The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-08-22
PROHIBITION LEADERS.
Letters Of Acceptance From
Gen. Fisk and DIR. Brooks.
The Prohibition Nominees Express
Their Views.

The letters Of acceptance Of the National
Prohibition party candidates for President
and Vice President have just been made pub
Lie. The opening paragraph in the cornmu-
nication of General Clinton B. Fisk expresses
grateful sense Of the honor conferred upon
him by the Indianapolis Convention and
formally accepts the nomination. 1t then
proceeds in part as follows: ut 10
not enough that we reform the indt-
vidual; we must reform the State. The
policy Of great commonwealths OF whole
people must be remade and put in harmony
operation Of industrial effort, the essential
conditions Of national prosperity, and genu-
inc brotherhood of man. 20
1.-THE National Democratic party In its
platform utters no word in condemnation OF
the greatest foe to the Republic-the liquor
traffic. That party having steadfastly
in its utterances at National Conventions
maintained it, allegiance to the Amsri.
can saloon, it was no disappointment
to any one that at ST. Louis in 1888
1t resf1rmed its old position on this, the
greatest question now being debated among
men. It was with great reluctance that /
came to admit the imperative need Of q new
party while yet the party Of my choice-the
National Republican party-maintained its
organization. It cost me the sacrifice OF
cherished associations when four years
ranks of party Prohibitionists under the flag
of prohibition, blesched snowy white by the
tears Of smitten women and children through
generations Of sorrow and want Every
day since then has shown yet more clear
ly the logic of my course and the
Inevitable truth Of my conclusions In
Michigan, in Texas, in Tennessee, and Ore
gon, so-called non. partisan effects to estab-t
ligh prohibition have failed through par.
party composition. In Iowa, Rhode Island
and Maine the laws have been shamefully de-
fed for like reasons From the Supreme
Court itself has come with startling em-s
phasis declaration so nationalizing this re-
form that it can never be made OF local or
State limitation again. -
''The first concern Of good Government y
vention at Chicago, "is the virtue and
sobriety of the people and the purity OF the
home. search the long Republican plat
form through in vain to find condemna-
ton of the saloon, or hint Of purpose to-
assal It, or any sign Of moral conscious
ness that the saloon is curse, and i'll
income too unholy for the nation to-,
share. II the first concern has no place in .
partys platform, and party has no policy
deserve the support Of men who love good
government and would see 1t maintained.
The Prohibition party's first concern is for
the purity Of the home and the virtue and
sobriety Of the people. ~
''That party is not labors truest friend
which would bar the importation Of pauperS
from abroad, or close the tariff door OF com
petition to pauperize foreign industry, and
then by liquor system perpetuate thss
~ in
own midst, with whom honest labor must.
compete, and whom, largely, honest labor
II rejoice that, standing on the platform
50 well framed at Indianapolis, which so adj
mirably recognizes other great principles
than this of prohibition, declaring, as we do
declare, that citizenship rests on mo-.
mere circumstance Of color, sex or
shall affirm, the full rights of cifi-
zenship for all, standing ever, as we must.
for the defence Of the, weak and the OPP
pressed, we can and do assert that prohibt
tiou is the dominant issue in national politics;
and we can and do invite to full party fef-
lowship all who on this one dominant issue :
are with us agreed, believing that as
we settle this broad question for
the right so shall we best conserve the wel-'
fare Of our entire nation and Of every class
within it, and so shall we make certain the,
wise and speedy settlement Of every lesser
question involved and arising" -
DR.. John A. Brooks, in his letter accepting
the Vice-Presidency, after acknowledging
the honor conferred upon him, denounced
monopolies and trusts, and says that trusts
are against a wholesome revision OF the,
tariff. He commends the platform OF the
Prohibition party and concludes by some
remarks regarding the sanctity of the.
home, refers to the evil influence Of saloons.
indorses woman suffrage and the work OF
women for prohibition, and again thanks the
convention for the honor Of the nomina
ton.