The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-09-23

Ah.etttiSN'NsN W.
Shall the Saiocn go@
This question has been asked by
good and true men and women for =
generation past; and every day it be-
comes more pertinent; every day fuel
is added to the anti-saloon pyrc, an its
burning glare is reaching outin NIL di-
reciions aud Illuminating all parties and
conditions of men. Ii is becoming the
"irreprcssible conflict Of the coming
generation. The issue must be met,
and he is moral coward who IS not
ready to face it.
As to its evil influences ii has no Il
biologist. No man, who values his rep
utation for moral disccmmcUt, will de-
fcEd the saloon. No one can say that
lis influences are moral or clrva,ing,
or that its tendency Is to make mon bet
ter. wicr or pmcr. But, ON the contra
nv, much, very much, can truthtu!iy be
said in the opposite direction, SIatiS-
tics can he piled UNNECESSARILY high go
ING to show that ii is criminal and pau
per making; that ii stcws its pathway
with human wrecks and moral debris;
that it pulls down the great and the
small, the mighty in intellect as well
as the ignorant, bringing all lis votarIcs
to one common jilci.--oWc scetiing
with filth and corrUptio"; that if takes
the fathers hope and the mothers joy
and burrics it forever out OF sight, and,
finally, that it is opposed TO Cod, and
home and country.
with these indisputable premises the
question would seem easy of solution
II is. And can only be answered i'll
the aflirmativc-the saloon MUST go.
To reason differently would be to qucs-
ton the law of universal advancement
that God has written upon all things,
and admit that the hands on the dial of
progress arc to run backwards. and to
doubt the capability Of mankind to rise
from lower to Il higher plane.
When. and now is this to be brought
about? When, we cannot say. 1t may
be soon, it may be many years, but
sooner or later, as with all other evils,
the end must come.
"Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they
grind exceeding small;
Though with patience lie stands waiting widt cX-
actncss .riads lie all
And when the end does come. none
will rejoice so much as those who have
been ens!aved by it. How will this be
brought about? To this We are unable
to say, for as to the manner and mode
of warfare, applicable to the case, men
of tact and ability differ. Good and
earnest men and women who are deYo-
ted to the overthrow of the saloon diff
fer as to the means to be employed.
Some can see no hope beyond long
educational course, commencing with
the lisping infant; others, believe that
a iudcious license system would lessen
intcmpcrmcc, and, if their premises
are correct, would effect its overthrow;
and then we have those who believe III
enforced prohibition, effected through
separate and distinct or third party or
CARNATIONS: and lastly 4 large and ear
nest class who believe that this work
must be done by one or the other OF
the two great parties that exist III our
country. and that must necessarily,
from the nature of our institutions, al
ways exist, by one name or another.
To this latter view we are strongly in
clined, and believe that the time is near
at hand when each Of the great parties
will be obliged to take decided grounds
upon this question. Then will the bat
tie be Wagcd in ernest, and all previous
political contests, i'll America, will pale
before this one. Of the final result
there can be no doubt. In the end the
saloon must 90. And if this is brought
, about through the instrumcihality of
the republican party, which looks prob
able, it will add another sparkling dia-
mond to its, already, well earned crown,
and 90 down in the annals OF time, side
by side, with that greatest of historical
events, the freeing of the slave and the,
consequent, identifying Of human labor.
The Ercc Riders wide awake!
It is evident that the famous, (some
say iRfamous,) Gree Pass Brigade"