The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-08-08


fncc, bruised, savage. and swollen, nnd say:
Look. my son. Rum did thnt!' Look.
ing out of your win'low ut some one who,
intoxicated to madness, goes through the
street, brandishina his fiat, blaspheming
Gnl, n howlng. defying, shouting. rreling,
raving and foaming nnnac. say to your
son, Look: that man wns once u child like
you" AS you 20 by the grogsliop, let them
know that that liz the plncc where men aro
slain and their wives ma,lc paupers, and
their children slaves. Hold out to your
children all warnings, nll rewards, all coun.
sells, lest in after days they break your heart
and curse your gray hairs. A man laughed
principles, and suil: Il am more liberal
thnn you. always give my chihlrcn the
sugar III the glass after We have been taking
u drink" Three o! his sons have died drunk.
ards. and the fourth is imbecilr through in.
temperate habits.
Again: We will battle this evil by voting
only for sober men. How many men are
there who cnn rise above tho ceilings of par.
tisnnship and demand that our officials
shall he sober men?
maintain that the question of sohricty il
higher than the question of availability; and
tnat, however eminent IL maj, = services may
he. il he have habits o; in,oxication he is un-
fit for any Office i'll the git ora Christian
people. Our laws will In no better than tho
men who mike them. Spend few days Mt
Harrisburg, or Albany ar Washington. and
you will in,l out why, mrom these subjects,
it is impossible to get righteous enact nrnts.
Again: We will war upon this evil by or.
ganizing sncieiis Ti:c friends nf the rum
traffic have banded together: annually issue
their crrulars: raise nlulnus SUNS % money
to advance their interests: and by gIips,
pass words. signs and strutugems net ut lie.
fnnr1 public morals. Let Is ron 'runt them
with organizations just rs secret anil il need
he. with grips, and pass words, and signs,
maintain oar position. There is no reed
thar our psilanthrnpic surirties tell all their
plans. am in avor oia'l lawful strategy
in the carrying on of this conflict wis!, to
God we could lay under the wine casks
train which. once ignitr,l. would shake the
earth with the explosion o. this monstrous
iniuuity!
Again: We will try the power of the pledge.
There are thousands oi men who have been
suvcl by putting their names such a tloc,,-
ment
know il islau2hc,l at: hut there arr some
men WHO. having once promised u thing. do
it. Some have broken the pledge" Yes;
they were liars. But all men are not liars.
! do not say il is The duty of all PERSONS to
make such signnture; but do say that it
would he the salvation OF many OF YOU. The
glorious work o! rhrohnld Mnthcw cn:, ncv.
err he estimated. At his hand .i,0uu. 900
people took the pledge, aud muliturs in
Ireland, England. Scotland nn Amerir; hnve
kept il till this day. The pledge signed to
thousands has been the proclamation ri
emancipation.
ehriat" nsylums. They have already done IL
glorious work. ! think We are coming ut
las, to treat inrhriatinn as it ought To lie
treated namely, us an awful disease sci. in.
ilicte,l, to l,c sure hut nevertheless Il disease
Once fastened upon man, sermon won't
cure him; temperance lectures will not
"ra'iicn'n it; religious trncts will not re-.
arrest it. Once under the power of this
nv ul thirst. the man is hound to go ON;
and, if IN" t0amin% elass were ON tho othrr
si'l" of prriitiun. ho would wade through
the fiics ofllelltngrt it. \ young mnn in l,ris.
nn had such n strong thirst ;or intoxir;icat-
ing liquors that lie cut oil his hand nt the
wrist. tnilrl FOR II bowl of brandy in order
to stop the bleeding. thrust his wrist into
tn" bowl and then drank the contents.
Stand not, when the thirst is on him, TO-
tween II man and his cups. Clenr the truck
for him Away with The children; l.e would
tread their lille ont. Away with the wife, he
would dash her to death. Away with the
cross ere, he would run it down. Away with the
Bible he would tear il up for the winds.
Away with heaven; he considers it worth less
ns II straw. "Givc me the drink! Give it to
me- Though tho hands of blood pass up tho
howl. and the souls tremhlr over the pit
the drink! give it to me- Though it ho I,;,lo
with tears; though the iruth of everlasting
anguish floats on the funm-give i, to mo. |
drink to my wie's woe, to my chilircn's
rags: to my ctrrnnl bnnisllmcnt from God,
and hore, and heaven! Give it to me. The
drink"
Again. We will contend against these
evils by trying to persuade the respectable
classes of s"rirty to he hanishn"nt OF al.
coh0lir beverages. ion who move in elegant
aud refined associations: YOU who drink the
best liquors you who never drink until you
loose your balance let us look each other in
the face on this sub mt. You have under God,
III your power ili" redemption %, tl:is land rom
drunkenness. Empty your c"llnrs and win"
closets of the beverage, and then come out
and give us your hand, your vote. your
prayers. your sympnihics. DO that. aud
will promise three things: First, 1ha, YOU
will find unspeakahle happiness in having
don" your duty. secondly. You will lrol,n.
lily save somehodv-pr0bahly ynur own
child. Thirdly, ion will not. in your last
hour, have ii regret that yOu made he sarri.
flee. ii sacrifice it br.
AS long as you make drinking rrsrccta-
But perhaps you have not utterly gona
nstray. may address one who may not
have quite made up his mind Let your bet
ter naturr speak out. You tax" one side or
the other III the WAR ngninsi diunkrmDrss.
Have Won the rO,Irnre To mt ,Our Ip0t
downright and say to your cn,n,,nnions ana
friends. III will ncv"rdri,.k xira,inc Iiaunr
in all my life; nor will cnunt.llnnco the hnI,.
il in others" Have notlng TO do with
strong drink. II has turned tile earth into n
place Of sculls. and has stood opening the
gate TO n lost world to let in its victims, un-
hios "S , a "pr ar ,nM nMis n, u" more "h"h Its
To- let in the agonzr,l PROFESSION of doomed
men.
,s 10 ADDRESS one %nos. ,, frSs,lilr WORK IN
Goi;s snk" @"t out of ,h", hat hrir h1,sil'rss, II o n
woe b. pronounced upon II mnn who gives
ms nclrl'h"r drink how many woes must he
d,'w nn cynry h"ur m ,'n Of hn " Jav, avfS '' every
DO not think ,l,nt because human govern
mvn' may license you that therefore God II.
"''s,s You ,;, nm s',rrr'ssi to- hear yon men
"ci.on by Which, tIpr TIM, m nu,r",Ie , .rt nf e..
United States allows run to he taken into
states like Kansas, which have drri'isd
rssnnr, nr ,' ,'' wr r." ,'Jsan,s Js"i.im nmve no
who makes it. The three Judges of the SUI su.
I'e'ne court vino .gnvra minority report
%;,'S, Inn, n"rr," %sTr ri ',;n, ;,I, ana tue
to defend ils"f against the " rum Unit traffic " will will
yet be demonstrated. the supreme court
not%l' l,stnnlins. liig'r than the jnliral
% nri Cod 10 ,InG,x y Ho snnet"m, n .np". , "' ams
al. state or municipal rnn give you the right
to carry on Il business whose one effect is dc
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