The Penn's Grove record., 1891-03-13

hNaVNa A~'N
devil. Take sides before there ID any furtheI
national dscadeuca, take ddes before YOU
sons are sacrificed and the hons Of YOU
laughter goes dowp under the alcoholism Of
an iinbruusd husband. TAKE sides while
your voice, your pen. your prayer, your
vote may hsvs any influence IN arresting the
despoliatiou Of this nation. II the l7,0o0, OOC
professors of religion should take sides on
tdis subj .ct it would not be very long before
the destiny OF this nation would DO decided
in the right direction.
Isdrunkenuess a state or national evil
Does it belong TO the North, or does it belong
TO the SOUTH Does It belong to the East, or
ioes it belong to the Westf All, there is not
An American river into which its tears have
aot fallen and into which its suicides have
cot plunged. WHAT ruined that Southern
olantationf--svery field q fortune, the pro-
~orietor and his family once the most afiuent
OF summer Watering places. What
threw that New England farm into decay and
turned the roseate cheeks that bloomed at
The foot of the Green Mountains into the
oallor of dsspairi What has smittsn every
rtreet OF every village. town and city OF this
continent with . moral pestilencsf Strong
iriuk.
To prove that this is q national evil I call
ip two States in opposite directions-Msins
ind Georgia. Let them testify In regard TO
his. State Of Maine says: ut Il 20 great
IN evil up here we nave anathsmatissd 1t a.
I State" State Of Georgia says: ut Is 90
treat an evil down here that ninety counties
II this State have made the sale OF ~intoxica-
Ding drink Q criminslity." 80 tho word comes
Up from all parts OF the land. Either drunk
ynness will bs destroyed in this country or
he American Government will he destroyed.
Drunkenness and free institutions are COM
ug into . death grsppls.
HafhoP nm tina nnnaV thai tina W0FKfHY
classes have spent for rum during the last
thirty years, and I will build for every work.
ugniAn a house. and Lay out for him . gar.
len, and cloths his sons in broadcloth
his daughters In silks. n stand At his
ront door q prancing span Of sorrels o.
nyS and secure him Q policy Of hfe insur
tncs 90 that the present home may b.
persistent, most ovsrpowering ensmy OF the
working classes is intoxicating liquor. IL d
he anarchist Of the centuries, and hes boy.
o.tsd and Is now boycotting the body and
nind and soul Of American labor. Il an
iually swindles industry out Of q Large per
,entage Of It's earnings. II holds out It,
blasting solicitations to the mechanic OF
operative on his way to work, and st the
loon spell and on his way homo at even.
laid, IL suatchss a large part Of the money
hat might come to tbs fanny anl saltiac=s
I among the saloon ksspsrh Stand the
aloons OF this country ode by side, and 1t il
arefully estimated that thsy would reach
rom New York to Chicago.
This evil 10 pouring its vitriolic and dam
table liquors Town the threats OF hundred,
Il thousands of iaborers, and while the
ordinary strikes are ~ruinous, both TO en-:
and employees l proclaim . universal
triks against strong drink, which strike, il
:ept up, will be the relief Of the working
lssses and the salvation Of ths nation. ]
vill undertake to say that there IL not q
salshy Iaborer In the United States who,
within the mex twenty Year,. II he will re-
uso all intoxicating beverages and b saw.
ng, may NOT become q capitalist on . mau
Gale.
oh, how many are waiting TO see II some
hing cannot be done for the stopping Of In.
emperancsl Thousands Of drum yards wait
ng who cannot 60 ten minutes In any dirse.
lon without having che temptation glazing
efors their eyes or appealing 20 their nos.
rla they fighting against It with snfesblsd
rIl and diseased sppstitA e~onqusrng. then
u~rrsndering, c~onqusriug again and sur.
endering again. and crying "how
,ng, o Lorii how long bsfors these
u.smous solicitations snail b gousr'
md how many mothers are waiting to ~
this national curse cannot nftl On, u
hat the boy who bad the honest breath who
omss home with breath vidatsd or dis.
uisedf What Q cnangsi How quickly those
nbits Of early coming home have bssn %.
hanged for ths rafting Of the night key In
b door long after the last watehmAu has
by and tried to ~ that everything Wa
aossd up for the night.
