The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1891-03-18
Rum AND OLD NICK UNITED.
THE REV. THOMAS DIXON. TR.
SAYS THIS ACCOUNTS FOR
THE POWER EXERCISED
BY THE SALOON ELE-
MENT OF NJ. Y.
CITY,
Catholics. PrOtestants, ProhibitiOnists
aud High License and i~oW License
Men Should Make Common Cause in
the " ar, is His Declaration.

the " ar, is His Declaration.
(New York Herald)
The Rev. Thomas Dixon, Jr., pastor of
the Twenty-third Street Baptist Church,
IN his address in the Young Mems Chris
tian Association Hall, where his Sunday
services are held, assailed the saloon yes
terday. The address formed the prelude
to the regular sermon which he delivered
subsequently and was entitled. "The
Saloon Triumphant Judging by the
smothered applause which greeted its
conclusion Mr.. Dixon's violent denuncia-
tlon of the saloons met with the entire
approval of his congregation.
Here are some of the things he said:-
1.-The saloon is the mightiest single
political force in America to day. The
chaotic social hell in which it thriyes and
breeds pestilence for the nation is a
direct result Of the institution itself. The
combined wealth of the saloon is greater
than any other combination of capital on
| the continent. The annual income of
the concern is 5000, 600 900. The grand
total cost can only be known when hell
is at last filed to the brim and the
| records Of eternity made OUT
| The saloon IS master of the city gov
ernment, has controlling voice in nearly
every State Legislature in America, owns
the National Congress, body and soul,
and has its friends and champions in
the Supreme Court 1t is probable that
they have entered Pat Diver in line of
promotion to be Chief Justice in their
sweet by and by, when they shall have
succeeded in electing a demijohn Presi-
dent"
He'll United, Christianity Divided,
"All signs now point to the tempo
rary triumph of the saloon over Chris
tian civilization in America The fore S
OF temperance and social order are di-
| yided and fighting each other more
heartily than they fight their common
! enemy
''rhe saloon is one in thought, in
| heart, in action. 1t is hell united against
Christianity divided. The prohibition
ist carries a razor in his boot for the
| high license man. The high license man
loads for bear when he sees a prohlui-
ton 'cr nix The educational propa
gandist spreads out his wares and sol
,,,,,' e~roars that he is the only origina!
~ te:nP0t cnol' .,1g ard has the
Only bona tide remedy, all Guhia. ti'2 Is )
base c0unterfeits. Each church sets up
9 little temperance 'shebang' Of It's own.
| Our Catholic brethren go into business
for themselves
The politician winks at each, rides
| the wave Of the movement, using each
IN turn 10 serve his purpose Meantime
the devil laughs aud grows fat, buys
| newspapers, councils and legislatures,
Strengthens bis position and assumes the
| aggressive.
"The recent elections in several States
| reveal the enormous power of the tri
umphant united saloon. The Legisla
ture Of New York now assembled at AL
bany is doing its best to cap the climax
of this catalogue Of infamies by out do
ing the devil himself. The republican
Senate rushed through the infamou;
Stadler bill almost unanimously This
bill failed in the Assembly by a margii
of five. 1t simply shows that as consti
tuted at present the saloon practicall!
owns both the old political parties.
Debating Legislation.
"But more remarkable than all this
We have presented in the Assembly by
| saloon keeper from Brooklyn namet
Schaaf new excise bill in forty-nin
l sections, embodying the widest dream
. of license riot, repeating Or nullifyin
+ every law on the statute books regulat
ing the sale of liquors in the State. Th
bill was actually drawn by the liquo
. dealers themselves.
''The unparalleled cheek Think Q
L a mob of chronic criminals meeting i
solemn conclave @nd drafting a b
= granting themselves immunity in th
prosecution of their criminal bushes
and coolly demanding that the suprem
law-making power do their bidding.
"Let the burglars and pick pocket
= get together and formulate a measul
that will relieve them of annoyance froI
, meddling men dressed in blue coats an
70 brass buttons. Now is their chanc
re- The time seems ripe. The law maxim
r powers, through political debaucher,
r have touched the lowest depths of degr;
d dation just now ever reached in tn
country. They can go no lower.
Would License the Devil.
"What more the liquor dealers of Ne
York city want, unless they want tt
6dFCu, we are uudUlo W SEE. l. uo Vi
IN government is theirs. They have Graz
IN in the Mayors Office and Pat Diver {
. the judges bench. The Excise Board
- theirs. They usually grant license
70 anything, to anybody, anywhere. It
perfectly safe to say that if the de'
rn himself should apply to this Board for
TO license to set up branch establishme
" of hell on the childrens playground
Central Park they would grant
Meakin would be absent and the tt
other cronies would put it through.
"They say things must get worse
fore they get better. They say the dar
IN est hour of night is just before day 6
ng grant that as we go through this vail
he of humiliation and affiiction the fore
a. of truth and right, of purity, Of Christi
,aO Ia. civilization may be brought into hs
ny NY monyl Let differences be buried, Ca, "a,
le rso olic join hand with Protestant, prohl'
eo zionist with high license man, and, f1gf
ing together, there is hope for the futul
though the night is dark.