The Meeker herald., 1888-01-21
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Pone. Of Ann Artor, Michigan, will
prove instructive treading matter. II
seems that church bireles have been al
fever heat over opposite views on the
temperance question aud not a little in,
feeling has croppe1 Out Mr.. Pone has
been among the unnst outspoken in pro,
testing against the present phase of the
temperance moves9ent:
II have been ddGlyoas for years Of an
opportunity to a11Iess those who deal
in intoxicating t1nks. have wished
10 try to present = them our real feel
ings towards th(O and their business;
to show them th@t se are not their per.
sonai enemies. ttla, We desire their
good and that ol Aeir families. l like
To hear man szvtss his convictions
fully and freely. -@1is,l,cr they agree
with mine or not. Ike In hear The
Catholic priest Affirm his doctTiues even
II lie sends me To psriitiun beessisc |
am not connected with tile 'hoiy mother
church. love TO hear the roar Of the
floods as go near m7 Baptist bre,hrcn,
hear the Unitrrian give his beliel-thlt
Is, when lie iinds any TO give. Halt
truths | don't want Ia hear. for no one
knows what the other hall may be
Men cannot argue nj all until th.y
agree: that Is. until they lind ZONE
ground they hold In common. There
ARE some points In regard 10 drink oI
which We ali unite. No man defend,
drunkenness. For whatever bc our
praciicc, VIZ NIL assent to That.
Drink is not the wois, thing IN the
land. Drunkenness never ruined OF de-.
-lfoyei u nation. Amongst all that
have been oycrthrown no people ever
rcrishcd through drink alone. Tie
drinking Germans were chastc ani
true. 80 Tacitus Informs Us. They
Tough, with valor for freedom. and
never ceased the strife with Rome until
the lcsions OF the empire were oyc.-
thrown. Our drinking revolutionary
fathers won our independents. wha,
has killed nstionsr Last has done 1,
again and again. II destroyed Persia.
II overthrow Home. Mohammci pro.
hibitrd wine. but permitted women.
iic would much better hay. given III.
wine cup and forbidden the haf.m.
There u no commandment ~! the ten
which SAYS. Thou shalt no, drink. but
there Is one which says. Thou shalt no,
commit adultery Our women arc
fond of calling the fearful roll Of dying
dfunkauls uio,i,and year. TO
into your bcll.tower. sister. Watch the
rcriing. trembling line. See the features
Ig!aeasi. jy;a,icsce T''nas's..' !!.Hs "nh.
Hrca, -,M hide. ,;s brutal fs.r Ia III.
presence oi Inst aud its tava.rs. Yo,
cannot gather tho statistics. u will MOI
oI-n its graves under the sunlight, bn'
II burrows everywhere. and busi-s ii'
victims ~ iouily siain. ! am told b,
many medical friends tia; my c1inpu,a
iion- arc moderate when I charge that
twenty thousand di. Ia this land -scl
year. slain by the pointed shafts oi ius,
iia,ii-n ro, away with horror thai
ctiips-s the most fearful power OF tbs
llnai drllIium which drink brings. Lit
tie children who should H. ~ pure ant
sweet fcsi-T aud pu'Iify because OF tbs
giiii Of others. Pass your lo1s proccs
sion through the streets. Mount To- ih'
he.fry.towcr. Take the day for ihil
procession. for the night must L. Tu
served for greater horrors. Lust hni
already Killed two where drink slew
tHHWU
babes who never see the li.h;-slai u!
their cwn mothers hands - delicate
hands. jcwcloi hands, arislocra'i'
iiands-no, la hoycls 20 much ~ II
mansions-bands spotted 10 all .,crrii!
with their own ci,ildrcn,s blood.
Mount, your belffy tower. Toll fo
tho dead who never saw the light. ou
OF darkness into eternity. ] am tol,
tha, am exceeding mpdcraie when
say tina, - COO babes are slain each sea
by their own murdcrous mothers. The!
never saw the light. III. drunkHrd ha
grave. They have not even grave Il
lie in. Swee; little ones, whom angel
might cherish. they are cast upon th
dunghill. Oh tender women, climl
the bclfry twcrl Make strong you
hands Ia strike. For every moment o
every night Of all the year YOU must ,ol
the bell Of death. Let tn. lost spiii
shrek. the four devils laugh ia unisoi
over these holocausis. since ] came Il
Ann Arbor. eight years ago. there la
been no murder done through drink
Unless my medical friends s,rangcl
mistake, 800 children have been slain IL
their own homes. on the altar Of life
by their own mothers hands. Mother
who wrcathc the fair flowers around tn
fairer faces Of your children lying ii
white caske,s. robed for the grave. yot
often think of the reunion not far dis
tant. when your children will wclcom
YOU TO homes of light. Mothers win
slew your little ones, what will you sa
when they see YOU. when they rccoi
from you-from YOU who tried in vail
to keep them from life and light an,
loveY
Drink causes disease. II wreck
life. To some extent. 1t hands dow
evils to posterity. Yet there is no las
of life that insures unsoundness TO III
drunkard's children. Often they rise Il
honor and strength, and feel no fc,tcr
from the past But not so wife, the chil
drcn and the household of the pollu;e'
man. Talk of tie wretchcduoss ans