Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-08

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fall Of the amphitheater was the le-
climate result.
Again this principle was demon
strated at a much later date. Slav-
cry existed in the colonies, American
statesmen began to think that "All
men are created free and equal"
might. perhaps, include Africans
Madison SAID slavery was a volcano
in operation and could not be hid
Neither was the awakening public
conscience to be hid, although com
promise followed compromise. At
last the cry of the bondsman reached
Gods ear. In the reddest of Amer
lean blood 1t is written, question is
never settled until it is settled right"
In the year 1889 Frances j. Will
lard was born; she, who 10 to-day
fighting that hydra-headed monster,
intemperance, which has cursed the
world for ages. She is the fourth Of
family of five children, of which she
is the only survivor. She was reared
in the pure inspirating atmosphere of
tho west, and experienced the bles-
sings OF q cAaste home life. A true
and noble life is here by Inheritance,
for her mother had much sympathy
for all humanity, and her father was
kind but firm. AS she did not enter
the public schools until she was four
teen years Of age, her early education
was conducted by her mother. She
entered Evanston College IN the
spring of 1858 and graduated in June,
1859. When a school girl her favor
ite stanza from Emerson was this:
81 pray the prayer Of Plato old,
oh make me beautiful within,
And may Ripe eyes the good behold
In everything, sqye SIM
Miss Willard after graduating en-
tered the school room and followed
the profession Of teaching for fifteen
years. The last such position she
held was as Dean Of the Woman's
College CT Northwestern University.
The then gave her altire attention to
the temperance question. Her life
has been a preparation for this work.
Inspired by her devotion for the
cause, urged on by her desire to do
good, she has attained position that
no other woman has ever reached, and
she IS often called the best loved wo-
man in America. During the wo-
mans temperance crusade in 1878 the
thought came to her that every one
should do the best he could just
WHARF, he is. She is at the head of
the noblest union IN the world, whose
motto is "For God aud Home and
Humanity" In her nature there ID
no faltering or hesitation, and she
who is rich in friends is the friend of
the most friendless, the drunkard.
Freedom does not exist where men
are bound to tyraNt, who takes their
pride, their home and their soul away
from them. This is what the liquor
traffic does for men. The slave hold
er Of the south could only hold IN
bondage, men and Woman, whose skin
was black, while incompetence en-
slaves men and women, both body
and soul, whether rich or poor, black
or white. Is it not a terrible refec-
ton that nGt less than six million Of
our population visit tbs Temple of
Bacchus, where there are five haude
red thousand priests employed to
deal out this death, ruin, and SIM"
and of these six million, sixty thou
sand Annually fill the drunkards
grave? Can you think of this awful
procession of human beings, four
deep and one hundred seventy-four
miles long and listen to their tramp,
tramp, tramping down to destruction
and then not wish the protecting cir
Gle Of the constitution" drawn round
every home Of this nation so that it
might be said to this "black death"
thou shalt not cross these thresholds.
Miss Willard ig the woman, the
friend, the patriot, tho Christian who
pleads with you to eradicate this rum
power Her pure life will be an in
spiration to man while time shall last,