The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1888-04-24
1fr. Z. Bailey on temperance.

EDITOR GAZETTE: The temperance
question is an irrepressible one, and
cannot be put down or ignored Much
of what has been published on it
seems clearly designed to throw dust,
and thus render a just view of it OBJ
Scure 1t is, however, for the interest
of the liquor seller that it should be
Obscured or put out of notice All
classes seem to approach it with some
degree of reluctance. Some fear that
decisive measures will do harm; others
fear that the good, solid sense of the
community will in the end prevail,
and that the internal traffic in spirits
will really be put down. Some pre-
tend to take il for granted that it can
not be stopped, and they cry out
against the measures looking in that
direction as worse than useless; in
their secret hearts they hope it will
not be stopped; and when pretended
indifference will no longer avail, we
may expect to see them come out fiat
footed on the side of incompetence.
With the subject matter of temperance
or intemperance | do not now propose
to NEEDLE, but | will make few plain
statements which believe to be mat
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First, Temperance will prevail in
the not distant future, and thorough
end will be made to liquor-selling.
The battle will wax hotter and hotter
till this result is attained; and the
liquor-seller Will be classed where he
belongs, viz, with the workers of in
iquity. A few are waking up to the
enormity of the liquor traffic; many
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not the fainthearted think nothing
can be done about it; much will be
done about it. The liquor traffic be-
longs on the side of wickedness. 1t is
one of the greatest of satan's engines
now left to destroy man, soul and
body. No redemption of mankind
from sin is complete without re-
demption from intemperance. The
abetter of intemperance is satan's gen
eralissimo, especially if he is in high
position, whether in the church or out
of it.
Secondly, The experience of little
Hawaii in its efforts (?) to execute the
liquor laws of the few past years is
simply farcical In the first place, the
efforts were not made. Apparently all
that was done was a mere blind de-
signed to make the inconsiderate think |
something was being done, and to
show how futile that something was.
No man of sense believed that any
earnest attempt was made to stop the /
traffic. No officer of government !
could have made such attempt, and |
have kept his office The powers that /
We're did not mean that any such re- |
suit should be attained. Times have |
changed. There can be and there will !
be an end put to the traffic. What |
was done in the Legislature was
meant to be done. And it matters not |
who tumbles out of office, that is lust !
what is to be done; only more is to be |
added to il. Don't think that those
who plant themselves in the way will |
wait to be run over. The Great Mas
ter is in the work and it will stand.
Thirdly, Let no man be faint
hearted; the real temperance folk
should place themselves shoulder to
shoulder and march ahead to the con-
They should consider
Just what it is they seek. The sneer
Of malice of foes and the croakings of
half-hearted friends should alike be
passed by. Traitors in camp must be
busted, and the hosts of the Lord must
march onward let who will oppose.
The abetters of liquor-selling are pow
erul, and may be expected to use
heir power TO the utmost to crush re-
orm. No weapon in their hands and
hey are unscrupulous-but will be
lsed for all it is worth. But the result
S not uncertain. Z. BAILEY.
Oakland, 1883. i