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


The Clarion will hereafter regularly
devote portion Of its space TO the adso-
cacy Of Temperance and Prohibition.
This 10 big flop Tor the Clarion, and Is
very significant straw We welcome
our big Jackson contemporary as valua-
bic recruit TO the good Gauss, and are
confident it will do most valuable and
efficient service. Next.-Brookaarea Lead
or.
Our friend ofthe LEApER Is too fast
in the foregoing statement Our
response to some friends Of the
Temperance cause who waited To
be heard through our columns, was
that we were ready TO appropriate
a column each week. provided they
would designate an editor, and as
sumo all responsibility for the mat
ter in that department. We are the
more willing to this since the de-
partment OF the Convention 10 this
city last week, that athe cause OF
Prohibition should not be entangled
with party politics" The Clarion
has not "nopped" nor does it pro
pose to "flop," over to Prohibition,
but its space is always available for
the discussion of questions bearing
npon the peace, prosperity and hap
piness of the people.
We most cheeriully give the Ciar-
ion the benefit of the above correc-
tion. We were led into writing the
paragraph quoted from TIE LEADER
by casual remarks made in our
presence by several prominent tenn
perance advocates during the recent
meeting OF the Prohibition State
Convention, who understood, as we
did, that the Clarion would devote
a certain amount of space to tenn
perance and Prohibition weekly,
without any reference as to whether
it was edited by the Clarion editors
or some one else. At least two
prominent Prohibitionists present
on that occasion also stated to US
that a Clarion representative was
soliciting subscriptions among the
members of the Convention and
that several OF them subscribed on
tile faith of this. understanding
Perhaps from the fact that only
the limited space of ONE COLUMN
out of THIRTY SIX is to be so given
and that to be edited 10y some out
slider who will assume all respon-
sibillty," the Clarion regards Prohl-
bitionists as suckers that can be
caught with very small bait.
One other point. The Clarion
asserts in the above, by strong
implication at least, that Prohibit
ton makes to "the peace, prosperity
and happiness of the people," and
yet it in the same breath says it has
not Topped over to Prohibition and
does not intent to flop. In other
words, it hasn't the holiness and
independence to stand up for what
it expresses as its convictions on
this particular question, or else it
does not mean what it says.
Irreconcilable as it may seem, how
ever, we take it that the Clarion
does mean what it says. 1t is al
ways for the people as soon as it
can ascertain on which side the
people stand.
AS to politics, so far at any rate
as State politics is concerned, there's
nothing whatever inconsistent with
being good Democrat and at the
same time q Prohibitionist, and
there never will be any antasonism,
as far as we have heard any express
sion among the leaders of Prohibi-
ton, unless the Democracy first
throws down the gauntlet.
On the whole, we consider it a
hopeful sign and are much gratified
that our esteemed contemporary OF
the Capital has even made the con-
cession TO the Prohibition people
of allowing them ONE coLUMN weekly,
even though some one else does
have to "assume all responsibility"
The Clarion is only cautious and may
be depended upon to get there in time
to do some loud hurrahiDg and help
hold the fort after the battle is
fought and won.
Manv ff Our ron dare will ho poin