The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-07-22
y. G. z. y. cOLUNW.
Conducted ~ MRS. = I. nosss.


Address Or Miss Helen Rose, ae
| the w. q. +. Y. Convention ae
! Huntingburg June 3Oth, 1922.
| .cos'Insed from last ~esk
4 Pure thoughts are adornmsnt Of mjsd
and soul. What We ses, what We hear,
and what We read, these are the foun-
tains OF thought. Al We think 20 W
are. But bodily purity is IN essential 10
mental dignity and spiritual holiness
/ for Know ye not that " are the tempe
lof God; and that the Spirit Of God
ldwelleth in your pure childhood u
the foundation Of pure manhood and
womsnhood. The body. the mind, and
THE soul, those three form . m0numene
whose base il upon esrifs whore apex 10
lin heaven. There is the reason for Dc.
Issroying thrones Of iniquity and for sup-
pressing the distribution Of whatsoever
Things that detain ne from passing under
the triumphal arch Of purity.
From state aud national governments,
each Of which should be = tower of
strength. the temperance cause receives
bot small support. Over one hundred
wears ago Benjsmin Rush sounded tho
keynote OF Americas political destinv.
when In speaking Of the growing drink
habit. ne sid. SHOULD the cusfoms of
|civilized life preserve ouP nation from
Extinction. they can not prevent our
country from being governed BY men
chosen from intemperste or corrupt vot-
|ers When we are forced to RECOGNIZES
the influence OF the American saloon ov-
Ter the American balI0t-box at the end OF
the nineteenth century Ne realize that
the prediction Of the eighteenth century
philosopher has "come to pass When
we see il the controlling element in the
ELECTION Of officers 10 GIL the highest po-
|sitiops IN our government. We can not
wonder u the weakness Of oficials when
|it comes to the enforcing Of laws for iis
Figs are not gathered from
|thistles. A government can be no bet
tier nor stronger than. the people Who
make y. To-day public sentiment de-
Iciares that the saloon 10 not sn evidence
iof our high degree Of civilization; il -
mot necessary TO our further advence-
Iment Il IL not consistent With our ideas
Iof religion. Voters and legislators must
llend . helping hand toward its removal.
then we'll be IN truth. e we'll % in song,
| Columbia. sthe land OF the ire end the
lbome Of The brave The protection %
Iour homes, ehe safety ofouF govornDeot,
land The virtue and manhood Or OuT peo-
IpIe, demand such ocei0n. Bocouso tho
IsaIoon is here. u no reason X must re-
Imain. Slavery va here, but swords
we're uplifted against Il - moral wrong
and the chain of bondage Was broken.
4 Tho combined fose e Of our DobDess in
lsiiiutions stand ia battle array against
lthe iUiquities Of the saloon, and lev
Imust be the sword. To-day moro legis-
lIstion Is employed in favor Of the saloon
THAN against It. It Il Just - easy oud
Imuch more manly 10 tight for right and
mot for wrong. Il 10 forever wrong 20
make compro0ise with Gin. License laws
THAT legsIixo wrong and make the saIoou
ljust - respectable q any other placo Of
merchandise are the vilest Of compro-
Imise measures. The national license
system savs TO the saloon keepers, PAY
4 jsixty-two miIlione Of dollars into the
u. s. treasury, for our yearly revenue,
land you may keep tho remaining eight
bondrsd and thirty eight millions, which
lyou have received from the people, -
your share or the profits from The tssflc,
which hss brought poverty, wretcbed-
IDess, and sorrow wherever carried on
/ A tax OF one cent upon each man, Wom-
Ian. and child n the U. 8. would pot g
lmuch money Into the national treasury
Ice Il receives from she revenue eyseem.
The government gets the interest on the
$500 100000 spent annually for drink, se
the rate o. per cent the saloon keepers
and brewers hold the principal; The re-
lrpectabIe people have the drunkards and
!murderers and maniscs; the drinkers
have nothing IN this world, and not tho
shadow OF hope for the next. for Christ
IpIainIy warned Ne two thousand years
ago tbat mo drunkard shall inherit the
kingdom Of God" High o. low Iiconse
makes little, or no differences 10 the s0p-
preston Of the evils Of 1.-The infamous erse-
nc. Low Iicense allows the poor snan