Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-10-03

,his E,sfof1fy of ya-~rs is . Par. OF the
work Of The " G. T. L. This wosk is
sn.erfssed via By parry eonpIEes atoms I;
tbs average man will lisssa TO the
psra Of . veman whe speaks in the
PANE Of nome srA OF moral o5iisaiiSr;
ile average man does not receive A. kindly
the Flea Of . political aEsagoriss- Tb=
mission Of the W C. T. e. Is 10 reach
Tue Averags Man
with tsnperAnee trath. The W. C. 7. L
should ayoiI anY complication or alliances
which bailds wall he.xeen hsrsen and
those Ale would reach.
PsgtisanshIp bgi,ds vail. Sorne party
rshisifienisss urge that rssornsrs shoaif
not wait far the SLOW growth Of pab.ic sen.
tlrssnt; that the sooner the prohi
bi.ion issae Is forced. the sooner the finsl
victory e ii esnas they vieg sah uneon'
eeT1 and ssrasanss openly rsjoie. when
bsi men 4fs--ss the result, Of thsis parry
com afioas-slscted to places Of rep
rssentstivs sEIhor.tv they buddy declare
tnst The isfsat Of pgoRib.t.onists u say
party except thssr osn, Is areatiy to BE-
desired. They remember tina, Is 10 writer
liz must aseas re that offences come, "
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Political Eihiiism
msy have Is place in the grea. dramA OF
nations political development. Il is
ur.ltsn the wrath Ct nan shall praise the
Lord but are such combinations aud con.
~ ,acis- the legitimate work OF Woman :
Christ ain Temperance lnI9n: ihi7k not
Not only Is the work OF the s1ceiy
limited By the complications OF pariizsn.
| ship, but sneh allisnce Is an infringegle ut
Of the political liberty or all members Sho
10 rot approve the part chosen by ma
ioriry vote of the society
No indit dual yields either his religious
or his political liberty TO the kespinz Of a-y
organiz ifioa which he may lo1 for bu -
ness or pbsnthropic purposes.
The moral influence OF womsn is her
political power; she not hagine the ballot
! {. otherwise politically powsrless To pledge
Ibs, influence to asy party sgalnst ser con-
sent Is contrary TO the genius CO American
institutions and the spirit of liberty. Ii is
political robbery. Ind, iiual poiiti Al
liberty IL fundamental human right; And
thi, question of the party alliance OF the
W T.. T. u. IS wider in its application than
the work OF our believe ed organization.
tits a Question OF Human Rights.
This realization burns into the hearts of
thinking omen, the sense of wrong
wrought fills them with e)ursge to stand
against it. to ''cry aloud aud spare not.
II is claimed that no State Union is bouni
by any principle eip1nsei by the National
Society except the total abstinence pledge,
This statement Is true IN The letter, it is
untrue IN he spi5ff which ha, been dOni
aant 10 the policy of the National L aion.
Ia 20 far rs it had tn, power the National
{ mon has visited its displeasure upon those
who would nc be bound by the partisan
policy of the National ; ociety.
Iowa, which has been pronounced in op-
position to this policy is called "refrac-
tory child" and Iowa women who make
open protest are declared "obstructionists -
The privilege Of debate was denied when
az Iowa woman. Mrs NJ j. Aldrich. for
year. the Corresponding Secretary Of the
Iowa Mon, desired to SPEAK for a non
partisan amendment to tn. Con ,titution of
the ailonal Society
10 the Maine w. c. r L. women who
have advocated non parti sansiip, have
been made the subject OF personal rebuke
and purity Of their motives openly ques-
TONED. Wor1s of bitterness have made
a burning record in rnanv hearts, and AS
toni he'd lockers on. Had these wrongs
been limited in their results to the hearts
Of those who suffered it might have been
borne without protest, but the interests of
the work are greater than any personal
ION slider lions, ant il has zen harmed By
the 10 sered moral tone of tie organization
consequent on the al ience of that charity
VI hich thinkcth no evl'.
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partisan re9o ution could hardly b.
more emphatic than this Can 1t be othsr-
wise IN its tendency than to limit the mum,
oers and the inhaence or the ORGANIZATION
The hope of the Temperance reform lies in
its petmeatins al ca ses OF society ana
sil political faitis with its life giying
truths no more euectTe means OF this
wide propaganda an DE- secured thu
Toe sweet coercion of wominiy IN
tiHence through the PERSONA appeals of
our individual m mbers. We lose this IN
i'rence when our number is limited % iAe
aaherAnts OF one pohu2a part!
also Lose influence with legislators 10
whom We must appeal for laws in the in
terest of our work. W hen Repuoiiean' IN
the Mort aua Democrats in i1e South,
among whom We ind our strongest tenn
petance men are opposed At the polls BY a
temperau organization, there is less IN
clina'iol 10 Il 'ten to these political op-
ponents when they appear IN the changed
character of moral reiorn5. 1t Is no an
wer to ssY "a No aua 10 do their duty
n .werve'' h' prrsons tInstieFabons. g
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