The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-09-19

tirely upon ourselves. There is moral pow
er enough in the professcd temperance men
of Tennessee to Danish this traffic from our
State in one year. mean of course, its
open sale. There is moral power enough in
the churches to do it. Why then fingers
that blessed day? that glorious temperance
millennium 1 answer, nothing but the
criminal apathy of our municipal officers
and of temperance men in general.
On you temperance men of Middleton,
rests the responsibility of this; and Will you
do it? VIII you longer remain Idle, in
different spectators, while men made in the
image Of God, with intellects lofty and as
piring, are daily Frustrated in the gutter by
this vile traffic? Remove the temptation
entirely out of sight, and the cure in many
cases is speedily effected. The man regains
his former dignity and position; he can now
fulfill the high end of his destiny. And
now shall this temptation be removed? !?
Shall few infatuated men be allowed to
trample in the dust beneath their reckless
feet the high hopes and interest of the COM
monty? Shall the welfare of the rising gen
erat on at large, be hazafded that this traffic
NAV go on? Shall We any longer allow the
rum-seller to make criminal after criminal,
and pauper after pauper in our midst, and
our jails and our poor-houses IL be hlled
with them? VIII the taxpayers OF this
county much longer suffer their pockets IL
be annually depleted Of thousands of dollars
to sustain the traffic? Who is made one
whit better by this traffic? No one; not the
rum-seller himself as a general thing.
1t is not money making business in the
long run; the curse OF Heaven seems to fol-
low it, and the man who follows it many
years, very frequently becomes his own best
custor2er, and not only becomes 4 drunk
ard himself, but is instrumental often
times in leading his own sons in the same
road of ruin; and it l. very seldom he makes
money in the operation. But suppose he
does? Shall they therefore be allowed to
pursue such courses? The only question to
be asked Is, " is it right ?" Do dram-sellers
give an equivalent for the money they get?
Are they doing good to the community :?
What specimens Of their handicraft do they
present OF all the multitudinous pursuits
of life in which men engage, I know Of
nothing so disastrous in its effects as rum
selling, and il is a wonder OF wonders that
the patient world should so long have sub
mittod to It's terrible e1yactions.
In conclusion, then let me urge all tenn
perance men and women to take hold with
new courage, go to work in the temperance
cause pfucking souls and bodies from the
: fires Of alcohol and see if we cannot double
the ranks of the Murphyits: What an
army already battling for the triumph of
reason, sobriety, peace, prosperity, happi-
ness, health and longevity, over the insidu-
pus wiles and devastating effects of an arti-
/ fetal, acquired and unnatural appetite.
| Join in Join In! Help roll on the mighty
ball that is destined sooner or later to grind
to atoms and totally annihIlate the greatest
source of evil known to and waring upon
our own race and brethren. Now is the
time This the work Como op-mcn,
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