The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-08-04

ruins homes but is gradually, sars-
ly beating down, knocking out, the
very foundations of our Republic.
AS patriots we must meet aud van
quish this enemy or we are un-
done.
AS lovers of Home and Country,
we must go forth in this conflict.
"BE IN A HURRY"
And we must be in hurry in
this matter.
A young man was led into crime
by drink, and to the gallows. The
broken-hearted mother went to the
cell for parting kiss and last
word. When asked by .he agoniz.
ing mother, what word he would
leave for them, the doomed boy
said, 90, mother, 1 didn't want to
kill him; l was crazed with drink.
1t was the saloon did it. 0, Mother,
tell the Temperance people to be IN a
hurryF
CONFLICTING QUOTATIONS.
The speaker dwelt on the i'm
portance of Temperance education,
but pictured the folly of trying to
educate the boys upward to virtue
in the Home, while the State pro-
vided the means through legalized
saloons, of drawing them away
from home and educating them
downward to vice, degradation anu
death. We must put away this
opposing, evil education. We must
destroy the saloon; but that must
be done by votes, and votes mean
politics.
THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC IN POLITICS.
The Liquor Traffic controls the
politics of our country to-day. The
saloon controls votes, and uotes direct
politics. All our legislation, good
or bad, is secured by votes.
A reporter of political Conven-
ton telegraphed to his paper THE
startling sentence, "The saloons are
full tonight, and so are the delegates.
There was food for much thought
in that dispatch for the people of
a free Christian land. This State
of things must be changed. The
matter is pressing upon US.
ARE You READY FOR THE QUESTION ?
The issue is at hand, and must
be met. Are you ready for the q1es-
ton?
Temperance education is good
and urgent, but we cannot, we dare
not wait on education. We must
be in hurry. We must meet the
enemy noo0 at the ballot box. We
must unite Legislation with Educa-
ton. We must have constitutional
and statutory Prohibition, State
and National and for complete sue
cess, must have earnest and true
prohibitionists in Office to enforce
the laws.
The relations of foreign emigra-
ton to the Temperance reform
were clearly discussed. Compare
son was made of Vanderbilt's
heartless words, "The People be
damned" with the bloody Anarch-
lists cry, owe Runners will take care
of ChicagoP'
In solving the Liquor problem,
we have to do with Monopoly on
the one side and Socialism on
the other. Are we ready for the
question:"
SLAVERY AND THE LIQUOR TRAF-
The speaker drew a striking par
allel between the solving of the
slavery question and the coming
solution of the Liquor problem,
even now upon US. This, like that,
will be settled in the clash and
horror of battle unless we are wise
and courageous enough to settle it
speedily in the peacefuller way, at
the ballot box. Are you, gentle
men, ready 30 to settle it? Are you
ready for the question:?
Is not the issue large enough ?
The issue of thirty years ago grew
large enough to be settled in blood.
Is not this issue large enough moa0
to be settled by the ballot? (Cries
of Yes !, Yes !, from the audience).
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