Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1893-06-16
"Count that day lost,
Whose low defending sun
Views from thy hand
No noble action done.

Views from thy hand
No noble action done.
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Fargo's cry for aid in the name of
humanity is not likely to meet with the
liberal response that it might if she
insists upon having saloons to help her
in opposition to the good of humanity
ard the law of the state, If Fargo wants
this misery vender it is her privilege
if she doesn't mind making such Il con-
spicuous example of inconsistency of
herself.
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The temperance tilt between Dad and
Brother Isaac of Mardell is getting
quite warm. Allow me to suggest,
gentlemen, that you express your views
in less reproacbful terms, and grace
fully assent to the fact that we do not
all hold the same views. "Rebe" and
''slanderous tongued old hay seed" are
expressive, but they don't belong to
the question, they throw no light upon
1t. However, you must settle your own
quarrels, (Which Is not serious proba-
blyD
Will Brother Isaac kindly tell us how
to 90 about it to elevate the neral and
intellectual Standard" which he thinks
/ is the achievement of all Importance
among men? That is one of the grand
objects for which the w. G. T. U. has
been laboring for years. And Brother
Isaac admits that it has accomplished
much in that line, when he says: "the
w. c. L. U. have done much towards
the uplifting of mankind" He may
not admit that intemperance causes
most of the misery and crime in the
world, but statistics and many of the
best minds of the world do admit it and
We use it as strong argument for its
prohibition by law. To be sure YOU
can't legislate goodness into men, but it
will not make it easier to elevate the
moral standard" by ''blottlng OUT the
laws that help to hold the evil in men
in check. He says that men can not be
made moral until the 'seed of evil is
destroyed" Of course if men could be
made into angels they would be good
and moral, but tell us how to do 1t. we
don't just know how. We have always
thought that the taiut of evil in human
nature was as deep rs life itself. The
purest saint on earth has never been able
to eradicate the evil from his nature, ht
simply holds it in subsection under thu
higher law of the soul the law Of the
gospel. So please tell lis how to dc
this great thing Brother Isaac. 1t cam
be that you would reform race b,
killing it off, but it seems to be about
the only way to do it on your basis
Admitting, for the sake of argument
that intemperanee IS not the creates
evil, Bro. Isaac will surely not deny
that it is productive of much evil al
any rate. If man is british we know
that he is more british, alower brute
when he is drunk. We cannot deny
that liquor is mighty barrier against
purifying and ennobling mankind, why
not try any and all means to remove il
from the way of men, not diseouragine
or speaking ill of any. Bro. Isaac YOU
courtesy and kind words in behalf Of
women are duly appreciated. Your
good will for mankind is worthy of .
wider scope than you give it we
think. Why not give your support tc
every law that has for it's object the
purifying of mankind, if you weuId
help the world towards reaching the
true standard? This is not an attempt
purely, to answer Bro. Isaac's argu
ment since he evidently does not con
slider that an answer which comes from
the opposite side of the question. He
says he "fails 10 see where he has been
answered yet" We wonder if 1t would
be possible for him to fail to see it if he
was answered: However that doesn't
matter at all, we are not talking from
personal standpoint, we simply give
our views whether they answer any
thing or not, and if any one finds ''som.
reason" in them we shall gratefully
thank them for the kind admission
But notice one other point of Brother
Isaae's that I must express my view
about. He says that many lifelong