The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-11-18

The Editor Of the .'Arcna" Ctters
Some Terrible Truths.

No one who has given personal at
trnliou to the piobl' ms OF poverty And
crime eau fail 10 be Impressed win me
power OF the saloon ms fActnr In 'he
Degradation aud misery OF humanity.
Rum j. criminalizing The poverty ssrick-
l,n wotld The great deadly shadow
hich rests So heavily over the teeming,
scething. struggling millions IS the ue'
spair oi the philauh'op'st.
In vain do msn lecture. in vain cite
statistics. in vain prove that rum -
building our ,is. peopling our prisons,
aud the pine consUmsre ot millions OF
dollars Tor maintsinarce of criminal
couris to II fiict punishment on those,
who. through irl deadly H. tluence have
.ime. We all know the
facts The ve,y hopelessnsss So OF the case
seems 10 lie iu the indifference OF society
the conscience ot civilization il so par
nj, I'd that ,be appalling truth makes
hut little impression. Until this conhI-
l,i, n can be changed, until tie moral
de.ib-spell can be broken, and the nigh
er impulses Quickened. we ina, con 'i""e
To pass laws. continue 20 experiment
v iih l,aflic which has proven hseII Y"
he the most unmitigsted curse 'hat mas
ever visited The Earth: but littie good
will,esult IL odeD times, wh'n Ohf's-
ltisui,, mesnt something. the great apos-
HE OF the Gertiles Numbered forth these
y o,d.: I'll ,he eating Of meat msscs m,
'hro,her to offend | " i'll eat no tissh while
the world standeih At the presen'
Time. iu the presence OF a Christian civ
lIiz,tion that il disgrsc,d aud di-hon-
lored bv a curse which ail admit is the
uus, t,iph,iul source of crime and mis-
,ry the cle,g, OF The Christian Church IL
mot Initiating The apostle, on 'he con
\ ry. man, ~ nislets are indu'. mod
e,u,i, IN wine in brutal disregard o
the weak brothers who are Stumbling
iwhile. with few OnoisbIe exceptions
,,e clergy i. no. thunderirg against this
curse. Ifwiih the vast il fluence whlei
b, Yields il Wa Il I'D with the conv'c
ltinu OF common jusfire. III by DIVINE
Hove for humanity, and fired by the epni
Ici uuth, il could. in iew weeks en-
,lu.e he civi zsd world; IL could Great
uubljc sentiment that wouid sweep thl
Iru,se from The face oi civ ilzit'"n. y
la,ep,y. however, has the rum p"wt
nhedded Itself in manv Of the churrhe-
50 powerfully do its fceiers grasp IN
a ouf and wet Of fashionable Chri-tiai'
Inv. aud 20 loudly does the cry, "ir"Ph
les, "a ~ smooth things.' come nom w
.,chly. cushioned pews on the one hsi,''
~bile 20 meaningless have grown ~
lrrand e,hrai impulses OF Chri-ie e"no''
.n The other that We cannot 'xpect suc'
.c,ion from the church ~ unit. le
hi, direct appeal 10 he conscience
l,he reople nusi be made. Ihis ro-'t'v
sud ,nerge ic agitation must be ihau.
utatcd. II is Idle so make Inw- an
leave the pubiic inn d"rinan'
Abuse the people aud ne svil VIII ~
arp,xr. Make neu see aud tee! that ~
umsrller j. \ greater curse TO the CON
uunity lham professional ibief; that
saloon i more positive evil to = neigi
lLc,hood than -hani, fililrd win r'nal
prx ratierls. spd y ti,e viii he sindie
uhich will purge tie country o.
greatest cliue and misrr, -hrefder who-
colossal shadow envelopes Cnfisiendonl
and carries thrill OF misery. r"'s'
lion OF vice. ,hlob Of degredHio
sLerey.r il ialls. Editorial ~ u
Arena. one OF tie kieAi,s' mse'zin's
he cuuutiy.