The Republican journal., 1885-07-02
A Rousing Temperance Speech.
THE REV. SAM JONES DISCOURSES ON VIII

THE REV. SAM JONES DISCOURSES ON WHIs-
KEY.
Rev. Sam Jones, the new evangelist who is
doing good work in the South recently ad-
dressed temperance convention in session at
Atlanta, Ga. The following report of the
meeting, which was published in the Atlanta
Constitution the next morning, gives an idea of
MS force and manner. His sty lie in Vigor and
directness is not unlike that of the famous Par
son Brownlow:
| rejoice tonight that in more than two-thirds
of the counties of this State whiskev can't be
sold at ALL Applause | am glad the Legis-
ature is going to give us Il general local option
law. Applause. If we don't turn whskey
out OF every county in this state at the first
election we will try it again. [Cheers. ] had
a great trial not long ago. | have been a poor
man all my life, and when friends In Nashville
offered me a house and offered to stand by me
and back me up, it was great temptation; but
! looked down here and saw my old mother,
Georgia.
l never loved her so in all my life before. |
said: 'Brethren, no; can't take it. Not that
| love you less, but | love Georgia more"
ICheers. When Gle | want to die in Georgia,
and before die | want to see every inch Of her
soil rid of the curse of whiskey. TCheers.l
am not mad with the men who sell whiskey.
am not mad with the men who make it, am
mad with whlskey. [Cheers.l | am mad with
the demjohns. ! am glad they haven't got legs.
Laughter. Those that have wicker work
around them haven't got legs, but there are
plenty of old red-nosed demijohns walking
around Atlanta. [Laughter.l Amt you sorry
Tor a poor woman who, every time she goes to
church, has to put her tender arm in the handle
of an old demijohn? [Laughter.] l put it in
this way: The liquor traffic ought to be made
so odious that nobody but an internal scoun-
dre will sell. and nobody but an internal fool
will drink it. lCheers. Separate these liquor
dealers from their liquor and they will be all
right. The church that will house a man who
sells whiskey is a detestable fraud. [Applause.l
The church that will house man who rents u
house to sell liquor Is hateful hypocrite. Ap-
plause. Some of these churches In Atlanta
are doing that very thing. Laughter here
If there is in this vast audience one man or wo-
man who never had relative or loved one
hurt or ruined by whiskey. want him or her
to stand up, right now. You have all had
brother, or "a son, or a father or Il son-in-aw
ruined by whiskey. My goodness! these sons
ln-laW I'd rather have a boa constructor
around my neck, than to have drunken SON
in-law! The devil can't do any worse than
that Some OF you Old hypocrtes that are dill
lydallying with the whiskey question, are going
to get caught just that way. The devil is going
to slip up on you with drunken sOn-in-law
and l'll bet he'll make yon prohibitionist, with
vengeance.
l look around your city and see the bar
rooms as thick us stars in the heavens Each
one OF the 800 bars in Atlanta represents at
least 10 confirmed drunkards. Three thousand
men i'll Atlanta across the line and gone to ruin
! ou can stop it if you want to. There are
church members enough in this town to turn
out any day and vote liquor out of it. Cheers.
You are afraid to do it. You will let some bar
keeper with an old rusty pistol cuss and rear
around the polls and scare you home. You
don't want to make fuss. Laugher.l
Wen. I'll tell you every good man breads