The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-08-14

ment the abolition OF all sinecures,
useless offices and officers, in the
election of the officers OF the govern
ment instead Of appointment by the
President; that competency, homes
ty and sobriety are essential qualifir
cations for holding civil office, and
We oppose the removal Of such per,
sons from mere administrative Off
ces, except so far as it may be
absolutely necessary to secure effect
iveness in the general administra-
tion OF the government; that the
collection of revenues from alcoholic
liquors and tobacco should be abol-
ished, as the vices Of men are not a
proper subject for taxation.
THAT revenue for custom duties
should be levied for the support of
the government economically ad'
ministered, and, when so levied, the
fostering Of American labor, manu-
factures and industries should con-
stantly be held in view. -.
"That the public lands should be
held for homes for the people and
not for gifts to corporations, or to
be held in large bodies for spccula-
tion upon the need Of actual set
tiers, sa ~
"That all money, coin and paper.
shall be made, issued and regulated
by the general government, and
shall be legal tender for all debts,
public and private aa i.sys
"That grateful care and support
should be given to our soldiers and
sailors, their dependent widows and
orphans, disabled in the service of
the country. -esf ,,.... ~. -
THAT we repudiate as unameri-
can, contrary to and subversive Of
the principles of the Declaration Of
Independence, from which our gov
ernment has grown 10 be govern
ment of SIS, ,00O, 900 OF eople, and a
recognized power among the ma
tions, that any person or people
shall or may be excluded from res
;dence or citizenship. with all Others
who may desire the benefits which
our institutions confer upon the up
pressed of all nations.
THAT while there are imr rort ant
.eforms, which are demanded foi
purity of administration and the
welfare of the people, their impor
tance sinks into insignificsnee when
compared with the reform of the
drink traffic, which annually con
snmes $S0,O00,oO0 of the wealth
created hy toll and thrift. and drags
down thousands of families from
comfort tn po, erty; which fills jail,
insane as, lums, hospitals and insti
tu,ions for dependency; which de-
stroys the health, saps industry and
causes loss of life and property to
Thousands in the land :; lowers the
intellectual and physical vigor,
du.ls the cunning hand of the aru-
san; which is, the chief cause, OF
| bankruptcy, insolvency and loss in
trade, and by its corrupting power
endangers the perpetnity of free in
lstitutiOLs. tf tt ..
4"Tbat Congress should exercise
4 it's untlonbted power, and prohibit
the manufacture and sale of intoxi-
eating liquors in the District of Co
lumbia, the Territories of the United
4 States, and, all places over which
the government. has exclusive juris-
4 dictiOn. ,i H 'r rH-' .
/ "That hereafter no State shall be
admitted into the Union till. it's
constitution shall prohibit poly yamy
and the manufacture and sale OF
Intoxicating beverages. Il ~
awe earnestly call the attention
of the laborer and mechanic, the
miner and manufacturer, to and ask
/ investigation OF the baneful effects
on labor caused by the needless
liquor business which will be found
the robber who lessons wages and
profits, the welfare Of the laboring
man and that labor and all legiti-
mate industry demand the deliver
i ance from the taxation and loss
which this traffic compels; and that
no tariff or other legislation can 80
healthiiy stimulate or increase a de-
mand for capital and labor as the
suppression of this traffic would
bring to the laboring man, mechan-
ic or employer Of labor throughout
our land ID 3ss-a
.sThat the activity and eo-opera-
J ton of the women of America fol
the promotion Of Temperance has in
all the history of the past been Q
strength and encouragement which
! we gratefully acknowledge and re
cord. In the : past and presen,
phase of-the movement for the pro
hibition Of the license traffic BY th'
abolition of drinking saloons th,
purity of purpose and methods, The
4 aarnestness, zeal and intelligence Q
the mothers and daughters of thu
Women's Christian Temperance Un
Jon has been eminently blessed BY
God.n $50 HsgA ,ai rs
'Kansas and Iowa have given be
Issheayes' Of rejoicing, and the ednca
!. lion and arousing OF the public mins
and demand for q constitutions
q amendment now prevailing are large
lily the fruit OF her prayers and Ia
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