. II the saloons were 10 be closed,
your child or husband would be no bet.
ter; he would bs the same bad man or
child that he was before. II Is not the
seller that Is wicked, hut the drinker;
the man who abuses II; the child whom
you have brought into this world under
unfavorable circumstances. Your wants
for different things IS what makes your
child what he Is, and not the saloon keep.
er. Your wants are not gratiaed, and
your child will never be. Liquors are
necessary, and will sell them as long as
the laws allow me, or / take fancy 10
do something else. II any Of your lam.
lilies are addicted to too much drink
Ing, II you will notify me I will never
sell them q drink or allow them In
my house. You ask no more from me. I
will grant you my house every day, as l
have promised, and see that you are re-
spected while on the premises. II you
imagine you can do any good, you are
welcome TO your imagination, and my
house for your work, as have before told
you. hope you will not think any worse
Of me for telling you what / think than
for telling you TO go on with false hopes.
| thank you all for your kind attention,
and hope you will not blame me for tell
ing you what / think Of this movement
If any Of you wish TO express yourselves
on this subject, you are welcome to do go
Il mean any belongingto the crusade,
These remarks were frequently and
uproariously applaudeds The speaker
was frequently interrupted by cries Of
"Thatsright," $50 iu,h I!Give 1t to EN-
etc. When he had concluded lady
arose and briefly replied to him, but her
voice was almost drowned in the horrible
din Of the bsr-room. She asked Mr..
Laramie to promise that he would kneel
down in his private room and pray God
to direct him Alright upon This great qaes.
tion, to which he renlied that he would
make no such promise.
The pledges were then circulated, but
with no success. They were in some
instances rudelY repulsed with insulting
language. After singing a final hymn,
they left the saloon and dlsbanded.