The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1885-11-26

1856.
there can be made fifty barrels Of jus
such whisky as is sold in the averag
barroom of Atlanta.
When meu's brain and blood ar
fred with this Internal stuff he is ready
for Internal deeds. Who wonders, then
that a learned and distinguished juris
should say, "Nine-tenths of the crimes
of this country are traceable to whisky
Would the people of this city vote t
liceuse gambling house? No. They
would bury beneath their bitterest ex
ecrations the man who should dare to in
suit them with proposition so base
But to-day they are asked by goddess
whisky ring to perpetuate a traffic, in
comparison with which gambling, even
in its worst forms, is angelic innocence
Shall we grant their request? That is
the question which we are about to de.
eide. Christian women of Atlanta, how
would you have us vote I? You need not
reply, for know what your answer is.
know something of the depth and in
tensity Of your convictions. I know
what you are ready to do and eufer in
this sacred cause. You are ready not
only to petition the men of Atlanta to
BE LOYAL TO THE RIGHT,
but if it would make your petition more
potential, you would get upon your knees
and write it with your own hearts blood.
In the days of the American reyolu.
ton Thomas Paine wrote those immor.
!al words: "Theso are the times which
try mems souls" No greater blessing
could come to this community than the
crisis through which she is now passing.
lin this whirlwind of agitation men will
he sifted, aud we shall know what they
are. The Apostle Paul wrote to the
Corinthian Christians, "The fire shall
try every mans work, of what sort it ii" !"
During the next twenty days God will
baplize Atlanta in fire. Your men of
wood, hay and stubble will be consumed,
but your true men will abide the ordeal,
and on the evening of the 25th day of
November they will come forth unscathed
and with beatifc glory on their faces.
There are men in this city who will never
speak to me again. on account of my
position on this question, but the silence
Of their lips will be o grander tribute to
my conduct than the blast of thousand
brazen trumpets. There are certain
elements of society whose opposition
aud malignity always court when en-
gagged in a contest for truth. 1t is the
furnace heat in which the iron that is in
me is converted into Damascus steel.
Let the anvils ring and the hammers
beat. They shape the anchors of my
hopes, make me stronger for duty, and
more meet for the heritage Of glory that
awaits me up yonder-
"Where the Stars dazzle,
And the Angels sing"
There ere
MERCHANTS IN THIS CITY
who have threatened to discharge their
clerks if they vote the prohibition ticket.
Let them do it, and the Kissing iron of
public scorn and Indignation will brand
them as tyrants and enemies of virtue.
Let them do it, and the brave men whom
they discharge shall have more than
bread enough, and besides badge of
honor more precious than silver and
gold. In one of our committee meetings
a tainister Of the gospel arose and said,
that he had been waited upon and ad
monished not to join the crusade against
whisky. Has it come to this? So be it.
The angel of martyrdom is brother to
the angel of victory. i'it
4 minister of Christ driven from his
pulpit by the kuklux klans of an iniqui-
tous whisky despotism would kindle a
fire that would blaze to heaven and illu.
mine all Atlanta and all Georgia for
years to come. "The blood of the saints
is the seed of the church," and one drop
of prohibition blood shed in this contest
would spring into harvest Of truth, and
virtue, and glory such as Atlanta never
saw.
"Strike me-" said Massachusetts
constable, "and you strike the common
wealth of Massachusetts,"
And 7 say to those who have ranged
themselves around
THE BLACK FLAG OF THE RUM FIEND.
Strike any man who wears the white
ribbon of prohibition, and you strike the
lovers of truth, right, liberty and recti-
tude everywhere in this broad land from
ocean to ocean and from the lakes to the
gull.
Heroes Of the grsndest chivalry the
world ever saw, stand your ground.
Lift high your royal banner, aud never
yield to fear. We shall not fight our
battle alone. The vision Of the prophet
floats before me. The everlasting gates
are lifted up, and l can scarcely see for
the wings that flash. The chariots and
horsemen of the Lord God Almighty
are descending to join US. "We are
compassed about with great crowd of
Witnesses"
Our doting mothers, our virtuous
wigos and our innocent children, gaze
upon us with eager eyes and longing
hearts.
Humanity with all its fears
With all its hopes of future years,
Hangs, breathless on our fate"
The white robed bands in yonder world
beyond the sun have climbed the ever.
lasting hills to watch the fortunes of our
cause. Oh! ye white plumcd heroes of
the cross,
"Sound tho tocsin for the fray!
Shout the war cry, lead the way"
Sieze the monster tyrant by the throat.
Blot the era of oppression out. Lead a
universal freedom in.
At the close ofDr. Hawthorne's speech,
which was frequently applauded most
heartily, there were loud calls for Judge
Lochrane, who was sitting on the stage.
Judge Lochrane said he had been one of
the MEN in Atlanta who thought prohi'
bition would be detrimental to the inter-
ests Of the city. But after hearing the
eloquent sermons by Dr. Hawthorne and
studying tue question closely, be had de-
cided that prohibition would be 10 the
best interests of the city aud everybody
concerned. The judge then went on
and made strong appeal TO the people
to yo:e for prohibition.
As soon as Judge Lochranc had fin.
ished, Judge Emory speer was most
vigorously called for and responded. He
said he folt that he would be false to his
ancestors, false to his pious father and