West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-09-12
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az 1hom we'll advertised far and near.
These meetings will not only give
- an opportunity to disseminate
f "a among the people, but they
ill show that we are in earnest,
Nat we are determined to free West
'V;ruinia from the awful curse of
temperance by conquest, and
that in this work we know no such
word as fail.
Let me suggest another practical
reasure in or work. 1t is the
hithful and widespread distribu-
ton of Christian and Temperance
literature in every form; books,
mmphlets, papers, tracts, leaflets.
,atter them by the millions all
~er the State, and remember this,
AS we sow, SO shall we reap ;;""He
hat soweth sparingly shall reap
9aringly; he that soweth abund-
ntly shall reap abundant.y."
OUR EDUCATORS.
With this general distribution
literature, we want to see all the
ducators of the State throw their
,reat influence on the side of Pro-
libition. We all know that in
temperance Dis an evil of unfathom-
.ble misery. 1t is as fatal to the
interests of education, as it is to-
those of morals and religion, and
On this solid ground | make my ap-
peal to this influential class of our
citizens. Instead of arguing this
point, | refer them to the testimony
Of our greatest philanthropists and
most advanced thinkers. Let US
begin with Horace Mann. He
says: "If temperance prevails, ed
ucation can prevail; if temperance
fails, education must fail" Super
intendent Philbrick said: "The
rum-shops are the antagonists
Of the public schools" and
Lord Brougham said, before
the British house of Peers that,
it was no use to attempt to improve
the morals eff the people by giving
them education if the beer shops
continued to SOW the seeds of itta-
morality broadcast over the land,
Now as we have seen that ia
temperance strikes against all the
interests of education, let our edW-
Gators rise upin their great strength
and say, 1--WE must sweep every
vestige of this accurse1 traffic from
our soil > andlet these educators in
still these sentiments into the
minds of the rising generation. AS
result of these teachings the gen
erations which follow us will look
back upon the traffic in intoxicat-
ing drinks, as we look now upon
barbarism, piracy, and all attend
ant evils.
Oh teachers, it is in your power
to strike chs monster a blow FROM
which it will never recover.
STATE ,oRGANIzER.
There is another practical mat
ter which [ regard of vital import
ance to our work that is the APP
polntment of a financial agent, and
State organizer, No one can
object to this appointment on the
ground that we could not raise the
requisite salary Why, putting it
at the very lowest estimate, there
are ten thousand temperance per-
sons In our State and if each one
would only give one cent week
Tor such a purpose Ut would amount
to over five thousand dollars per
annum, far more than we would
need. There is another thing
winch | must suggeet to you, and
That is that we hold our next Con-
yentlon in our OWE State 1t is
true that the interests Of Maryland,
and West Virginia aye closely in
tefwoven, that it is with difficulty
we can distinguish any State
lines at all, but we know that
Chere IS a moral power connected
with such a ConventiGn as this.
ana we want this power felt in
" heeEiag, in Grafton, i'm Parkers-
ouffg, and other places On our own
IN DEAD EARNEST.
There is only one thing more |
would Cucract opJ ,r;tlo,st tb iS