The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1892-02-25
REAL CHRISTIANITY.
REV. THOMAS DIXON ON THE uN.
FAIRNESS or SOME cRITicS


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Sale Of Liquor on susd.y-How ceiessi
Ingerson Attacks . rAneifui TAing.
New YORK. Feb. 2l.-Rev. Thomas
Dixon, Jr.. preceded the sermon in As
sociation hall this morning by review
ing the question involved in the bill now
pending in the New York legislature
proposed by the liquor dealers, which
grants practically free whisky evesy day
and Sunday too. He said:
great temperance reform Apparently
the saloon Is about to master the forces
of our Christian civilization Every
where the saloon is aggressive and tn
umphant The reason for this h not
far to seek. The forces Of Temperance
are sadly divided The Prohibit3onist
sullenly maintains his position upon the
rock of ultimate truth and demands an
nihilation or nothing. The high license
man carries a razor in his boot for the
Prohibitionist. Our little church tenn
perance organizations spread out their
wares and declare they are the only gen.
uine reformers and all others are base
limitations. Our Catholic brethren work
within their own lines. Meantime the
devil laughs and grows fat, rides into
power on every popular wave, makes
legislatures and governors his puppets-
HE'LL UNITED.
1t is Christendom divided against He'll
united.
The liquor dealers Of New York have
met in solemn council and drafted bill
to suit themselves, which they have
presented to the New York legislature.
It will vastly surprise me II their pup
pets do not obey their requests to the
letter. They modestty demand ohat all
the liquor laws passed during the last
quarter Of century shall be repealed
They want saloons opened on Sundays,
concert halls and dives opened all day and
| all night, free whisky at all hours at
public "bawls," protection from the pos
sibility of police interference, the repeal
of the civil damage act, the free right to
sell to boys and girls, and all license
fees reduced to next to nothing.
must confess that admire the sub
lime cheek of these men. Think for a
moment Of the daring Of set of chronic
violators of law-that is. habitual Grim
inals-meeting and drafting bill grant
ing themselves immunity in the prose
cution of crime and demanding the po.
lice power Of the state to protect them
while they are about it. -
THE LICENSE HUMBUo.
confess to the secret hope and pray.
er that they will succeed in passing thii
law and give us free whisky for sea
son. 1t seems to me 1t will be for ou1
good First, because it will be shocl
to the miserable factions Of a temper
ance guerrilla war that will bring unity
out of chaos; second, because the whole
license system is humbug and lie
1t is delusion and snare. It is wrong
in principle and utterly deviEsh in prac
tice. For the state to go into partner
ship with the manufacturers Of ci&mi
nails is for the state to commit suicide
Go into partnership with the devl-h'
always owns the whole concern.
If it is right to license the whisk.
business it is right to license the lotter,
swindle-the lottery is mild evil il
comparison. The lottery takes in SEQ,
OO0, 900 a year. Our whisky bill Las
year was 81 ,2OO, 900, ,0O0-6OO times more
A bill is now pending before this sam
legislature to license prostitution il
New York state. II rum Is license.
why not license all crime? II the sys
tenn is right and good we cannot hav
too much Of good thing. The enforce
ment Of the license system Is the grand
est farce Of the times. It is said tina
prohibition could not be enforced Pre-
hibition is always enforced better tina
the excise system. The grand jury hr
morously and patheticaIly petitioned ia
legislature last year to repeal the excis
laws and relieve them Of thousands Q
cases that would never be tried! To ir
dict liquor dealer under the preser
excise laws is a joke. Everybody know
this.
Why not repeal the farce and give q
free whisky awhile? 1t is estimate
. by conservative men that there are bt
tween 1900 and 5000 unlicensed drinl
ing places today in New York cit
alonei Why continue such travest
ON law7 The back door Of every saloo
is open on Sunday. Why not open Ii
front one and thus lessen its power
politics at least? Why should we be O
trich reformers? Why deceive ourselve
Let them pass their law. They wi
, abolish swindle and give u the benef
Of a storm Of moral wrath and the q
viii be purified Free whisky OK prob
bition are the ultimate issues. The
l had as well be joined now as later. l.
: the war begin.