The Progress., 1892-05-28
On Temperance.
Men Who are to Be Pittied

rld' nm Carrl9go
The man that has lo go ragged
| blcar-oycd and rrI-uo-cd in order
that the har-kceper may wear good
clothes and sport diamonds.
Tho man that has to take the
very blood out Of his veins TO help
keep in motion the machinery that
grinds mp good corn and makes it
into bad whisky.
The man who has to go without
butter, and live on dry bread and
cold liver, in order that th" beer
peddler may have porterhouse
steak and hot coffee.
The man who has to take bread
ont Of his mouth to help put a
grand piano into the home of the
devils adiutant general. who sup
plies HIM with bittcrs.
The man who has to steal from
his own wife and children in order
that the family Of the political
philanthropist, who puts parties in
power AMI men in the ditch, may
continue to fare sumptuOusly
every day Rams Horn.
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The Pennington On. j. Home
Visitor locates responsibility where
it belongs in this utterance:
One preacher in New York sue
ceeded in having all the sa-
looms in that city closed on
last Sunday. If one minister can
do such work, just think what |
the combined clergy of the nation
could do
We wish the ministers of LOui-
siana would inaugurate movement
against the saloons. They would
find many gallant man, many an
earnest woman. ready to stand by
their sides aud TO battle for their
homes and liresides.
49,
The Issue draws a picture that
might represent New Orleans as
well. for the Sunday law is violated
here with impuuity, and not back
doors only, but front doors Of "a
looms are open on the Lords day
and many enter. drink aud gamhlcI
as ON week days.
Who viii roll away the stone
ior MS nm Nashy.Iie2 Thrre is I'M
this city locality in which cish-
teen saloons could lee cncirclod
with radiou. OF two squares.
These are ostcueibly green gro
ceres which are patronizod by the
ltborlng classes Who receive their
ppy late Saturday evening when
they are too tired and begrimed to
so out for supplies. On Sunday.
with baskets to hold the pur-
chases, they go to these saloon-gro- '
ceries, and beneath the scantily
provided necessities the bottle or :
Jug IS concealed whose contents will 7
reduce the poverty of these unfor- =
tunate victims of drink to still lower
depths and augment the weight of
woe and misery already enteiled I
upon wretched women and pitiable
children. In certain other local ,
Ity there is saloon, opposite to
which gentleman stood on q re- ,
cent Sunday night waiting for a
street car. He was detained for
forty minutes, and during the time
saw twenty-five young men of the
very best families enter it. For j
what purposei Do men visit sa-
oOns on Sunday night with holy l
intent? Are these law-breaking, ,
tanning institutions other than
'nares spread for the feet of the r
lnweary into whose meshes the I
and best of our land are p
rresistibly drawn and irremedi- :
IDLY entangled? Fathers. where
s your conscience, when by your i
,allots you make such traps for -,
he destruction of your sons pos L
ible?
On one of the most frequented \
horoughfares of our city is another -
# these legalized soul-destroying :
lens of disgrace whose doors are
lever shut, and at whose brazen i
lefiance Of the law the police wink
Where is the DIR. Parkhurst. of '
Nashville, that he does not ''cry
loud and spare not" and with {
hunderbolts of denunciation stir
Up public indignation until it de- /
hands cessation of the unboly
raffic not only on Sunday,but for j
yer and forever! Amen.
The PROGRESS echoes that amen L
nd announces itself as being =
eady to hoist the banner of tenn =
erence whenever the crusade is +
egun. We are ready for the af-
ray, are prepared for the battle L
nd will promise TO be no Iappard r