The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-06-20

The Republican party has held its conven-
ton, formulated its platform, and nominated
its candidates. Judging the convention by
its deliverances, we conclude that the repre-
sentatives of the Republican party desire the
support and cooperation of all classes of
citizens except those who believe the liquor
traffic is great national curse and crime.
The platform bids for the support of Ger
mans, Irish, Cinnamon, colored men, white
men, manufacturers, mechanics, laborers, in
short, every class of men save temperance
men. The pertinent question may be asked,
why is this so? 1t is not because the liquor
question has not an economic and business
character, nor is it because the traffic has no
relation to the commercial social and moral
welfare of society. 1t is because the liquor
men have sufficient political power to control
the party. History is about repeating itself;
as the Wing party went down because it tried to
carry the free north and the slaveholding south,
so the Republican party will go down by try
ing to carry on its shoulders the christian civ
ilization of the nineteenth century and the al
coholic curse of all centuries. AS the Nation
al Republican Convention did not even give an
intimation that they wanted the temperance
vote we may reasonably conclude that they do
not want it, and as both candidates have de-
clared themselves in favor of using the reve-
nue. accruing from the traffic to educate our
children, we may conclude that they are in
full sympathy with this barbaric and destruc-
tive business What would we think of the Jews
if they had taken the money that Judas re-
ceived for betraying his Lord to educate their
children And what may we think of men
who are willing to betray the cause of Christ
by taking the price of blood and using it to
educate our children? This would establish
bond of sympathy between the dram-shop
and the school. The dram-seller would say
the more rum l sell the more school money
you will have; and the drinking father
would say, as he swallowed the cup of poison,
&c do this to help educate the boys" We
write these lines with a sad heart, for we
have been a Republican from the beginning;
we belonged to the party when its members
were known as niger worshippers, y wool
ly heads" Lincoln hirelings," and other
equally choice epithets, and when the party
was ridiculed as the party of moral ideas.
We have voted for every Republican presi-
dent, and as rule, until quite recently, We
have supported the candidates nominated by
the party for offices, high or low, but our
conoictions now demand that we call halt
in order that we may reconnoitre the political
situation as it lies before us. There were
good men in the Chicago convention who
were anxious to recognize the Prohibition
voters of the country, but they were over
ruled by the men whose hearts and hopes are
fixed on the liquor traffic. If the Republican
party thinks that the detection of Prohibition
and temperance voters will "amount to moth
ing" they are doomed to disappointment. In
our last state election we polled only little
more than four thousand votes, but it must be
remembered that the aggregation of votes
fell far below the number of votes cast in
previous elections. This falling off was large
ly owing to the indifference of good men who
would have voted for Judge Dixon if he had
stood upon a platform with a temperance
plank in it. Temperance Grsette.
Prince Bismarck is represented as often
saying, of all his decorations, that upon which
he sets most value is medal received from
humane society for rescuing drowning sol
der. His method of rescue, as we see it re-
lated, was eminently characteristic of the man.
The soldier chung to him in such manner as
to endanger both their lives. Bismarck, being
the stronger of the two, held the terrified
mans head under water until he ceased to
struggle, and then swan with him to shallow
water from which he conveyed him to the
shore.
Don't let US be afraid of enthusiasm. There
is oftener lack of heart than of brain. The