The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1882-09-09
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A Few Words in Defense Of Prohibition
and Prohibtions:S.


Now that tie columns cf TIE wing
are not fally occupied with politics per-
haps the editor may allow space IN the
"People's Column at least for few
lines from an old contributor.
The subject of this article, however. is
is political one. and at present is causing
no little stir in many States of this mon
and in the very nature of things must
continue to he q fruitful source OF dis.
cussion while hulnan nature and inslitu-
lions are as they are. There is and must
be an rrepresSiblc conflict = between
good and evil. light and darkness. until
the promised millennium shall come.
This war against the liquor traffic Is only
4 part %: the stu for the overthrow OF
satan kingdom in the earth. y con-
sistent Christian must of necessity he Il
Prohibitionist, or at least one SO far as
his ewes nave been opened 10 the enor-
nifty of the evil of drink. Many good
Christ ians have lived and died i'll ignor-
ancc of mach of the harm spread thick
about them, in fuliillment of the pro
phetic PROMISE Thou wilt keep him Iii
perfect peace whose mind is stayed ON
Thee and Others Of like import that
might be quoted. Tie shafts Of skepti
cism have no terrors for such,
Who know aud only knew their Bible true,
| Facts which the brilliant Frenchman never
knew.
But the temperance cause has suffered
, much by the advocacy of men destitute
of every other attribute Of the Christian
and the untempered zeal Of others who
/ I.
their only religion. But the ma.jority of
those who have proved thc!! title to the
name of Christian by the panoply they
wear are those who have been no
strangers to ali the way, Of the world.
These men. when they 30 speak, always
command respect. 1t Is because there
are so many genuine and true men
among ProhioitionistS that there are so
many counteIteits. The counsel of all
true men in all ages has been to make
no compromise with sin. Many hun
dreds have suffered death rather than
yield one point. that The world at large
would not have strivcu for. And the
blood Of the martyrs has been the seed
of the church." 1t is to Christian men
Of this stamp that We are indebted for
all advances in civil liberty that we now
enjoy. These men have always been
maligned and condemned by their pro-
fessed friends as well rs foes. They have
always been found in the minority. to all
human appearances. But God has been
with them. Elijah was in a similar case
when once he stood on Carmels brow.
Prohibitionists OF Ohio are now being
abused by protesting temperance men
because they will not surrender their
principles ard make u compromise with
one Of the Leading parties i'll their State.
The inducement held out is a present,
supposed gain. Ohio grants no license
to commit Il crime against her people.
and all men should honor her for that.
As State, she Is not a legal partner i'll
the liquor traffic, ard the Prohibitionists
do not propose to help to rivet on the
chains that shall bind her to this ear Of
the IDOL. All these questions We're fully
DISGUISED hpr2 F..y recently when we
were actively canva&SinG Tor our present
Local Option law. Many there are yet
who are secret enemies of our present
law, and who would like to see return
to a high license law - We who have
always opposed all compromises of this
damaging character We're WeY years ago
with thig half !aaf argument We
answes ell then rs we do now that a ''half
loaf is dearly bought when an immof-
til soal is the price demanded. For, if
an honest and we'll grounded conviction
that holds man to truth may be let 90
i'll one case, it may in every other We
know the popular dogma is, and espe-
cially has it been the r;,;,,a ii the politi-
elan: Wka.e,er Is expedient is right
where As it should be the rule of Chris
tians at least to read it, Whatever is
right is always expedient.'
We hope we have not .;;v,i out any
ones patience hy s.,eaklng out plainly in
detens, Of men whom We believe are
standing for the truth as they see tia
right guaranteed to every American citi-
zen. C.