The Easley messenger. (Easley, S.C.) 1883-1891, 1883-11-30
Prof. j. I'll. Carlisle on Prohibition.

IfO1. CarllSlc'S Address delivered to
the voters and citizens Of the City Of
Grccnville, on Friday night last, rs re-
portedt to "Thc Daily News:
The speaker began by saying that
two days ago. before he had fully de-
cided to speak here, he was in 4 room
where three banners were being pre-
pared by young ladies. Inscriptions
upon those banners, (which he hoped to
see borne in triumph, furnished him
with the inspiration TO speak to the
people of Greenville in behalf Of tenn
pe1nce. Upon the first banner were
the words "Home, Sweet Home" How
proudly men would read that sentence
if the cause was successful! 1t was an
American phrase and an American
idea no foreign language had a word
which would correspond in meaning.
The drunkard had no home for his
terrible habit spoiled it. An orphan
might carry that banner we should
think of him and his home. The
speaker appealed to his hearers to pro-
tect our homes by abolishing barrooms,
to fix their minds on some home which
was destroyed by liquor. "A man
might receive a dispatch announcing.
the fact that four men had been killed
in a collision and he would be scarcely
moved, but when he saw the bleeding
bodies upon littcrS then his heart
would be deeply touched; SO if we saw
one home destroyed before our ewes.
our sympathy would be awakened.
Home was sacred and every regular at
tcndant on a bar-rUOm Saducne,T some.
Our true glory was not in our grand
railroads or in cur bank stocks, it was
in the happiness and sanctity Of our
homes. The speaker said the second
banner which he saw bore the words
Save the boys He said that DR..
David Ramsey in one Of his books had
said that drinking was the endemic
vice Of South Carolina, and that the
climate prcdisroscS people to drink.
1t was our duty therefore to combine
our influences to protect the boys from
drink. The next generation wo;ld be
composed Of our boys, and we would
give them such tremendous problems to
solve that their heads Woulu throb.
We should therefore save our boys,
The. speaker deprecated the slie eh.cSt
use Of liunor, He knew OF young men
who had gotten drunk Tor he first time
Just to see how it felt. 1t reminded
him of the anccdOtc told Of Young
Prince Napoleon, who, a short time
before his end, remarked that he would
like to feel the excitement Of being
lightly wounded by a poisoned arrow
In Il few hours the Prince was w0umd-
ed to death by poisoned arrows. We
should save the boys for the girls who
want loving husbands. He quoted
from an old book he bad once read,
"A shroud is better than bridal veil
il the bridegroom is or is to be drunk
ard" We should multiply our ma
chincry to save the boys. Our boys
should arm themselves with 81 will'|
and the power to say ''no.' Our boys
might have to break away from some
Of our leading and most powerful men
and cease to follow them because
those men had habits W hich it was not
we'll to initiate. The speaker said th,
third banner bore the device, NO
License.' The wiscst piece Of legisla-
ton ever enacted by the Legislature
was the local option law. He would
not turn lis hand to secure the enact
mcnt of any other law. 1t gave the
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