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

| Did | call this house the sec@nR
| No. it i.S the same house. Rum trans
| formed il. Rum cmbrutcd the MAJ.
Rum sold the shawl. Rum tor" Up
the carpets. Rum dcsolatci ti'c
hearth. Rum changed that paradise
into hell
I sketch two m"n that You know
very well. The first graduated from
one of our literary institutions. His
| father, mother, brothers and sisters
were present to see him graduate.
They heard the applaudipg thumders
that greeted his speech. They saw
| the degree conferred andthc diploma
| given. He never looked SO well. Ev-
| cryboly said, What noble brow.
What Il fine eye. What graceful
MANNERS, What brilliant prospects,
All the world opens before him. and
cries, 'Hulrah, hurrah,
Man the second: Lies i'll the sta
ton house The doctor has Just been
sent for to bind up re gashcs re
cciycd in fight. Il, hair is matted,
and makes him look Ike awilk beast.
His lin is bloody and cut. Who Is
this battered and bruised wretch that
was picked up by the police. and
carried III drunk, and foul and bleed
ing! Did | call him IMAM the second /!
He is man the first Rum transformed
him. Rum destroyed his prospects.
Rum disappointed parental cXpccta
ton. Rum withcrcd those garlands
| of commencement day. Rum cut his
lin. Rum dashed out his manhood.
Rum. accurscd Rum!
| have shown YOU the evil beast.
The question is, Who will hunt HIM
down, and how shall We shoot him
l answer, first, by getting our child
rcn right on this subject. Let them
grow up with an utter aversion to
strong drink. Take care how YOU
administer it even as medicine. If
you find that they have anatlral love
for it, as some have, put in n glass of
it some horrid stuff, and make 1T
utterly nauseous. Teach them, as
| faithfully as YOU do the Bible, that
rum is a iicnd. Take them to the
aims house, and show them the wreck
AMI ruin it works Walk with them
int" the homes that have been
scourged by it.
| Agaiu: We will battle this evil by
| voting only for sober men. How
many men are there who can raise
above the feelings of partiSanshlp,
and demand that our official, shall
be sober men
| maintain that IN" question Of
sobrirty is higher than the question
Of availability: and that. howcNct
eminent Il mans services may be. II
| he have habits Of intoXicatlon. Ii" Is
| unfit for any Office in the gift OF /
Christian people. Our laws will bn
no better than the men who make
| them. Spend Il few days ut Harris
burg, or Albany, or Washington, AMI
you will find out why. upon these
| subjects, it is imposSihlcto get right
| cOus cnactmcntS.
| Again: We will war against this
| evil by organized societies. The friends
of the rum traffic have banded to
| gcthcr: annually issue their circulars:
| raise fabulous sums of money to ad-
vance their interests: and. by grlpS
| passwords. signs and StrataGemS, set
| ut Nvli,,Mc" public mornls. Lct uS
| confront them with organizations
| lust rs secret, and, if need be, witt
| grips and pass words, and signs, main
| tam our position. There is no need
that our philanthrOplc societies tell nj
| their plans. | am in favor of MI law
full strategy in the carrying on of this
conflict. 4 wish TO God we could las
unIrr Inc wine cosis n train which
nnnc i,rnitcI wo,IlI shake TN, earth
| with tLc rvnlnsion nr this monstrou,
| ;niIu;tv'
! h,oiu. Ny, will fry thr mower q
| ,bnS'InI,.. TLrrn ,rn thousands OF
mcn wha,hovc Lrrn sovcI by nuttiuo
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