The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1886-03-19
Persistcnoy Needed.

cess in any department of human enterprise.
Men have won national reputation as statesmen
and theologians whose first efforts were compar-
ativc failures In the incipicncy of the war of
secession, victory was almost uniformly with
the confederate armies. Coercion was the result
OF persistent effort on the part of the Federal
Government. 1t was after many revefses that
the political followers of Jefferson succeeded in
putting Democratic President in the White
House. The religion that compromises with
sin because of opposition is not the religion that
is inspired Of the Gospel of the Son of God.
Even the unjust Judge yielded to the supplica-
tion Of the persistent widow. And Jesus an
swered the prayer of the Syroph1nian woman
who followed him with her importunate cry
"Lord help me.''
Surely, then, the ladies of Union, who are 30
earnestly persistent in their efforts and so impor-
tunate in their supplicatons, will succeed in the
laudablc warfare they arc wagng in the interest
of sobriety and the good of humanity. But
have the ladies been ngloriously left to fight in.
temperance single handed and alone? Where
are the men who were once heroes in the fight,
and whose prohibition zeal was so fervent that
they wero "epistles known and read of all
mcn?' Have they descended from lofticr to
lower plane of morals, straddled the fence and
become indifferent rs to which side they fall?
Arc these the prophets who now declare that
high license is the only solution to the whisky
question: Shades of decency! can religion COM
promise with sin and remain pure, or temper
ance succeed so long rs it is welded to intem-
perancc? High license is wrong in morals and
principle. 1t means monopoly which is always
| in the interest Of the few. 1t means the driv-
ing out of all competition, the enriching of the
rich vender of whisky and the impoverishing
of the poor. 1t means that just as much whisky
will be drunk, but perhaps ut little higher
price; which will be so much the worse for the
wives and children who have drunken husbands
and fathers. Put whisky in reach of an inebri-
ate and tho temptation is so overpowering that
he will dispose of his goods at half their value,
and buy whisky at the exorbiant price that .
monopoly may exact. Let monopoly throw
around the bar-room the atmosphere Of respec-
liability, and men who would visit under the
cover of night, will then frequent them in the
full blaze Of day. And the very show Of ro.pcc-
liability will make them veritable pitfalls for
the unsuspectng youth Of the land. Better far
remain as it lis, for the moment you clothc bar.
rooms in the robe Of respectable ty, you augment
their power to do harm.
What, then? Shall men continue TO violate
with impunity all laws, human and divine, and
at the same time cheat the town out of its lepi-
innate revenue? Why, just prosecute them in
the court and make them pay their forfeited
bonds. How catch them? Was it the bray of
the ass or his protuding cars that revealed the
donkey in the lions skin? The whisky yender
need not tell it on the street, for hi. victims,
staggering along the highways, hugging lamp
posts, wallowing in the cutters, vomiting
whisky and hidious oaths are but the protrud-
ing ears of corn and rye whisky, sold under the
disguise of white and red vino. Let the friends
ofIsinperance Of devise some plan Sf hclfsA; let
up case after case Of violation of the law, and
prosecute in every session of the court, until The
expense Of defence becomes creator than the
profits Of their sales. and the monster will die.
What say Uncle or Aunt 81 and their son
John We pause for reply. Prsu.
HORRIBLE HANGING. New Orleans, La,
March l2.-At 7.39 this morning when the
keepers of the Jail made efforts to arouse Ford
and Murphy they could not wake them up.
After examination the physicians concluded
that the men had taken beladonna. At $50
Murphy had rallied little, but Ford was still
unconscious.