Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-03-10
FRONT ON. MO-.
THURSDAY. MARCH 10. 1881.
FL. ReOistsr-

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In your last fssus '.fron." called out b.
"Uncls Isssc," performs what he feels 70 be ,
duty. and declares himaeif upon the subject
OF prohibition. Now, s'fron," don't slop oy
or: thers 10 no danger In that direction.
There is no more danger Of Democratic Leg
islaturs psaainx pr.,hibitory liquor law. than
there is Of their al signing Temperance
plsdge. and then-keeping 1t.
No Democratic body ever yet passed such Z
law, or any other which seriously had for tt
object the furthermore Of the cause OF tenn.
Pc anee.
sm inclined 10 think With you, that no
considerable portion o. the people demand It,
and further thst they never will while the
State 10 claimed for the Democracy BY forty
thousand votes. The leopard may change hil
spote, or the Ethiopian his skin, but until then
rest easy. Do not borrow troubls about
Maine. Blaine is In the Cabinet, and The in
crease 10 the use Of whisky has not quite made
tho State Democratic, although 1t came pretty
near Il. s N
man who leans against grocery door post
snd puts 1t. II believ. In temperance (hic) II
. man can't drink, (hic) without making q
fool Of himself {hic) he had better (hic) quit -
70 the smooth talk Of Rev. Dr.. Crosby, tn,
ground has ell been over, and the reasons
learned By heart.
But when you put tho question to the test
OF figures you develop your weak points.
Cotton use 70 be csl,ea the most valuable
crop Of the country. But do you know that
this crop would not pay for the liquors drank
by our people in any given yeara This CONN
try 10 called the granary of Europe. Are You
awars that the wheat crop of the United
States for the last year would not pay tho IL
quor bills of our peopls for the same yeari
More 10 spent for drink than for the education
OF the people, religious, and secular. These
statements are startling and yet they are true.
You speak Of the revenue derived from capt.
tai in usineas. Will such revenue pay
the costs ia criminal cases, which come to our
courts % the result OF intoxicating dTinks7
II you 70 to this end of jefferson City and
question the members Of ''the lower House,
- to how they came there, you will ind that
most OF them are there through intemper-
ance. Cannon Farrarirruly says: "He alone
BY whom the hairs Of our head are all num-
bered can count the widows who are widows
becau se Of alcohol; the gray heads that 1t has
made gray; the sad hearts that 1t has crushed
with sadness; the ruined families that it has
ruined; the brilliant minds that It has
qusnched; the unfolding promise which it has
csnkered; the fright and happy boys ana
girls whom It has blasted into misery: the
young aud the gifted whom It has hurried
along into dishonored and nameless graves "
Ten millions Of capital may weigh against I'll
these things leaving out the hundreds of mil
lions that are equandered for drink.-A sister
State has put this matter to the test. and we
car afford to wait, and patiently watch the de-
vsIopment Of the question in Kansas. The
subject 10 too great for blunders, snd you tru-
" Say "opposed to tho whole history aad gov
eminent OF the Democratic party" Please let
II alone.
Yours tru =,
EDwIx MAT.