The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-02-25
Mon Moralizas.

DEAR CITIZEN IL nave seen Jnat
some efforts have been made to
boycot you because you are publish
ing prohibition sentiments. This
has been done by those who cry out
for liberty. And occasionally we
hear of these liberty (?) champions
saying they cant vote for A, B or
G because he is a temperance or
prohibition man. | want to say
now and here, old friend CITIZEN,
that your weekly visits will not be
discontinued if you publish articles
of those who oppose the temperance
movement. We have ali been
taught that truth will bear investi
CATION, and that right, not might,
will finally prevail.
Every man in this broad land,
who follows closely the teachings
of the bible, is a prohibllionist in
the true sense of the word as con-
strued by hundreds Of good men.
And if the Almighty God is the
author of the book; the code from
which all our good and wholesome
laws are drawn, we announce to our
brothers who oppose US that H55 SS !s
a prohibitionist. When we con-
suit the divine code copied from
the tables of stone we find many
'theu shalt ncts." Some of them
are very severe against human lib
erty. But every true friend of God
and man; yes, everybody, except
the man idolatrous, blood thirsty,
covetous, adulterous, etc, rejoices
that those prohibition laws are
backed by omnipotent authority.
We take it that all of our brothers,
who are opposing the movement,
believe the teachings of the scrip
lures to be the voice OF Deity.
Hear them on dram drinking, re-
Numbering that when spoken there
was no maddening brandy, whisky,
rum. Prov. 81, 6, give strong drink
or wine unto him that is ready to
perish. l Tim. 5. IL. Take a little
wine for thy stomach's sake and
thine often infirmities. Now let us
listen to the same authority on the
use OF wine as a beverages: Wine is
a mocker, strong drink is raging,
and whatsoever is deceived thereby
is not wise, Prov. 90, l. Who hath
woe? who hath sorrow? who hath
contentions2 who hath babbling?
who hath wounds without cause?
who hath redness of eyes2 They
that tarry long at the wine. The
drunkard and glutton shall come to
poverty, Prov. %, 81. No drunk
ard shall inherit the kin gdom of
God, Ist Cor. 6, 10. And many
other precepts from supreme au
thority.
We assume, then, that prohibi-
tionists asks nothing more of our
brothers than to follow the teach
ings of the holy scripture, obey the
voice of Jehovah. Brother, we want
to throttle the viper, but don't mis-
take, we love and are in deep sym
patty with you who are bitten.
Christ loyes but can't save you till
you repent. Let neither party make
the fatal mistake OF warning against
the other while we probe this sub
ject. Let us do it in the broadcast,
sweetest charity. Neither party
need be distressed about the final
result of this now important ques-
tion-beverage or no beverage. All
issues are in the hands of the King
of kings. He rules among the ma
tions of the earth. If in His inscru
table wisdom He sees or knows that
the liquor traffic, drinking, drunk
enness, with their fruits of poverty,
rags, headache, murder and a long
catalogue of other blessings % or
whatever we denominate them, are
for our good or His glory they will
be perpetuated till His trump
sounds the kHell of time. But if He
knows that these arc opposing the
kingdom of His son and claiming
His creature, man, dragging men by
thousands to the dreary region of
the dead and damned, be assured
that, like all other opposing forces
of the past, this will be removed
though it require a moral cyclone
or twelve legiOns of angels.