Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-01-15
temperance Column.
EDITED BY THE w. c. T. U.
EXTRACTS FROM MISS WILLARD's ANNUAL
ADDRESS AT PHILADELPHIA.

EXTRACTS FROM MISS WILLARD's ANNUAL
ADDRESS AT PHILADELPHIA.
Let US inscribe on our banner Where
ecer tie liquor pO,cer is marsh0led, there is
our battlefield
"Shc is launched on the wavc-the good ship
Prohibition,
The wave of Humanity, houndlcss and free
Around her staunch gunwale in fierce cbull
ton
The mad waters dash as she heads out to
sea-"
SO sings a southern patriot. and my
northern heart responds with our own
Whittier:
"The breath of God is in her sail
Her rudder in His hand"
But cannot forget that unless IRE build
the snip Gods waves cannot propel her
onward and His breath will have no sails
to fill,
Then comes the uplift of soul as re-
member that the ship of Prohibition is
not the only one, nor the dearest to my
heart. The White Ribbon pennon flies
at the masthead of the faireSt temperance
ship that ever sailed on the tempestuOus
sea of popular reform. As she rides the
waves and bravely meets the builctings,
my faith repeats. "lhe breath of God is
in her sails. her rudder in His hand" and
with triumphant joy my heart sings the
brave refrain:
"Sail ON, o Union strong and great
sail on, nor fear to breast the sea-
our hearts, our hopes, are all with thee.
Our hearts, our hopes, our prayers, our tears
our faith triumphant DER our fears,
Are all with thre,-arc all with thee"
What has the National W. {. r. L.
actually done this year, in the realm of
politics? Let Us carefully separate in
our thought, what the newspapers, and
the great thOughtlesS, outside public in
their ignorance and mattcnton say we
have done, from what we actually have.
"Nhy." says one, 1.-THE Ohio women help
ed the Prohibition campaign" True. but
we believe in State rights" if we had
passed nOn-partisan resolution at st.
Louis it would not have bound Ohio. and
she would have felt ii her duty, with Ii
ccnsc candidate on one side and Il tax can
didate on the other, to do just what she
has done now, and we could not have him
dered her, even had we wished to do so,
but the national officers have talked uul-
tiles" Yes. some of us have, not as a
speciality, however. For myself, | have
spoken less than half II dozen lines in nv
whole life under the auspices of Prohi-
bition party club or committee. But ]
judge that every National officer is free to
speak when and what she thinks best. and
would do so no matter what resolution
We may here adopt Sean the records of
the National W. {. +. L. in 1850. and no
alluSion to politics can be found Ana
lyze the trcaSurer's report: not penny
has been paid out for any political pur-
pose. Listen to the years summary of
a work vast rs the continent and many
sided as II great character; You will find
that philanthropy, not politics. comprises
the sublime and holy task to which the
W. G. +. L. has set itself
The two great parties that are to mil
lions of men the idols of the hour do not
enshrinc our principles, aud are but eN-
tinct volcanoes of past eruptions from
tie peoples heart. The national over
throw of the one failed TO produce the
temperance set back so widely notified
by its press and so liercely predicted by
its leaders. After all has ii really proved
a calamity, the change of rule? Office
holders, office seekers and partisan
journals of one side, think that il has. of
course. But behold we still have Il coun-
try and "A flag while several time-honor-
ed illusions have been dispelled, to the
great advantage of simple souls who
never read both sides. For instance, the
the cOlOred people are not in chains the