Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-07-24
SAM JONES, IDEA.
His Crusade Against Whisky in Missouri

tau We put CONSTITUTIONAL amenu-
ment in the Constitution OF our State
Why can't we deal with the whisky
question just as we want to-?
There's enough members OF the church
in Missouri to vote whisky out any day
before breakfast, and a member OF the
church that won't vote for prohibition
that member OF the church belongs
to the devil from his hat to his heels.
A little old one-horse preacher that
won't take sides on question like this,
and says that he can't lake sides-a
miserable, pusillanimous Collaboration
wretch, with little cotton string run
up his back with rib or two knit to il
and that's the only essence Of back
bone that he's got in this world. Tie
worst enemy that God Almighty has in
the State of Missouri is preacher who
is daily dallying with this question OF
prohibition. 'I'm not going to take
any sides" Brother, you get down on
your knees If you are here this alter
moon and slip up to the great ear OF
4 God on your knees in honest devotion
and say: 20 thou great maker of this
universe, which side OF this great issue
art thou on?" which side do you reckon
| God will answer? He is an old fellow.
You go up to Jesus of Nazareth, the
suffering Savior of men, who lived for
the good Of his race and ask Jesus, the
Savior of men, which side Of it he
stands on; and then you look down
from above, and ask the angels which
side they are on. And then you go to
the buried mothers and wives OF this
country and dig the dirt off their bodies
and say "Buried wife or mother,
which side Of this question are you
M" Go to the precious sainted moth
ers OF every one and ask them which
side they are on, Go to the precious
sainted mothers OF every one and ask
, them which side they are on. Go to
/, the precious little children OF earth and
ask them which side they are on. All
these with common consent, answer,
II am for temperance and prohibition
And yet there you stand champion
for God, and woman, and right, and
you say you can not take hold of that
; question. You pusillanimous puppy,
you! | would have called him dog,
but he amt big enough. God save our
/ country from mealy-mouthed preachers
on this question. / can understand
how the press of this country will be
!healy-mouthed, and some on one side
and some on the other; but not minis
tiers, the chosen representatives OF Jesu;
Christ. And before a preacher car
stand with hands off he has got to rec
oncile Jesus Christ and whisky, and ht
: can neversdo that. Once a preacher
told me-said he; Zones, you are toC
: strong on the liquor question" HI
q says: 81 am not Prohibitionist. Tn
. not teetotaler. 1 am a temperance
! man" eyes" said /, "and can tel
4 you why, sir" He says; "Why?'
g Said l.: You've get. a jug at hom,
G right now" iHe says: "Who tolt
: you % And:..whenever you find
: mealy mouthed preacher, if you vii
!. trail him up and tree him, you will tire,
o him on jug of whisky, for am sorr,
o to say it, but there are great man.
D 1preachers that like the creetur. The.
do. They like it. And I would lister
to the devil preach as quick as | would
listen to man preaching coming VI
d into my pulpit with his breath smelling
with whisky. | tell you that l hav
!, found from actual observation that re,
: liquor and Christianity won't stay il
}, the same hide at the same time. Their
D amt any getting around that PROPOSE
!" ton.
l tell you when the Prohibtionist
stand up they have got the right, AM
" they have got the conscience OF the pee
n pie on their side, and that is the wa h
q fight stands--conscience and right o.
. one side and whiskey and appetite o.
' on the other side. Now, how will yo
/. fight it? Look here; let's you and
quit drinking it--that's the first thin
to be done, then'we can go in and figh
= it. And I'll tell you good plan: Let
goin and starve it out. Ii all the mem
bers of the church will quit drinking
whiskey from this time out we vii
\ starve half Of them out before this tim
A. next year. Every member of the churc'
every male member OF the churc
present that doesn't drink drop {
10 whiskey-stand up. Let's see how man
teetotlers we have got. Don't get up
you don't tell the truth about it. r
y large number, perhaps 500, rose. W
have got good large number Of teete