The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-08-08

| tntD come tu' 'tl't 1--WE us your IldnV,
yDur vote, yprr prayers, your sym
path,cs. Do thtt. and | viii promise
three things: FIRST, that You will
find u'lspcakablc irpp'n"s' III having
| done your duty. Secondly. you will
probably save Somcbo ly-prrhups
| your uwm child Thirdly, you will
| not, iu your last hour. have rcgrct
| that you made the sacrifice, if sacri
| flee it be.
| As long as you make drinking re
| spectacle. drinking customs will pre-
vail, and the plow share of death,
drawn by terrible disasters, will go
on turning up this whole continent
from end to end with the long, deep,
| awful fuTrow of drunkurIs graves.
] call upon those who arc guilty of
these indulgcnccs to quit the path of
death. Oh, what change it would
make in your home, Do you sec
how everything there is being desc
| lated! Would you not like to bring
| back JOY to your wife 5 heart and
| have your children come out to meet
you with as much confidence rs once
they showed Would you not like
to rckindlc the home lights that long
| ago were tNIlllS uiSiltt' IL 10 uoI wv
late TO change. 1t may not entirely
oblitcrato from your soul the memory
| Of wasted years and II ruined reputa-
ton, nor smooth out from your anxi-
GUS brow the wrinkles which trouble
has plowed 1t may not call back
unkind words uttered, orrough deeds
| done; for perhaps in those awful mo
| mcnts YOU struck her. 1t may not
take from your memory the bitter
| thoughts connected with some little
| grave. But it is not too late to save
Yourself, and secure for God and your
| family the remainder of your fast go
ing life
But perhaps you have not utterly
| gone astray. l may address one who
may not have quite made up his mind
Let your better nature speak out.
You take one side or the other in the
| war against druukcncss. Have you
the courage to rmt your foot down
right, and say to your companions
and friends Il will never drink in
toNicating liquor in all my life, nor
will lIcountcnauce the habit in others. y
Have nothing to dowith strong drink.
l. has turned the earth into place
|
gate t. lost world to let III its vic
TINS, until now the door swings no
more upon its hinges, but, day and
night. stands wide open to let III the
agnnizcd procession of doomed mcn.
DO | address one whose regular
work n lie Is to administer to tins
appetite! For Gods sake get out
Of that bu. mess, If woe Ire pro
nUrmccl upon the man who gives his
nciShbOr drink, how many woes must
be hanging over the man who does
this every day and every hour of the
day,
| DO not think that bee 4usc human
government may license you that
therefore God licenses you. l am
surprisel to hear you men say that
they respect the Original package
decision. by which the supreme court
OF the United States allows rum to be
taken into States like Kansas, which
have decided against the sale of in
: toXicuntS. l have no respect for &
: wrong decision. [ care not who makes
| il. The three Judges of the supreme
- court who gave minority reports
aguinS; that decision were right, and
the chief Justice was wrong. Tho
right of State to defend itself against
5 the rum traffic will yet be demonstrat
ed. the supreme court notwithstand
ing Higher than the judicial bench
ut Washington is the throne of the
!; Lord iod Almighty. No enactment
national, State or municipal can give
YOU the right to carry on business
whose one effect is destruction.
; God knows better than you do your
self the number of drinks YOU hav,
, poured out. You keep list; but &
more accurate list has been kept thar
l yours You may call it Burgundy
Bourbon. Cognac, Hcilsicck, soul
mash. or beer. God calls it strong
t cear Mhchrb or bS2Rn b%2 sfn the it PosESS a ESS
I counter OF n first class hotel, the Iii
| vine curse is upon you. tell yol
plainly that YOU will meet customer.
| one day when there will be no cOun
ter between you When your worl
l is done on earth and you enter tn,
. reward of your business, all the souls
5 of the men whom you have destroyed
will crowd around you, and pour then
bitterness into your cup. They vii
: show You their wounds and say
Q You made them, and point to thcil
unuucuchablc thirst and say. "Yor
t kinllcI it," and rattle their chair
and say. You forscdit." Then thci,
united Sroaus will smitc your ear, an(
A with the hands out of which you one,
picked the siypenccs and the dimes
e they will push you off the verge o
5 great prccipiccs; while rolling up from
| beneath. and breaking among tn,
crags of death, will thunder, "Wo,
3, to him that givcth his neighbor drink.