Obi what's change for thas youn9 mar,
rho W. had hoped would do something In
osrchsndiss or In srtsanship q ina profss'
that would do honor 70 The family name,
a after mothers wrfnklsd hands are folded
rom ths Last TOLL All that exchanged fee
tsrtled look when the door bsli rings lest
smething has happened; and b wtsa that
be searlst fever twenty years sgo had oeeu
atal, for then he would have gone dirsetly
s,or Old soul abs has lived 70 sxpsrienos
shss Solomon said, "a foolish son . Q
vsasiness to his mother."
Obi what . funeral 10 WI b. vhsu that
py Is brought home dsad1 And hos moth
r will st there and My, us this my boy
hat I ussd to tondls, and that ! walked IN
loor with In tbs night when be was ucsf u
his the boy that ! held TO The baptasmal
q for bapti.mi Is this the boy for whom
nv anger, that he might have q good start
nd good honei Lord why hast Thou lei
90 i've to see thiss Can IL b that these
wolIeu hands are the ones that used 70 wan.
Lar over nv fscs when rocking him 10 sleepl
AM it DO that this swollen brow y that
. c % rapturously kissstf Poor boy! how
tred be doas look. ] wonder VINO STRUCK
i'm that blow across the templsy ! wonder
Z g uttered q dying praysrf wake Up. my
ar. DON'T YOU hear mst waks upi Oai b
an;t hear mel Dsadi desdi dead! oh,
absalom. my son, my son, would God that
had disd for thss, oh, Ahsalom, my son,
onP"
xnuot estimate IL, but Ia there any ous hsrt
Iuics enough al figures 70 sstimats nov
many mothers there are waiting Tor some
hing to b denei AZ. there are ~
,rouissd something different from tha'
WIEN. after tns long acquaintencs and t1'
areful scrutiny OF character, the hand AM
.ha hssrt were offered and accepted. VIVA
= heu on earth . woman uvss u who has
runim husbsndi o lssth bow ovst,
hon srs 70 her, and how so6t and warn
INV slrelstou haudt The eepaleasr - mid
uixbt In winter q Q kings drawaIg.roon
compared with that woman'a home =
50 much the blow on b bad eaas ser0 .
'n ~. rum t,end came 10 Tie door Of TN
h>suttfuI hons, and opened the door an
stood there and saidi u curse this dwsliin
with an u~nrslentang curse ! ouree tne
fsther iuio q nanisc, I ourss shas moshs
INFO 4 psuus curss shoss ~sus uS vsxs
bouds. curse thoss dAughtsrs Into pgonis
scy. Cursed b bread uay. md eradi,
Cursed be couch and chair, and family BAD
with record Of marriages and htrshs n
aeathl. Curse upon curse" %, how man
wives are there waiting to 80 u sonstntn
cannot be dons to shake thsse frosss Of Y
second death OF the orsugs oiossomsi re
God i, waiting. the God who work. shroua
human inStrumentalitisA ws!Gne W =
whether this nation u going % ovsftafo
this evil, and ~ IL rsfuss % e9 % Soa W
wips out toe nation a. az did onie
He did Rome. as he dd IhshsS - ~ y
Az. He 70 waiting to ~ what the ehur'
of God will do. II the church does not
its work, then BE will wipe u - de q
the church Of Ephssus church Of ThyatfY'
church Of Ssrdis- The Protestant and Il
nan Catholic churches to-day stand side ;
sids with an impotsns look, gasing on u
evil, which costs this country more thar
billion dollars a year to take caro- OF the SU
OOO paupsrA and the 3lx.0n ~-a-i>>l~-'
the 80 900 idiots, and 10 bury the Tov
d~runsarda Protsgoras boastsd b q out
the sixty years Of his life forty years he b
spent in running youth; but this evil M
make the more Infamous boast that all
Life it has been running the bodies. minds a
souls of the human race
Put on your spectacles and take Q cand
and examine the platforms Of the VI lea
ing political parties OF this country, and .
what they are doing for the arrest OF ID