Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1884-12-19
Warning To the Liquor Trade.
(The Champion, Chicago.)

AhhS Nhisabo'I
Although the complete returns of the
election are not yet at hand, this much we
know that in every state Of the union the
Prohibition candidates have received thou.
sands of votes, and with one or two excep-
tions-due allowance being made-the
vote for the cranky st. John throws into
the shade the self-s'yled workingmen's or
peoples candidate,the irrepressib,e Bcnja
min +. Butler. II reaches a total Of over
200 900 votes. A similar strength OF the
prohibition element was developed by the
votes cast for congressional, statr,executive
and legislative candidates. What Of IL?
What Is that TO the liquor trade? 1t is sx.
aclly what the firing OF the FIRST cannon of
Fort Sumpter, on the 18th Of April, 1861,
was 10 the United States government: u
solemn, forcible, defiant declaration of war,
by the simultaneous opening Of hoslilities.
There ia no backing out now for either
side, The prohibilionists have sworn al
this election that they now are enlisted tor
the war to the bitter end They propose to
crush the liquor traffic out Of existence, by
fair means or foul, and they have good
reasons for being sanguine Of success.
Look at their weeping victories In Kansas
and Iowa, nj their progress in Missouri,
Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky and Illinois,
where local option and high license pre-
vail, and at their steady growing strength
in a dozen other states, such Ms Indiana,
Ohio, Wisconsin. Michigan Minnesota and
others. Are yon blind? Are you deaf
Are you the fools Of whom the Latin poet
said: Queen Deus perdere rolait, p,ius de-
mental. Whom G"d wants TO punish, l,e
first makes mad (crazy). II would seem
20 indeed.
The prohibition food is now sweeping
over every state in the union, threatening
some Of them, running Others. II under
mines the very foundations Of every dislil
lery and brewery and shakes like an earth.
quake every liquor warehouse and everv
saloon In the land. Do you not hear and
feel the prohibition waves beating agninS,
the very walls Of your stores, your busin-
ess places, your family dwellings.
When the Ohio or Missouri rivers rir.
and overflow their hanks and cover tn.
lands on both sides with Debris aud ruin
do the riparian inlnbiianis stand siupidl,
by to witness the faI ing down Of thei
houses, bsrss, stables. the carrying off by
the food Of their hens, cattle and grain
Do they smile, stick their hands into Their
brsecles pockets and say TO one another
"Wsll il my nsighborH can stand II, l can.
Yet this IL exactly the position OF tn,
liquor dealers and saloon keepers of nj
most every state OF the Union to day-lhi
il exactly how they act, how they speak
They can't help seeing The wave Of prohi
btion rolling onto them, they can't hel
forseeing The destruction and ruin wl,irl
will follow, and yet: They quietly look OF
with thsir hands in their pockets, u cig,r q
pipe between their lips, placidly sayinl
"Well, all we can do won't help us any
What. the use Of throwing our money
away for protective association? II other
can stand it can" Aud the like.
Once more, we ca your attention I,
your danger. There was mirlh, rejoicing
catousins and rev.lry in the dining hall q
the Babylenian Monarch Brishnzza
where the mysterious hand traced on III
wall IN ierv characters tile omin0ns word,
Meme, Tekel, Eupharsin. Neither th
king or the guesis took notice 0f the warn
4 ing, and before moving they were slsugh
tered. The royal palaces plundered mn,
given a prey to the flames, aud the Baby
lonian or AssyTiah Empire obliisrate,
from the face Of the earth.
Saloon keepers, liquor dealers, brewer,
disiiIlers, beware Tho muster Of tl
prohibition hosts, at the late election. !
your "Mene, Tekcl, Euphsrsin." Rous
yourselves from your lsihargy from you
protective phalnnxes fight for your righli
Tor your business, for your homes bu
remember that while a child can easil
brake a single twig or = small slick, III
most powerful man cannot break bunc
Of rods tied together. In union there
strength. United We stand, divided "
fall