Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-11-06
TEMPERANCE DEPARTMENT.
Conducted by
THE GOOD TEMPLARS OF MULBERRY.
INTEMPERANCE

: the greatest evil Of the age.
t is the one great sin that un-
ierlies nearly all others. 1t is
he devils own pet vice with
which he afiiicts the world; it is
he whip Of scorpions with which
ne lashes the human race. Pow
,l.ty, crime and madness would
be almost banished from the
world were it not for this devil
Ssh drug, that poisons and des-
Eroys the human family. 1t be-
gets idiots in the mothers womb,
and predestines men and women
to become maniacs. The curse
is universal. The knowledge Of |
intoxicating drink is the
earliest evidence o1 mans inven-
i've genius. There are no peo-
pie SO barbarous, SO ignorant,
that they have not some device
for distilling from roots, fruits
or grains. They all know how
to fabricate a drink that will
make drunk. There is no time,
no historic era, in which this
knowledge was not abroad. To-
day, in this country, we know,
and every body knows, that our
prisons and jails, our houses of
prostitution and our hells Of
crime, our asylums-deaf and
dumb and insane-and our hos
pitfalls, are filled with people be-
cause of this traffic in alcoholic
drinks. We, who pay taxes
know that siX-tenths of the bur-
dens Of society come from the
the same source.-Neav York
Weekly.
CHEAP TEMPERANCE MEN ARE
they who can talk temperance
when they wish to gain favor Of
friends Of the cause, and when it
is popular to do so, but who
shrink from any sacrifice to pro-
mote the work. They are afraid
to offend the rumseller by adyo-
eating the enforcement of the
laws against the traffic. They
as frequently vote for rum as re-
form; and when driven to choose
openly between the two, they
prefer to be seen no where. Such
temperance men should be made
to understand that it is impos-
sible to deceive anybody but
themselves. The craven betrays
his character in his very appear
ance. To go to the ranks Of the
enemy is more honorable than to
sulk between two fires, and safer
too.-Licing Issue.
ONE LEAGUES GOOD WORK.
Chicago has a citizens league
which is doing promising work
in saving young men and boys
from dissipation. 1t was formed
three years ago, Oh the discovery
that quarter Of the arrests III
this city and of the commitments
at the house of correction were
minors, twenty years old and I'M
der. The league Investigated
and found that 10000 boys and
girls patronized the city's drink
ing places,one thousand of which
were largely supported by their
patronage. Public opinion sus-
tanned the suppression of this
glaring evil, and the saloon keep
ers who encouraged it were Wis
tied with the penalties of the law.
One Of these keepers had to pay
500 and costs for getting two
boys Of seven and eleven so
drunk that they rolled in the
gutter. Children of Christian
families were Systematically hir-
ed into drinking dens and en-
couraged to cultivate a taste for
liquor. A widowed mother who
visited the saloon where her son
was being ruined, and begged
them not to give him liquor was
thrust out into the street and
her boy pushed back into the
place. The league took up the
widows cause, succeeded in get
ting the british proprietor pun
ished and the boy to reform.
The city statutes rebrokc the IL
censes Of such offenders; and
with the mayors active help the
society has closed out over fifty
Of them. 1t has also diminished
the juvenile arrests for 1878 by
2,C00, as compared with 1877,
and has done it on an outlay of
only 81, 000.- The Aacl.
THE BALLOT NECESSITY.
If intemperance is an evil,
ought it not to be treated as
respectable? If it is sin
against God, and a crime against
man ought any Christian to give
it his support? Does age make
it tolerable? If the majority of
those who read the above ques-
tons shall answer in the mega
tive, let me ask them, how do
you act toward this sin? Are
you in real sober earnest, and
acting from the conviction of an
enlightened conscience in all you
do toward its entire suppressing?
Let us evidence our right to the
name of Christian, patriot, citi-
zen, by squarely meeting the is
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