The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-04-26

Give your money and life to Gambrinus and
beer?
No! Arise and be free in u land that is freeI
Let your appetites drown like tho swine In
the sea-
The spirits you drink arc the spirits OF wine:
Not changed from the water by wisdom d.
vine;
But like demons OF evil that entered tho
swine
Now let your motto he: "Freetlom is miner
g. w. Bunaay, in National hdpocats.
wANAMAKER on TEMPERANCE.
Postmaster General Wanamaker recently
made a very effective speech In favor Of
temperance to his Sunday-school scholars In
Philadelphia. Among other things he said:
''The man who viii not sign u temperance
pledge though he does not need 1t himself, to
help weaker brother is not rs much of q
man rs he thinks himself to be. Christ said:
Deny yourselves. Take up your cross aud
follow Me- There is no need to be drunk to
be under the influence of wine. The man who
takes only little and will not give It up Is
as much controlled by it as IL he was OH
habitual drunkard. He is under the intiu-
ence because he won't give it up What's
the reason you won't stand out for the
amendment? Because you like a glass of
beer. You say: Il want to he free to take
an occasional drink il l feel like it, Isn't It
the influence of the glass of beerp There are
thousands of men in this city who do not get
drunk. They say: We have the right to
drink it if we want to; to sell it, to buy 1t or
to give 1t away
"a man may not drink it at all, but he may
be under the influence of the liquor spirit.
He will say: Il am temperance man, but
am in business and the liquor people deal
with me, SO / won't say anything against it,
Now, what influence is he underS It's tho
same with many politician. He's afraid he
wont get votes so he is silent OF The liquor
question. When minister or a teacher re-
fuses to speak out on this question he Is ruled
~ tn aisfeR pfeRsssissss isetaessi e hs TIE. Hs. shs
Il SHG in the harness Of high Ssssss JUST ~ Is % Sns
liquor he sells so we Mst answer @ % for ss wosing
for liquor. 1t Is simply question Of whether
not we are in favor of the saloon. It isn't
n question of high license. The quibble that
prohibition doesn't prohibit has nothing to do
with it. The law against stealing does not
prevent stealing. The same power that puts
the amendment on our Constitution win at
tend to the enforcement of the law. It Ia
our duty to make 1t rs difficult to get liquor
as it is to get poison"
ALCOHOLISM IN FRANCE.
The consumption of alcohol i'm Franco has
been made the subject of report drawn up
by the French senatorial committee. From
this document it appears that since the inva-
sion Of the phylloxera spirits have been
| largely substituted for wine as stimulant
with the French people, the spirits most used
! being, moreover, no longer distilled from
wine, as formerly, but from potatoes, plums,
apples and pears. Tho alcohol thus obtained
| is, it seems, extremely dclcterious, and to its
use is oscribed the deplorable Increase of sui
| eide, criminality and insanity in districts
where these drinks are most I'm vogue. I'M
| pure alcohol i'm fact, il known to be most
detrimental to the public health, and medical
testimony proves that the spirit drinkers of
Paris and other districts IN France not only
suffer from nervous and other diseases but
hat fhaiY. nt,tl ltuI,I fS,a in
sanity and hysteria. Normandy, where the
| consumption Of impure alcohol Is very large,
is noted, it appears, for the high death rate
of infants, while the proportion of suicides
! from drink there constitutes 81 per cent. OF
the number The senatorial committee
strongly recommends the abolition of private
distillation and the prohibition of the sale of
all spirituous liquors which are dangerous to
shall pass through rectifying establishments
This recommendation ought certainly not to
be neglected. d.-London Standard.
RISING TIDE FOR TEMPERANCE.
There can be no question that, as the years
go on, there is rising tide for temperance
and for prohibition The number of people
who believe liquor selling sin and a crime
is on the increase, and so is the number who
have resolved that it must he stopped. The
saloon and the saloon keeper are regarded
with an increased abhorrence, and the business
is gradually passing into the hands Of the
lowest class, nearly all Of them foreigners,
and men who will never leave it except on
compulsion. And this compulsion ought to
receive new impulse at the municipal cleo
tions now near at hand. Many of our cities
can be carried for prohibition, if the friends
of temperance will organize and put In the
hard work that has secured no vote in CAM
bridge, Somerville and observation-disclosures
gationatist.
TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES.
The saloon must have boys, or 1t D.ust shut
up shop.
South Africa has a Woman's Christian
Temperance Union composed of natives.
An Inebriate Home Tor Women has recent
ly been opened In the NORTH of London.
Mr.. D. H. Burwell, Of Allegheny City