The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-10-07
THE LICENSED BAR.
A TOLL GATE TO HE'LL, TO THE POOR
HOUSE, AND TO THE PRISON.
An Agreement With Death and n Cow
enant with HeII--.Christ Come to
Destroy, Not to Regulate EVIL.

The Iowa Methodisis do not believe in
praying LEAD US not into temptation" and
tempt their young men. AT their Conference
in Des Moines last week they passed the
following resolutions unanimously: -.
The Des Moines conference reaffirms Its
devotion TO the principles and policy OF
prohibition. believing 1t to be the only effec.
live method Of dealing with the rum traffic.
AS Christ came not to regulate but to destroy
the works Of the devil, we believe that
destruction instead o! regulation OF the liquor
traffic is the only policy which Christians can
consistently indorse.
We ieve that the rum traffic is entitled
10 no more protection or legal status by IL
cense than is theft, arson and murder. We
maintain the license Of the evil is an agree
ment with death and covenant with hell
We deprecate the attempt of any party to
reinstate the legalized saloon in our State,
the home, the church and the state, and In
alliance with oil The dangerous clements
that menace the purity of the home and the
safety of the commonwealth. We maintain
that party alliance with tile outlawed saloon
is rank treason against the state.
We den0unce the attempt OF any party to
cripple and obstruct the enforcement OF the
prOhibitory law. and then ON the ground OF
non enforcement demand the repeal OF said
law.
We protest against the policy OF special
executive cemency towards the vtoiators OF
the prohibitory law and respectfully suggest
that it is the sworn duty or our chief cXecu-
tive to enforce said law rather than It's viola
ton, and then insist on It's repeal because IT
Is not enforced.
We cannot endorse any party that propose,
as temperance measure, 10 build toll gates to
the jails, the almshouse, the penitentiary, the
gallows and hell, in the shape OF license laws.
We demand al mpassable wall instead of q
toll gate.
We believe it monstrous mockcry to pray
"Thy kingdom come" and then vote for the
dcviI'S mightiestagency, the licensed saloons.
We insist in the present crisis our politics an d
our religion be thoroughly mixed and "wcll
shaken be tore using"
We pledge our moral and political support
to the party that stands for the maintainence
and enforcement OF the prohibit0ry law, and
Invite the cooperation OF all homc-lOvlng and
law abiding citizens, regardless OF previous
party affiliations. We commend the Iowa
State Temperance alliance for its dillgent
work in this cause, and in its effort to enforce
the prohibitory law, and agree with IT, that
prohibition, as involved in this campaign, in
not n matter Of mere party politics. but aques-
tion affecting the dearest interest of society
the moral and religious life of the people rs
peace and prosperity of the home. And as q
moral and religious duty we lay IT. on the
hearts and conSciences of all honest men OF
all parties to work and vote TO save the
homes of Iowa from the curse of the legalized
liquor traffic. and to this end we pledge to the
alliance our cordial cooperation.