The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1892-03-04

against society. Science, the record of
crime, and every day observation go to show
this an alarming fact.
End. This restriction on the saloon is the
best leverage to lift the offender out of his
Offense. or course some of them are too far
gone in their Otferse to feel this pressure:
yet Others will say, 'my wife and children
are being disgraced and must quit my Of
fense."
Sd. This restriction of the saloon is the
only true kindness to those who NAV fall in
TO Its favor unless we show them the saloon
In its offensive light There are persons
VINO have come into the influence of the sa-
loon years ago who would stand free from it
had they seen it then as they see it now. If
we persist ON 1t that this curse which is un-
der the ban of society shall be seen in its
true light, the on-coming generation will
thank us.
On the slope of the viaduct stood man
calling to the driver of a car, 'slow up; the
bridge is turned" Let us call to the young.
''slow up; stand back from the liquor and
the saloon crowd; few years ahead the
bridge is turned; keep away from the social
troop so offensive to all the institutions of
our land, they are marching toward the de-
structl0n OF everything sacred to us who love
our fellows"
we said II not already in the criminal
class, the OwossO saloons are all training to
the saEle line and will finally join the same
march OF ruin, and before we in any sense
JOIN them we should see the certain ruin
toward which the entire liquor force is head
ed with fatality horrible 10 contemplate
Which way then does the the saloon army
of the United States face? This most eX-
pensive army of the world. This tumbling,
spewing, wallowing, brawlng crawling,
lllthy, foul army of the slums and of the
brothel; this army Of thieves and murderers;
this army that feeds the pententiaries and
the gallows and keeps the gaping, yawning
grave of dishOnor furnished; which way
does this army of rottenness face; this army
that repels all approach by its stencil; this
infectious army of the living wretch led on
by human ghOuls; does it not face toward
the destruction of home, of school, of church,
OF every civil institution? Its divisions of
debauchery are made up of liquor dealers,
gambling house and saloon keepers and
0rothel gangs; on their Shiny serpents move,
lS hours day, Z days of the week, prOwl-
ing for death and plunder, day and night,
but mostly night
Christianity, churches, benevolent organ-
HhtlOns, dlSgraced, have made up the hos
ptal corps following over the field of death
and suffering left i'm the wake of this army.
The Christian Commission did gloriously in
the late war. There was motive high as
heaven and deep as death, an all-embracing
sympathy which made their duty most hon
Orable. Our churches and fraternities, with
food and clothing, are following now over
the wOeful field of night where the victims
OF this dishonOring army of the saloon are
found. but they find the ball has not stopped
piercing the husband or father: it passed
through the breaking heart of the mother,
and into the innocent form OF the helpless
child, and with the unclOthed horror of this
field before us may we not ask that every
family, in Gods name, be guarded against
the assault of this worst foe of our fellow
man? Shall we not in Gods name, resist it?