The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-08-02
For the Free Trader
The New Party,

The New Party
Rev Madison G.. Peters appears IN the
Ottawa Republican, of July 18th in new
role, that of politician He essays to teach
the prohibitionists ho@ 10 cate. 1t is Il reg
ular milk and water communication. He
says, "If the prohibitionists are so hoIy
why do they not remain in the old parties
elevate and purify them, and sober them
up?' Why, my boy, we have been in the
decoting ana purifying business about
long enough--long enough to find that you
had as well take tin dipper and dip from
a pure. clear stream water and throw il into
the muddy Missouri river 70 purify il as to
try and purify one of the old parties by
preaching prohibition to it and remaining
in it. Mr.. Peters should be well enough
read in church history to know that no
great reforms can be wrought inside the
old church.
Witness Luthers reformation, John Yves
leys reformation, Prof. Swings, and 9th
ers. You must remember that old church
organizations and old political parties try
people upon heresy sometimes
Again he asks, "How can the cause Of
temperance be advanced by voting the
prohibition ticket" We answer, How
was the cause of anti.slavery advanced by
voting the liberty party ticket In this
way exactly: The liberty party formed IA
nucleus for all the wings and democrats
who were abolitionists at heart and had
been for years to rally about when the old
wing party went to pieces in 1884. The
republican party as party is the beer par
ty Just as much as the democratic party Is
the whisky party. The German beer con
gress dictates to the former and tells them
if they want the German and beer vote
they must leave temperance alone, and rot
put up pronounced temperance men for
office, or they will defeat the party and
knock over their candidate.
eve owe all temperance laws to the re-
publican party" That is not strictly true.
Read history, 1t is wonderful to me that
a young man with Mr.. Peters sharpness
cannot see that the republican party is sold
out, body and breaches, to the beer element
or party, that it is bound hand and foot and
dare not make Il single move towards tenn
perance reform for fear Of ant0"onizing
the saloon element Now what else can
we do but defeat, smash up, the cd rePub.
lican party, that has outliyed its day Of use.
fulness, and usher in the millennium of pro.
hibition state and national.
you can never storm a fort by scatter
ing your forces We believe it; therefore
we combine in solid Austrian or Ameri-
can phalanx, that the very gates of hell
whisky can not prevail against, towards!
towards! every temperance republican that
remains in the old party, with his hands
and feet tied and his soul and better in
stincts completely fettered.
"A democratic trick" What do we care
what our enemies say? Would II be ter
rible calamity TO let the democrats into
power? No; thousand times better than
to leave the republican party, the party
with pure progressive notions, remain in
power, while they are fettered, yea, com
pletely fettered by the whisky or saloon
element.
"I'he temperance people look with solici-
tude towards the republican party for pro.
hibition legislation" Yes, but they have
got disguised "looking with solcitude."
That is all the good it does them They
can get no temperance legislation at the
hands of the republican party
1--WE have all the temperance laws that
we need" Well, yes; as long as ministers
Of the Gospel of Jesus Christ want to at
tend parties and weddings and drink beer,
think we have all the law we need
mo law can be enforced unless you Lave
public sentiment back Of it TO enforce
it," Very true and It is the business of
preachers and lecturers and all good TEN.
perance republicans and prohibitionsts to
manufacture, build up, this sentiment.
But when wealthy church people lol at
their ease and drink wine, brandy and
beer, how long will it be before the senti.
ment is correct on this subject? Shame
on you beer and wine guzzlers in the
church of God! He'll may prove too hot
for you. Remember Lazarus and Dives,
and do something to better society, and do
not be mere filthy drones in society Mon
ey, station, will count for nothing before
the bar of an angry God.
Yours fraternally,
JOSHUA Pussy.