The Brookhaven leader., 1886-08-05
Summing Up---A Last Word.

in print, and on Tuesday next the
people are to render their verdict at
the polls. Voter, If you are honest
with yourself and your God, what
ought that verdict to be ? After
the stupendous failure the license
system has proven itself to be--the
millions of treasure it has cost, the
thousands and tens of thousands of
lives it has destroyed, the number
less criminals, orphans, widows and
paupero it has made, and the Oh
stacle it has thrown inthe way of the
progress of Christ's holy religion -
are YOU, can you vote for it's per-
petuation ? Prohibition commends
itself to the people wherever it has
been fairly tried. You have this
evidence at your very door. Law
renee COUNTY, just on your east, has
] tried Prohibition about 6 years, and
her people as a whole are so well
pleased with its benef1cent results
that a few men who wished TO sell
whisky not long since could not
even get one.tenth of the registered
voters of the county to sign a petit,
ton calling an election. Copiah,
our sister on the north, tried Prohi,
bition Is months, and was so pleased
With its fruits as to vote for its con-
tlnuance by the overwhelming ma
jority of 1879 votes. AS a rational
man, what stronger proof Of its
beneficial character could you ask
than this ? Other counties have
had the same experience, and in no
county where Prohibition has been
tried, have the people voted TO iIare
the saloon back.
Tire issue in this election is plain,
simple and easily understood. 1t is
license or no license, saloon or no
saloon. No man need make mis-
lake about that. On the one side
we see arrayed the ministers Of our
county, the christian, moral and in
telligent men among US, all the wo
men and children who have thought
seriously on the subject-in short,
you see the best people of the coun-
ty, as a rule, of both colors and
sexes on the Prohibition side. On
the other hand, you see on the liquor
side men, many OF them VIGOROUSLY
immoral, men who have never had
any standing in church or State,
and many of them with no standing
even in decent society. AS a body,
they constitute the fag-ends Of Lin.
coin county humanity, and their
leaders have not hesitated to appeal
to the worst passions and preju-
dices of their followers, without the
slightest regard for the real question
at issue. If you will examine close
ly and weigh the subject carefully,
with possibly here aud there an ex-
ception, you will find that every
man on the whisky side belongs to
at least one of three classes, to-wit :
a. Those who want to make
money out of the liquor business, d.
rectly or indirectly (2.) Those
who love whisky and would rather
crafty their depraved appetites
than vote for their own good or that
Of their neighbors or (3.) Those
who are too densely ignorant to com
prehend the question at issue.
Some Of them belong to only one
class, some TO. two, and some to all
three. AS an honest, decent, intelli
gent, self-respecting man, will you
stand with that crowd on election
day and cast your vote for the ga
loon, and against your own best in.
terest, against the welfare of your
neigbbors, and in spite of the pray
ers and opportunities of the good
men and women of our county We
think we hear your answer, mo ! a
thousand times MOI!
Now a parting word. Having come
to the decision that you will not
vote for the saloon, let us urge you
not to fail to 60 to the polls and
put in SNOWY ballot" like the one
so beautifully alluded in the poem
by Mrs. Smell, "For God, and Home
and Native Land" Your vote was
never worth so much to yourself or
your country as now, and if you
will do this you will have the answer
of good conscience toward God,
your vote will make victory all the
surer, and when the result is declar-
ed and the good news of Lincoln's
redemption is heard, the Joy bells
will ring in your heart and home,
tho woman and children will hlese