The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-08-18
THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC.


l will tell you my idea of the liz
traffic very briefly God forgive m
do not speak Of it boastingly, for 49,
sin is ever before me; seven years OF ~.
life were dark blank. l know W.
the burning appetite for stimulant
know all about it, and have sat by tb
dying bedside of drunkards; | have hei,
their hands in mine; have tried to en-,
them at the last gasp to the Savior Dr.
never turned any away that cam
Him; and yet, in the light of my
experience and the experience of OF
that have received through my oil
walton, could say: Father in Hea
if it be Thy will that man shall su
whatever seemeth good in Thy sigl o
temporal evil, impose it on me; let at
bread of atfliction be given to me to .t
take from me the friends of my old e
let the hut of poverty be my dwei
place; let the wasting hand of dis 5,
be laid upon me; let me walk in a
whirlwind, live in the storm; let 20
passing away of my welfare be like .
flowing of q stream and the shou
my enemies like rain on the wa
when | speak good let evil come OF n.
do all this, but save me, mer
God, save me from the bed of a dr..
ard! And yet, as shall answer to-
in the day of Judgment, had rattle
the veriest sot that ever reeled thrc
the streets than would be the man
sold him his liquor for month. .n
plause.
think it is the most awful bus
that man can possibly engae
There is no good in it. How much .a
eft is it to a town that man shall
a saloon? / wish Mr.. Bowen, whe 4,
gives the next grand entertain d.
would invite some of the liquor-st a~
of Connecticut to come here and
the benefits of their business to this $50
pie. Let them bring few speci n
of their work. They can't do it. sh
raw material is always worth more ,al
the manufactured article; always.
As a boy said: q know So-and So
saloon is finished" How do 20.
know it?" q saw fellow comm
of it drunk" A liquor-seller was
angry with a boy who, when he
drunken man had fallen down in
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mas fell down -
There was in Connecticut, thin,
man samed Solomon Camp. who pm
up sign rs Camps Tavern" i'
painter forgot to put the dot in afte
initial S, and everybody reac
'Scamp's Tavern" 1t nearly I,ok
up his business; he had to have a 80
put in; but that didn't do, as the letter
were too close together, and he h T.
have a new sign painted with v e
spacing and the dot in. Let them lo,
the benefits that are derived fror
sale of intoxicating liquor in thf
country.
| | hate it because we have no redress
There is not mother here that has an
redress. There is not wit
here that has any redress
A woman went into grCe
shop-and | give you facts that | ca
prove-to plead with the liquor-selle
not to give her husband any more L
quor. He took tumbler of dirty waite
and threw its contents in her face. Sh
told her boy, and he thrashed that liquor
seller so he was on his back sever;
days. Then the liquor-seller prosecute
the boy for assault and battery and &C
the damages. They tried to prosecut
him for throwing water in the woman
face. They failed, because she was il
truding on his premises. There is nc
a liquor-seller that can't sell your hui
band drink, and you may plead wit
him if you will. You talk about NOR;
suasion. Make it your own case.
young man once said to me: II beliey
in moral suasion. believe we have +
right to attack these men," | told hi
little fact that occurred, and aske
him. " Suppose that was your motht
that was kicked out of the rum-shC
when she came to plead with Mr.. Leol
ard not to give her boy drink, and whe
he made her little boy nine or ten yea
old drunk and sent him home out I
spite because she tried to prevent h
selling liquor to her boy, what woul
you do ?" He said: Il would shoot hi
as | would woodchuck." | said: :
would not. 1 believe in the simple wa,
| believe in the humiliation of the ira
ic in Intoxicating liquor; and the soon
we get rid of it the better. Fro
John B. Coughs Fourth-ot-JuLy Spec
at Woodstock, Conn.
Who Clothed the Rumseller's Daug