The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1891-05-07

/ to- Teproach, the appeal to the klngh-
ness of man To prevent the dethronc-
meut of woman. Strong though man
may I've. credit him with all the superb
capabilities of long trained and lord
Ily intellect. he cannot har-
monte the interests of the home and
/ the saloon. Never stood two institu-
tions more radically and bitterly OPP
posed than these; and loyalty to one
is little less than treason to the other.
have often wondered if all the rev
/ cnuc the State of Mississippi obtains
from the licensed saloons could even
/ begin to atone for the humiliations
caused one pure innocent woman
/ linked to scottish husband. | have
often waited for the justification of the
/ states policy which places the Tgis of
/ the law upon an institution whose ma
! tural end is the ruin of her men and
. the degradation of her women. /
have often searched for the logic by
which an illcgitimate business could
/ bc rendered legitimate through the
voters will or the States consent.
/ But if | knew 10 other reason to
guide me in such an issue, the fact
/ that YOU are allied against the saloon,
would determine my vote for though
| the cause bc weak or strong, as long
rs am ON wOman'S side, | can hardly
/ bc wrong.
It's with special pleasure that |
welcome YOU to IL community which,
for four glad years, has been free
from the social and political democrat
! iZatiOns of the saloon. Sincerely be-
lieving that this result is largely due
/ to the dauntless labOrS of your local
union, and recognizing your handi-
work in similar results wrought in
other counties of this State, | hail you
as the power before whose organized
advance the saloon must retreat. No
/ longer can your demands be answered
with Il Snccr: success has digniied
/ them, law and science have pronounc-
ed them just, religion and patriotism
have heard them with appreciation.
Even your ballotlesS condition is an
element of additional strength, draw
| ING to YOU the chivalry of the country
awakened by your appeals in behalf
I of home.
TO the home should be consecrated
/ the very best effort of our civilization:
! for in it lies the true germ of individ-
ual and national greatness. Every
simple fruit gathered there, every sac
illicc endured or victory won in its
cause, dccpcns the glory of the times
and whitens the harvest of humanity.
Every prejudice there cngendered
dwarfS the growing soul and creates
an impcrishablc antagonism TO even
handed justice and independent
thought. Every truth there kindled
illumineS the paths to symmetrical
man and wOmanhoOd ray grow
ing brighter and brighter until
it mcrgcs into the splcndor per-
feet day. Dclusive are the
proud boasts of the nineteenth
century unless they embrace the cXal
tation of the hearth stone, the eleva-
ton of the home. Vain are its philo-
sophies, its schemes of education, its
systems of political maXims, unless
they meet the increasing requirements
Of the domestic hearth and make its
welfare the guiding line of human
progress.
In this day of combinations and
conventions when almost every mate
rial interest is supported by associat-
ed enterprise, it is eminently fit, if
not necessary, that those most vitality
concerned in the stability of the home
should unite to promote its cause.
Stereotyped though the saying he,
covered with the moss of hOary CEN
turtles, yet beautiful in its age, is the
truth that home belongs to woman as
the Amounted ruler of its sacred do
main. The beauty of this fact lies in
the delicate harmony existing between
these two objects linked together in
the work shop of Divinity. Let none
dare bclittlc the position or its occu-
pants; they are the creation of Om-
nisciencc sublimated with the affec-
Tomato desire of an infinite love. Let
everyone strive to elevate them to a
plane where no wrong can disturb
their harmony, no evil can corrupt
their influence.
Make the homes schools of refine
ment, where the daughters can be
taught that modesty and gentleness
are the charms of woman. Make them
citadcls of liberty, upon whose sacred
walls the sons can read that San hon
est conscience is every mans first pO-
litical law" Make them temples of
honest faith upon whose hearthstOnes,
God, the Father and Creator of us all,
can receive the devotion of II truly
free and independent people.
Ladies, reverential is the welcome
with which greet the representatives
of such Il cause.
Mrs. Hobbs was introduced by Mrs.
Gambrell as the pioneer president of
the Brookhaven Union and spoke as
follows:
At an Informal meeting of our To-
cal w. c. Il. T., held some time ago,
this Convention doomed up before the
few unsOphisticated members present
in vast proportions. Suggestions
were enphatically in order as to how
to proceed, when some one, who had
attended at least part of COnven-
ton before, proposed that we begin
with-a welcome! Not an original idea,
perhaps. But she uds original when
she further suggested that | deliver
it. This consented to do, when the
compliment reached beyond me and
the thought was advanced that |
ought to do it, because l was Mr..
Hobbs wDe. | appear before you,
therefore, this evening not because of
any merit of NV own mr. of amy honor