Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1888-11-26
TEMPERANCE ADDRESS
A DENUNclATIoN OF INTEM.
PERANCE.
Father Flynn Of &c. Mays Catholic
OhurOn Draws n Dark Picture Of
IntOmpsrAnCe and Denounoos
the Drinking Custom.

~-rtNANS SAAADA N9a kAEHtNn
afternoon with . crowded audience TO
hear his prAlse Of temperance reform
and denunoiAtionH Of intemperanoe.
TIE Ieverened gentlemsn said he was
oiled with enth huslAam AH he looked
upon the grand audience. The temper
anpe question, he said, had teen promi.
nsntly before lhe American public since
1929, the year when rum reached lie
climax Of riot and intOxlcAtion. II
that year the consumption Of AlcUbOlio
liquors was " gallons for every man,
woman and chi,d In the country. In
the year 1870 the consumption was az
gallons per capita OF the population, in
1910 the consumption had increased to
~ gallons, and 80 the inoreAna went on
uutii tho year 1925, when the oonsump-
ton Of alcoholic beverages reached the
alarming figures Of ~ RAllonB per
capita Of the population.
For more than = score Of ears prior
10 l625 the drinking had been steadily
and securely fastening It's fAngS into
the very vltAls Of the nation. The
drinking habit had become universal
Men and women who moved In the best
society were slaves OF the habit. II had
come TO be looked upon ~ . psEdonA BILE
weakness, for when eviry Que drank no
one oould be condemned for drinking.
Every social meeting ended In . revel.
While uuuh Esss the habits and ssntI
ments Of tho higher aradfs Of L0Jlety,
those Of the lower were simply unmen.
tlonable, Rum was an estenuAl TeQui
site Of every public 90 oasion-'he mar
rlAge, the baptism, the funeral, the
entertalnmenV, the election, the races.
every special occasion from the hAV.
vestinR to the church raising Wa1 sAno.
tilted by the presence Of the demij ohm.
Whisky was necessary to overcome the
hsAt Of summer and the cold Of winter
The man who became deAthly Slok from
drinking strangely enough had 10 oon-
tlnue drinking to settle she rocky con
dition Of bic stomAeh. Whisky was
considered absolutely necessary for the
endurance Of hard labor. 1t was the
comforter In every PAIN the inspirer In
every Joy. This state Of affairs oon
tinued until rum hsd run It's course Of
riot.
Father Flynn thanked God this day
has come when mon have reEolved thA',
10 great measure, 1t loasi, flooholI
drankenneBs and the saloon muAt 90
elements in our society.
IN eloquent language, drew dark pio
tuTs Of the influence Of intempeTAnoe
upon the family ard the o9mmunity.
Referring TO a home whore the woman
drank, he s0id: am sorry that am
not compelled In this case 10 fell back
on my imagination. Unfortunately, l
have only TO recall fAogs where women,
young and old, dFinK. Drink reaches
itB depth OF debAsement when woman
is its victim. / eau have no patience
with the woman who drinks. She is .
dis JIAoa ard . degradation. And yet
the drinking habit 10, alas, too preVA.
lent among women. While their hns.
bands are out at work they diligently
ply the "RroWler." Bometlmes they
are not ashamed to 60 to the tavern
themselves for the kettle Of beer, They
are sick or nursing and their only help
help support is beer. Their children are
brought mp on this instead Of on the
milk which God alone intended. To
use the words Of . vigorous writer, the
children begin with the bottle and keep
Il up.
II fyou, fAthsrd and mothers, now send
your children TO the rum shop, can you
be surprised II afterwards those ohil
dren 90 there of their own Ao0ord2
AAhNp lbh AOb BuAhApA uAt hhu NNl ~
them? Need you be surprised II those
children in after years, under Ahe mad
denlng Influence of DRINK, lift their
hands against you. "As yOu SOW, 90
shall you reap" Let your children
never sea drink In your house; never BY
any means encourage them TO drink.
Then II In after years they should un.
fortunately take 70 drink, the only con
ISOLATION that will be left you will be the
consciousness that their drunkenness
cannot be laid at your door.
And II intemperABoe be curse TO the
home, As all must admit, II 10 no less q
curse and stigma on the church, In
temperance seeks with impnnlty and
defiance to dispute with God the possts.
sion Of the soul, and ends by dnAlly
ejectlnR God from that empire OF which
he Is 90 Jealous. God desires to save
the soul, but the demon of drink says
moi Gods church, carrying out this
work, 10 engaged In the salvation Of
souls, and Its most formidable foe ID In
temperance.
Speaking OF the evil influences Of the
saloon, the lecturer said:
It 10 through the agency OF the saloon
that thousands of voters are debauohed, /,
aud thus the will of honest oitizsns 10
defeAted and prostrAtod. This ts the
work Of saloons 81 generally conducted.
Mubt they be allowed 10 ply their ne.
fariouB and unholy traffic without q
word TO wound their delicate feelings,
while they spread desolAiion and mis-
cry and Abieot squAlor far and wide2-
while they Tuthlessly Invade the quiet
sRnctlty and peace OF the homer What
about the poor wife who must live 10
/ Il t.IB AWnnkar hna.
band who comes home only when he it
kioked ont Of the tavern, his money
gomez What about the honest parents
whose hearts are crushed aud whose
faoes are furrowed with tears over the
down ward career OF their once promiE-
Jog boy, now dtmorAlizsd BY the In
fluepce OF the BAloonP
The saloon Is made attractive so As to
| lure its victim. An sir OF mysterious
iorgetfulness OF care surrounds 1t. Why
are not the saloons conducted like
plAoes Of busIneab2 Tear down the
| double. plated French glass and the
screens, and let . decent public see and
hear what ,trGnspires within, Let
wives and parents see the disgrSceiul
orgies there celebrated. Let them see
where their hust ands and children con
QFeRGte. Let our yOung Womtn see
their company res!iug around tho bar,
bslohing forth language that even
sober devil would be AlhSmed OF, Let
tavern keepers pu. IN their show cases
samples Of the work turned cut within.
Lst them see that the proper signs sre
out. An old gentleman was one DAY
passing q b1r.room when he saw
drunken man piled up in hssp on tse
cellar door. Golpg in, be Raid to the
bartender: "Young man, your sign is
down" The bartender hAstened out,
and you may imagine bis disgust 80 ne
looked .upon his "slgn" on the cellar
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