The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1882-08-18
The Iowa Victory.


ing:
"lhe Lord hath made bare his mighty
arm and hath gotten US the victory
The liqu 4 crime, "lhe gigantic crime
of crimr.,' Is ouilawed ~ Iowa! 70
The dear women every where who pray
and labor for like result. let this mes
sage OF lowa's victory bring courage.
"In due season We shall reap it We faint
not" 70 sorrowing ones who sit IN The
shadow OF desolaiion wrought by rum,
let there come the light of faith and
hope. The dear saint of llillsboro' who
led in the crusade received the promise,
"the way of the wicked shall! be turned
upside down." and to-day our eyes
behold the dawning of its fullilment.
"Sing to the Lord, for Vie hath tri-
umphed gloriously and the horse and
its rider is thrown into the sea-" The
smoke of battle has hardly cleared
away, the echoes of combat still fill the
air. The shouts of our victorious hosts
mingle with glad halleluiahs from loyal
bfarfSIgG f8pHg,v NKfr lMh2 o&ePhnrWe
| raise our Ebenezcr.
The morning of the 9th of June
dawned in beauty. The women were
early aslir with preparations. AT or
| near the polling places were bountcons
tables spread, attended by sisters, wives
and mothers, while little girls carried
bntton-hole boquets for those who voted
right. Many man in coarse shirt and
| rough attire won the flowers and was
served by some dear woman whose
| home he had voted should be protected
from its greatest Toe. They tell rs OF
/ one "cmin nlly respectable gentleman
! who was decorated by dear little child
who forgot to ask him first how he had
voted. When about TO turn away she
remembered her omission, and though
thinking il unnecessary said, 81 sup
pose YOU voted for the amendmentY'
When answered "No," her eyes filed
with tears, and she said 80, Pm very
| sorry, and I'll have TO take oil the
flowers" The cmincntly respectable
gentleman walked away with the air OF
degraded soldier stripped OF his
shoulder straps. The polling places
~-nrn trimmed with everorcens and
banners, while notices bearing SEN
timents strong, heroic and true every
where met the eye. Among them were
"Only free to do right, "'"God Reigns,"
"Bc True this Day." "Put away the
| Curse" "YOu cannot gather figs OF
| thistles."
The church bells rung ont every hour
tho call TO prayer, and thus, with the
sword of the Lord amt of Gideon, we
compassed the city seven times; we
gave The shout, and the walls fell down.
Helm came from all our sources. The
Germans, who had been counted as
wholly against the amendment, in
many places gave it their support; ii is
estimated as many as five thousand in
the state. The Swedes very generally
voted for it, as also the Iiish total absti-
nence societies: in many places the
priests solemniy charged their people TO
vote for it. We credit the German vote
very largely TO the work of our sister
Henrietta Shelton, who spent two
months in hard work among her coun-
trymen in our state.
her work: "She's breaking ohr RANKS I;
she's breaking our ranks" Large num-
bers of drinking men voted for it. In
deed it was noble but sad to hear man
say, as many did, at won't save me,
Pm too far gone, but it may help the
boys" Scores of men voted that day
for "Sallie and the children" aud are
better men for the deed born of tender
love and fatherly pride. The Bands Of
Hope marched and sang Temperance
boys and girls are We" gave cheers for
the amendment, and did their full share
of the work.
The contest had no partisan character.
Republicans, Democrats, Greenbackers
stood shoulder to shoulder. Men and
women, young men and maidens, and
dear little children, together stood for
the home as against the saloon. There
was little or no rowdyism at the polls,
and on the streets everybody looked
solemn and earnest; scarce an intoXi-
Gated man anywhere TO be seen, for the
saloons were closed under the state
law, and so the day wore on, and tie
sun set over many thousand men grown
nobler by doing OF the right; over
maay hundred homes made happy by
the CLEAN of possible deliverance for
husband, brother, son; over common
wealth saved by the protest OF it's free
men from the liquor oligarchy. "Oh,
twas glorious victory! and "not
unto MS, o Lord; not unto us, but unto
Thy great naiae be all the glory
And now, what next? is asked on
every hand. There is some question
among our legal men as to the scope
anu clnclcncy oi our tHrbcHt S'u'u'V
''for the suppression of iniempcrancc;
and since Iowa never does anything by
halves. il is expected that the governor
will call an extra session of the Legis-
lature, TO make II statute with sufficient
pains aud penalties TO enforce the peo-
pies will, so emphatically expressed by
The amendment. Then shall onr law
he indeed copy of the divine-a terror
to evil-doers and praise 10 those who
do we'll
Mention might be made of the helpers
from without the state, who fought well
for MS. Ofour honored President, Miss
Willard winning place in all hearts;
of Mrs. Anderson and Mrs. FiXen, OF
Minnesota; OF tho eloquent Balm; of
the mighty Finch; of the large-hearied
brotherly Woodiord; of the gallant st.
John, and host of others, less illus
lrious, but doing equally good work, as
shown in results on election day. May
not Iowa he pardoned if she give the
toast offered in onr great jubilee meet
ing AT Des Moines by our dear Anna
Gordon; il was from Massachusetts TO
Iowa: "And now abidelh Maine, Kan
sas, lowa-these three-but the greatest
| of these is Iowa"