Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-08-31
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quor traffic pays one dollar to the gov
eminent, it steals ten in the destruc-
ton of property and the criminal tri-
ais. penitentiaries, asylums and aims
housec it compels it to support. The
destruction of the liquor saloons would
cure four fifths of the poverty of the
land.
But still further:-As a punishment
to the Israelites for their disobedience,
Moses said: "Thus saith the Lord God
of Israel. Put every man his sword by
his side, and go in and out from gate to
gate throughout the camp, and STAY
every man his brother, and every man
his companion, and every man his
neighbor And there fell of the peo-
pie that day about three thousand
men, With bated breath we ask,
seWhat is the doom of our people in
American" Three thousand persisted in
the wilderness at Sinai, but here one
hundred thousand, and that not only
once, but year after year, perpetual
ly. Hardly any scourge can be COM
pared with that fire of Satanic bonn
bardment, that is stronger than the
British lion or a seeded South, more
destructive than the sword, more
deadly than the pestilence, and more
ubiquitous than treason.
And it is not alone the worthless
that go to recruit this vast army of
the lost They are marshalled from
among our best citizens, from our col
Ieges. from our churches and from our
parlors. May God pity us if the work
is not stopped soon! What tragedies
are being acted among us every day
and we heed them not; the purest,
the fairest are ruthlessly seized to
perish in awful rites at unhallowed
shrines How the law stretches out
it's giant arms to crush the thieves
and counterfeiters in our midst! Yet
the statute breaker who deals in fluid
death is only talked about and"en-
couraged and-let alone in his crimes
of high treason against God and man,
though I aver that counterfeiting
and robbery are virtues compared
with rumseIling. The one will rob
man of a few paltry dollars, the other
will rob a world of its men. Tabled
Prometheus was compelled to submit
to the fortunes of vulture coming
every night and feeding upon his vi
tails, but unlike him, the destruction
preying upon us leaves not the day to
heal the wound.
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! whispers no longer. 1t demands the
thunders of vengeance. 1t demands
| the majesty of the law and the swords
of an outraged nation. 1t is the ques-
ton of questions before the United
| States at the present time. The ques-
ton offree versus compulsory labor is
forever settled, and intemperance is a
| greater curse to this nation than Slav-
cry ever was. We tamper with the
labor question, but as the liquor traffic
is responsible for fOur-fi of the
poverty in the land its destruction
would be a practical solution of the
labor question. We gossip about free
trade and watch our political aspirants
in the hot pursuit after a cargo of pig
iron or in dire dismay lest, like Phara-
obs cattle, seven fat sheep from Aus
tralia may come over and devOur all
our lean kline. Let me tell these would
be politicians something perhaps they
never thought of. The truth is the Ii
quor traffic takes out of the nation, di-
rectly and Indirectly, every year,
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if brings in. Hear me, We leaders in
politics; tell me by what logic you
convince the people the tariff is the
greater question of the two! demand
of you as loyal citizens, if we should
not consider the most important ma
tional question first; Protection! Yes;
in the name of our God we will pro-
tect our homes and our boys from this
J cobra of hell that is coiIing round them
Intemperance has permeated our po-
litical life. The liquor traffic has mil
lions of dollars subscribed to marsha
and advance the alcoholic forces, anC
dominates, elects and governs the
the majority of the Office holders o.
this country. On its side is enlisted
the mightiest political power, backed
: by all the diabolic forces of the pit
Then all other issues are minor to the
determination of what has been called
''the curse of curses, the abominatioI
t of denominations, the infernalism of in
fernalisms- licensed saloon"
But let US inquire into this subjec
still further. If there is dark side tt
this picture, let US look at it bravely
Perchance it may rouse us to the duty
of the hour. We ask, Who is re
sponsible for this deadly work? Who
causes the work to be done? Let III
1 make a merciless examination unit
1 we find the guilty ones and say to then
t in thunder tones, that the eXtremltle
2 of the earth may hear, ''Thou art thu
t man. Again we read, "And whel
the people say that Moses delayed t.
!? come down out of the mount, the PEG
< pie gathered themselves together unit
t Aaron and said unto him, Cup, maxi
j US gods!' Again, in the twenty seconC
verse of the same chapter: "And IA
S ron said, Let not the anger of M.
{ lord wax hot. Thou knowest the PEG
V pie that they are set on mischief 70
+ they said unto me, ETC. Now from
7 this it appears Aaron would neve
Y have manufactured the idol had tn
= people not asked for it, SO that Will
e he was ineXcusable, yet it was emphat
: ically their work. Bearing this wei
n in mind, we return to our own lane
Y and form ourselves into reform com
mittee with the full intention of find
ing the perpetrators of this foul crim
of intemperance and Kidding the coun
n try of them. If we can arrest the gull
g ty parties we can stop the traffic.
o There he goes, old drunken Peters
S typical drunkard, with bloated fac
f and black eyes, hat smashed in ant
d coat, trousers and boots in tatters
r See him tumble into the gutter! w
|. must put stop to this. Hasten, sher
= if, and arrest old drunken Peters, pu
= him in ioi1 for fourteen DAYS and fin