The Brookhaven leader., 1885-05-14
Worth Remembering.

Tue following preamble anu rrNo
lutions. adopted unanimously lay the
Lincoln county Prohibition Coaren-
tion in July last, like Scripture. will
be- found profitable" st this time
for doctrine, for reproof for corrcc.
ton, for instruction in righteous
ness
Candidates. and those who cx-
poet To he candidatcs, should mark
we'll, for these are not mere idle
words:
BY !. f Chiles: WHEREAS, We,
the PruhibitiouiSts of Lincoln coun.
ty, in Convention assembled, regard
the licensing of the whisky business
within our bounds as demoralizlng
to our people, the principal source
of crime, idlenesS, poverty and pau
rerism, striking at the very tounda-
ton of all real prosperity. and com
bining all those evils and Influences
WHICH are calculated to keep our
County in Its present impoverished
and debt ridden condition there.
fore he it
Resolved, That, gathering fresh
encouragement from the inherent
riohtfulness of our cause and the
great progress which it is To day
making in our common country and
State, We hereby reaffirm our pur-
pose and determination to renew the
contest in Lincoln, and press the
battle with uuremitting zeal until
whisky is driven from our bounds
That we hereby express our un-
qualified condemnation OF the State
Senate and all other mem bcrs OF the
Legislature who by their vot IS or
in any other manner, aided in the
defeat Of the Lincoln county Pro-
Eihition bill at the last session,
whereby less than two hundred vo-
tiers in che town Of BroOkhavc were
allowed t. set aside the expressed
will of fourteen hundred in the
county at large.
Resolved, That we also strongly
disapprOve of the course OF
those citizens of Brookhaven who,
under the tlattering but really false
assumption that the sale of whisky
would make to the interest of the
town, voted to retain it, regardless
of the welfare of the county at
large and in defiance of what they
knew To be the will of a majority of
the people, and that we now extend
a cordial invitation IT, all such to
join and aid US in our efforts to sup
press the Misunderstanding, as we
do, that every dime that goes into
the tills Of the five saloons OF
Brookhaven is not only worse than
thrown into the fire. as far as con-
Germs the individual who thus en-
changes his earnings for the fiery
beverage, but that it is just so much
taken from the legitimate and nee
essary branches of trade and mrr
chandise, and if diverted into these
by the suppression of the liquor
traffic, would correspondingly add
to their prosperity and TO that Of
the whole city of Brookhaven, with
out bringing to the entire county a
harvest of crime, pc, erty. indebted
ness and general decentralization.
Resolved further, That henceforth
we will not support or lend our in
fuence to any legislative aspirant
who is not known to be a man whose
ability, past private and public life
entitle him to the fullest trust and
confidence, and who will not public
~ pledge himself in advance to use
all honorable and legitimate means
to secure County ohihition, with,
ont respect to the wishes Of a little
minority Of any given corporation
or beat. And further, that we will
not give our votes or influence in
support o: q candidate for any other
office who is known to be man of
drunken and dssolute habits, it
matters not what may be his quail
fications in other respects.
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Resolved finally That as we are
making war on the liquor traffic and
not on the individuals engaged in
the business, that we extend spc-
cial invitation to the whisky sellers
themselves to join with us at their
pleasure in carrying out the objects
and aitns Of Prohibition aSSurinU
them that whenever they embark in
any other branch Of trade we will
accord them The same encOnraoe-