, 1890-02-20
THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC
Text OF an Essay Written and
Read by Young Lady Of
This City.


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AZ the congregational temple, Mon
day evening III was u part Oh
discuslohl on the question: 'e'
solved, that the eitlre suppression
Oh the liquor trhii'c is no giea,er ui'
ueruking thah was the aooii'ioh o'
siavery'"
Wy ,ionor.u l oppoi'e,''e ,aYu wy
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"o ooon''o' VI ni' ~ N v,s
we" So "u ."n"e, Wv, ~
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their energies 10 sur up the feolinB
GNU uiOuHt tu' VI tiiN
nation against the inhuman and
beastly treatment of the slaves in
tb, so,,L Tho ,ooi,oI ~ human
snGa,.,ra oo, r", h,,, 'ro,sa av,nna'
e ,."i NV Ds'' "'o7o os"p"
,hy, especial'y wileh our own iin'
mediate Interests nre concerned.
Their efforts We're crowned by en-
listing the syinpathles of the North,
and I'm due time the. seed they Ind
sown tool rno, he arst nnreor.
~, II,
anee was III 'he siii'pe oi cue reoei''
ION OF the slave states, which was
quickly followed by an attempt to
suppress that rebellion. In the
progress of the war IL became evil
aent that s,nvorv u,os tho hona of
ae',..n,,a, ~,', ;s
coi''e"''oi' anu uihs. pc 'e''ioNe" u
peace was ever 10 DE restored De-
tween the bclligcrents.
The cornerstone of the republic
to be formed from these rebelllols
s,a,os ,vos al,varv The destruction
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..,I ..n'.,..','o,i w sn'v.ly Was ne,
,h, e.i mi'ie, ~, up,,I,' ,Ln Ii ,t' tii'
~ v, w .n"1 v. !,
INV thn .,sasoo !" ,nae'o " in,2',So S ,Sa
,mv "o',as %, 1"e ', naen J anI III, ite
@enn, @ s, , properly anu i'io
'os tiu ~, y,une, &
oo".u suei st ,, ,co,i,inse,%,s'es, ~ ur'se ~
,IEu w VIZ III. ,,"'io " ,ic s'.iic
iv ah ovs"h Mouu e" sooilei
n,n., m i iw .ov"viu "ut We ea,' ,ii
hIu,S th,1 ,ooh ior IKE measure Ill
~ M i'e's NC.
aware that human slavery was q
fearful stain on her fair fame. 1t
was now regarded as n disgrace and
no longer us necessity to the well
fare of the people, The government
was awakened to its sense of
duty and made this known
to the South. The time had come
when the country was ripe for such
IA measure. But we will suppose
that the North had been equally
interested In the slave trade, and
slave labor had been necessary to
the comfort of the Northern people,
do YOU think that the civil war
would now be recorded In our his
tories? Would not the negro still
he tolllng under the fear of the over
seer's lash? II IL so easy to assi4t in
suppresslng anything that does not
affect ourselves nor our interests,
The government IL not blind to
the fact that the liquor traffic is
another blot, but Is not the whole
nation concerned In this traffic?
Does not the government virtually
say by its act Ions. "You may brew,
dlstill and sell all the liquor you
please If you pay me for it." You
can hardly calf this assisting in
the suppression Of the liquor traffic.