Blue-grass blade., 1891-01-03


from the correspondence subse-
quently published, kindly notified
the editor of the illegality of
sending such matter through the
mails, and the editor withdrew
his whole edition.
Some bad tempered and unjust
comments on the course of the
postmaster appeared in the paper
alluded to, and a second effort
was made by that paper to get
lottery advertisements through
the mails, and the editor was
again notified. To persist in this
then began to appear to that
editor like a plain case of fine and
imprisonment, and now any pro-
position to that editor from any
lottery to put its advertisement
in his paper would go into his
waste basket without a moments
consideration.
If the sentiment against the
LIQUOR traffic becomes as great as
that against the lottery business
| why can not the same power that
suppressed that lottery advertise
ment suppress liquor advertise
ment!
The man who keeps telling us
that we can't carry our Prohi-
.bition plans until the people are
educated up to it, is wasting his
precious breath. Certainly we
all know that, and we are trying
to educate the.people up.to,,it.
As easy and natural as trial by
sauepusuuixuo se~.. y ,vo4dt
paratively a new thing, and the
law of our English forefathers
knew nothing better than trial by
"ordeal" or wager of battle. y
When two men got into a dispute
about the ownership of a piece of
land, the judges knew no better
than to direct the litigants to 60
out and fight it out, while they
stood by and saw a fair fight, and
the fellow that whipped got the
land, and the other one did with
out it.
If two men who We're the
exact counterparts of Bro. Keller
and some modern Prohibitionist
could have lived at that day, the
Prohibitionist would have come
along and met Keller, and would
have said: "Keller this thing of
brute force to determine the
ownership of a piece of property
has no sense IN ii. Chose are the
very words that old DR.. Chinn
would have used). Can't we
make some arrangement by
which we can get all the people
to agree that disputes Of this
kind shall be decided by a dozen
or so distinguished men who shall
be selected for this purpose be-
cause Of their competency?"
But Mr.. Keller would have
said, "No, your idea is impracti-
cable, you have to get the. people
educated up to this first"
And then perhaps he would 60
on and suggest his scheme about
getting all the churches to unite
upon some basis.
But you see it is a fact that
that ancient PrOhibitionist did 80
perfect his plan that now when a
jury decides the ownership of a
piece of land, no man thinks of
fighting over it 80 as to get his
title to it recognized by law.
And it is a tact that that ancient
Prohibitionist did not even try to
get all the churches to consolidate
in order to effect the great pur-
pose of trial by jury.
Until very lately the Mormons
have been open viOlators of law
recognized as just and good by all
civilized nations.
They have been brought to
terms by law, when the missiona-
ries of such a church alliance as
Mr.. Keller suggests would have
been met with ridicule, if not by
back number eggs, or even worse.
The Mormons are certainly Il
Christian body, but can you con-
,eive of them as being represented
in Mr.. Keller's ecumenical council,
and surprising them to have sent a
there, can anybody
imagine that a council of that kind
would put plank into its religious
platform that would have suited