The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-11-05

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ancs with car 6xed determination 70 Iet
both sidee Do heard GA the greasqusstiOn
Of perancs.-ED.1
I obseEVe, dear Ver1tes, thst you and
broths. are having Lott Of fun. I
thought, perhaps. foa would permit .
small Amsricus Ash 10 hook on 20 your
line i4only for the sake d getting caught
You a6lrm, dear VeEisaa, that you were
once prohibittOnist. but haVs fallen
from that belief. ], too, have changed
from my old belief. having formerly
helped to make. sell and drink whisky
in dlstilisry in nlin0Is, 90 that We are
both, in certain senss. proclduous. You
zee this is . sort Of experience meeting
where all are free TO speak. Not wishing
to Be prolix, shall conHns myself to
argument. Your arguments. condensed,
amount to this: That moral suasion Is
the only panacea for the greatest Of all
evils. HaYe you forgotten that certain
royal debauchee once ilVed that uttered
words Of wisdom far beyond whist you
or I could utter, "look not
upon The Wine." etc. Three
thousand years age these words were
spEen. Has the world become per-
suAdedf If the words Of the wise king
are nonefiectlve, can you, with your 10.
ferior wisdom, hope TO succeedp You
say that Christ made water into wine;
admitted, You do not suppose that he
turned water into alcoholic drink
Remember that Christ was. and is, God.
You are certainly acquainted with the
fact that there 10 In the east some eight
different kinds Of wine. cannot for .
moment suppose that God can contra
dict Himself. Christ was charged with
being glutton ard WINE blbber; are
you with those who make the charge
You think It better 10 license the sale of
intoxicating liquors than to prohibit
their manufacture. To vote for license
implicaies the voter with the man.
ufacturer, seller and drinker God says,
"Cursed be he. that pusteth the bottle to
his nelghbor's lips" etc. 1t vote 70 put
the bottle to my neighbours lips. am
condemned Ia the sight of God. To you,
saloons are preferable to drug stores
To me they are both nuissnces. If
left to me there should not be
drop Of alcoholic liquors manu-.
featured On the face of the earth.
If it's right for . husband and father
TO spend one half his earnings st the "a.
loon. why is it not right for the wife
and mother to spend the other half?
What Is good tor the goose is good for
the gander, is it uots God says plainly
that am my brothers keeper. 1t be-
comes necessary to hold my brother
forcibly sometimes. Ny brother has no
right to take his own life. sm obi.
gated to see that he does not do 1t. You
have read the words of the Bard of Avon
IN relation to putting that within the
head to steal away the brains. He was
a second Solomon II insight into all the |
phases Of the human heart. You will |
permit . man to destroy his owa brains,
and after he has done 20 and unca,sly
commits crime you Will imprisOn him
or hang him, In proportion to the crime.
How far would you prohibits Would
you permit men TO promenade the streets
dressed as ladiess Would you permit
a man to whip or stArve his horse to
deathe Would you permit q man to
sell venomous rattlesnakes TO your sons
and daughters? Would yon permit dog.
cry keeper to inveigle your daughter into
his miserable denl II not, why do you
permit the sale Of that which DESTROYS
body and soul IN hellP Your moral
suasion arguments favor the saloon. Il
favors debauchery and crime, and rags
and poverty, and premature death Now
don't think that am blaming you; l
am blaming your Arguments. You put
me In mind Of DR.. Crosby Of New York,
a good man with good intent, but at the
same time lacking, az I think, In pure
logic. Circumstances Cften put a check
upon mans freedom. The south had to
submit to the loss OF her slaves. Eng
land had to lose her colonies. Rome
had to submit TO the depredatlons of the
Cloths and Visigoths. The people of
Paris had to eat rats during the siege By
Germany. We each live for the ad
vsnc.ment of the other. Christ died to
save people from sin. can see nothing
but good in abolishinR that which is a
bone OF contention, and especially q
death-dealing and soul-destroyiog e!e-
ment Let Us save the six hundred mil,
lions of dollars spent for liquors every
year and build churches, schools, acad.
emIes. hslls of learning, etc Then the
blessing of Almighty Con will crown
our efforts, crime will be abolished
children will be clothed and TED, peace
and plenty will prevail, and the earth
will smile and blossom as a rose. You
say that you are for the advancement
of the race. See TO it that the liquor
element don't make . stepping stone of
you as they did Of the aforementioned
DR.. Crosby. Sometimes a good cause
receives the worst stab In the house of |
Its friends. Satan is many eyed; evil
tongues run quick "The mills of the
gods grind SLOW" etc. Better be on the
side Of right. Hoping that you will |
soon return to the arms of your fret love,
remain yours for the best interests of
mankind, Pro.
THAT EXPL1NATIoN.
Mr.. D. W. Eastman is out in the Re.