New-York tribune., 1885-09-12
pROBIBITION AND POLITICS.
REASON WHY 1HE THIED Party MOVEMENT is
MISTAKE.
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REASON WHY 1HE THIED Party MOVEMENT Is A
MISTAKE.
q Lsr tg BishoP s. ~ AerrW {" The chicago IH'er
Orrdn.
There are two methods of procedure open to
the friends Of prohibition The one u with aud the
other h without separate political 9isanLlloh. mac
the reruanru the IN the shortest time
aud with the least friction aud animSsty, IL may .
substantially can be emI Iloyed; but THIS IL deluslOh
II we adopt the parry ins.oI % ", or We must aii
There is no such thing securing Tho sympathy ana
nsr,iion of the good men In the other parties without
,ndnring them 10 az andun their party affiliations and
IOin the new party which wo propose Tor theui. u
needs imen to show ihn tlS ls an ~, w
sneh magnitude that generations viii DO required 10
lanai argument in favor OF ths method is that the
coptest with slavery. THIS II unsupported assumption
bs senarte party vote only strengthened the hoii Of
hs u, slavery power and IL such assured cOntro,
of ths Government ~ 10 intensity the contempt enter
fsincd for the opposition The separate party ala not
ncc.sd Proyidcncs luterpOsed circumstances changed.
ola marty lines were disrupted and the slave power was
broken by Influences which no man can trace TO any
avara,e polltlcl organization. rho analogy IL not
connlee The precedent does not amply The faliscy II
% III eIrment has ever been successfully carried out
i'm this country through the ageno OF separate potea
orranization one OF the serious objections 10 tms
man IA that 1t cannot concentrate the temperance sen
ment OF country. In spite of Tate ana good aHes
tInns IL will ALLEVIATE men by hundrcds and thou,ihus
,rbose moral instincts and right and whose Influence
might be secured for prohibition on any pan that s
py appeals 10 their conscenees as men, aS citzehS anu
nat Ia great To be Fought. fncuons IL
reanires union wisdom. prudence, - well as COURAGE
and ners,stsnce The Prohibition party In Its party
uijment The votes Il casts will not Ia
hnt wuch In the STATE OF Ohio. for instaDce, under
aery ,,mi,na prohibition was $4,000. while the vote
fr Marty candidates about OCO Ihs Is less thhD
,pss p In snch leading Prohibition States ~ Kansas
and Iowa the ratio is much smaller. II is mere
actlon It's leaders are earnest and Jealous but hey 90
, normand the following needed for success. Modesty
il virtue which In Itself h not less Deantiin pechSe ~"
Leaders OF this faction fail 10 cultivate IT, IL Is not 70 Dc
assumed that wisdom ~ Away Win naioities Dut u ~ s
scarcely 10 be believed that this very sna majority ~
~, ,rare In the mnttudes Of the non partisan friends
NJ th -arse there some whose Judgments ought 70
ucians ail voices drowned which do not shout the
n, alses of the management 49,,
Constu,Onal provisions should never DC mado .no
hats of PARTY organizations Tho organic law OF the
satc ana the Nation ought TO have the support OF the
nat, otio citizens In all pu iies Inc ory way 10 ssco
IN e,d s 10 avoid thrnsting platforms into the C0ns-
tuition Plohibii9n OF he ndnPr ,G ,nn IL oano nnot So
mo the Copsuon pai y measure u Is too broad
for a party. Like iho fundamental prlhclpss OF ,ns
.ar,ucn H. must be the common gr0urh OF the better
ciossc and parties; like the common schOoi SYSTEM
Touches interests too vital 10 the common veal TO ne
,oad" the football Of politicians. Parties divide on
1ns Of the Institution. not on the Constl
lion Iiscif interpretations form politics, aud party
so,,.s relate tO politics. This Is tile Legitimate battle
ground Of politics. But there Is realm o principle
beyond the conflicts OF parties where the moral character
where the enduring elements OF Cnrisllsh oNhation
crystaze IN organic la%aau M co,hna snt n.t come
hno1her scrious objection to the party feature
IL tbS IL renders IL inexpedient and improper Tor tho
uchss TO take the active part In tho advocacy OF the
cause that IA desirable -. ,u.. .. 81, o,,,o
I'm word then. the writer afte Forty years Oh aouSs
yarL m tle temperance cause, and as an hdvOcnte OF
,r measure t.,at promises restriction TO tue liquor
traac aud looking with grateful appreciation upon INC
srnvth of that moral sentiment which promises coisu
ntinna prohibition deeply regrets the Efforts 10 remove
b reat question from s proper lace In the chgrche
The Tonnes the schools and the unphtisan gatherngs Oh
The neope aud its Identification with polpcal pary
wh.e Kis own hundreds OF thousands Of other
vnices must DO hushed or uniniiusntia Tor gooa lie
rroests iG the interests OF the cause seii-a cause
rh,cb has been sacred him since cbihhood-a cause
whic n higher aud hOer than any party, ana Droer
than any political platform He would never ask my
erisng marty TO adopt az party measure ana houu
never pcumber IL with party organization hundtS1s
OF thousands In both the old pares VIII vote Tor ronlu-
,,on hn will not 20 out OF their parties 10 do H. wise
managemcnt will hold Il wherc appeal can be made 20
men 10 support It, regardless OF party on the Droau
gronnd of morality. humanity and public uty remcnl-
Seyng that tyotbrds OF tho real legsiauon ol the
county IA partisan IN s character ann , tna, y L m
mstake 10 suppose that this great measure must Dave
a political party behind 1t to make IL sueceasiui'