The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-10-15

| Good Points.
| A correspondent of the Picayune fu
nished an interesting report of a di
cussion that recently took place nea
Brookhaven, between Hon. ]. J. Wi
liams, of Grenada and Capt. Jas. A
Hoskins, Anti-prohibitionists, and Rev
]. B. Gambrell and Rev. DIR. Galloway
prohibitionists. We have space onl
for few extracts, hut they are to tn
point:
Rev. DR.. C. b. Galloway said he hac
never supposed that in preaching tn
Gospel he lost or surrendered his right
as a citizen; that he had clear right tC
labor for the good of his fellow-men il
any capacity he might choose, or in an,
place where, in his judgement, he coulC
do good. He said that the State Prohi
bition Convention at Jackson had de
clared that the prohibition movement il
Mississippi has nothing to do with polit
ical parties-any prohibitionist is per
fectly free to vote with either party a:
he may choose. He gave the audience
a strong assurance that, as to himself al
a preacher of the Gospel, he will ppeach
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 the guests to get drunk on,
without saying word about prohibit
ton, ,.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 and
those of America leaves this as the logi.
drink whiskey, and their women are
wretchedly degraded and ignorant, and
the Americans drink whisky, and their
women are the finest specimens of wo-
men on the face of the earth, therefore
the absence of whisky in nation de-
grades women, and great abundance
of whisky elevates them, and makes
them therefore happy. The speaker did
not think that kind of logic called for
reply whatever.
BE thought that Capt. Hoskins' logic
about the saloons of Brookhaven and
the Whitworth Female College about
the same kind of reasoning-Few sa-
looms in Brookhaven, few young ladies
at the college-plenty of saloons bring
large numbers of young ladies, and
make the college strong, prosperous and
popular.
Col. Williams's apology for drunken
ness as but a slight fault, stating that
the Scriptures do not condemn it, that
it produces but little crime, that "the
fiend of sobriety" is the one who is
guilty of most of the villainies, are all
Of them remarkable statements. "Do
not the Scriptures say" said DR.. Gallo
way, "that no drunkard shall inherit
The kingdom of God? Have not over
two-thirds of the crimes of society been
charged to intemperance in all civilized
and enlightened countries, by all of the
Judges and best informed, from Sir
Matthew Hale down to 1884? And are
sober people to be branded as the 'fends
If societyY
Capt. Hoskins referred to Kansas as
having an anti-prohibition Governor.
He, in Justice, should have added that
.he whisky triumph was the result of
of the distillers, saloon keep
,rs and politicians, and quarrel among
he politicians of Kansas and the use of
money from the distillers and saloon
keepers of the United States in amounts
needed to carry the State, and all the
rec whisky they wanted besides. The
writer who penned this article threw in
his paragraph by way of a mere re-
hinder.
DR.. Galloway referred to Kansas, and
aid that notwithstanding the results of
political confusion in the State there
we're 10000 barrels of whisky less sold
n Kansas than before, which shows that
he Legislature and the friends of pro-
libition are still at work.
DIR. Galloway in his closing remarks
made a powerful appeal to the women
o stand by prohibition as a protection
Igainst host of evils that threaten
hem on all sides. "Close those saloons
md save your. boys, and save your
daughters from drunken husbands, and |
ave the country and the State. Men,
women and children ali have deep in |
crest in this prohibition movement in
'ur State, and the cause needs earnest
workers all over the State.
''The colored people" said DIR. Gallo
way, 'fstand in great need of this reform.
Whisky is their great enemy, and will |
.eep them poor and wretched until |
hey help close. the saloons. am Chap |
ain of the Penitentiary at Jackson and |
now from personal inquiries that more
han two-thirds of the crimes committed |
" colored people in the Penitentiary |
Fere caused by whisky, though our
,rother Hoskins may not agree with me.
Is a lessee of eonYicts he (Capt. Hos
.ins) would not get one-third of the
onvict labor he now gets if whisky
Vere driven from the State and kept |
ut"
Lincoln county has over seven hum
red names out of about a thousand
oters in Beat No. 1, which includes
against licensing any more
aloons in the beat for one year from |
he time the petition is granted. All
he other beats are still stronger for /
,rohibition than this.
The discussion at Old Brookhayen on |
he 10Th inst, and the great Prohibi-
ion petition in Beat No. /, point to the
act that the days of the liquor trade in
lincoln county are already numbered.
When the last saloon in the county is |
,lotted out there will be general rejoic- |
ng that the day of our deliverance has
rriyed, and that the arch enemy of our
'eace and prosperity has been forced to
Iepart.