Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1894-02-06

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whom the officers had failed tC
disturb. And the people of this
State will not soon forget the bru-
tai attack on w. II. Patton, OF
Prohibition Shubuta, for seeking
the enforcement of Prohibition.
II. 1t teaches the people that
the moral responsibilities of citi-
zens are bounded by county or
territorial lines, which is anti
missionary in spirit, and an abom-
Unable, hurtful heresy, that cult
Yates the spirit of the old man 5
prayer: "Lord bless me and my
wife, our Son John, and his wife,
us four, and no more. Amen.
-. 1t teaches the young and
unthinking that what is immoral
debauching, g Il sin against God,
and crime against humanity in
one community, or county, may,
under Il different State of public
opinion be morally right and ben
eficial in the adjoining commune
ty or county. Can this be "cor-
rect principle, well calculated to
develop and keep alive moral con
victions on the great evils of the
liquor trafiic.' No straight for
ward, logical thinker can believe
it.
Is. Local option is not God :
method of dealing with evils, and
it cannot be the method of any
citizen who is Il consistent servant
of His. God never left questions
of morals to be settled one way,
or another, according to the NOR
al status of public opinion in Il
given community or county. He
SAYS to the evil and evil doors,
"THoU SHALT NOT, no matter
whether public opinion is in ac-
cord with the FIAT or not. He
who would bring questions, in
volving the morals of the coun
try, from Gods high ground of
"THoU SHALT NOT, down to the
quagmire of ''local option,
which simply means "if YOU will
you may clothe immortality with
our legal approval and authori-
ty, cannot be consistent ser
want of the most High, as Il citi-
zen. Let one imagine, if he can,
the Lord on Mt. Sinai announc-
ing "A "local option measure I'M
der whose provisions the people
by communities are to decide
whether the ten commandments
should be put in force or not
MonstrouS Think of Il servant
of Coda minister of His-ad-
vocating "local option by which
separate communities may be call
ed upon every two years to arbi-
trate the moral and legal status of
a business that "breaks in pieces
the tables of stone containing
God $ law, every day and hour
of its existence. Monstrous in
! deed Christian citizens are
reasonably expected to honor God
in what they do, whatever others
may do. Let Christian citizens
keep faith with God more than
with politicians and political par
ties
THE NON PARTISAN FALLACY.
DR.. Galloway "still thinks 'the
non-partizan policy the wiscst. :
This is of a piece with his 'lo-
cal option" theory. THERE'S this
striking fact about those who in
sist upon Prohibition being kept
on "nonpartizan' grounds; they
are among the strongest political
partizans in the land, if not for
their own benefit, then for the
benefit of special friends. Two
striking illustrations of this are
found in the person o. of DR..
Galloway, who few years since
said in Il public address: 1.-The
political party that espouses the
cause of the saloon may us well
prepare to 90 into liquidation. >
The Democratic party in its ma
tional platform 81 plank avows
its espousal of the saloon cause,
but DR.. Galloway will not con
sent to its liquidation. On the
contrary, he continues to give his
influence and vote against the Ii
quotation. If this isn't partizan
ship gone blind in Prohibition
list | do not understand what con
stitutes partizanship. The other
case is that of Mrs. j. Ellen Eos
ter, of Iowa, who from its organ
ization, has been wet-nurse in the
National w. G. T. L. for the Re
publican party. When this dis
tinouished woman found that the