The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1886-05-08

ltY VIII Ofer u Stunendous barrier to oppose
our progress, but the highest and noblcst
impulses OF our nature will he called into ac-
tive cooperation With the moral and religious
sentiment OF the people, and then we shall
Know whether the greed OF gold and per-
verted appetite shall predominant over the
demands of justice and the best interests Of
the pcOple, which includes the eloquent
claims of a suffering humanity. The contest
with the great scourge of our country will
soon develope into determined moral wei
fare that will shake society from centre TO
circumference. 1t will be no common an
tagonisln OF opposite interests merely; all the
bad instincts of a dcbauchcd manhood. com
bfied with the perverted and degraded habits
of their victims, will marshal their forces TO
combat the aroused Intelligence and the
moral Christian sentiments OF the people, but
the full blaze OF an enlightened and conccn-
trated public conscience Will be brought to
bear on this monster vice and corruption, and
the new moral power will act like furious
gathering storm that viii sweep all obstacles
from its path like cUbwebs IN the trees. This
new and concentrated blast Of public con-
dennation will be like simeon I'm the desert,
to blind and bewildcr the ghostly demons Of
treachery, prejudice, apathy, and selfshness
that may retard the progress OF the coming
avalanche; but 1t will come. and win sweep
through the country like rushing, roaring
sweeping tornado, and woe 10 the politician
or weak-kneed Christian vino stand In It's
path. Straws show the direction of the wind
here are II few from our State. In Lawrence
county out Of tliirly-flve applications for IL
cense this spring thirteen were granted. In
Butler county fourteen out Of forty-four, and
of the fourteen not refused six were laid over
for further investigation. In Indiana county
none were granted for the town Of Indiana
In Franklin county Judge Row refused liquor
licenses for certain hotels saying that, upon
his own information, tile population, travel
and local interests did not require saloons. In
Armstrong county Judge Neal refused all APP
plications for licenses for Parker City. In
Huntingdon county only six licenses were
granted. &C., &c. The people are already
full Of anxiety. A wide spread interest has
been awakened that demands positive, an
aggressive advance; and this IL the tidal wave
ofintelligent conviction that promises 50 much
In bringing about moral revolution in the near
future. 1t requires no prophetic vision to see
the grand unrlsipg Of the neonIc that 10 soon
Tn ovcrtakc tbiS evi,. ve finJ ourselves over
novv carried a,ong nm tho food t,do NJ ,rto,li.
gent conylctlon-a conviction that will soon
sink this whole business of r,,r.solling I'm n
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