The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1890-03-19

swer that, If God had waited for pub
lie sentiment to get ready, we never
should have had the Ten Commands
ments. There is q fashionable law in
New York here which deoress that a
woman may with perfect propriety
carry poodle DOG in Fifth Avenue;
but what would be thought of the
same woman who would carry her own
child in the public tholoughtare?
That Is consequence Of public sem
timent; and you and every one else
but those who live in the inner circle
Of fashionable emotion knows that
that public sentiment is false. BY
an abominably false education it is
considered perfectly right for politi-
cal rarity to put the rum Jug in 9
platform, and perfectly wrong and
cranky to put the home there. This
political public sentiment in favor Of
discriminating against hume in faye r
Of the rum ingi. no more right than
is that fashion, lie public sentiment
in favor t discriminating against the
child in fas,r IF tie poodle deg.
/ bell We hat / entertain the views
Of a maj i'y ofrhe practical working
temperance men. But let US not
quarrel with the others Let US pre-
serve perfect good humor. During
the war / was certainly on the wrong
side-on the numerically wrong side.
and, too, on the morally wrong side,
though honestly thought then that
compromise was tight. Que day /
saw LOT of Yankees coming toward
me, and, improving on the old prin-
ciple of discreet behavior--"He who
flights and runs away" etc. con-
cluded to run away without fighting
at all. But, when I turned about, /
saw seven or eight Yankees coming
from thesother direction. / surren-
dered. The leader Of that capturing
Yankee band was Captain Smith.
He afterwards became Major General
Green Clay Smith. | hated him in.
tensely. BIT, pshaw that was mere
prejudice, from which 1 have recoy,
cred long ago. | now regard hiu a,
one of the eraAdest men who walks
the soil OF Kentucky. We walk to.
gethcr, talk together, and sing to-
gether.
"The star spangled banner, o long
may it wave,
Ger the land Of the free and the
home Of the brave"
And ] mention this to illustrate what
. foolish thing prejudice is. Ten
peranee men and women, do not LET
US be prejudicsdl Next 10 enthusiasm,
good feeling counts more than any
thing else.
Do you hear the voice from the
Southland? There are thirty six
whole counties in Kentucky which
are without license. In Georgia
and all Of you know the story Of the
march upon Atlanta-in Georgia
there are ole hundred aud twenty
three counties in which liquor Is pro
hioitel. There is not a license saloon
within one hundred and sixty miles
Of Montgomery, Alabama. And
this reminds me OF 3 story. A thirs-
~ traveller in Tennessee came to a
town one right and aske the hotel-
Keeper if be could get drink of Ii
iqnor, mo. sir" was the reply; eve
nave four.mile law here "Foar-
mile law |" replied The traveller, 10
great disgust. 1T must be a sixtys
four mile law; for I've been riding all
day and haven't found q drop
One word Ia conclusion: You
Northern people came s n b and look
off our shackles Of slavery. If you
don't mind, we Southern people will
G ,me. up and strike Of your drink
shackles beflre yon are able to loosen
them yourselves.
MRS. w. II. ROGERS,
Supt Press department.