Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1894-05-29


have hitherto affiliated, is a PrOhibi-
tion party, or will ever become one.
.'The leopard cannot change his spots
nor the Ethiopian his skin" 1t is a
liquor party by both profession and
practice. The anti-sumptuary or 2lst
plank in its national platform, to
which the Mississippi Democracy sub
scnbes, means opposition to Prohibi-
tion and is so construed by all liquor.
dom.
TIE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IN CONGREss
has opposed every measure pointing
in the direction of Prohibition, and in
the 51st or Reed Congress almost the
solid Democratic vote of the House
was cast against bill to prohibit the
sale of liquor in original packages in
Prohibition States, including Con
grcssmen Morgan, Catchings, Ander-
son. StOckdalc, aud Hooker of the
Mississippi delegation. Allen was alb
sent or ''dodged" and Lewis, the only
one rhO rotcd for il, was rewarded for
his "crankincsso by being defeated for
denomination.
PRoHBITIoNIsTs HAD A. WELL UNDER
STAND, ONCE FOR ALL,
that the spirit ofhc liquor traffic, in
its last analysis. Is despotic, HccntioaS,
brUtdi, uHpriHcipled and Internal, and
that any movement forits suppression
which fails to recognize this fact will
bv so much fall short of success.
Whether dramshouS are 10 he run i'm
both ends of the National Capitol and
traditionaIIy States Rights party re-
quired to trample under foot the sa-
cred doctrine of States RIGHTS and
local self government. as the Demo
Gratis did in Congress ut its dictation;
whether the best element in society is
to be over-riddcn and defied by
black. ignorant and vicious mass of
voters, led bv so-called white-line
Democrats. as has been repeatedly
done in local option contests in this
state: or whether it be to dcsecrate
the Christian Sabbath. rob the drunk
ard of his last penny and write in
blood aud crime and tears chaptcr
of sorrow and degradation in every
home III State and Natloh-any or all
of these are equally lmmaterlal to this
conscicncclcsS traffic 50 1t but crafty
its lust for gold and pandcr to the de
PRAYED appctltcS OF Its enslayed and
misguided victims.
That any political party should un-
hlushinelv ayoW itself the ally and
defender of such an Infamous business
as this (as the Democracy has done).
and then have the braZen etlrontery
to ask and expect the support of self
respecting Christian men and patriots
of Mississippi, should be Indignantly
resented by every such citizen of the
commonwealth, as well as by our pure
and exalted Christian womanhood.
For Prohibitionists to longer support
the Democratic party, is to stultity
themselves and heap contempt upon
the cause they profess desire to see
succeed. MiSsisSlppians and fellow
Prohbltlonlsts, II we believe what we
profess and mean what we say, let us
rally by the thousands to the standard
OF the National Prohibition party and
prove our faith by our acts.
Neither of the old parties will ever
take up this issue. because the large
liGuor element in each makes such a
step fatal to party success. If such
thing were at all probable, the old
party that attempted it would not be
a unit on it in ali the States. and there
would be division in Congress. such
as is now witnessed among the Dem
ocrats on the tariff and financial Ques-
tionS. Hence the rational political
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