The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-10-31
"RUM'S" INTERNAL WORK.

The One Agency That stands in Opposi-
ton to Everything That Is Good and
Fosters Everything That Is Evil.
Take up the daily paper and read the
reports of the cuttings, sttbbings, shoot
ingS, riots, assaults, WIFE beatings and
all the other infractions of peace and
good order, and ninety per cent. of the
sum total will be found to he occasioued
directly byrum.
Go through your poor-houseS and
You will find that ninety per cent. of
the inmates were brought there directly
by rum.
Go through your iails and penitentia-
ries and YOU will find that ninety per
cent. OF the criminals were made 50 di-
rectly byrum.
Look over the list of executions for
murder and you will find that ninety
per cent. of the food for the gillOws was
furnished directly by rum.
Make inquiry as to the cause of sepa-
rations of husbands and wives, and do
mestic troubles generally, and you will
ind that ninety per cent OF it all may
be charged directly TO rum.
Scan the corruption in governmental
matters, the ca es of mal-adminiStra-
ton, corruption in elections AMI all that
is undermining purt y in government,
and you will ind that n nety per cent.
Of it is chargeable directly to rum.
In brief, sum up all there is of brutal
ity, violence, beggary, crime and cor
ruption, and you will find that more
than ninety per cent. of the awful
aggregate may be charged directly to
rum.
Rum is the one agency that is under
mining humanity, it is the one influence
that makes the work of the church of
no avail; it is the one agency that kills
the good effect of educat on; it is the
one weapon which the Devil yields that
is irrcs stible; the one agenct that
stands in oppOsi ion TO ever, thing that
Is good and fosters everything that IS
evil 1t is death to the family, to bust
ness, to society, to government, and to
the school and the church. 1t tears
down faster than all the agencies for
good can build up.
There IS crime and pauperism lust in
proportion as there are liquor shops.
There is corruption in politics exactly in
proportion to the am )unt of rum con-
,umed. The cities, with their miles Of
rum shops, are plundered and taN-rid-
den, and the only salvation for the
States cOnta ming them is the country,
which is lree from its drmoraliling intlu-
ence. Where rum is votes can be pur-
chased, and rum-purc aSed vote was
never yet cast for a good Oh ect
With these ghaslly facts staring ev-
cry decent man in the face, we are
asked to let rum alone. 1t is with rum
as it was with slavery, it is the None
thing that must not be touched. 4ts
right to go on debauching men and
boys and demoraIiHing the world must
not be questioned. It's right to kill
men, to wreck boys, and ruin girls must
not be touched There is not q family
in the United States that has not this
danger constantly lowering over it.
There are mill on, Of dollars invested in
4 business the profits OF which depend
upon the number OF boys that can be
ruined annually. The vast financial
structure Is based upon the ruin of men.
The more drDmkaris this interest can
make the greater its pro IS, and as
there is no limit TO human cupidity, 50
there is no limit to its efforts in this d.
rectiou. 10 edo Biude.