The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-02-22
THIRD PARTYIsM.
It's True Bearing Upon the Cause of
Temperance Refos ni-Speech
OF Rev. DR.. Carroll.

OF Rev. DR.. Carroll
Under the auspices Of the Prohibifiol
party discussion Of the question whe,h
er temperance reform requires Nation
al Prohibition party was held in IN.
Brooklyn Academy Of Music on Thurs
day evening. February "a. The ch0ser
advocate Of the Prohibitionists was Gea
. Clinton B. Fisk, lately their ezRdidats
for Governor Of New Jersey The othel
side of the question vas supported by
Or. II. r. Carroll. Of the Esdspes'isAs
Afler referring TO the magnitude Of the
task Of oyerfhrowing the szioon, hs
said
But gentlemen Of the Prohibition PAR
ty, yoa have not hessIat,zi % plan foi
yourselves additional or preliminary
tasks which. TO everybody bar you mGSi
seem hopeles-I mean the destfuction
practically. OF the two old parties. You
cannot grapPle with the saloon until 700
have political power you cannot have
political power until yoG can xrest il
from the old parties TO be the frs, il
stead Of the third party, you must prac-
tieally destroy the Republican party IN
the North and the Democratic party 0;
the South lApplause-l Let me remind
goa that old-ess4blished parties, Ike the
Democratic and Republican, are not of
en- or easily killed YOa ali remember
Al the close Of oGr civil war. the feeling
was quite general that the Democratic
party had reached the end Of is history.
|; had eSpo1sed the calse Of slavery, il
had wagsi . bitter and uloo5y var
against the Unicn and the Constitution ;
and, when the rebellion was pot down.
men said that the Democratic party fe,I
sifh the Coufederzcy, AID that iis name
and organization and principles must
never be resgrrected That zas less than
/ twenty-five years ago. Where i that
party to-day-lest in the history OF the
acknowledging past2 Nay bni in the
full yisor Of life and power, hoisiia.
the reins Of the National Government
lfslaysry. and treason, and rebellion Viii
not XII party. shzt have yoa, gentle
men, that i more efFertGal , lApplau-e.I !
But you say the Republican part i
{ doomed, also The Grand Old Party
must 20. 1t has done glorious things /:
IL record II without taint OF treason il
saved the country II broke forever the
bonds Of the slave: il restored the
Union II brought back peace and prus-
persty 70 our distracted Nation Is 5 the
party Of Lincoln and Sumner and Grant
and Garfield ltpplanse-J Do you think
that II wicke,iness could not Kill the
( Democratic, yirtne nil make the Re-
publican party an easy prey. Zap
plaase.
KEsIsTANCE OF TIE ON PaRTIES
You expect to sueeed bs detachinr the
better element from tisc-e old rarties
and attaching il TO ycur own Yoamuzs
wreck and rob these old parties. . 70
speak, in order TO eqnip your oEn- You
ASSUME that II viii never ocrur 10 the
veterans who man the old ship % pro-
ieci themselves from The attacks Of your
little canoe- Il dos not seem 80 secur
to you that the Republican party Ia the
North may be wise enolgh and strong
enough to eireumyeni your plsns and re-
sist your atfsrks. 1t does not seem to
ocrur 10 ygu that both Of these Old par
fies must be credited AZ least with the
instinct Of self-preservaiiOn And ! i
not perfectly plain that, pos<eszing this
instinct. which belongs To everything
that has life, both the old parties xiii
kntx hox 10 protect themselves she8
the danger bec0lnes manifest
The temperance movement was not
born with your organization There was
prohibition in force before ycG named
your firss Presidential candidate and al
the recent magnificent advance ia TEN
p-srznce legislation was nor euly not ine
to your influence II was. in some cases.
despite your inflzence What reasoaa-
bic prspeci have you that you viii come
into political po~er by fighting and de-
s,roying the old parties? Not the least.
IApPlAuSe-
Bat you say ycu have q strong hope
.rounsied in the his,e1y Of political anti
slavery and that as slavery vas sl.ol-
ished by a special party, growing out Of
the little Liberty party of ls4e 70 the
mighty Repuhlican party Of $50. - pro
hibilion Sili triumph by your party
Bat. unfortunately for yo1. the analogy
breaks doxn at the critical points Nei-
ther Of the two political parties ofthOse
DAYS Eas wiling 10 do anything TO oP-
pose or restrict slavery. In no STATE did
either the Wing or the Democratic party
make any attempt to abolish slavery.
The relation Of the old parties to proai-
bition Is as different as possible. There
IS hardly q State, North or sou1h. in
zhich the one or the other Of the old
parties has not adopted restrictive or
prOhibiioFy legislation They are giving
u sH,eh legislation constantly " hat the
cid anti-slavery heroes wanted Szs ne
stricfion OF abolition, not party triumph
You are not satisfied 70 get prohibition
you rant your partisan organization and
the triumph Of your party.
DgKlDsSs THE FoscES or TExPEzAScE
In the second place, you make yoGr
own s1ecess impossible by dividing and
aniagoniziny the friends Of Temperance
II ; Just a bad generzisfiP in politics ss
in war 10 divide and distract y0ur own
forces Your movement creates thee
distinct camps. while there is only one of
the enemy. There are Republican Pro
hibitiOnists. Democratic Prohibitionists-
and Prohibition Prohibit;onisis And.
gentlemen. Of these three divisions Of
PrOhibsfionis,s yours Is the smallest,
mot decidedly. This IS easily demon
ssra,ed- In Massachusetts, the total vote
in CITIES and towns against license was,
in is>S, about Ias 90 The third party
vote for Governor the same year Fes only
ss5l. The vote for prohibition il Mich
igaa lass year vas s7s.eae- The vote Tor
the third party candidate for the >uprease
Court was only fs.lH. In Texas the
vote for the Prohibifi0n amendment last
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