Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-06-16
Temperance.
TEMPERANCE AND PROHI-
BITION.

TRENDS or temperance SnOulQ giro on
anew their armor and enter the field
of conflict to put down the liquor
traffic. 1t is momentous period in
the history of this nation, and in the
history of the world on this import
ant subject. The liquor manufacture
ers and vendors with all their allied
forces are uniting their strength to
put the friends Of temperance and
prohibition beneath thelr iron heels,
to crush the temperance army out Of
existence. But they will find in at
tempting it they are fighting against
God, the Holy; against his truth,
against the purity of his people,
against their prayers, their covenant
VOWS, their consciences, and their
united ane determined efforts. They
make war against the intelligence and
virtue of the nation The battle may
be long one, and q bloody one, the
same as it was when a slave oligar-
chy had the nation by the throat.
both church and state, rich and poor,
north and south, east and west, when
only few feeble voices were raised
against slavery, so feeble that they
were heard only with contempt, not
only by slave holders, but by all of
their allies But as time rolled on,
these voices became more numerous
and loud toned, till in due season
slave holders began to tremble in
their shoes and threaten, and they
did ask for and got more stringent
laws TO protect slave property, till
there was no political freedom in the
whole nation upon the slave question.
The two great political parties were
welded to slavery, to make slavery a
national institution, and these parties
thought the work was done for all
time. But they soon learned that
they must heed the scripture which
says First pure then peaceable."
that there was no peace for the wick
ed, and that they are like the troubl-
ed sea which cannot rest, which is
continually throwing up mire and
dirt. John Brown did that daring
act which startled the whole nation.
The south was alarmed, they must
secede, and then set up govern
ment for themselves which gave the
nation four years of bloody war, cost
it ten billions of dollars and million
of its noble sons, but it killed slavery.
SO in this liquor rebellion, we may
have many fierce and long battle to
fight, but victory IS certain for the
temperance cause, as true as that
God has ever been with the right
eous in the past history of the world.
The people every year are waking
up to see their danger all over this
nation. 1t is subject which takes
hold of PERSONS intelligence, his
conscience, his home, his liberty, so
cial, civil and religious, his safety, hi
happiness in this world and the worlt
to come. 1t is a part of his religion
He must pray about it, talk about it
preach about it, read about it, vot
about it, weep over it, and night ant
day study and labor to put down thi
liquor power which has become S
bold and brazen faced as to ask Con
gress to alter the constitution of tn
United States SO as to prohibit tn
different States enacting prohibitio
laws against the manufacture an
sale of alcoholic liquors.
1t seeks to corrupt judges, lawyers
physicians, justices of the peace, j
rors, witnesses, voters, CongressmeT
State Legislators, merchant, editors
ministers, churches, politicians. an
last, not least, Presidents of the n:
ton. Let the friends of temperate
make no compromise with this deco
tive and fiendish agent of the prime
of darkness, in voting for high
cense laws to please unprincipled pc
iticians OF to hold any corrupt pol
ical party in power. Let polite
leaders begin to learn that the DO
and sinews of this nation, moral
religiously and intellectually, are d
cidedly in favor of temperance al
prohibition. Let the Shadracl
Meshachs and Abednegoes sta
erect and say to King Alcohol, -
are not careful to answer thee in Il
matter. The God whom we ser
will deliver us if not we will l
worship the images which their hi
set up" and let all the people s
amen. *tNBss 1859 - tHs8
Now many of the politicians p
pose as a peace measure the givi
Of high licenses. This measure or
mated in Ohio and it was a popu
law with time serving men, beca1
it brought a revenue of two milliC
of dollars to the tax payers. Tn
temperance men who would not V
for such a law are called fanati
and by their fanaticism they say
Republican party has lost control
the State politically, and many {
thets are heaped upon these temp
ance voters by politicians all over
nation for their temperance bigot
License men to cause eight-tenths
the crime and pauperism of this
ton and other nations also. w
stupidity and nonsense +! Why
license men to murder directly.
steal, to sell diseased meat, to co..
erfeit, to poison water fountains