Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1894-01-16

to s years; that Is to say, to an
nually loan to the distillcrs, with
out interest, for the period of
years, the vast sum of 800, 200,
600 to 1925, 900, 900. Thus tha
party is fostering and increasing
the liquor power.
The National Peoples party il
said to be subservicnt to the Ii
quor power. The Prohibition
party is the only organized foe tc
the liquor traffic, to be found il
the arena of political parties to,
day. Christian citizens, and Pro
hibitionists, especially ought tc
find it easy to choose wisely
among this group of parties. The
one is their friend, because its ba-
sic principle is the cause they
have at heart, and the others are
their enemies, because they foster
what they believe is wrong, dead
ly and destructive to all they hold
sacred.
| would not be harsh with those
who do not vote with the Prohi-
bition party, and yet claim to be
Prohibitionists. | think one of
two things is true of them, viz:
They yet seriously lack convic-
ton as to the infernaIism of the
liquor traffic, or else they lack
the moral courage to break away
from their old parties, which are
putting them and the saloon
keepers in bed together.
Which ever of these two things
is true, or if both are true, | feel
Il sympathy for any one in such
a state, and | will do any thing
, can for their relief. DR.. Gallo
ways advice against the organi-
ton of Prohibition party is out
of due time by more than two de-
cadcs. The Prohibition party was
organized in 1869. That staunch
Methodist and patriotic statesman,
Judge James Black, of Pennsyl-
vania, was the first nominee of
the party for President. Every
Presidential election from 1872
to the present has witnessed a
Prohibition party ticket in the
field with an increased vote in
each election. Its growth has
been much more rapid than the
Republican party for the same
period. Between 900 and 1000
votes were counted for the Prohi-
bition party in this State last
year. 1t is believed that more
than twice that number were
cast.
If DR.. Galloway knows of a
single instance where reform
movement, involving the finances,
morality, humanity, publication
of politics of nation, was ever
carried to successful issue, with
out being incarnated by polite
al party, he knows one thing that
has entirely escaped the notice of
the searching eyes of historians.
Slavery would exist today, if
those who opposed it had kept
their contest on non-partisan
grounds. The Louisiana Lottery
Company would have been re-
chartered but for its prohibition
having become the shibboleth and
rallying cry of political party.
This State would today be under
carpet-bag and negro rule, il
there had never been party con-
structed on the dominant idea OF
a white man government, and
so on around the whole circle of
history. But DR.. Galloway wants
to continue Prohibition on an eX-
pertinent that has failed (for the
best of reasons) everywhere and
every time it has been tried in all
the history of the world. Like
all other questions, Prohibition
will be the rule in America, when
the party which represents il
comes into power, and not before
that good hour.
In this State DR.. Galloway
wants the Democratic party to be
depended on to take care of Pro
hibition. 1t would be as wise fol
Methodists, Presbyterians and
Baptists to depend on-say,
the Catholics advance their
doctrines. The Catholics, would
be as faithful to the trust as the
Democratic party is to Prohibi-
ton.
All the anti-liquor Legislation
we have, we had to literally
thumb-screw out of the party, and
we have never known in advance
what we would get. We have
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