The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-08-15

|
who have made themselves conspicuous by
exerting their influence to lay the states as
such. and our public school system under
heavy and lasting obligations to the rum
power. are placed upon it. In this the ex-
ample of the Wing party is repeated, with
clear probability that the same result
will follow. 1t is now demonstrated that
the Republican party as such cannot be re-
lied upon to support and promote this most
vital and overshadowing issue The Dem
ocratic party is too deeply mixed up with,
and dependent upon the whiskey system
to allow of any hope of help from that
quarter. 1t is not possible at the coming
election to prevent the success of the nomi-
nees of one or the other of these two par
ties What then is the supreme duty OF
all friends of true reform. Nuke sure the
defeGt Of tie Republtccn nominees for Prest-
dent and Vice President From this one or
two results will follow Either the party
will share the fate of the Wing party and
leave an open field for new organization,
or it will reconstruct on the basis of an
| tagonism to the Whiskey system, and may
God help the right The Temperance Ga
zette, the leading temperance journal Of the
State. and edited by Rev. DIR. Graw, spoke
as follows December 90, 1888. s'fhe old
parties dare not touch the live questions of
the day. One of these, and perhaps the
| liyest question of ALL is that of temper
| nd hnty .rin narlx IL ipI
by these political manipulators. They
would favor it, but are afraid of the whis-
key interests. On the other hand they
would control the whiskey element, but
are afraid of losing the temperance votes.
Let us not be hoodwinked, but studously
avoid both, until one or the other, fairly,
honestly and determinedly recognizes the
necessity of an alliance with us, and is
willing to grant us least a fair chance.
We have yielded to them too often, and
they have deceived us, while We have
thrown away our chance, and made our
efforts useless. We are steadily gaining
ground and we can only maintain it by
persistently standing aloof from these
ing our lines intact. A few more efforts
solidly and unitedly made and we will tri-
umph, but triumph or not, we can form
no league with these old treacherous organ
izations that only seek to conciliate us to
carry their point, and then leave us in the
cold covered with humiliation and defeat
Hon. Neal Dow than whom there is no
better authority in the country, in recent
letter to the Home Visitor, New Jersey
prohibition organ, says that 1--WE the tenn
perance men of Maine are firm in the con-
viction that our object, the prohibition and
suppression of the liquor traffic, can never
be attained except by Independent political
action. The sooner that policy is resorted
shall win. -
Mr.. Wright in his communication of the
Sth inst, remarks that enquirer men-
tions Il list of names of some good men who
endorse the National party There are
multitudes who are equally as worthy who
think and act in other direction, = and this
paper will not hold their names. This
paper" would certainly hold as many as
Enquirer" named We would like to see
whether or not they are leaders in the tenn
perance cause, as well recognized as such,
and as prominently identified with the
work.
signature to an article in the public
print sometimes indicates the prestige of
name, sometimes vanity, yes, the lack of
it, sometimes cowardice. Enquirer how
ever, is known to have the courage of his
convictions, but he is not a minister and
his signature would go without the weight
of the position reverend should occupy
before the community. We prefer that an
article should be judged by its merits alone
and not by its authorship, except where the
author claims superiority by virtue of his
station. The signature of James G. Blaine
(Which of course was necessary to letter
of acceptance recently presented to the
country, inspired the ". y 1fibune which
invariably praises Mr.. Blaine, to say that
that document reached and passed the
high water mark of American statesman
SNIP IL ilSpiIco Tie ". 4. tunes, winch
as invariably denounces him, that it was
-four columns of safe and stale platitudes,
OF dull and sleepy maunderings." The
1heologto Germontca was published in 1916.
Its authorship has remained unknown to
this day. Luther said that the reading of
this book had done him more good than
that of any other except the Bible and st.
Augustine. We commend it's perusal es-
pecially to those who take unto themselves
credit for any special good sense they may
have more than their brethren, and who
think it is not manly for writer to omit
his signature to an article intended for the
public good. INQUIRER.
Woodstown, n. j., August ~, 1884.
PROHIBITION CONGRESSIONAL CON.
VENTION.
The Prohibition Congressional Convention.