The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-10-31
A PREMIER's VIEWS.
Sir william Fox. Er-Premler Of New Ne
land, Before the w. G. 7. q.

Sir william Fox. Er.Premler Of New Pea
land. Before the W.. c. r. 4.
Sir William Fox, ex.Premier Of New
Zealand, lectured before the Christian
Temperance Union. at Fraternity Hall.
yesterday afternoon. The audience was
a large one.
The ex-Premier Is typical English.
man. He has 4 high forehead, white
hair, q full round face and a long white
beard, and Is rather p~atriarchal in APP
pearancc, but his manne Is thoroughly
English. His style is earnest and en-
ergetic.
Sir William said he was always ready
to open his mouth for the Temperance
cause. The audience must not expect,
said he. such an Grafton, as John Is.
Cough or Mr.. Murphy could deliver.
He had been in the Temperance tight
in his W native isle. He had n right
to speak, because they were all fighting
q common enemy. The evils OF intoxf-
eating liquor were apparent in him
everywhere. II arose not more from
drunkenness from than II did the habitu-
al Use Of liquor. The apathy Of all pow.
ers and peoples to the evils Of in.
temperance astonished him. II any
other common enemy arose in their
midst what a stir there would be TO put
IL down. Take, for instance, small.
pox. which was scourging Montreal.
II tho epidemic should cross the river
| into Detroit and the United States, II
would not be q greater enemy TO life
than now existed In the whole country
MIX In liquor traffic and intcmperance.
Of q huhs'r between 80. 200 and 60. 900
10 thirty nyere manufactured through
meanwhile 81 of liquor. Were the peo-
exterminated' these ,hi"gs6 Ti,o, wvc
Of the yineve shut their eyes to them
planted viii When a man died OF al
iected wins at the present time, the
.lT vas concealed beneath the an.
1 aouncement that he died II consnmp-
ton, typhus or something else. A
Coroner's inquest hides the terrible
truth for the sake Of the friends OF the
deceased. 1t used to be announced tina,
he died by the visitation Of God. A
ranker blasphemy was never uttered.
He died by the visitation of rum. ZAP.
plause. The number OF lives and souls
destroyed by liquor would never b.
known until the last day.
lie would not declare whether he
was for high OF low license, local op,
ton or for tho suppression of the traffic
otherwise. IL was not his intention to
touch on American politics. lie stood
IN tho gospel OF Tcmperance,an they
were going TO sweep the earth with Il
by and by. Applause.
Some people might say that a word
about total abstinence couldn't be- found
IN the Bible. He might say 10 thai
there was not a word against SLAYER,
In the Bible, vet all the churches con,
demncd Il as wrong. Who would nov
dare TO make a chattel out OF his fellow
man9 The Bible said: IF thy righl
hand offend thee, cut Il or" and 'i
thine eye offend thee, pluck 1t out
Was there any moderation In thatP /
there was anything that should make
total abstainer Of man, II was that beau
tiful story of David pouring the liquid
on the ground.
Ono wet day John r. Cough was 70
ing along n street In Boston. lie was |
terrible example Of the wreck whisk,
could make Of a man. He was In th,
gu%tter-under the gutter. lie had mo-.
friend in the whole city. A young maj
stepped out Of n doorway. placed hi
hand OF the drunkard's shoulder ans
said: MIR. Goughl" Cough siarte,
and stood erect II was the first tim
In years that he had been addressed a
mister. The young man was u goo,
Christian young nan He talked /,
Cough a long time and got him to com,
to a meeting next evening In q certain
quarter Of the city. Cough promised
aud tho next evening he was there. Tn,
young man aud several Others spoke /,
him. lie heard words Of Christian per
suasion, and he broke down. From
that time IN he was John II Cough. TIL
apostle Of temperance = Detroit Post.