St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-10-11


of the whisky drinking any more than
criminal laws generally do not prevent
all crimes.
He said that Maine, at her last cleo
ton, voted prohibition into her constl-
tuition by more than forty thousand ma
! iority. Why did they do this it prOhibi-
| ton il not blessing to the Stateg
Mr.. Gambrel read letters and state
ments from some Of the best men in
Mississippi, among others the Lleuten-
liant Governor, testifying that IN those
counties where prOhibitOr laws are es-
| tablished the results are highly satIsfac-
tOry-Order reigns, people are more IN
dustrious, pay their debts better, crlml-
nal courts have less to do, and the mer-
chants in many places join the prohibl-
ti0nists and favor closing up perma-
nently and forever the whisky traffic IN
the country. The negroes in those
counties have more money to spend,
buy more goods of the merchants and
carry home goods for their families, in
stead Of bottles of whisky. Mr.. Gam
brel had long list of such statements
which he had not time to read. hr
| Gambre is the State prohibition lectur-
er, and gives his own personal testI-
mOny in favor of prohibition Ill MIssls-
sippi, in addition to numerous other
proofs that prohibition does prohibit
and does much good.
In reply to Col. Williams he quoted
Scripture, giving abundant proofs that
prohibition is Bible doctrine, winding
up with the passage: "Touch not the
wine when it is red, when it 2lVeth its
color in the cup for at last it hiteih
like serpent and stingeth like an ad-
del.n
Rev. Mr.. Gambrel is doing splendid
work in Mississippi as State Lecturer
for the PrOhibitioDiste, as an earnest
worker in various ways besides iectur-
ing.
One of the audience, who was present
at the discussion. related an anecdote
which may come in here by way of IL
lustration. He said that In Ohio lead
ing politician was defending the distil-
cries aud saloons before an intelligent
audience of farmers, and asked them
what they would do with all OF their
corn if the distileries were all closed up.
I'VE would haVe." said an old farmer
in the crowd, "more and cheaper bread
for tue people, more fat hogs, and less
taxes and hell than we now have
Though Capt. A. Hoskins, of Brook
haven, il himself member of the Meth
odist Church, he was particularly severe
nn preachers who are pTOhibitionists,
| Ftsin4 saeh epitiIets as gi&ats, ilypa-
critics, fanatics, attribHting selfish and
tlishOnOrable motives, resoTting ID ridi-
cule, as though the wh0le opposition to
saloons were made up, of seltishness,
hypocrisy, folly and fanaticism.
He thought prohibition great injury
TO BrOOkhaven in cutting down its
trade. He said that when the Whit
worth Female College was first started
il was weak and had but few scholars,
aud then there were only two saloons III
Bro0khaven; now it has become great
aud grand school, aud We have FIVE or
SIX saloons. He stated that Clinton has
been dead since 1888, but did not tell us
why the saloons did not formerly make
It prosperous as they have done to
ookhaven.
HI spoke as though lie considered it
almost crime for prohibition preachers
to influence negroes, and pray with
them in their efforts to induce them to
close up the saloons. He appealed to
the little boys and girls in the audience,
and warned them not to be influenced
by prohibition preachers, but to stand
up for what is manly and womanly-he
would glory in young son who would
resist such Influences. He gave them
no warning against the bad influence of
saloons and the drinking usages of sOci-
ETY. He warned the ladies against these
influences of prohibition preachers. As
he said nothing that the writer remem-
bers against whisky saloons, the infer
ence is that he thinks them blessing
to the young people as we'll as to all
others.
He thought that preachers had no
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it is now, as he thinks, parely political
question, intended to advance the inter
ests of candidates, to secure Offices, and
gain other selfish advantages.
Rev. DR.. G. B. Galloway said he had
never supposed that in preaching the
Gospel he lost or surrendered his rights
as citizen that he had clear right to
labor for the good of his fellOW-men in
any capacity he might choose, or in any
place where, in bis Judgment, he could
do good. He said that the State Pro-
hibitiOn Convention at.JacksOn had de-
clared that the prohibition movement in
Mississippi has nothing to do with po-
litical parties-any prOhibiti0nist is per-
fectly free to vote with either party as
he may choose. He gave the audience
strong assurance that. as to himself as
q preacher of the Gospel, he will preach
anything that he believes to be for the
glory of God and the good of his fellow
men.
He spoke Of Col. Williams statement
about the Saviour at the wedding, max
ing wine for ths guests to get drunk on,
without saying q word about prOhibi-
tim, or prOfaning the name of the Sa-
viOur and using language in regard to
His connection with the feast that may
properly be considered blasphemous
The comparison made by Col. Will
liams between the women of Turkey