, 1877-06-25
TEMPERANCE IN POLITICS.

L. r. Chamberlain, having read Tho second chapter
Of iiaeakknk, rpoks without msnuscrpt substan.
tally ~ follows:
question Of public concern has bntn brought 10
cur special attention. By the Wonsna Temperance
Union Of this city. From that aoaree hts conc
petition To The municipal aushoatlcs, requesting
them 10 eloes ali saloons on Sunday. II n urged
npon a. concert With tho other congregations OF
Tho city, TO sign the petition and aot ourstlvcs 10
securing it, Immediate eifectlvcncsa. In the pcti-
tiun no discrimination n r,ade with regard 10 the
different ea*ses Of beverages. No dhtnceions arc
suggested A. u portions of tho holy day. It Il
simply that throughout Sunday nil The saoonA Of the
city bs closed, By force Of law, and police, and
courts. and We arc appealed 10 in the sovereign
namo Of Temperance. AZ those who wontd Be on
The side Of sobriety aad order, on tho side Of NOR
ais and ths public welfare, 10 say pothtnE Of thu
interests OF Christian Sunday, we arc asked to
Join In tho movement They who hts toifing with
heroic devotion look 10 us for help. sisters, and
wives, and mothers, whoes hearts Are nllcd with
regard for tho things which arc pnre and bleGicd,
call on nj "a 10 their friends and fellow. labofcssI
Certainly 1t would seeu a. first TINT there could bo
no possible hesitancy; that to nnsns tho cause, and
to suggest what might appear 10 anbscrvo II, would
be enough TO win Our entire cooperation. / own
that my impnlss II at onco to say ''Aman." lean
do but little, but whatever Il to that csn do,
pledge II and pledge II in any and every form yon
may now or hencaiotth desire. For there flashes
to oppose. As Tie cail 10 sounded rake anew 10
thc terriblene@ Of tho common foe. There eornos
atresh thc realization Of how monstrous is tho
curse which tlie1e bravo ones nm seeking to re-
move. Mind and heart alike are ailet and oyer
whelned. I tcs the enemy coming n, verify, like
s. asSS on saaa.ra se . h
Sui .nEe. md minIsts.s oI grace. ,sna ! p!tyiaS
God Ntmsolf. might 10 invoked to lend swift and
unQud4toNlnR. Apl Geclflge Attf.
Think for moment concerning this OWL. Tfaco
r. oati!n..; Admit :se .lmgs facts conside:
the records. 1ise bead for lust little, 10 whnt
takes place under this eanle sun, and IN spite Of
Take. for example, ono human boEng, a single
family. and reflect on whak tntompotaaee means
when It rests there Us destructive touch Hoe tho
n1er possesslonS; tho wonted gent!cncss passing
into harshncss; the accustomed dclicacy Of feeling
ses seses ss p1ss sess.
friends grtosed and allenased; business neglected;
poverty nccess!lated: tho family made wtrtchcd;
ed; parental affection destroyed; dcccucy outrage
cd; ctime committed: shame and spaif brought
On; di.es:s ct s sysry fem tnsnrred; ldiocy made
beast!v stupor or Of dellrioua frenzy eloaos tho
DO somo say tho pietuso Is o.esdsawns Mo. It
ait in their sheltered homes may not often have
eeen Tho reality. They may have turned nerrously
IUn1 uYGH kllnlPbp VI La DIV IL tHQy WIFI WIN
mo will take thon nt any hour OF the day o. night
to whore tho horror 10 vastly grcaer than language
ON e1press. aesura you NJ hnye been skclchlnK
no fancitul portrayal The thing ITSELF and In all
il hidconshess, Ii tremendously real, and you
must consider that It IL eyory side OF you. You
fuust add instance to Instance, aud fact 10 fact
nnsil ron have carried your computation Into thc
Thousands aud scores Of thousands. Yon must, at
tho lowest estiuatc, mike plaza in your Thought
tor 30 600 such deaths annually In our own coun.
try aIono from tho direct cauas Of strong drinkl
Trace, too, II possible, the relation OF oeo 30 COO
70 tho hundreds OF thousands Immediately con.
nertcd With them; multiply tho original individual
agony, By the wos and angniah OF tho related sur
ferefs and tha. by the grand total Of the victims,
aud then tell me whether. with suggestions too
frIghtful have outlined the plcturci THO truth
"a W. don't Ecollzo tho positive facts. Nc can't
realize them. We may stand on the Wild sherca OF
this evil and peer nut into tho darkness; but the
accnracd billows that roar comt from black mid.
ocean which lies beyond NIL sight. We n,ay gnzo
from tho brink and shuddcr It tho nbYss which
yawns; but ~ must needs remember tlat beneath
W'o may think sometimes that rarth
Is fair mud hell 10 lo1l; hat Tho
more wc perceive Of Whnt lntempcmnco In.
wolves, TIC less shall W. think that there
can anywhere bo results moro appalling, AZ
zoe ii In ny work lu this great city,-eeo vhat
or ali evils, ii n,akes inv heart sebo. net oMlv
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