The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-02-13
THE FREE PARLIAMENT.
Tho Temperance Question.

under the above heading by an esteemed
correspondent, with your notes following
etc. His notes are marked by pencil In
parenthasis. as IL worthy OF notice, and
possibly to call out few notes from me
on the question.
understand from your notes that he is
not third party man: but votes with the
Republican party, and wishes Blaine elect
ed President. He OF course wishes every
party and for Blaine. That is his right In
a free country like ours but am Pro-
hibitionist, and i'm favor of reform on all
questions of evil In our Nation.
History repeats itself in near every
reform. No great reform ever comes by a
watched the progress of the ages. l was
born in Rhode Island, March 2. 1918, thus
near my "a year, and can date back to
Jackson, Henry Clay and the Adams's
political times. My first vote was cast for
Gen. Harrison as Wing Slavery existed
and caused the Nation much trouble.
! The two great parties Whig and Demo
cratic were largely divided, especially the
Wing party. Yet the Whig party claimed
10 be the anti-slavery party but was ever
ready to compromise for the sake OF hold
| ing the pro-slavery vote i'm order to keep in
power. The anti-slavery men were called
Wooley Heads. and the pro-slavery, Silver
| Grays. There seemed to be no hope OF re-
form, slavery became more aggressive;
compromises were repealed. and many
| men bolted the old parties, and came ont
AbolltiOnists: but were condemned by the
! Wings as throwing away their votes, and
| helping the Democrats, much the same as
| the Republicans now do Prohibitionists.
| l was an Abolitionist because there WAS
no hope of reform through the mungrael
| WhlQ party.
The Wing party passed the fugitive
slave law making every man slave
\ catcher or criminal Oh refusal, allowed
| the slave holder TO take his slaves all over
ouI country, provoking every good con-
science to refuse to obey the unholy law.
| The excitement became alarming; the
| slave power was bound to control the ma
| tion, life or death. There was no hope of
| relief from the Whig party, and the situa-
tion demanded a party that would head
off the aggressive slave power. This done
| and brought forth the Republican party.
| This party did not organize with view to
abolish slavery, but To save the nation as
| free country. Abolitionists united in
| this party to protect our country and free
! institutions. / think your correspondent
will not claim that the old Whig party,
divided as it was, could meet the demand
of the country. The rebellion was upon
us, and 1t demanded party united in
| power TO put down the rebellion; and God
saw fit to use this party to abolish the
cause of all this trouble and sin; but oh
| tHe DlOOu Huu tTedsuIt tnat III COst 10 tue
nation before it would consent TO remove
the curse. But it was done.
This party took the glory to itself that
| belonged to God largely. Yet i give the
party the credit Of being a good party,
and made up of the best material of our
country, but after the war closed wicked
and unprincipled men and politicians lost
sight of honor and righteousness took
| possession of the national affairs and
| grew worse and worse year by year, and
went In for becoming suddenly rich. and
reckless as to the real good OF the nation
| ana people Your correspondent will
doubtless remember the Star route steals,
| the River and Harbor steals and the pub
| lie land steal for railroads, and how the
cabinet and President Grant came into
possession of railroad stock, etc, that they
could not account for, and how they com
bined to cover up their pure cussedness.
Up to this time was Republican and
my choice would have been Blaine rather
| than Grant for President, or any one else.
But under the administration drunken
ness, debauchery and bankruptcy has in
creased in the party as never before. The
| party has ceaseed TO he "a reformatory
party, and I, as well as thousands of otE
ers, have dropped the Republican party,
| as they have become tools of the rum
power as perfectly as did the old Wing
party become the tools of the slave power.
| Ne are Prohibitionists because we believe
drink traffic without party united
| behind it TO enforce its princi
pies. Our nation has become
more and more drunken, saloons
have incurred all over our land, and at
! our capital under Republican administra-
tions DO you remember the liquor bill
that it cost to move and bury President
Gariieldy Did you ever take asview of the
vice-presidents drunkard-making estab-
lishment in Washington. Did you ever
hear how many kinds of liquor provides
| for himself and his guests? Have you for
gotten the temperance tale that was
talked on TO the tail-end of the Republican
! platform at Chicago? Is il any wonder
that Temperance Republicans leave the
party and become Prohibitionists?
Haven't the Republican party repealed
| more State prohibition laws and amend
ments than any other party since they
have been in beings Was the prohibition
in Rhode Island repealed without their
help? How did 1t happen that the Re
publicans of the State of New York nom
| mate drinking man for Governor last
| fall? Did they not know that there were
! thousands of Temperance Republicans in
| the StateY What did the vote show?
| With all the no-license laws passed by
Republicans, did you ever know of one of
but that loopholes were left for the
| LIQUOR dealers? You cannot gather grapes
of thorns, or figs Of thistles The pedigree
| of mules ends with the mule.
ETHAN LAMpHEAR.
Plainfield, n. j., Feb. IL, 1892.
but, esteemed correspondent, who was
it that finally abolished slavery; the Abo-
litonists or the Wings Is not the Re
publican party of the same general nature
as it was in 1861 I? Would you sooner
trust great moral question to the deci-
sion of the Republican party or the Dem
ocratic party, as they are at present con-
stituted Or, II you were to form new
and moral party, to which of the present
parties would you go most hopefully for
your material ?-EDIToR NEWS
rT Campbell for Lieutenant Governor~
/ To the Editors Of the Nous:
One Of your correspondents has sug-
gested as the Republican candidate for
| lieutenant governor the coming spring
! the Hon. John VI. Campbell of Phenix.
Allow rue to second that wise suggestion.
! He would make a strong candidate, and
1 more than that; he would make an ad-
mirable state officer. The circulation of