Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-02-24
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dlagrce. The controversy WAS none o
Inv seeking. never strike flr-t
We cannot change the opinion ~ each
or ~ others, We will call Il draw gnm'
~ poker. HIT didn't YOU gct of lots %
cool things, siie roo, all by yourself
in Your own little corner oh, yo,
can't denv Il, for overheard you. Ant
now I wlll hump up In nay own litil'
corner, cros. nv leg., rotOte my thumbs
and hum over fcw thing. all by myself
aud should you happen Ia oScfhcar u,
want you to testify that I have latel,
fallen Into the habit II s'ying what u
precisely ~, aud that even when croon
log Ia a happy undertone, all Ia myself,
I AWAY. deal with. pcrhap. Irregular
bat clav-coli. lncontro,crtlble facts.
Thi. u about the way that ! proPoss
to hum: No party can truly Do callei 4
muscular Temperance party, aud thor
oughly hcalihful, and thoroughly ear
meet. that only talk. temperance under
u brraih after election. W. church eau
truly h. called an aggc..lyc church,
AMI hardly Christian church. that sim
ply sings doNologie. through hs nose,
and make. ~ effort whatever Ca advances
IA. interest. 1T the l,e,leemer's kingdom,
the New Jerusalem that came down from
tod out ~ heaven.
There La eeTtaln party which shall
D. uamclcss, whose long ago record "a.
grand In the extreme, bat which has
l-.n growing foulcr ani weaker aud
NOR cont.lnptible q. u IN. been morr
ini morr lc,i about by fortune hunter.
aud place srekcrs, that sets me Ca mus-
Ing nn Nhat the spirit aid to ia. angel
20 IA. church of the I.hoiic~aus, through
John on the l.lc ~ Patmo.! II knos
thy works that thou ATT neither cold nor
hot I would thou vert cold or hot. -.
then, bcgaus- thou art lukewarm, and
neither cold nor hot. ! will spcs the"
nut ~ my mouth" apprrhsnd that
.omev herr about the year 1000 the en-
tlrr .prwing pvcc.s viii have been com
pistc,i, unlc.. there shall have br-n q
fl.c IN the moral Thermometer ~ this
unnam~i party. The ''cindlcstlck' will
have lrr.n removed unless N shall walk
la the lighi that has b-.n revealed. The
IncontrnVsriihle fact l. that this party
ofrxr-llcut moral. and loud temperance
responses. ani hearty amcns AMI that
/. all, ia moral coward every frc.i-
,lenti1i wear, ani so Ear AZ reform IN tip
bling l. CONCERNED u stands On the sane
lead. low level with that other uunam~i
party whose teeth we're cat on a rum
lag. The difference la the two a. nation
al 4 will not ssy a. local pirti"s on the
lin. ~ total ani eternal annlhilttion ~
The giidei s,l"pn, the devil. .pller-Ne
is-avll. bless me- lOu'Vr got me nov.
With G1.Op immprtals iinilng drunk
ards. grave. Ia thi. fair Land every year,
With homes M tie i~.oltte, with want,
col wp. anl Wrvtch~,lnrss, violence Auii
Grim, bllghtlng With an everlasting NIL
lev ~hat might b. bearing the fruit Of
sool deeds, anl all through the unhln-
d.r,sl cupliiiy ~ the GOi-,ccursri, Who
puti.th the cup a. hl. neighbor.' llP', u
io-. actually .~rm "a ne when hum u
over. tia ihi. great party II moral r.
form has q grand field In which Ia ever
ri.e ". ten talent. AZ reforming. u
Would De- ever - much nicer than brag-
cling about Whit Il Ia. donc "slncc TIL.
Old hat "a. new"
Let me .c". ~ I do not greatly err
Nllfff NNAN " ANANN W $3.50" wv
sorn volume that hts stool the crucial
,rst II lnhicl age, somrthing In rrla-
tinn 10 certain persDns ctstlng oui devils
IN the name ~ Jesus ~ Nhnfrth. The
ii.ciplcs we're all stirred up ahout V be
r.u.s .they follow not "a" The Christ
approved ~ thrir work ani forbade them
not. Wa IL we'll. william
perhaps 80, " IL uniersiooi the
~ ,tisr AMI the motive. lat, book here
hit. little pumple-footci party, that
follows not "a, l. not ,a.ting out devils
In the regulation way. II va disturbing
element anl \ mlschlef-m ,ker. u i
nuiancr Ca D. abite,i.
Tell "a. Just wherein Il l. a maker of
mischief and an upholder ~ wrong.
"well, " Il simply q side show 81 the
Democratic party. that has been given
over io htrine.. 10 heart aud repro-
bate mind"
side show 1. good bat u !. frc.h.
Pa.s the salt, Timothy, pl"ase. " J.
uulte Ipo..Ibl. that the little party may
have drawn more largely from "a" great
moral party than from the rrprob'te
one, a. u contains vastly morr mrmber.
Sho believe Ia sobri.ty ani prlciicc IT,
YOU know. That l. the Nay hum IT,
Nc., Il l.a had thing for the old party.
pcrhap. somr folks may not have rad
M. article. ~ our faith. AMI ~ u i
no wonder that they are away OF When
they mutter over somethlng brilliant
ii,out the zone lie, party" fir.t an1
foremost stands prohibition ~ drunkard
making, then follow. prohibition of In
lu.ticc a. black 90 white, mile or female,
prohibition II di.honest money, prohl'
billion of class legislation, trusts, monop'
oly, unbeatable immigration, anl, Ia
short, prohibition ~ all that the people
have been CRYING out agiinst Into the
deaf ear. ~ the .well.belllcs Who have
been hogging away al the public s~ilI
barrel I'LL bri.tle. grow where once wa'
hair.
Nc., IL 1. rough on the party, bat Ia
the fnlnc.. IL time IL may be- . blessing
to thou .and. Who have arrived at q GER
tain polnt Ia the downwanl roii u
loom, that one ~ our own honorci rep
rr.entati,cs has rrachcl-so drunk that
he couldn't finish hl. speech. Any on'
can nov have the opportunity 81 betting
hl. sweet life that Il wasn't Dlngley.
am humming that u !. fact beyond
all controversy that the saloon has .e'
the zeal 81 .ilenc. ON the national R,'
publican party. To me that silence u
vocal. II says: "NOS, look here, Mug
gins, INV boy You cant have a prohl
billion President nor a prohibition Con
,rc.., 80 YOU may cool your hot heart
lnd set II At rect. II l. high license OF
free rum. ani you may roll that qnlt
under your tongue. You are party
cloggcd. You are pariy-fetter~i' ane
yOu can't take the hrst toihling siel
toward the object Of your desires. You
voice (. smotherci. Your jaws are muI
llel. Your mouth l. gagged. There y
no polling-place for any such nonsense
Ia .iie these birracks. You are unde
the painful Necessity OF stepping outside
the party picket line"
We have taken Il at IL. word. W.
have paid our dues. We have taken ou
dcmlt.. We have packet our lii an
crossed the line. We have grabbed
good, square mOuthful III God. frr. al
ani We like IL. II !. exhilarating. ga
face I. set. Our going. are established
though friend. grow cold, thougl
-quall. arise, though The ground roel
beneath our feet. and the little, lonl
thin whlpper-snippcr Of some part
po,entaie come. cracking about our ear.
we are hummlng In our little corne
th,t We would rather iight the whole q
Oxford County aud the entire eiltori,
phslsnx, with the ''deyil" ~ rear guard
than our own convictions. Right a
wrong, those convictions are ours an
mn one has any la .Iue-. 10 NEEDLE Wit