Mississippi leader., 1894-06-19
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As by using for stepping stones oul
dead selves we may mount to sublimel
heights of character, so by making prop
er use Of temporary reverses which We
have experienced we may convert then
into the means of future conquests. i, In
considering our subject, "Some Thing:
Settled by the Prohibition Movement, u
1t will be encouraging to take account
of the net gains SO far made. / ask you
to note some of the things which are
certainly settled.
1t is settled beyond question that the
Democratic party is as much liquor
party as ever. No one can doubt OF
deny it.
The Republican party is more liquor
party than ever. Some may doubt or
deny this, but it is the doubt of igno-
rance and the denial of hypocrisy.
The Prohibition party is more ag-
gressive, more courageous, more uncom-
promising, more thoroughly organized,
more Christianly and more exultingly
hopeful than ever before.
The movement has settled the char
acter and tendency of these parties
What they are now they will continue
to be in more pronounced way to the
end. The late Francis Wayland used to
frequently say to his classes, with great
force and point, Young gentlemen, al
ways remember that it is settled prin-
ciple that things follow their tenden-
cies. ;" Apply this principle to the three
parties just named, and you need not
have prophetic vision to clearly see the
outcome of the present contest.
The supreme court of the United
States has settled the constitutionality
of prohibition, while Maine and Kansas
have settled its practicability, and Iowa
might also have been a shining example
of its practicability but for the duplicity
of the Democratic party and the stupid
completely of the Republican leaders
To this add the moral cowardice of
sworn officers of the law
1t is settled that gibes, jeers and mud
singing are a ghastly failure as prac-
ticed upon the Prohibition party. A
writer tells of going with party down
into coal mine recently. On the side
OF the tunnel grew plant that was per-
fectly white. The visitors were aston
ished that there, where the coal dust
was constantly flying, this little plant
should be so pure and white. A miner
took handful of coal dirt and threw
it upon the plant, but not particle ad-
hered, for each leaf was protected by a
wonderful enamel Living there amid
the clouds of dust, nothing could stain
its snowy whiteness. The Divine Archi-
tect had so constructed the plant that
this enamel shield by which it was pro-
tected from outward defilement was the
outgrowth of its heart and life. 1t was
safe because of the life principle within
it. The Prohibition party is like that
plant. 1t is the outgrowth of conscious
moral rectitude. The enameled shield
for its protection is a conscience void of
Offense toward God and man. It is
made to grow and flourish in very un-
favorable environment, and it may sue
cessfully defy the defilers of political
parties. 1t is its nature as we'll as its
mission to grow and keep white
1t is settled that the liquor power
stands today in menacing attitude to-
ward this government. The Prohibition
movement has done much to make plain
the real attitude of the liquor power.
1t is plain that the liquor power of this
country must be treated as all outlaw, a
common highway robber, with murder
and theft in his heart. Sentiment to-
ward that end is rapidly growing and
crystallizing into a settled purpose to
annihilate the business. You recall the
fact that when the United States gov
ernment needed an income during the
war she enacted law requiring that
stamps should be attached to deeds,
mortgages, bank checks and other valu-
able papers. Many people did not like
that law, but there was no difficulty in
enforcing it. Why? Because the penal
ties were adequate. If the title deed to
your home was not stamped, the title
was not valid. If your bank check was
unstamped, the teller would not cash
it, etc. You see the penalties were ade-
quate to secure the rigid execution Of
an unpopular law
Apply this to the liquor power. Make
the penalties so great that the business
will cease. For example, where there is
illegal selling, let all mortgages be null
lifted. Holders of mortgages would soon
look out for their interests. Let title
deeds become invalid the moment law
is violated. Is the cry raised, Oh, that
would be war measure? My answer is
ready. We are even now ON a war foot
ing. We are in the thick Of the battle.
We ask no quarter, and we give none
We are simply outlawing AN outlaw.
We are stabbing a ferocious wild beast
who has already slain an army of hu-
man beings and is at this moment tear
ing our flesh as a people and thirsting
for our life blood. The question is,
Which life shall be spared, the nations
OF the monsters? The answer of the
Prohibition party is unmistakable Let
the monster die.
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