Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-10-17

mote. - The following selection is from
advance proofs OF Dcmorcst's Medal Contest
Book No. =, which will soon be published, and
contestants arc at liberty to use the selections
that may be published under this card in our
colums.-EDITOR.l
IL NJ PURRINGToN.
The saloon is now the dominant DO
litical force, and those who oppose it
must do it at their peril Let police
man speak against it and his situation
Is looking for another occupant an al
derman or councilman, mayor or Judge,
| and the place that he filed knows him
no more. Merchant, he is made to feel
the scourge through diminished patron
age. A laborer, and he, too, is reached
ana the protesting voice dies away in
the distance. When all the availa BILE
means of intrigue, boycott. and threats
fail to repress the earnest soul, then
the bludgeon and the revolver are
called in to enforce the saloons demand
for silence.
The saloon has its grip upon bad
men, and upon good men; upon edu-
Gated men, and upon ignorant men;
upon all sorts and conditions Of man
kind. 1t is owing to the strength and
amplitude Of the vise-grip that the
temperance cause moves so slowly.
Men, money and influence are arrayed
against it, and the wonder is that the
cause advances as it does.
More than ever before we are under
obligation to meet squarely and settle
the question, whether or not the sa-
loon is to continue the ruling power or
whether the moral and Christian men
are to come to the front and by united
effort crush the saloon.
Surely, it needs to be crushed. A
traffic which can not be upheld by any
good physical, economic, business or
moral reasons, has no right to exist
ence. When this giant Anaconda is
twining itself about the best and
noblest in the land, manhood and
womanhood, blighting and wrecking
80 many lives surely it ought to be de-
stroyed. The great cry of the saloon
Is Free raw material
Come with me, stand here by this
brilliantly lighted doorway.
This is gilded palace. Do you see
that young man just going in? Is he
not we'll dressed? Notice the happy,
puOy ALI loOh VI yOuIIl duu ledlJU. Ie
is the raw material for the saloon.
Come up the street little way Here
we are. This saloon has not the cleo
trio glare, but still it is radiant with
light This man going in, notice the
pale face, to be SO flushed by the de-
mon of drink, see his clothes are begin
ming to age he is taking the food and
comforts of home for that which sat
isfeth not. Once again come; now
we are in one of the most misera BILE
localities of the city, notice the wrecks
of buildings and the pale haggard faces
of the little children. All! see coming
out of that dingy gin mill what was
once man, his clothes are in rags, his
face once human but now besotted and
bestiaL A racking cough tells of the
quick approaching death, sinking into
the grave with all the fine posi- bilities
of his nature dwarfed and manned.
He is the finished product of the
saloon.
1t is no use to go to the whole long
round Of reason why the saloon should
be destroyed. l have already given
enough to condemn it. but l wish to
give one more that were it harmless
innocent thing would be sufficient to
Justify it's destruction. 1t ought to be
DESTROYED because of it's allies the So
cial Club room which has wrecked the
lives of many young men, TO the Ma
hogany Palace" whose costly shining
mirrors polished brass and beautiful
parlors attract and allure only to rob;
between these two extremes may be
10 %, oil 80 -
is on the side of the saloon. Now is the
time by voice, by personal endeavor
and above all by vote to put men into
power-lnen pledged to put down the
awful curse; again and again has the
opportunity come, but how often has
it been allowed to go by and your vote
still counted for wrong. Can it not be
different now? VIII you not so vote
and work that the fairest land the sun
shines upon, the freest country of the
continents and the best nation in all
the earth may be fairer, freer and bet
ter because the saloon is no more and
Prohibition triumphant every where
WHISKY.
Hold mouthful of spirits-whisky
for instance-in your mouth for five
minutes, and you will find it burns Sc
verely; inspect your mouth and you
will find it inflamed. Hold it for ten
or fifteen minutes, and you will find
the various parts of the interior ofyour
mouth have become blistered; and then
tie handkerchief over the eyes, and
taste, for instance water, vinegar, milk
or SIENNA and you will find you are in
capable of distinguishing one from an
other. This experiment proves to
certainty that alcohol is not only vio-
| lent irritant but also narcotic. Can
you believe that the still more tender
and important internal organs of the
body can be less injuriously affected
than the mouth?-Dr. McCulloch.
Sabbath Breaking Rebuked.
A gentleman, desiring to correct
| .o,,,a abba n br q alyiup bows told