Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-08-20

be right but he will find the diff
Guilty of n minority power when he
begins to push laws for prohibition
in the District Of Columbia and the
Territories ne will find his third
party utterly helpless in work along
this line. Constitutional amendment
may come, rs it did in removing the
cause of slavery; but not until con
flict vastly greater along the whole
line of reform shall be waged. Not
until the battle shall be fought in ev-
cry valley, on every hilltop, in the
home, in the church-everywhere
Alas, it may be that n war more
bloody than that of the rebellion will
come before the great enemy can be
subdued and the constitution so fixed
that universal liberty from he thrall-
dom of alcohol shall bless the coun-
try. Our brother had some expert
ence in trying to enforce law in
Montpelier, where three only, out
of fifteen party prohibitionists were
found ready to help punish the rum
seller. Our brother is familiar with
the circumstance of the cleansing of
the ten lepers. He remembers what
the Master said when he turned and
saw only one "glorifying God"
''Were there not ten cleansed ; but
where are the nine !" Fifteen "cleans-
ed bat where were the twelve?
Bro. Frost does not like our argu-
ment that the size of his party, its
slow growth, its powerless condition
to help or hinder legislation, and its
utter weakness in some lines are such
that the great mass of honest tenn
perance men will not join 1t. He
hints to the fact that no great re-
form in morals or religion began
with majorities. All true But hum
ds-millions-of crusaders sacri-
feed their lives before Jerusalem was
wrested from the grasp of the Infidels.
Their purpose was right, but their
bones were not covered on the plains
before the Holy city was again in the
hands of the Pagan.
We only claim that honest men
with the hottest purposes have been
and may be mistaken in methods.
They were hanging witches in Puri-
tan New England not long ago the
Blue Laws of Connecticut were en-
acted by honest legislators at a time
within our memory the country was
turned up side down over the theories
of Miller, and men were making
preparations for the "second COM
ing and that quick metre hundreds
of men and women are clinging
to the doctrine that Mormanism is
right. Pardon us, but we are not
sure that the same liberty granted
to make Norman converts in this
country would make them faster than
prohibition party converts are made.
Then there has been the Greenback
idea, the American idea, the Woman
Suffrage idea, the labor party meth
cd, the George method, all Of which
have commended themselves TO the
minds and conscience of parties
greater or smaller in numbers. What
results for good?
We are asked if we would exclude
the prohibition idea from the lines
of temperance reform. No; not our
kind of prohibition. We only inti-
mate that many party prohibition
lists get so crazy over the one idea that
they have little time, if any inclina-
ton, to do work along the better
''lines" of work.
We are gently criticised for re-
ferring to the man, who, having left
his old party, is doing his utmost TO
injure it; and we are questioned
whether we did not write our edito-
rial last week for the purpose of in
juring the prohibition party We
did not assume that so mild and in
nocent a shot from the MONITOR
would do any great injury in the
world. If, however, it did have any
influence any where, we hope il will
turn some brother back into his old
party where he will have some power
and influence for good. Our broth
er takes up the cudgel in defense Of
the hayward boy who is trying to
kick his good old republican mother.
There have been thousands OF boys
in this world, who, having run away,
excuse themselves by claiming that
the good old dame of the home is
wrong some way; and they chick
Justify, when any counsel or corporeal
punishment is administered. The
mass of people somehow sympathize
with the mother.
Now, Brother Frost, we venture to
ask you a question: Do you intend
to vote for William p. Dillingham; of
Waterbury at the coming September
election? If not, will you please in
form the readers of the MONITOR how
the cause of temperance and good
morals will be helped by Withholding
the vote?
1t is certain that the arguments
which president Cleveland uses are
those which Golden used to employ
forty-five years ago and which any