Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1894-10-16

Miss Kearney, a very attractive
and intellectual young lady, then
came forward, and with an ease,
grace and fuency that captured
the audience from the beginning,
spoke with a wonderful eloquence
and knowledge on the evils of in
temperance, the sin of the liquor
traffic and the best means of Grad
icating the curse from the land.
In silvery tones that flowed some
times like the clear waters of the
brook through verdant meadows
and blooming flowers, and at 9TH
crs cleaned like the polished ra-
pier as it pierced fiimsy excuses
and reckless claims of those who
favor the liquor traffic, she laid
bare the dangers, vices and crimes
which it begat, and said it was no
longer the fashion to abuse the sa-
loon keeper or picture the horrors
of the drunkard's home: for tenn
perancc people had stopped cut
ting at the leaves and branches of
this Upas tree of society, and had
begun to dig at the roots, which
extending from the saloon in all
directions, curlcd themselves
about the national capital, infu-
encing and directing the legisla-
ton there; thus legalizing the Ii
quor traffic and Transforming the
people of the United States into
slaves. The basis of this part
nership, the speaker said, is reve-
nue..
The government in 1898 re-
ceiyed 1927, 900, 900 from this
source, and now that the new leg
islation has gone into effect, it will
be more. There is blood on every
dollar gained by Il tax on the whis-
ky traffic, and the man who raises
no protest against its legalization
is equally guilty with the law
makers themselves. She exposed
the falIacy of local option and
high license laws, and advocated
an out-and-out Prohibition law
with the right men as officers to
enforce it. She said there are
II, 600, 600 voters in this coun-
try, a large Majority of whom
are Christians, who if they voted
as they prayed, could settle the
matter in favor of Prohibition at
one vote. Our Christian presi-
dent recommends Prohibition in
Africa, but fails to touch on the
question as applied to America.
In the same ship that carries two
missionaries to Africa to convert
the heather into Christians, are
$4,000 gallons of rum to change
them into demons. Christian Eng
land breaches the Gospel of peace
and forces opium on China at the
mouth of the cannon. Two thirds
Of the young men of India have
been debauched, it is said, by the
liquor brought into the country
by Christian England. The only
remedy for all these evils is to
have the liquor business destroy
ed root and branch. Prohibit all
but chemically pure alcohol in
sealed packages. Let Christian
men send men to Congress to pass
Prohibition laws.
She urged the friends of tenn
perance to agitate for Prohibition
and not waste their time in local
option, to keep their hands clean
of the liquor traffic and to reach
out and help the fallen. Ours,
she said, is the race with the
greatest revelations and the great
est possibilities, but are we meas
uring up to our abilities and our
means of doing good. She then
alluded to woman's work in the
world, said she was the central
figure in the Christian world of
today, and that the foundation
stone of the w. G. T. L. is Chris
tianity. There is a law in the
physical world that nothing is
lost, and so it is in the spiritual
world. Every word uttered will
fructify for good or for evil.
Those who thought otherwise
know nothing of the divine econ
omy. The world is waiting to-
day for men who are willing if
need be to suffer and die for Je-
sus Christ.
The motto of the w. G.. T. L.
is total abstinence for the indi-
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