The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-07-29
TWO SONGS.

woman sang before breathless crowd,
Her voice swept like an angels anthem past;
A thousand voices shouted long and loud
In wild applause, when hushed the song at last
The song again, beside her baby's bed
tender lullsby-and low
Till slowly dropped the dainty golden head
To dreamand, on the nurses gentle flow.
None heard her. save the dreaming babe alone,
There came no shouting vote, no wild recall;
And yet the angels, listening at the throne,
Smiled at the song and called it best of all.
Selected.
The W. c. T. U. will meet at the Mul
berry Street M. e. church, at p. M, on
Tuesday, July 81. All women friendly to
the cause of temperance are cordially IN
vited.
One cannot violate physical law without
violating moral law also, for we sin against
God when we violate the physical laws of
our beings. Such being the case, how
doubly great is the sin of drunkenness
The violator of physical law in any par
ticular should always bear this in mind
1t isphysically wrong and morallywrong to
violate physical law. Penalty follows the
violation of moral law, and consequences
the violation of physical law
THE TEMPERANCE AGITATION.
At no former time has the temperance
agitation been so prominent, influential
and widespread throughout the country.
Straight prohibitionists already control
Maine, Rhode Island, Kansas and Iowa,
and are running, or, according to present
indications, are about to run at the next
state elections straight tickets in New
York, New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsyl-
vania, Maryland, West Virginia, Ken
lucky, Tennessee, Missouri, Alabama,
Minnesota, Oregon, and probably several
other states, while vigorous social and
political movement in favor of "high-li-
cense," 'local-option," and 'anti-
saloon" legislation shows the vitali-
ty and energy of the 'tems erance"
party in most of the other states also.
| There is no state in the union i'll which
the advocates of greater restraints on the
sale and manufacture of intoxicants, or
even of the total prohibition thereof,
have not been making great gains: Every
where the prohibitiOnists-th extremists
of the party, who represent the legitimate
conclusions of the Temperance" creed
are either forming or keeping up and
strengthening their organizations, and
preparing for hot fight when next an
opportunity presents itself at the polls.
Theirs is a battle chiefly for morality
though it must also involve grave politi-
cal consequences. In the north, the
prohibitionists at present draw more
heavily from the republicans than from
the democrats; in the south, where pro
hibition and "high license" are making
marvellous headway the case is reversed
Northern prohibitionist republicans
however, believe earnestly that their doc
trine will be best supported outside old
party lines, and are prepared to rur
straight prohibition tickets, not only al
state but also at presidential elections
Southern prohibitionists democrats, OF
the other hand, generally think they car
attain their ends without leaving thei
party, and comparatively few of then
would vote a prohibition ticket at ma
tional or even state election.
Through fear of secessions from thei
respective parties, the stalwart newspa
per representatives of the republicans il
the north, and of the democrats in TIT
south have, since the presidential election
been unsparing in their ridicule, denun
citation and vituperation of the prohibi
zionist principles, leaders and party
Both the old parties, however, are nov
willing to concede nearly all the demand.