Blue-grass blade., 1892-01-02

(politics.)
In this way. through silence in the
churches, the apathy among respecta-
BILE citizens. and the outrageous perver-
sion of law secured through votes they
put in the ballot box, the liquor traffic
receives Endorsement, and the liquor
dealers most effective encouragement
for their diabolical business. This en-
couragement amounts to a vile, trea-
sonable omplicity-treason to our
homes, treason to our religion, treason
to all the best interests of society, a
treason that has no equal for its enor-
nifty, in its moral turpitude as well as
its terri BILE results.
While this colossal curse. the traffic
in alcoholic poisons, is undoubtedly the
greatest evil and destructive public
nuisance ever allowed to exist in a civ
ilized community, while many wives,
mothers, children, and indeed the whole
country are suffering and grooming
under the burden of its horrible atroci-
ties, that the people should be so obliv-
ious of their duty, 50 apathetic, and so
willing to screen this monstrous wrong
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on their moral insensibility and crimi-
nal inhumanity.
But what can be done about this
crime of liquor selling? Who are re-
sponsible for these horrors produced by
alcoholic poisons? More especially.
how is the peoples moral sense to- be
awakened to their responsibility in this
matter? These are the great and all
important questions now before the
world, which can only be settled by
the Just and effective condemnation by
laws enacted for prohibition, and this
can only come through the political ac-
ton of the people, crystallized into a
patriotic religions duty; and never in
the history of our country was this
moral heroism and patriotic duty more
absolutely essential than now.
| What liquor-dealers want more than
anything else is the sanction of a
license as a justification for their in
famous business; and as this license is
entirely dependent on the will and
sanction of voters, political action on
this question is what they most dread
For what do the liquor fraternity care
about the moral aspect of this question?
All they want is to be let alone with
their control of the politics of the peo-
pie.
The combined. determined opposition
that we have to encounter from the
liquor-dealers fortified by the appetites,
the prejudice, and selfish interests OF
the people, therefore makes it indis-
pensable that we should have conscien-
tious political party prohibition; and
this party action must not be spasmod
| ic or intermittent, but continuous, de
termined, political effort for its entire
suppression.
as the iiquor-aealers, to protect theii
combined and intrenched in politics,
and both of the old parties are commit
ted to their interests, new combina
ton in a party with brave, patriotic,
determined political party action is the
only practical method for securing pro
hibition of their vicious appeal to the
appetites and passions of the people.
Our zeal, enthusiasm and desires foI
the good of our country. the anxiety we
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religion, and every effort of our mental
and moral activities must be brought
into requisition to throttle this monster
vice of licensed liquor-selling; and this
must be done by the strong arm of law
faithfully enforced-which means party
politics-nothing more, nothing less
Moral suasion, preaching, prayers, Oh
even our most earnest entreaties will
be like oil thrown on a conhagration,
unless they are followed up with intel
ligent and determined use of our politi-
cal opportunities in connection with the
prohibition ballot; for it is only votes
that will count in making law that will
reach this national curse. Therefore the
vote that we put in the ballot box must
be the embodiment of our principles, the
condensed thought and conclusions OF
an enlightened conscience Jealous foi
the utter humiliation of this colossa
enemy of our country.
Liquor-dealers know that the apology
for their murderous business must con
sist of subtle strategies or some delu
sive panacea- They want the people
to believe that all the evil results o.
this traffic must be regarded as Incl
dental, and that no one is responsible,
so they say: You must not interfere
with the peoples rights. We are op
posed to sumptuary laws that needless
ly interfere with personal liberty; we
must have liberty to eat and drink
what we please. All you need is some
reasonable restrictions, bnt. especially
you must not make political capital Out
of it."
"Politics mu not be brought int
the church or pulpit" they say. Party
politics must be left to party politicians
this is non-partisan question, and, be.
sides. radical prohibition does not pro
hibit."
These are some of the many mislcad
ing arguments and delusive pretexts
that the liquor dealers, their dupes,
and allies always use to justify and
cover up their nefarious designs; the
whole plan and purpose being a vile
conspiracy to cheat and deceive the
people with cowardly sophistry about
individual rights, and especially tC
keep silence on the political aspect o.
tiiiS question:, Chtuciy lSHOEllS Vi
evading the necessity for protection by
law faithfully enforced in the Interest
of society. Therefore what liquor deal
ers want, more than anything else, is
that the people will tolerate and sane
ton this horrible traffic with a license
But license is the essence of compro
mise, and also includes sanction anC
completely; and if we have not the
moral courage to resist the insidiou
tendency to acquiesce in non-partisaI
action, or worse still, the vicious popu
lar fallacy of license, (high or low)
there is little hope for conscientious
| conviction on the awful CONSEQUENCE,
and heinous character of the liquor
business or the necessity for its sup
preston.
This monster curse and fraud on tn,
community, therefore, can only be over
come by combination of freemen in
Jealous determination for its aTinihiIa
ton. We must have for our aim anC
object destruction that knows nC
completely, no concession, no liberation
no compromise, especially no delin
quency at the ballot-box-W. Jennings
Demorest.