The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-04-10

| Ten euueO- aud Psfo40al Abuse-
] Il P6pu1ar Casvass.
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In the sdd,sls q 'temperahos shisi
| I had the hoaor 10 deliver couple ID
weeks sgo. at Warrington Hall. oc.
CURED the following passage as printed
| in the Intsllgsneer from the manu-
script: -.-.
"S,riye X X " i to elishten and
educate public sentiment. There are
great subjects such as the revenue de
rived from taxes on liquors, l'csnsea
and prohibition, malt liquors as DIS
,ippuish ed from those which are dis.
titled, and many Others. about whico
the Ut, pie are not properly instructed.
1t would be well Tor some OF your
speakers 10 devote themselves to these
topics"
10 the Photographed report OF the
Standard the same ideas are expresse
Is follows:
"rhere are great subjects connected
with this que, tion which have hardly
been touched The question Of revenue
touches a great many mems pockets.
What is to supply the taxes when this
source OF revenue is taken away? There
are questions between prohibluon . d
license, malt liquors aid distilled
| | auorr, and great macy OF those sub
iects that meet you pract cally when
YOU come 10 en- orce prohibtory lave
lie, US hear what is the truth. Let il
be laid before the people Educate
them up 10 standpoint where they
will support what you do"
| bad not imagined that any person
could pretend to understand thi.
ia anv DINER sense than as friendly ad
VICE as 10 the best NETT DDS Of securing
he success OF tie cause OF temperance
To my surprise. l have been in ormso
that q recent speaker at Washington
Hall, expires ed his holy horror at 81
much o. THIS part OF NV address as re-
lated to the question OF revenue, as II II
had been an utlerabce in favor CT ca
looss. lie even went so far as 10 de-
clare thu: a mau who could advance
such a sentiment is not ft to be a luiu'
lister OF The gospel. There VAS muct
more vituperal,on Of the same sort.
| wish to stste that this unwarrsniec
assault WAS made when was not pres
ent. Had | been there. it would hav
been rebuked on the spot. Washing
ton Hall, however, ia not the prope
plsce Tor a reply. l therefore tax
luis method OF holding up. 10 the pub
lie this gross Misrepresentation.
The may be a favorable opportunity
to say two other thipgs. One is, ths
tue sooner that all incorporate abus'
OF persons who are the friends Of tenn
perauce, but who have independence
enoug 10 follow their own conviction
as 10 methods, ceases. the bette
lit will be for tue common caust
There is no surer way OF making
shipwreck of the whole undertaking
than by publicly or privately der ounc
ING people who may not be disposed
10 forwarding the work, to utter q par
ticular ehlbboletb. ...
| The other thing is reiteration @
what I. with. many others, have urget
rom the outset. 1t is the necessity o
preparing inteiligeutly to meet tb'
issue as 1t is likely to be presented
to the people b. the City Council
| A lifelong devotion, by advocacy aut
practice, 10 the cause of temperance
and a thirteen years residence in thu
ctv, ought to quail y me TO expires
my.ell with some weight in such
matter. And l cay now that il vot
is TO be taken soon on the question o
license 10 any form. the one great ne
cessity ,s preparation tor that event
Imported orators at Washington Hal
may denounce as much as they pleas
the need OF enlighteniue the OUTSIDE
world on the popular objections to pro
hibilinn, but unless these objections ar
met by reason. they will iLfuenc
many. And there is very great DANCE
Iest, as in the principal cities 10 Obi"
the whole esuse shall for the time b
ll,st What is needed 10 a thorough
csvass OF The wards. especially thos
which are remote from the centre ftb'
city, ard a popular d'scu's on o! III
great questions in such a manner Q
not TO drive away trrends but 10 VIII
'oes. o course, slong with THE, o
prayer 10 legitimate forms there canno
be TO, much. D. W. FIeHsR
| Wheeling, April9, 1874.