Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-03-21
An Universal Petition.

anu kept I'D good condition.
An Universal Petition.
Contributed by the Women, Christian Temperance
Union Of Miles City.
The following is the petition Of the
Worlds Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union, to the governments of
the world collectively and severally).
Honored Rulers, Representatives and
Brothers:
We, your petitioners, although
physically weak, are strong Of heart to
love our homes, our native land, and
the worlds family of nations. We
know that when the brain OF man is
clear his heart is kind, his home is
happy, hia country Is prosperous and
the world grows friendly. But we
know that alcoholic stimulants and
opium will craze and cloud the brain,
make misery for man and all the
world, and most of all for US and for
our children. We know these stimu-
lants and opiates are sold under legal
guarantees which make the govern
ments partners in the traffic, by &C
cepting as revenue a portion OF its
profits, and that they are forced by
treaty upon populations either ignor-
ant or unwilling. We have no power
to prevent this great iniquity beneath
which the whole world groans and
staggers, but you have power to cleanse
the flags of every cline from the stain
of their completely with this unmingl-
ed curse. We therefore come to you
with the united voices of representa-
tive women from every civilized ma
ton under the sun, beseeching you to
strip away the sanction of the law
from the drink traffic and the opium
trade and to protect our homes by the
total prohibition of this two-fold curse
of civilization Throughout all the terri
tory over which your government ex-
tends.
1t is to be signed by women only,
and will take about five years of earn
est effort to work up this appeal to all
nations.
Governor Colauitt, at present U. s.
senator from Georgia, in a recent tenn
perance address in New York city,
speaks as follows of the situation In
the city Of Atlanta 10 his own state:
Another argument used in Aalata
was the alleged probable effect Of pro-
hibition upon business. As though
by driving the doggeries out OF our
city its legitimate business would 60
to smash The doggeries! My friends
that has come to be very suggestive
word, but its application TO such a
place as saloon Is cruel SANDER
upon that noble animal, the dog.
[Applause. Grog-shops-devil-shops.
l am very much like Shakespeare,
not IN genius. but in my views upon
certain point. %, thou invisible
spirit of wine, il thou hast no name to
be known by, let us call thee devilr
Well, that business argument was
used pretty energetic ally. They said
that If prohibition prevailed hun
dreds Of houses would be vacated and
the owners would have 10 go about the
streets begging people to take them at
any rental. / have hardly seen a
paper in the last ten days that hasn't
contained something about the depre-
citation OF values and the subsistence Of
public spirit In Atlanta. They want
Brooklyn and New Yorkito know the
sad facts.in order that the finger of
caution may be pointed al. the Inflated
southern city and the people may say
Beware! Don't follow her example,
But there is not word of truth I'm
these reports. Even IL there were, i
dent see how prohibition can be re-
sponsible, since the saloons are still
there, and will not 60 until the IL
censes expire in July. They say we
have lost sl,0O0,OOO of capital, which
has pulled out of Atlanta and gone to
to Dallas. God help Texas! For not
dollar of capital has gone from our
city or is.going unless 1t is liquor cap
itaI. We want all that. sort Of capital
to go. That's what we choked II to
death for. And we propose TO kick
Its miserable corpse out. too.