The midland journal., 1888-10-26

Grant and Sherman, and there will be
some body hurt On you can never
conquer the South a good many said.
You ought to pray for these erring sis
ters to come back. People with the
same easy. tinid natures say oh you
can't whip the saloon in an open fight.
You must stand behind Demo.
cratic and Republican breastworks and
shoot at long range. But the enemy
has possession of these breastworks.
Are you going to storm them and drive
him out. Not much. The Prohibition
lists say we mean to flank them like
Grant and Sherman. And it is this flank
movement that is creating such an up
roar in the saloon, where cords of lies
are manufactured and given to temper
ance people to fire off.
Our correspondent cites Cecil county
and asks when would our prohibatory
law have been enacted had it been left
till the third party was strong enough.
We answer by asking when would it
have been had it been left till the Dem
ocratic or Republican party had enact
ed it? The prohibition people Joined
themselves into third party for one
day. Suppose they had concluded to
stay joined, they could have ruled the
county right along. That is all there
is in the third>party. The sensible,
intelligent, God fearing people join
hands and declare they will no longer
work in partnership with the soloon,
and as time rolls on our correspondent
and other moral, cold water people will
grow ashamed of being companions OF
grog bosses and will fall in behind the
advancing column and when the saloon
is laid out they will shout, ''look what
ue have DONE" Like the timid husband
who fed to the loft while his wife
fought the bear. When his better hall
had knocked bruin in the head with
an axe he came down from the lofi
shouting "me and Betsy killed the
bear!' How does our correspondent
know the United States would be
without place to sell intoxicants'' il
it were not for the foreign immigra-
ton? A mere speculation. What are
the facts, which is what we have to
face? That the foreigner is here with
has saloon, and is in complete control
of onr political party machinery in all
of the large cities; and he coasts that in
a few years he will drown out the
''mopers" in your churches with bands
of music, that he has plenty of money
and can buy all the legislation he
wants. Now what are you going to do
about it? Content yourselves with
praying and singing? He will drown
the prayer and song with his brass
horn. The Almighty will help us. He
never helps those who do not try to
help themselves. He will not help to
reform people who license saloons.
You cannot receive the DEVILS license
money and the Lords blessing on tenn.
perance work at the same time. LEG.
islate and enact laws compelling this
element to do as we wish.'' That is
what our correspondent advises, and
the Prohibitionists say if all the good
people in favor of this will stand to-
gether they can soon have such laws,
but if they continue to vote tickets that
the saloon helps to put up you will
never accomplish it; and we must ad-
init that this has business and COM
mon sense look about it. The temper
ance people are not a "little company
by ourselves" as our correspondent
suggests, but great multitude parceled
out among the grog shop people who
fix up the tickets we vote. You see
our friend will hitch his cart before the
horse.
Neither of the "two great parties Of
fer the laws we DESIRE" They offer what
the saloon proposes, "high license -
and Peter e. Eller, president of the
largest distillery association in Nebras-
ka says, Il believe that High License
is one of the grandest laws for the liq-
uor traffic" Peter ought to know tor
he has had seven years experience with
$1,000 license in Nepraska..
We don't advise any one how to vote.
We lay before our readers the facts and
point out the drift of political ques-
tions and parties. Form your own
opinions and vote as you please! This
is the advice Senator Frye gave in his
speech at Elkton few few days ago
and we repeat it here.