Daily Republican., 1884-11-01
THIRD tpl1loI,


what the Tompo900oo Felix's Have
- oAy Politically.
The following address, which explA ms
Itself, has just been issued
To the votsrs Of New Castle County.
FELLOW CIri xENs !: Az the day APP
proaches on which We are to exercise
the franchise OF free men, moro vigorous
becomes the efforts Of partisan leaders
to over throw tho emper Ance sentiment
and make 1t subeerve personal prefer
ment or the success Of less important
issues.
DESTROYS OF doing the right and know
ing II We do the RICH. now "time will
add its compound interest of good" lot
rs look 1t our surr0undings and SEQ
what coufir nation We may And In the
Of our cause.
You will remember how from time to
time We have plead by petitions, signed
BY thousands, with our lawmakers to
grant us the privilege Of voting for or
against licensing the sale OF intoxica.
ting drinks, and how earnestly We have
prayed the courts not 70 increase the
number Of drinking places In our city
and county. You will also remember
the answer which our Legislature made
was, when Expressed In words, You
shall not have that right" and that our
recent courts, despite protests from va
rious churches, large business firms and
numerous private individuals have
with but few exceptipns granted licen-
ses to every applicant. Some OF our
houses Of worphip are we'll nigh sur.
rounded with these places Of iniquity
into which youth 10 enticed and virtue
des troyed.
We cite this % the fruit OF our license
laws, against which We are arrayed,
rather than reflection on our judiciary
Seeing the Jealous regard Of the leGis.
lative and judicial branches of our
State government for this dreadful
traffic. regard which no other bust
ness in the State has received, for there
is not manufacturer Of importance In
our county who ID not taxed by special
legislative enactment even on the wages
he pays his employees, while saloon
keepers riot In liberalism, many, it Is
said, pursuing business without license,
some conducting two or three places on
one license, and all paying back to the
State the worst class Of criminals and
paupers-we say, seeing this, we a-e
convinced the remedy must be found in
Modification Of our laws.
Profoundly Impressed b. the defer
ence paid this monstrous business seve-
raj hundred voters united In . compact
to support with their votes and infiu'
ence independent candidates for the
Legislature until one Of the parties in
corporate in its platform the principle
of local option. To both the Democratic
and Republican parties We have made
our appeal on them was laid the re-
spon sibility of choosing between the
maintenance Of the liquor traffic and
local option. The conventions ignored
our appeals, and chose TO join hands
with the traffic, and linked tneiv destiny
with that issue.
As sovereigns, then, with the cour
age of our convictions, all that was lef
the temperance men under their com
pact, was TO iudorse candidates pledged
TO local option, leaving it optional with
the individual voter to cast the balance
OF his ballot as his p-rty preferencel
might dictate. To this we have stead
lastly adhered, conscious that the issu
10 properly joined, and
Pledged to no party's abisrar'
sway,
We followTruth where'er she leads tn
way"
Our refusal TO pay certain homage
partisan rule has excited the resisfanc
OF some Of the party leaders and presl
Their weapons are rid icule, opprobriuu
intimidation, deception In saying Ou
ballots could not be counted" aud fals
reports of the withdrawal of the ten
perance ticket. Assuming to speak Al
thoritAtive]y foI ais party distinguish
ed leader-hitherto respectful in publ
addr ess-in q manner insufferably Q
fensive to the manhood characterizii
American citizenship, has said concer
ing the representatives OF his party {
the temperance ticket :" 1t Is the
duty to get off the ticket;if they do nc
hey do not deserve to have dece
stand ding in the community or in q
Republican party"
Mark well the language: Do not 4
serve a decent standing in the comm
nifty or party. Why? Because tn
h ave dared to be true to their hon.
convictions. With the same evide
purpose another has sought to cow
the impression that should the r.
ballots. could not be counted because
The provisions of the uniform bal
law, when il was known the temp
ricular TO its provisions. Can any o
he NO credulous a. 20 believe the Leg
lative part of their ballot could
thrown out and the remainder |
cepted ? The temperance men pla
their Legislative candidates on
ticket of the two parties and vote thu
instead of the party nominees. Tit
efforts to destroy the independence
f5he temperance sentiment and force
70 contribute to the triumph Of p
sonal leadership which proposes MOTH
favorable to local option makes it pa
fully evident that no one In this c.
test can vote either of the strait
party tickets without knowingly and
choice giving individual sanction TO
crime Of licensing the sale OF into
eating drinks, and thereby becom
accessory to the main tenance OF an
the most prolific Of ruin known am'
men.
Believing the liquor traffic to be
enemy Of good government, the enc
OF Christianity, the enemy OF leg
mate business, the enemy Of the be
and all virtue, We appeal to all g
citizens thoughtfully to consider
importance of our course and III
with us in the overthrow Of the 81
evil. We have resistance, but " res
ance is the law Of progress," and"
tie is the condition Of victory" Do
hesitate and ask why bring this Is
now?"
We answer, look around you on
wrecks of health, fortune, intellect
character on discovered homes |
broken hearts, ON childhood and me
erbood desolated to . condition
makes every hour Of life intolerah
then look on the soulless wreckers, CT
ing the innocent sufferers from