Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-04-20

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nsve Is said be made sham vine. o. nerei,
| pfssended 10 drink the real. Or ~
/, Im0ehyt omaeh vas An sxeeption in n
tine, aad Paul bad no right +, pssecsibs vin,
TEL them 70 drink with Jesus. i : di1.,
en- thing f.sm drinking With Herod al al
or hypocSiticsI peohibifiouiess nv. The,
ssy-donJ mix things-don's cal Fl.
custom Of aood men IN an .s.s
~ he name Of slow poisoninr sopl
killing vics-don's mix thinsr. r.,
5oa insis On sowing whsaf and lasss IN
~ one name What can We do bu: obey him
vno ana, let both grow together untiI
~ nssvess' 40 The hasvest Il the end Of
.ne wo!io. Thsy ~ perhaps 70 are Jas
sooo pfonaoinonisss - you, but until We
nave . special Legislssure composed Of az
peri medical men ve cor't believe In allow.
ing . purely isge body to select our psase
70 medtea any more than our theology
iney sFied once and failed They proved
20 long - etsssse exists doctors viii be
needed and 70 long - doctors are Of their
present opinion alcohol will enter a il does
nov into some rs per cent Of the drues
taey prescribe. Now 1t IL necssssry thsI
snis class which deals in them be compossd
OF nigh minded considerations men. How
iong VIII they be 20 unless BY the our re-
sifaln and adhefsion? Instead Of leading
me people liberty in small matters YOU
MAKE almost every one Ia the land . Grim
ioai and bum, the host, the holy c,m.
munion and the Lords Supper into teas,
Of law breakers.
Where vice abounds yoa Indirectly add
auei for the dfe. We wanted the lives OF
ourselves, Of our kinsmen no more At the
mercy Of masked saloons. We wanted 4
law which would deal with the mec
who defames . reputable, difficult and i'm.
porfsnt business by carrying on . universal
Hsihc in contsabsnd under its forms, which
you'd protect an honest and high minded
apofhsesfy from scandslous impu,ation.
Iney have right to the protection Of the
law, help against impostors in their own
trsde: All other citizens doing business In
established ways are accouu ted honest until
proven Otherwise, in every free-sye, in
every bond country. Instead Of that. Won
90 treat this business that they are exposed
TO ignominy by merely being 10 it. The
best. the pufest Christian gentleman in the
land, II he follows the dictates Of the reason
and conscience Of every druggist la the
whole world, In white countries, 10 today
tortured with . sense Of insecurity, hi,
wife, bis children know that IL any base
mao OF reputation chose. their husband and
father may occupy felon's cell, unless be
OBEY law elashing with his duty to society.
We asked you TO help us-snd you practi-
caiiy cisssify the honorable and dishonor-
able together; gentlemen with rascals
men who sell to kill, men who sell to make
alive. whole ciass has seldom been so
uni ustiy aspersed- the speaker would not
spare his hearers) unless twas in Arch.
bishop Cranmer's time, when popular pref
udice refused to call or think clergyman's
wife . respectable woman, 90 that be was
married in secret, and. It's said, conveyed
his wife home in hoashead. Such egi,lstion
10 not sober, nor endursble even among the
class. where it 10 hard to be . disgrace to
be . statesman, by the superior class; but
for free Africans, civilized for ten years to
know that in one street is q politician who
make Il obligatory for druggist to refuse
that statesman daily beverage to - u .gs the
agony OF dying child in the next, this is
enough to make Us Etheopians change our
fkiD." Yet we permit such men 70 rule
these worshippers Of numbers, who prefer
majority today to . minority from heaven
VI hn ~ ngfl. ~. -pJ a.
Del 10 in Heaven and popph of earth. l
know OF how it turned out in this in =
sginary State-the history is not written
But In this country from the first the fathers
OF the republic lent all their energies to
preclude The tyranny Of msjorities, and
the danger soon appeared. Europe saw 1t
and predicted our time. After Jeferson's
death the masses were turbulent and
fanstical, their aim seemed to be to demon.
stfate that the best men-the conservatives
and liberals were powerless. They yielded
to the hsstery Of demsgogus, persecuted or
frowned on all whose opinions were more
moderate than their own, placing legislation
almost wholly ~ it seemed, in the hands Of
men Of scanty knowledge and scantier
fepute.
Happily for US the republic i. young,
capable VI rapid countermsreh and gener-
Gus repeal, If our Slate shouli ever enact
mock session, like my African legisla-
ture. it would soon be followed By rebuke
and counteraction. For such laws display
their despotism as soon IS they are en-.
forced. They are either abandoned or the
executive refuses to enforce Them. Hap
PLY the servants Of the Law are a. rule
honored fellow citizens. Such men soon
refuse to annoy their brethren, simply be-
cause they have the power. There was q
time when the Roman empire had almost
fallen into its grave, that the laws ard
edicts Of the empire became so oppressive,
that the civil service protested. Officers
corresponding to our mayors, sheriffs and
magistrates found themselves 50 lowered
In the eyes Of their fellow ctizens that they
either sold themselves into slavery or A I'D
in the guise Of slaves to escape the dignity
Of office. have in my possession the i'm
periaI degree, ordering thst such mayors
be captured IL in slaves DISCUSSES to be
sentenced to hard labor-if slaves to be
besten to death.
In conclusion the inferior order Of pub
lie men have little influence for lives. Let
US, however, be ware of the foolish fatalism
and paltry cunning which says, "Alih ,ugh
he il m insiocere man Of low habits, bu.
he knows how TO influence committees and
ace can vet uhat are rant" "Of he is a
friend Of mine and may sepd me-" or "He
il smart or "He is on the right side. y
Above all things say rs he a man, and
does he understand public sffsirs."
What should we say il unchsitity were
the question; should We accept the demand,
of women Of the Glass we assail? Yet is
it not written, "All unrishteousre is
sip.v The true love Of man MAJ not rep
resent your hobby, or mine, TODAY. but we
shall be OF his mind tomorrow. Even tn :
bonds Of party al eai,nce will prove like
green wi,hes on tue moral Samson. In the
Southwest, Teras and Mexi 20, the better
clss, of citizens have became earnest
temperance men, 90 that the Democratic
party to which they mainly belong IL "a
becoming the tempersI F., party, ~ Repub-
licsns in the North. M movement can A.
ford to employ Bulzebus to cas- cssr out
Belzebul and be sure that he 10 for us, wi ]
lie against rs. A drKnkard may Be re-
formed, an habstuai liar or professional
tyickstey, neperi Thomas was skeptic,
but he believed ~ much ~ he loved the
Lord at last. Mary was sioner. but 81
became a. white ~ innocency at last
Peter could vomit out osths and curses, and
in = transport of passion deny the man, but
he became good enough to be made Christs
chief legatee and executor. ) But Judas
though he was An apostle, and trusted with
the Lords poor purse, could not help lying
evan when the soul of Jesus sofrowful
even unto death bis lips must play hypo-
critic when the brutal soldiefy was thifstine
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