The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-08-06
Is IG Best for Temperance Men
40 Favor a Political Party:

Is IG Best for Temperance Men
40 Favor a Political Party:
am now in my eighty-third year
and from boyhood l have opposed
the use of ardent spirits. caused
the formation, at Ripley, Ohio, of
tho first temperance society west of
the Allegheny mountains. In the
pulpit and out of it have preached
and lectured against the common
use of Intoxicating liquors, and l
am now willing to unite in any law
full measures best adapted to pro-
mote the temperance cause; but
there are now two measures adopt
ed by some temperance men, which
I deem injurious to the temper
ance cause. One is the formation
of secret societies, and the other is
the organizing of a temperance po-
litical party.
To promote temperance is right,
and therefore there is no need of
any night lodges for that purpose.
There is no need of any planning in
the dark to promote cause essen
tisl to the temporal and eternal well
fare of immortal beings. Open and
candid action should be exhibited in
the temperance cause. Nothing
short OF this is adapted TO bringing
conviction to the minds of men.
If the two prominent parties
equally embodied the good men OF
the nation, as WAS the case when
Wings and Democrats were the
prominent political parties, IL might
be safe to form temperance polIti.
cal party. The two prominent par.
ties now are vastly different. The
Republican party embodies the ma
jOrity of the good men of the nation
with some bad ones. The Demo-
cratic party embodies the majority
of the bad men of the nation, with
some good ones.
During the rebel war The Demo-
cratic party was disloyal, and that
caused the loyal men to leave ii,
and go into the Republicans party,
which is composed Of Wings, old
abOlitiOnists, who originated the
party, and loyal Democrats and
temperance men. 1t is q selection
of the best men of the nation. Still
il is not perfect. These are some
tares among the wheat but it is go
good q political party as can be Sc
lscted out OF this nation. 1t has
made our constitution the best in
the world, and has made some of
the best laws ever enacted by 9 na-
| tinnal legislature. 1t saved the
| Union, set tour millions of people
free, aud given them equal rights.
By doing what was right the par
i ty lost large part Of its adherents,
and il the temperance men can be
drawn ont OF It, IL will be broken
up. and the Democratic party win
/ rule the nation. IL sill the temper
ance men in the Democratic party
were TO leave, It would not be sens
IDLY felt, bat il all in the Republican
party were to leave, il would break
/ it up, and put the naLi0a under the
rule of the worst class of men in It.
The temperance men are q minori-
ty in the nation, therefore they can
not elect q majority of the legisia-
fture, and unless they can do that,
they cannot cause the enactment of
any better temperance laws than we
now have. The Republican party
have made 30 good temperance
laws as the people will execute.
The true policy is to work in the
Temperance cause until . msioRitY
of the people are gained, and form
no political party. Whenever q
majority of the nation is gained,
The legislature will enact 80 good
temperance laws as ara needed.
The formation of 3 political temper
ance party put the State Of Ohio uR-
der Democratic rule. In one dis
tFiet, they were Ihe means Of de-
I feating the Republican candidate for
Congress-, and Of sending 3 habitnai