The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-10-28
EMERSON tTHERIDGE
ArrAigns tao Liquor Traffic as the
fiItn sin.


Thu Nashville Banner OF Tu' sday re-
mere i ners n Etnend 20 AZ speskiog
icr Pr nib ton In that CT y on Mon
day night aud ssying hat, owing to
the need OF bis strv ces Ia This wo <
in Other Localities In the State. he bad
come to Ma hville with great re-
luctance. Said he: 81 know the
.arnes ness with which the people ut
n shville have ssssmb ed tor many
li.hts. Doubtless all Ttligi rs ana
nat Qualities arc represented here A i
ages are here, istheTs and mo here,
sons and d,ugh ers are here. The
whole community is arc Il cd. \ u
aye de e,mined TO wrett Tenn zee
lr m the last of the five sins Of the
W nd. Zap lAusp | believe the
world moves. You live in the be't
gge OF the world. Tennessee 10 more
of duciye in human happu ess
Than any other county. You are
beuer IF than your ancestors.
me pourhouees are better ie l.
deoces than the kings palaces
800 years ago. There ever was q
single widespread opniol OF 100
years ego hat tpday's civil zation h "a
mo- stamped as a IL. l appeal to
Q phi oph r, tn studen, 10 sus-
t.in ne Tires hun red years ago
the would b lieved IN rtligioul peIss'
cution." He then cited the fact that
the only re- G Gus persecution d he
p ent day " against tho VINO
complsin OF the at ack on their vetted
riO for plu lty OF wives ard the
tal on men who complain Tor theiT
tied righs 10 ruin End debauch'
81 very WIS referred to- and the
areiker sad that in the days OF Ohrtt
there were 100000 slaves on The
earth; but that on y a short time a,c
Sp lin had removed the shscSltB from
tue last slave on the Wesie'u cont.
nent 'Wtats on trial nowP' ask, d
he. "Toe Fl To ain. The nobl 81 Oh
81 ring Of this generAu N. The lss
OF q ese crimes ID on uial. You are
tho urt. Every man, woman aDc
child has nm interest la 1t. What /,
our po.ition2 From the b ginn ms
We havs appealed to the law
We have not tiled to burn ,h'
saloons Loyalty on the part OF Ten
mes ,esn is to obey the la as, no mat
te how unpleas mt IL is. A gem lemaI
8 id t. nc, Prohibition don't pr,
hihit.' offered to give HIM Two hour
tn Eve IN nu es in srgnm' mt. Head
'On, can't fac3 you 1t ia not m
he ftars TO face, but the people. l
thtre Ia an aivCcaie nj whisky here lr
him mo iorSad." A somtwh'
leopthy reference WIS made t. the Gil
cular recently issued by the L'qno
Dealers 8 ats Pro ective Associauor
and each paraeraI h thereof W s crit
cised in an effective manuer. Prob
b,,ion appea's to the h art Of TIA me
Who ara In TIE liqror b lsiness," h
continued; 'it is q polite Il i'ene, an
vou ctn'G keep pohtlci ont OF l
Whenever m ri'y OF our p op.
went O change In government ttey q
T. ia legal fo,m We ae progressiv
We waut charge. Every biennii
81, ction is a periodic al revolut oil
Every four yeus wo have a rev lut O
by q change OF President. We pr
pose q revolution, but not to Kill an
body. Oar government was N t te
wears old before we had Elk amen
ments. We nov want TO change {
70 M Of our government. and are mn
by the impude tempt tfa mino
Nv to prevent ne q chance to exp'e
our wish, ID, you believe the uqu'
tr fic wforg2 Then you taye
much right to prohibiG II you ha'
to pr ,hibit disturbing pub 10 worship
Tue law of Tenne 500 wa then cit
to how that liquor could not be 8
TO cert ia pemors in Cerain cont
J gen es and on certain days and occ
eions, at d tho Inconsistency OF the
, lava was shown, ia that II was I
be ter TO remove the evil ent'rel
Mr. Etheridge then mad on ipeal
| the ladi 80 e. do their utmost for ter
! rera ce s id he: Il wish that eve
0 man on earth that gets drunk cou
c gl home snd g. his W dead dun
0 We have law pas d, thlnk g.
. by y owoloW's LeRis azure 'howi
com, thirg cool can come Gu
a N 1areth) thu gives q wom'
h divorce for the fAbitual drum
enne Of her hu bud j
closed by uTgirg oil to un to in &
elIolt TO over ONE the whisky evil.