The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-09-19
VOTING PROHIBITION.

We believe in the prohibition Of the
liquor traffic. and intend 70 vote for it this
Fall by voting for the Prohibition ticket.
We believe in IT and shall vote for il on the
ground Of principle If thing Is wrong
it ought to be put aside as soon as posi-
bic and the way to put liquor aside Is to
vote to put it aside. Praying for prohibit
ton with our voices and with our hearts is
a good thing. but 70 make our praying for
prohibition consistent we must vote it with
our hands. We ought not to want the
Lord 10 shield our eowardice IN not doing
what we know we ought to do. by an earth
quake. or in some other way that we can
have no hand in, when we can help carry
ont our own ideas Of what IS right and best
By voting for it. II is better that that part
Of the population who Ike their bitters.
but can conveniently do without their bit
ters, should go without their bitters, than
that the lnultitudes who cannot withstand
the temptation to drink and get drunk
when the bitters are within reach, should
have the temptation kept continually be-
fore them If man is not willing to make
this sacrifice for his country's sake he is
no patriot IF he IS not willing to make
for the sake of his fellow men he is 10
philauhropisf Ifhe isnot willing 70 makeit
for the sake and cause OF Christ he Is no
christina. for IN that ease lie loves his BIT
ters better than he loves either the good Of
his fellow men or the word of God. which
tells him not 10 indulge his appetite in any
thing by which his weak brother is made
to offend. But what good would it do if
St John were elected. he would not make
the laws. 4 great deal. It would be a
powerful illustration Of the love of the
American people for pure morality. St.
John is q man with a spotless record in all
life Not a faint, nor the breath Of faint
anywhere, just such a man as pure fathers
and brothers should delight To vote for
He could. therefore. fill the high position
of President with credit To the nation.
which is more than any other candidate
now before the people can do unpurged of
the record behind them. '.He could insti-
tute Civil Service Reform in manner
which would scarcely be possible to any
man who owed his place 10 scheming poll
ticians. He could give the country pure
administration, set the example Of pious
Christian before the nation. and make the
White House centre of Christian inilu-
ence. Ii this were all that could be
achieved by his election, it would be well
worth the best efforts of all the good men
in the country to bring it about But it is
not ALL ST John would. of course. Danish
liquor from the White House. and from all
State dinners. This would have neccssar-
lily powerful influence on public opinion,
expressing the deliberate conviction of the
most advanced nation on earth. that intoxi-
cants are a curse and not q blessing. ST.
Johns election would not in itself put
T stop to the liquor traffic, but any man who
doubts that such triumph must he a
death-knell of that traffic does not under
stand the situation. 1t would be the tri-
uInph of party pledged to the Punishment
of the whole business and that would have
great effect on future elections. Allthose
who hold aloofnow because 1t would dono
good to vote the Prohibition ticket, would
swing round in a body, and with their help
in National and State election ii would
not be long before the final triumph Peo-
pie dearly love TO be on the winning side
forgetting that the majority is always on
the wrong side at the beginning of any NJ
form movement. The important matter To
Prohibitionists is not, however, the imme-
diate result of the present election, but
their own deliverance from the bondage to
party, and establishment on the old rock of
principle" ]. G. CRATE
ruuAxx,>x n,, xo.,.