The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-08-07
Letter Accepting the Nomination.
The Prohibition Candidate for the
Presidency Expresses Himself.
He Tells Why He Left the Repub.
lican Party Four Years Ago.
He Exposes the Hypocrisy Of the
Chicago Platform.
The Prohibition Party tho Only Politi-
cal Organization Whose Chief Con-
Germ Is the Virtue and sobrl-
ETY. OF tho People.

ely OF tho People.
CnicAGo, ILL.,, Aug. 6,-Thc letters of
acceptance OF the National Prohibition
party candidates for President and Vice.
President are made public this afternoon.
The letter OF Gen. Clinton II. Fisk, candi.
date for President, is dated at Seabright,
n. j., July %. The opening paragraph
expresses grateful sense Of the honor
conferred upon him by the indianapolis
convention and formally accepting the
nomination. 1t then proceeds as follows
Within few years the temperance re-
form has altogether changed front. In
the great conflict which has been, and IL
yet waging, temperance forces no longer
face human appetite and habit alone; they
oppose legislation law, the purpose Of po-
litical parties, the policy Of State and ma
ton. What Law creates, law alone can
kill. Tho creature Of law, the saloon, the
liquor traffic, can die only at the laws
hand or nj the hand Of the laws execu.
tor. Conceived in ayarcious iniquity
born oi sinful legislative wedlock, the
| licensed saloon, the lcgalilcd liquor traffic,
| bastard child ot "a civilization processing
purity and virtue, must hc siranglcd 10y
| tho civilization which bcgOt II, or
that civilization must 20 forever brand
cd with the scarlet letter Of it own
shame. II IL not enough that We re-
form the individual; We must reform tho
State. Tho policy OF great common
| wcalths of q whole people must he re-
| l.. a ts. katN
economic principles the true cooperation
of industrial effort, the essential conditions
oi national prosperity, and genuine
brotherhood OF man.
~ broad demand as this eau be met ia
! but one way. II has been we'll said, "A
| political reform can become fact in gov
cnmcnt only through political party
that administers government \ reform
~ vast ~ this We advocate. involving such
| n radical change Ia state nnd national poll
| lev, IN utterly dependent lot iu agitation
| and contamination upon some party agent
OF force. The national Democratic party,
In UH platform, uticm no word oi conhein'
. nation oi the greatest Toe 10 the republic,
, the liquor tmihc. The party having stead.
lastly. Ia its uiieranccs at national conNcn-
tiuns, maintained Its allegiance 90 the
American saloon, II WIS no disappoint.
mcnt 10 any one that at ~ Louis in 1883
II rcnilrmcd liz old position ON this the
greatest question now being debated among
men. II was with the greatest reluctance
that ! accepted these conclusions and came
to admit the imperative need Oi new
party, while yet the party oi my choice,
the national Republican party, maintained
its organization. II cost mc the sacrifice
| ui cherished associations when four years
ago | enrolled myself IN the ranks OF party
l'ruhiblions,s under the flag ipruhibition,
blcachcd snowy white hy the tcar Of snittcu
women and children through generation.
Ui f1rrow and want. have seen NO hor
uf regret. Every day since then has
shown yet more clearly thc logic ui my
Cuunc and the inevitable truth ui my
conclusions. In Michigan, in Texas, in
tennessee aud Oregon, su-cHllci non
partisan efforts a. establish prohibition
have failed, through partisan Necessity,
barn ol liquor elements Iu uIi party uppu.
sf.on. ln Iowa. Rhulr Island aud
Maine the laws have hcrn shumClcssly
drhrd iur like reason. The entire tr'nd
uf thing. thr.r last -four year, hH- proven
| huprI,s-. The broad ungn ui prohibition
| through non partisan means uui equally
/ futile ~ tuHi contamination, the mar.
| rover methods ui local uuiIuu and high
license while irum thr supreme court u
| tr.i las come, with startling emphasis,
hpglnuiun Ep Matchmaking this reform
that u can never hr made ui local "
| State Limitation HFtin. The INT
concern % uupi government, said the fc'
,.ut national Republican convention, nt
Chicago. b. iur virtue nni Fphriciy ot the
people aud tie purity oi the home.
Revenue then, Is not glyrrnmcntH chirt
concern, whether coming from internal
taxation ~ from tariff on imporiaiions
aud any source oi revenue which dis
counts ''thc ,irlucand Hohricty OF the pco.
plr' und hpg''s impuuly Ia the home
should BE- ihu tint object assulcd by every
| p1riy pfn.,,a.ing a. nspk guud government;
while the revenue derived irUm such
source should be- the tint to be- iurwufn
not altpfnatyrly. Tor the sake oi prOicc.
t,rtivc tuuil, hut positively inT
g,kc Of protection OF dcarer aud
more vital interests than the tara
can ever ,Irld Had not left the Rcpuh'
Iuan par, tour yplr- Hrp should hc COM
rrllcd a. leave Il now, when, after reading
lie Wupls / have quoted from resolution
supplemental iu bat not included iu i's
IHt,ium. aud inding in these words my
.Nu .l,us ui lhp governments "ChiCi Cuu'
a.u" sr forth. | search the long platform
..U4.sU 100 vain tu tud condemnation 0t
ipr saloon. ur hint Of purpose a. ussai. 70,
lI any sign of moral consciousness ihat
'bc saIuuu n curse aud its Income TO
nIuN iof thc nation 10 share. u no
'rhri concern" lpf not a u'acr ir q parry
platform and the party las mo- policy s 10
ILIt "chiui concern, that party does h'i
! Ir.u,o M, support n men Who 1vr g'p,i
. Government and would srn % r 'nihnci;
The Prohibition pauv's 'Cii'' concern
s iur the purity " the homo aui ihc ,lr'
uc and f6hrrty Ui thc people. lhh Paity
IL not labUfs trurst friend NH.,h N9u.l
bar the importation ul rlnnrp ltuh
il,rpid. or close the tamil ln1r nl compch,,
..n 10 piupcrr iopi-n industry, ana
Hru by liquor sysirm Vrri"tna'e tle
manufacture ol plupcr and criminals IN
Itr own m,lsi, with ahum hnnrst lasor
rui.i compete and whom largely honest
labor must support
The letter closes With q roNiew OF no
principles u prohibition.
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