The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-02-25
PROHIBITION.


The State of Mississippi has an are.
of about 46, 900 square miles, and within
/ the last seven years there has been in
! corpOrated against the sale of whisky
beer, ale, WING, ,and all other intoxicatin.
drinks, something over 1900 square
miles, so there is between fourth anc
a third of the State under prohibition
and our people are just being aroused Il
I the evils of intemperance and begin tc
, realize that either the homes or The
saloons must o, and that prohibition j.
/ the best remedy for curing drunkenness
The way philanthrop!sts have been
/ laboring TO reclaim the drunkards, while
the saloon Is left to decoy them into liz
gilded walls, has been tried now for the
last century, and has proven Il signal
failure. Ii reminds me of Il crowd of kind
hearted people at the ford of river busy
pulling out the drunkards as they come
floating down the stream of death, take
them upon the bank to W. Z. L. L.
Lodge Order of Good Templars Hall
Murphy societies, trying to save them by
moral suasion, while many of them are
tempted and fall, and the number com
ing down the stream increases until
there is 6O0,0 900 floating to drunkard's $
grave, their souls to drunkard' 5 hell.
Some wise man, General Fabius,
says it was Neal Dow went up the stream
to see where the supply came from, and
found men. called barkcepers pushing
them in. He told them what the tenn
perance men and women were doing,
and begged them them not to be so
murderous. The saloon men reply by
pointing to their licenses purchased
from the State at the minimum price,
also one from the United States grant
ing them the right 10 push them in, but
you know VIC will sell them so long as
they have anything to pay for it; we
think your people are very kind to give
of your time and means to help us by
putting our customers in way to accu-
late some more money for US, but so
long as'the State sells the permits to do
this work of destruction and | can find
majority of the registered legal voters to
sign Il petition to the board to grant me
the privilege to prey on their money, NOR
ais. peace, qIietude happiness, ruin their
children, burden them with taxes. impoy-
erish the country, and it swells oar bank
account as no other business does, We
will continue 10 push them in. He
comes back and tell US we have been
working at the wrong place and in the
wrong way. That while we are trying
10 save these drunkards by moral sua-
sion, VIC must use legal suasion on
the rumseller; we must go 10 the State
Legislatures and to Congress, that makes
it lawful to push these men in the
stream and have them to take away this
privilege from the boards that grant
them the right to do this mischief and
to take life in this way. If your
Congressman, Senator, legislator district
attorney, sheriff, or any other candidate
offering for Offices of honor or trust,
drinks himself, treats Others to OBJ ain
their votes, goes on the bonds of whisky
sellers, signs whisky petitions or is in
sympathy with the whisky traffic, elect
him to stay it home. And your
cheeks will not be made to burn with
shame for having such weak documents
published to the wolrd as Clay Couuty's
Senator has sent out.
The drunkards are not all dead vet,
Aud ia tell you the reason why:
The Young ones grow up
As fast as the old ones die.
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