The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-08-07
The Question of The Day.
e to every man and Nation

At no time in the history Of our country
has this moment Of decision more loudly
proclaimed itself than the present, and
never has there been a more important
question to decide than this which CON
fronts ~ now.
Twenty-Five years ago our fathers bat
tied brayely for freedom-the removal Of
Negro Slavery-and. after severe and
desperate struggle. they succeeded in for
ever removing from this Land Of the
Free that deep stain upon the nation.
To-day there exists greater evil. far
more destructive and universal slavery.
The Liquor Traffic is the cruel master.
and the poor inebriate, the miserable slave.
Not home in the land but feels its dark
shadow. near or remote; no bright youth
in all this great and free republic that IS
wholly safe from the snares that chain
the intellect and deaden all the fine in
huenccs Of home. 50 long as on every street
corner aliurcmcnts to vice remain. And
until We arise in our strength. and subdue
this evil. we are still a nation cfslaves
Il is tho liquor traffic that fills our aims
houses. prisons, and insane asylums, that
costs this country more than $500. 900, coo
annually. and robs the nation Of thousands
of her children every year.
And who is responsible 70. this national
outrage? Who exercises the right Of
power in this republic instituted for
the freedom and happiness Of all? The
people and upon them rests the guilt Of
the rumseller.
Fully recognizing this stain upon our
country. the question should arise in every
mind. What can do towards wiping out
this great sin. and lifting the dense cloud
of Shame and SORROW which hoyers over
our land. and is crushing ont all life and
gIadness in 50 many homes.
Tie dogma Of Moderation must be
thrown aside, as II always acts as a snare
for the young
Total Abstinence is the only true and
safe remedy for intemperanee.
Let Us not be content in freeing our
selves from this all-oppressing foe, but
labor diligently for the relief and saving
of others
1t is in moral suasion and temperance
education of the young that woman has
proved her unequaled abilities. She has
exerted those great influences upon society
without which the world would have sunk
into social and moral degradation
The license system, both high and low,
has been tried and found wanting, because
it is in opposition to the laws of God. If
liquor selling is wrong, no price that men
may put upon it can ever make it right
A young man ruined in a saloon. the pro-
prietor Of which paid 500 as license fee
is none the less ruined than if only SO
were paid.
High license, instead Of reducing intern
perance, is an active agent in It's produc-
ton, because it gives to vice an appearance
of responsibility, and is all the more likely
to lead the mIwary astray.
Many persons seeing plainly that com
promise with sin is in opposition to their
religion. and also that it is always equal to
defeat, have sought for plan to prohibit
the use of intoxicants.
Prohibition is a law consistent with
both God and man. Thou shalt not kill,
is a prohibitory law: and should not
traffic which is the great cause Of all
the violations of law and holiness be itself
prohibited? Nations have recognized the
illegality and sin of the traffic in human
flesh; how long will they admit the right
to deal in that which destroys the soul /?
TO fell great oak we must cut at the
root; so, to Danish incompetence from the
land, We must prohibit the manufacture,
sale and importation OF all Intoxicating
drinks.
In this great work each has part to do,
and it is demanded Of us, for we are our
brothers keepers.
1t is not by quiet acquicscencc in right,
but by active labor, that good is wrought.
Let us. then, be alive to the subject be
fore us; let us labor earnestly for the right,
and the time will soon come when this
soul-desiroying traffic will be driven from
the land, and no longer will heartrending
cries proceeds from homes cursed by in
temperance, but peace and happiness will
reign supreme. - IUltam T. C0les. In
F5jends' htellgencer.
The Roman Catholic priests in this city
who declined to make use of a check sent
to them by liquor-sellers toward erecting a
new church, set noble example. A sim
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