Telegram-herald., 1891-03-02

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shall DS theirs. iuy DESTROYED reputation
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plaadiBg hArp1es Of hell"
Prom tue multitude II those who have
the evil habit born With taeuA tais Araay u
being augmented. And ETH sorry 10 say
that a gF-at ussBy u the drug siores are
Abetting this evil. and alcohol h sold ander
tic maine OF bitteEs- lt 10 bitteFs for this
and bltte-s for that and bstters for some
other thing. aud good mea deeeiFea, net
knowing there 10 any thralldom Of alcohol
! ism coming from that sSsiroe. are going
down, and some day msn sits with the
bottle OF black bitters on his table, AID The
cork flies cat. and after il flies hend and
clutches the man by his throat aud SAYS;
Aha have been after you for tea year,.
have got yoa now. Down with youi
down with you" Bitters. All! yes They
make mans family hitter aud ais home
bitter and his disposition bitter and bis
death bitter aud his bell bitter, isitters!
A vast army, ali the time Increasing.
IL seems 10 me IL - about time for tho
| II .ooO. 600 professors OF religion In America
To take sides. IL Is going TO be an ont and
out battle with drunkenness aud sobriety,
between heaven and hell, between Gcd and
the devil Take sides before there is any
further national decadence; take sides be
fore your sons are sacrificed and the new
home of your daughter goes down under
the alcoholism Of an imbrnted husband.
! Take sides while your voice, your pen,
your prayer. your vote may have any infiu-
ence in arrestinz the despoliatiOn Of this
nation. II the l'.Ooo. 600 professors OF re
| lgion should take sides on this subject "
| would not be very long before the destiny
OF this nation would be decided ln the rig II
! direction.
THE CURSE OF STRONG DRINK
Is drunkenness a state or national evil,
/ Does il belong 10 the north, or does il ee-
! long 70 the south, Does il belong 10 the
east, or does IL belong 10 the west' Ali
l there is not an American river into which
| its tears have not fallen and iuto which its
/ suicides have not plunged What ruined
/ that southern plantation,-every field a
fortune, the proprietor and his family once
/ the most afiiuent supporters OF summer
watering places What threw that New
/ England farm into decay and turned the
! roseate cheeks that bloomod at the foot Of
! the Green Mountains into the palior Of
! despair What has snittcn every street
Of every village, town and city Of this con-
tinent with moral pestileneei Strong
/ drink
To prove that this is national evil call
up two statesin opposite directions-Maine
and Georgia. Let them testify in regard
TO this State OF Maine says, 1T is so great
an evil up here We have mathematical it
as a state" State of Georgia says, 1T Is 20
great an evil down here that ninety coun-
ties Of this state have made the sale OF in
toxicating drink criminaity" So the
word comes up from all parts OF the land.
| Either drunkenness will he destroyed in
this country or the American government
will be destroyed. Drunkenness and free
institutions are coming into death Crap
pie.
Gather up the money that the working
| classes have spent for rum during the last
thirty years, and | will build for every
wo-kingroan a house and lay out for him
a garden, and clothe his sons in broaccioth
end his daughters in silks, and stand at his
front door a prancing span of sorrels or
bays, and secure him policy Of life insur-
ance so that the present home may be well
maintained after ne is dead. The most per
sistent most overpowering enemy of the
working classes is intoxicating liquor. 1t
! Is the anarchist of the centuries. and has
boycotted and is now boycotting the body
and mind and soul of American labor. IL
annually swindles industry out of a large
percentage of its earnings. IL holds out
its blasting solicitations to the mechanic or
operative on his way TO work. and at the
room spell, and on his way home at even
tide. On Saturday, when the wages are
paid, it snatches large part OF the money
that might come TO the family and sacri-
fees it among the saloon keepers. Stand
the saloons OF this country SIDE by side,
and it is carefully estimated that they
would reach from New York 20 Chicago.
This evil is pouring its vitr.olic aud
damnable liquors down the throass OF
hundreds OF thousands of laborers. and
while the ordinary strikes are rainous
| both to employers aud employees, / pro-
claim universal strike against strong
drink. which strike. il kept up, will be the
relief OF the working classes and the saliva
ton Of the nation. Twill undertake 10 say
| that there is not healthy laborer in tho
| United States who, witoin tine mex: twenty
years, If he viii refuse ali intoxicating
beverages aad be saving. may not become
capitalist on small scale.
CANNOT SOMETHING DE DoSE'
Oh, how many are waiting 20 see IL sonne-
| thing cannot be done for the stopping OF
! intemperancel Thousands OF drunkarss
waiting who cannot go len minutes in auy
direction without having tho Temptation
I cIaring before their eyes or appealing 10
| their nossrils. they lighting against IL with
! enfeeblei will and diseased appetite. con
! ouering, then surrendeTi1g, eo1oucrIpa
/ again and surrondcring again, and crying,
.sHov long q Lord bow long before these
infamous solicitations shall te gonei''
And how many mothers are wsSisg to .ee
/ IL this national curse cabnct Dfi' Oh. IS
that the boy who bad The honest breath
who comes home with breath vitsated OF
disSui.eds What a cssrre4 How quickly
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