Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1875-05-15
A FINAL APPEAL.

We saw final, not that We have any
idea of stopping, when the Pope has
appealed to Catholic Christendom and
100000 of the faithfulin this land alone
have responded in the pledge of total
abstinence, and the new Cardinal Man
ming addresses 1000 people at time in
London, and Bishop Temple lifts up his
voice, sustained by Bishops, Archblsh-
ons. noblemen and members of Pariia-
ment backed by thousands of lesser
note but as good as they-saying that
the LIQUOR traffic is the greatest OF pre-
p.nii6ie evils which .afflict the world.
This voice is to reach the ear OF Legis-
}atures and Parliaments and Courts OF
law, until its righteous demands are EN-
bodied not only in the canons OF the
church but in the constitutions OF
States. The history of the past forty
years teaches US that no cries OF failure
or temporary re-actiou pretended or real
are to be needed, $500 =,
When then we say ...inal' we do not
pledge ourselves to anything beyond
this week, but we would give. the
people time to digest what has been
said and reorganize their forces for more
effectual work in This divine mission of
Charity. go aEs2
Iu these essays we have not once
used the word temperance or only Incl
dentally. We have no faith in temper
ance, il you mean the,moderate use Of
intoxicants whether liquors, opium or
otherw ise Hence the absurdity of the
old prohibition of selling TO ''drunkards
the influence and practice under it be-
ing, you may sell 10 all until they have
come to such insatiate craving that they
will crawl on their hands and knees
from - to Bridgeport and from
Bridgeport to Sharpsburg TO get it, and
then think to shut down on them
We are under the head first of Political
Economy Some tell us that the de-
preston of our village is owing to the
Withholding of license to sell whisky.
They are not Solomons. Short and
wretched is that life whether of individ-
uals or community. which lives by
whisky. But if as the same party will
have it, more whisky is sold than ever,
(Which is tar enough from being true)
the argument in their m0ath breaks
down. but we want license to sup
port hotel" Not surely for "travelers"
in the sense of that word when the IL
cenSes of old times were granted In
England and this country tor ''trav-
elers," for such there are now compare
lively none. Who then must support
such a hotel as is supposed to be asked
for? Not travellers" but Our own peo-
pie, poor people, poor families and fam
lilies on their way TO poverty, through
the drinking and idleness, OF these who
should be their supporters. Such hotel
as is contemplated by thus plea in order
to prosper here must be. a snare and
trap to foolish young men coming into
town TO contract bad habits, We have
it is said an admirably kept hotel al
ready, and if more are wanted for hotel
purposes proper let the,f be had, but
not tipping houses. -, =
No, the want of prosperity here is
for the same cause as In thousands OF
places ELSEWHERE at this time. Never
were there SO many stores to let and
vacant houses in our large.eities, as now.
Numbers have failed in business from
the failure of trade Families must club
together, or go to boarding. Young
men are unable to marty. And why!
Hard times" True and what has
made the times hard! Many causes
have happened to come together; but
no ONE cause has had SO much to do
with it as the millions upon millions
which the statistics show are annually
wasted upon whisky, yes worse than
wasted, ten times worse. A sum which
the statistici ans tell us would in ten
wears pay the national and state debts
and give every male grown negro "a
mule and forty acres of land.
No gentlemen if you wish to see our
village prosper, cultivate steady habits
spend nothing in whisky. If you cant
release yourselves from tobacco do not
let the young ones learn. Let loafers
90 to work. Rather than be idle as
Mr.. Baruum tells the people OF Con-
necticut, cultivate a patch Of potatoes
upon shares. Better be killing Colorado
bellies than lounging upon store boxes
and cellar doors. Let all do their best
and these hard times will not last long,
and more prosperous days than We have
ever seen revisit us again.
Another word about license What
we want is to be done with whisky
drinking utterly and forever, and not to
be dilly dallyiug with it-and attempt
ing 10 jump half way down a precipice.
And shall We be told OF temperance
through license! AS well talk of holt
Less through sin, or refrigeration by
fire. What is that prayer prescribed
10 every human creature by the divine
wisdom-"Lead usnot into temptation.H
The notion of ''license" IS exploded in
the minds of all who haYSstts1ied the
question of public morals Ia this con-
neclion. If the first stepiu this great
reform be "moral suasioas' 'tbe second
step is illegal suasion." The law should
not contemplate and provide for at oil,
that which it admits TO be a nuisance;
viz, atippliug house and which all ex-
perience has proved it impossible to
regulate" VIII you license house
into which all who enter are more or
less injured and about 20 per cent eaten