The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1888-08-15
A LETTER TO OLD FnIESDs.
10 THE pRoHIBIrosIsTs or north
II A4aonsi.sI. III

:. hoLisA3ts u -
The ganization and attitude Of
the Third or Prohibition party, IN
this State calls for serious cbhsidera-
iion from those Of US who have hecn
identified withlI sll Ithe Nmosehlents,
looking "a the ,abolinpn Of tbs liquor
traffic that b Ne taksh place eddring
the past several years. ! have given
no subject more thought than that Of
tempsrnnee and prob ItdtioIg aud for
the past several moptbsi ! haye BEEN
intensely concerned about The posi-
ton which those desiring prohibition
should take with regard 70 the Third
party that j saw wps coming Sonth
IN lis organiz hion and Work FIRE.
quently have 7 talked with the late
lamenied John b. Finch, cbs;rn9h D OF
the National Prohibitipp Executive
Comniittee, and with JOHN N. steai ne,
Esq, secretary OF the National femS
perance Society, and maiy Older lead
ing f,en shout what 10 me was
the peculiar situat on OF The
Prohi6itionias Of Che South. z With
few exceptio the temperance men
of the South that have fought It's bat.
ties and built nr the sentiment for
Prohibition which Ne, fpd tordsys sers
tertain the same views That. lido, and
that il, the organization o. the Third
psrty in the Soulh Is unw,se and dan,
gerous--not only to- thu cause oi
Prohihilions but 10 eur 'eivif apds pc
litical Institutions
Local option is not all that We want
The laws rs itnows ws,andsis crude and
imperfect and ftersforeN Nns onsra ion
diflcnlE Bdt.incaoption, win ali
its faults, has proven blessing. "
those communities wlIsre Il has
been faithfully tested. aud wishrear
popslstiep Il il, our snly .6Sas And
the large sections Of Nor,h Carolina
under prohibition today are % be-
cause Of local option aud special leg.
islssive enactment fsr Acaocs :
churches, &c eatlsr fiinia ff
II the quesIion was PEoLibFt0a aoi
license The position OF the temperance
people would be clear, but there can
be 90 doubt Ia the mind Of any one
q 10 the result Of the present d gan.
ixation OF the Third party fnNpftll
Carolina. A large majority of The
voters will come IRON the Democrat.
ic party, sud sjpst so far az skhs
vote az ths Third psfts iasssasessih'
strength Of the Democratic party de.
creases. So thal.sfbe queton foi
each prohibitionist 10 deelde now i
this: -. =
which political party do I perfel
10 have in power 10 North Carolina
!. the Democratic Or Repnbliesni
With eiIhefld AZ b p0htftdi pny7y v,
will have The saloons We know that
and therefore il Is q choice Of whicl
party, with the saloons, the prohibi
lionists prefer. There can be no hoI'
oI eleciing Mr. Walker or any Of th'
Third party candidates. so that VI
are 10 have the saloons after The elec
llon a. We have them now. {
eBut four years from now. We vii
come into power" some Of the Ihir'
party men telIsus.
Upon what ground tins i believes
Icannot possibly see. wheneye
tho~e oppds,d % rohibiton fnsI q
organization ofany magnitude agains
them they will come together 10 on
effort, ~ they did In 1881, and th
result is easily stated. =
Our only hopeI repeat, . thong
local option u feachshg these iocsil
t.cs that We can control.
| commenced voting in Stale an
national politics in 1870. My reaso
for voting the Democratic ticket
thst tinis limited or no question ,
doubt, S1te same Conditions exil
to-day; and aside from the nations
issues that divide the two great paI
ties here in North CaroliDa, the ques
lion III race supremacy must be con
sldered. by chs, 1 do. nos mesn -
cIal equality, ThisIl do not great
fear. But race supremacy is q fac
OF past history under Republican ri
In The South, and therefore IL not OF
" possible but sure, II the Republ
cad alfxKYmocasIs Ihaye no bi
terness ~ eiuf % the matter n
record ior The past twenty reafs
this clay 10 thsibe@t proof I pf'
OF my Jc-ite 10 elevate and promo
lhe moral and material good sos Y
eolprcd people, bot i am nol fesd
"a commit 70 .llieF hanas the Cover
mont 81 -Nefib rsfNIWa .1ihljcIpa
county aud Stale. They are Btf sql
20 Il, 6f pasea fpf On hpptt
ell tuthrwupprcsrsvnfnr ruy wHys nr
faaas.lAeir. sdueatinn aud trcallne
AZ other citizens, but do not belle
them sspfHd fSl2Si and br
perly psr<6ba az spyY Anent :
IL NAV be said 4 has there are 20
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