The Dawson journal., 1883-04-12
Prohibition.
Ienry County Weekly.

Henry County Weekly.
Mr.. Edifor Every fair-minded,
right thinking manssin the county will,
upon reflection, concur in the opinion
that the whiskey traffic is not only
great and dangerous evil, but that it is
one of the strongest and most crafty
with which the cause of truth AMI hon
or have to contend. Long has this de-
mon held SWAY over our land, sanction
ed by law, and until recently. bu tim
idly opposed even b. those who have
most keenly felt its demoraliziag eff
fec s. Il has exerted its powers and
carried its balcful Influences into every
community and into almsst every
household. So long has it held sway,
and go strong have been the Influences
exerted that to dethrone and dive it
from our midst is not the work of a
day, or of a slrs man. Sound Judge
ment and discretion must he used In
planning operations, and the united
forces of all good people must he ar
raved against it. Though arduous
the undertaking the work has been
admirably begun, aud iii many sections
noble ACHE, ements have ALREADY been
attained. The change of public senti-
ment upon this matter within the last
few years has been gratifying in the
extreme 1t is now being made liv-
ing issue, and every man of true moral
courage and Christian principle is
boldly defending the side of right
The local option prohibitory law, now
in force in more than one-third of the
counties and in large number of the
Incorporated towns Of Georgia, has
been judged to be the most effective
method of banishiRg this curse from
among us Now, we want prohibition
to be carried in old Henry, and we
want the bill to cover every eoningen-
cy as fully as does that reeeptlv adop-
ted bv our sister county Clayton. We
feel envious of the overwhelming vic
tory won by Clayton, yet do We most
heartily congratulate them npon their
success. We earnestly hope that our
honorable Representative with give us a
good prohibitory law at the next ses-
sion of the Legislature. Now We do
not contend that, with a prohibitery
law, there would be no crime, no riots
OF disturbances. Yet tbs needless to
say hat where no whiskey can be OBJ
tanned these things are of extremely
rare occurrence. Whiskey Jntiames
the passions, weakens reason and
plays an active part in nearly every
violation of law and good order. Nor
is this all. It is corTupting eur labor,
1t is blighting the prospects and de
moralizing the lives Of our young men.
leading many Of them to shame and
ruiz 1t is visiting desolation, power
ty and misery upon many homes where
peace and plenty would otherwise pre-
vail We know not how anyman who
is loyal to the trne interests of his
country, Of society Of bis friends, Of
his family, can oppose a measure that
will in any degree tend to lessen this
evil If every conscientious man
would follow his convictions and do
his whole duty in this matter, We would
have good probibitory laws, and they
would be properly enforced. Let not
our friend "Muggins" draw his con
illusions 80 hastily from one or two
isolated cases, but let hm investigate
fu ly 10 know the effects of prohibition
wherever it is being enforced Let
him also consider that a ,aw against
an evil does not entirely crush that
evil, There are laws against murder
with death penalty attached YET
men continue TO kill each other,
/ We want pr hibisionF Some say that
public 4Vnti9ent is not yet ready for
it. Then it is the duty of every one
who has ANY influence over the opinion
of Others TO assist in bringing about
the proper sentiment Especially dc
we hope that uur honorable Represen-
tative will takv the lead in this mat
ter and give a eood prohibitory law.
Let us have prohibition
Rustic
Anvil Block, March 9th.