The Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1882-1883, 1882-09-08
THE WHIsKEY TRAFFIC,
DUN DUTY As A COMMUNITY.

telligcnt aud reasonable man That
tho wbiskcy traffic is the great curse
Of our country. PHYSICALLY, mentally.
socially aud rcligiously j. is IN evil
of q fearful character. Tho statistics
of every country provo this. 1t on
ervates aud finally destroys the
stoutest physical franc. Tue bright
est aud tallest intellects fade and sue
ccumb before it's resistless power.
It's contaminating and poisonous in
aueuces arc rcrpetuated from parent
to child. The children of drunkards
inherit q taste for drink. and are
born under tho dominion Of King
Alcohol. With these facts before us
and tho other fac! that tie salc and
drink Of spirituc us liquors is con-
stantly on tho increase in our land,
who Gun tell how long before our
fair country will be the doomed cap
1.-Two OF Bacchus, and our cilizens o
race OF druukardsY Without an ear.
nest and united effort on the part Vi
our people OF all classes. rich and
poor, old and Young. male and female
our doom is sealed. and in characters
of blood il will DO written, OF this
LAND Of the froo and home OF the
brave" diod o: drunkenness! Il is
O fact that sober mon are tho excep-
tons. ! mean those who totally ab'
utain from the uso OF spiriIuous Ii
quors; while all classes quaff with
easernoss and increasing delight the
poisonous liquid. The children OF
the church are growing up an army
Of drunkards, in many cases oncour.
aged by The evil example Of socalled
pious parents. Husbands and par
ents, unmoved by the tears OF mis-
erablo and heartbroken wives md
and the cries Of hungry aud starving
children, arc rushing forward to the
drunkards grave. Temperance so.
CLOTHES and pledges may curb for q
timo tho appetite, but only for a
time; for temptation over powers
tho poor victim Of appetite, and very
soon tho reddoned ego and bloated
face tells tho talo OF woe. and bis
wife and children weep in unconsol-
ablo sorrow.
Liquor even invades the church,
and those who would DO regarded az
Christians, soil their garments, de6!e
their hands and poison their bodies,
and souls with The associations and
rotations OF tho Bar.room. Above
all other things combined the
churches Of this place have been
cursed by this form Of OWL. The
line that should separate the church
from the world, the pious from the
profano. has been completely obliter.
atod, md tho holy church OF the
Lord jesus Christ mourns in ashes
Those who should be the pillows OF
the church, 80 oct as to degrade her
ia the eyes OF Tho world. Now,
should any lover of his country, his
race, of peace and order in society
and at home, aud purity and pros
perity in.the Church, be silent under
such alarming circumstances as thes.i
We cay no. This fearful. damning,
cause ofliqnor must be expelled from
tho land. Our people Of oil classes
should rise en- masso mil in their
might declare that they will be free.
Our women in their superior sense
OF virtue and righteousness should
lead tho prohibition army. Tho re.
tail Liquor traffic. the most formid.
able head of this hydra-hcadod mon
ster must first be cut OF. In this
way tho rising generation may be
saved from the drunkards grave and
the drunkards doom. Perseverance,
united effort, and c firm reliance up
ON Divine help, will at length bring
in tho Prohibition Millennium.
Millions OF money will hus be savod
to the working classes OF our State.
Ia the wake Of so6riety' industry,
good order in society and at home,
moro genial aud liberal education
Of tho masses. less crime. and courts.
fewer Jails. and ponitontiaries, will
be somo OF the Legitimate and glori.
GUS results. Tho church will become
purer, moro respectable in the eyes
Of tho world, and moro efficient for
usefulness. God bless those who
arc working in the good cause OF
Prohibition, and open tho eyes Of its
opponents, that they may see the
criminality and dangers OF their
course. We say to our friends at
Crystal Springs. Wesson and Beau
regard, advance the right and left.
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