Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1890-08-16

crash OF ruin and shame. Some OF your
own households nave already been shaken.
PERHAPS YOU can hardlV admit II but
where was your son last night: Where
was he Friday night, Where was ne
Thursday nights Wednesday night Tues
day night Monday night Nay, have not
some Of you in your own bodies felt tbs
power Of this habit You think that you
could stop Are you sure you could? Go on
a little further, and | am sure you cannot. l
think il some OF YOU should try to break
away you would find a chain Oh the rIgnt
wrist and one on the left: one on the rlght
foot AMI another on the left. This serpent
does not begm u hurt until It has w9nnt
round and round. Then it begins to tighten
and strangle and crush until the bones crack,
and the blood trickies. and their eyes start
from their sockets, and the mangied wretch
cries: % Cod OIo1 help! help BUTT
is too late, and not even the fires of woe can
melt the chain when once II Is fully fastened.
have shown you the evil beast. The ques-
ton is, Who will hunt him down AMI now
shall we shoot him? | answer first, by get
ting our children right on this subject. Let
them grow up with an utter aversion TO
strong drink Take care how you aininis-
ter il, even as MEDICINE. Ii you find that
they have a natural love forlt. "a some have,
put in a glass Of it some hurrld stuff, and
make it utterly nau.eou5. Teacn them as
faithfully as you DO the Bible that rum is a
fiend Take them 10 the almsbouse and show
them the wreck and ruin it works. Walk
with them into the homes that have been
scourgel by il. II a drunkard had fallen in
TO a ditch take them right up where they can
see his face. bruised, savage and swollen, and
say: Look, my son. Rum did that" Look
ing out Of your window at some one who,
intoxicated to ma tucSs, goes through the
street brandishing his fist, basphelnlng God,
q bowling, defying, shouting, realns, raw
ing and toaning maniac, say to your SON:
Look, that man was Oucea Chill like you"
As you go by the grog snop let them kno"
that that IS the place where men are SLAIN, and
their wives made pauper-. and tleT children
slaves. Hold out to your children all warn
in9s, all rewards, all c)unSeis, lest IN after
days they break your heart and curse your
rTay hairs. A man Tau, hel at my father
for his s%crupulous temperance principles,
and said: Il am more liberal than you. |
always give my children the sugar in the
glass after we have been taking a drink
1hrc. Of the sons have died drunkards and
the fourth is iInbcclle through incorporate
habits
Again, we will battle this evil by voting
only for sober men. How many men are
there who can rise above the feelings Of par
isanship and demand that our officials shall
ne sober men?
l maintain that the question of sobriety is
higher than the question of availability, and
that however eminent a mans services NAV
be, If he have habits of intOxicatiOn he is I'M
lit for any office III the gift Of a Christian
people. Our laws will be no better than the
men who make them. Spend "A few days at
Harrisburg or Albany or Washington and
you will find out why upon these subjects it
Is impossible to get righteous enactments.
Again. we will war upon this evil by or
n0 ~ yn tAf,A Thn xr;A~l- - g. $1,000,
traffic have banded together; annually issue
their circulars; raise fabulous sums of money
to advance their interests, and by grips, pass
words, signs and stratagerns set at defiance
public morals. Let us confront them with
organizations just AS secret, and, il need be,
with grips and pass words and signs main
ain our position. There is no need that our
philanthropic societies tell all their plans. |
am in favor of all lawful strategy in the car
rying on of this conflict. | wish to God we
could lay under the wine casks a train which,
once ignited, would shake the earth with the
explosion of this INDUSTRIOUS iniquity.
Again, we will try the power Of the
pledge. There are thousands of men who
have been saved by putting their names to
such a document. / know it is laughed at,
but there are some men who, having once
promised a thing, do it. ''Some have
broken the pledge Yes; they were liars.
But all men are not liars. | do not say that
it is the duty of all persons to make such
signature, but | do say that it would be the
salvation of many Of you. The glorious work
OF TheObald Mathew can never be estimated.
AT his hand four millions of people took the
pledge, and multitudes in Ireland, England,
Scotland and America have kept it till this
day. The pledge signed to thousands has
been the proclamation of emancipation.
Again, we expect great things from inc
briate asylumS. They have already done a
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at last to treat inebriation as it ought to be
treated, namely, as an awful disease. self in
tlieted, to be sure, but nevertheless a disease.
once fastened upon q man sermons won't
cure him; temperance lectures will not eradi-
cate it; religious tracts Will not remove it.;
the Gospel of Christ will not arrest it. Once
under the power of this awful thirst the man
is bound to 90 on: and if the foaming glass
were on the other side Of perdition he would
wade through the fires Of hell to get it. A
young man III prison had such a strong thirst
Tor Intoxicating liquors that he cut off his
hand at the wrist, called for a bowl of brandy
N order To stop the bleeding, thrust his
wrist into the bowl. and then drank the con-
tents.
Stand not When the thirst is on him be-
tween a man aud has cups. Clear the track
Tor him. Away with the children; he would
tread their life out. Away with the wife;
he would d3Sh her todeatn. Away with the
cross, he would run il down. Away with the
Bible. he would tear it up for the winds.
Away with heaven; he considers it worth
less as q straw. Give me the drink. Give
It TO me! Though the hands of blood pass up
the bowl and the sui trenbles over the pit
the drink. give it to me- Though it be
pale with tears; though the froth of everlast-
ing anguish float on the foam-give it to me.
drink to my wife's woe. to my children's
rags, TO my eternal Punishment from God
and hope and heaven, Give it to me- the
drink
Again. we will contend against these evils
by trying TO persuade the respectable classes
OF society 10 the Punishment of alcoholic
beverages You who move in elegant and
relnet associations, You who drink the best
liquors; you who never drink until YOU loss
your balance. let Us look each other in the
face on this subject. You have under God
IN your power the redemption of this LAND
from drunkenness. Empty your cellars and
wine closets OF the heveray e and then come on
and give us your haal. Your vote. YOUR pray
ers, your sympathie>- Do that and | VIII prom
Use three things. First. That YOU will find un
speakable happiness in having done VOC,
duty; second, YOU VII PROBABLY save some