The Brookhaven leader., 1890-09-18

Convention, means Il pcrpetuation of
the saloon license system for time in
definite.
Rcad The fIst paragraph Uf the
above ringing report and reconcile it,
il you can, with the fact that on the
very day. and dlmUSt al The rCry hour,
the Mississippi Baptist state Comven
tion at Columbus was adopting Il
memorial to the Constitutional Con
vcutirn favOring Constitutional Pro-
hibition, Bishop Galloway was max
ing a speech before II Methodist dis
trict conference at Ripley, opposing
it!
How hard it is to reconcile all these
things, and how natural that thou
sands of Methodist Prohibitionists
throughout the State who have been
and are still, among the truest and
most loyal friends of Constitutional
Prohibition, should begin to wonder
at the course of their official leader.
How would it sound for the Bishop
when he gets up to preach to say 4;
"Not today, but to mo'rOW is the day
of salvation. Tomorrow, not hO,r, is
the accepted time And how can he
put aside what he declared i'll his let
| ter to Mr.. Davis three years ago to be
/
CIPLE, OF DUTY TO COP AND THE
BROTHERHOOD OF MAN." for one
How does he reconcile his present po-
sition and the fact that he is receiving
the endorsement and applause Of
every whisky organ and politician in
the State, with that part of the above
report which says, ''for the most part
our church members throw the fNH
WeiJht of their influence and authori-
ty as voters against licensing the Ii
quor traffic." etc?
If Constitutional Prohibition is to
be put off until morroW'' it should
at least he left for its enemies and
not its friends to make the motion,
If, as declared by the Bishop in the
interview referred to, his observation
teaches him that '.fully Scrcn- eighths
of the opposition to the suppression
of the saloon comes from the ignorant
of both races" what is 10 be feared
from submitting the question of the
saloons suppression to picked Con
vention of intelligent Mississippians,
and the enforcement and perpetual
ton of that Conventions decision by
an intelligent white constituency
Bishop Galloway's dubious position
on this important question has aston
ished and grieved hundreds and thou
sands of his friends and admirers
throughout the State, without refer
ence to sectarian lines. Remem-
boring his active zeal and his
sturdy, forceful championship of the
cause of Prohibition in its weaker
days, they are, toparaplrase the Bish-
ops own language when expressing
his sorrow over Mr.. Davis's Lubbock
letter, ready to eXclaim: GLOW sad
that the latter utteranccs of Il great
Bishop, Prohibitionist aud Christian
should become the shibboleth of the !
salOOnsr'
Viewing his questionable, dallying
position as we do, in this important
crisis to the cause of Prohibition, we
fain would thunder in his ears his own |
closing words to the departed Sage
of BeauvOir'':
The logic of history urges on the
the great reform and sounds aloud
the call to duty. The issue is upon
us. Deny it as some may, deride it as
others please. Defy it if a few prefer,
the issue is joined and is here to stay,
until our fair land is redeemed from
the degradation of the liquor traffic.
80 Once to every man and nation comes the mo-
Inent to decide
In the strife of good and evil, on the good and
evil side;
Some great cause, Gods new Messiah, prOtfer-
ing the bloom or blight.
Parts the goats upon the left hand and the sheep
upon the right,
And the choice goes by forever, twixt the dark
ness and the light
Hast thou chosen, oh! my people, i'll which par
ty thou shalt stand,
Ere the doom from its worn sandals shakes the
dust against thy Iand?'"