The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1878-04-24
Murphy isIa and Kindred Topics. ns
viewed nv An Outsider.

viewed nv An outsider.
While woull not do or say apgh
that woull initiate against this measur,
~ temperance reform, or drprrcnte lis
power Tor good, or it's beneficial Influences
vet, don't think II would lie amirs {,
take ~ review the past. present and fu'
ture OF the temperance cause in hi,
country. am not myself the parent o.
drunken son. nor the c i'll ot drunk
en parent have 40 immediate irie' d
tor relative whuse ruin has been wrought
by intoxicating liquors, hence ! am NOT
influenced ty any par'iality toward tie
article M nj NEE. So | think ! can
promise. ia the outset. that my infer
noes aud conclusions on thus question
will Lc iair and Impartial; nor are they
hot house growth-the production OF
an hours thoucht-ior have lived TO
the wears ii mature manhood. have
Travelled aud mingled with mankind ex-
tcusively, aud, | trust, not heedlessly
and have studied this question ia all
its phases and bearings with all the
mental power That possess During
the past fifty or sixty years there have
been ia existence one aud sometimes two
or three secret ORGANIZATIONS or societies,
whose ayowed object aud aim was the
suppression at the sale AMI use OF IN
toxica.ing liquors as a beverage Dur
ins the pe,iol OF time mentioned, news
papers, published exclusively in the in
terest OF The temperance cause, have been
constantly circulated throughout the
euglh AID breadth ofouF land; the secu,
ar aud the religious press, the pulpit
and the rustrum, have also untiiuchingIN
portrayed the mulIlfarious ills entailed
upon the human family 10y the king OF
vice-intempranee. And yet, notwith-
standing all of these means and efforts
to remove an obvious evil, and stay the
progress Of Llishting curse. iniemper-
ance has been gaining ground with a
momentum aud rapidIty that has APP
palled the thinking part OF the Ameii-
can people. The open, avowed advo
Gates OF temperance, the hibulous and
The guzzler. the respectable, moderate
drinker, and the common sot, all seem
with one accord e. lave become awak
enrd to a realization OF the fact that the
blight OF intemperance is on the very eve
of making shiPwreck, morally. socially
and politically, oi this fair land aud
country OF ours. And the present tenn
perance movement that is being inau>
gurated all over the country now know II
as the Murphy novel is but the natural
result or outgrowth of the present eI-
egency. or pressing want. OF the times
That the measure has and is accom-
plishing much good, no one will deny
That Its power for good, and its days oil
usefulness, are over. no one will Claim
But it must be patent to every thinking
individual that. as an organization or So
ciety, il possesses hone OF the permanent
and durable essentials necessary to give
an organization or society any claim to
a permanently that will outlasi the whims
aud caprices Of an ever-changing public
sentiment, anu. like everything else OF a
spasmodic or paroxysmal nature, It's
force will soon be spent aud it numbered
among the things that were Don't un'
derstand me as entertaining or aiming to
convey the idea that the Cessation or dis
continuance of these meetings, the lay
ing aside these badges you wear as tokens
OF membership, will put an end to the
good results that are being borne to Ut
on this tidal wave Of reformation. Like
the parable of the sower. the good seed
have been eown broadcast; ne matter