The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1892-08-18
Prohibition.

Does It pay to keep up traffic which
furnishes the occasion and incentive for
scVcnty-liVc per cent. of the crimes of the
country every ycar2 Does il pay to main
tain business which flourishcs lust in
proportion as every other business declines?
Docs 1t pay to support II traffic which Gu
riches the few and impovcrshes the many?
Does it. pay TO nourish an institution that
would if it could, rob you some ,lay of ts
sons ana daughters, and throw them back
upon you broken hearted, degraded and
| ruined, both IN bGdy and soul? Does it
pay to recognize and sustain directly or in
directly traffic that il antagOni.;tjc in
spirit and interest to the home, the school
the church, and to everything which rood
and honorable men hold sacred ard dear?
Does 1T pay to keep in existence class of
| institutions which are generally known and
recognized rs breeders of impurity, idle
ness, crime and every form of vice? Does
It pay to vote for the pcrpctuation Of u
business which can ONLY live at the ex-
pcnsc of the virtue, happiness, peace and
prosperity OF the people among whom it is
established?
Drunkenness is beth ~ sin and Il disease.
! IL IS sin to commence with and after
| having !Hs1", thror!%h It's FIRST Stawcs ard
| II E:,S Fastened i!Scli securely npon It's vic
tin 1t h"rumC3 both q sin ;,itG 4 disease
! Alco!"t Is distinct and certain pGisou.
Ii is drink that yearly pNlDcrizus thuus-
ands that yearly Hills ii tens Of thousands,
| that hights inNurcraho lives. that blasts
! tie peace o; hundreds Oi Fnin;iivs, thut
! klniiCS the fires OF hc,' 0n countless
| h"nr'ES. 30 religious mnn can afford to
| be put down on the same side OF the ii.
Q't"r question with the saloon keepers aud
their ou;lawctl set The Colder Rulc runs
the s',t'" Ct rcsponibiiity ill i. rests Oh us
We, III" people, arc the Responsible parties
! in this matter.
What makes Grunkaldsp Strong drink.
; Who sells The strong drink? Th" saloon
| keeper. Who makes t;lc laws? The lcgi;,
later: Nho makes thc legislator? The
po"pic. Who arc the people? We are The
! people.
just 50 far us the rum traffic prevails the
spirit and design OF our government is de-
icatcd. The PURPOSES ct all law and GOV
crnmcnl arc To protect the people against
! Just such wrongs as are proLuccd Ny the
| tniilc III liquors. Therefore, so far a.; the
traffic prevails, our goI crnment roes down.
There Is perpetual and irrCprcssibc con
llict bct"c' II il and all Just and wholesome
government. In every true christian with
III whom there is The dwelling Of the Holy
| Spirit. il is pla"ticahy cra,lica,rd.. Let us
never forget that tine great need
of the drunknrd, is to put whis.
| Key wErrc he can't set it. The christian
people Of this land ought to he able to
| unite III opposition to Tie liuuOr traffic, it's
cNd would thcn he near if this was Gorc.
The saloon power represents the most sSa-
tanic evils HAT threatens the life of the
nation, the community and the family.
When We get il thoroughly into our heads
and hearts that rum drinkers ard rumscll-
! crs are y public nuisance and public me-
mace, ami TINT government is to hc admin
.~lri': !"T in",i -Lfrc .-iUn HHd rrt for
, lhlir conmcn,;atiYn, We Si.all make real
hva''"av. Dissipation is a sin t;at has
Suppressed the expanding intellect Of
manr promising young men, blasted the
t'n'!"St hopes Of many parents, broken Tho
peace Of lna0y families, wasted many fine
estates, destroyed mary sound Comstit,
ti"EN. brought many nrliahic wives ouL
h>pcfUi children 20 bcmgary and shame,
dag many umtimc!y graves and plunged
maHy sinners into the depths Of he'll. But
to charge "il the criminNly on the drunk
ard is uaiust. If no one distilled ardent
spirits, then no one could deal in them
Wholesale or retail, and no one could use
th1m. Shall we longer doubt that every
distillcr, ycn'ler and free ,!rin,;er Of ardent
! spirits is sinner that ,,cstroys much good.
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