The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-07-06

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coNDucrED BY MRS. NJ. l.. HoBBs.
WORTH PRESERVING.
Selections From the Speeches Of job,
B. Finch.
Liquor drinking makes the slum,
OF great cities and is responsible fol
the horrible condition Of mankind
in the slums.
The American dram shop is tn,
cause OF more than six-sevenths ot
the paupcrism and four-ffths o.
the crime of the nation. Ii is the
hot bed where outlaws germinate
the cradle where vice is rocked.
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From the day the liquor traffic
was allowed to come into thi.
country from the despotisms Of
Europe. 1t has existed a. bitter
lblighting, damning curse on everv-
thing decent, virtuous and pure.
lis history proves il the enemy Of
law, order, morality, Christianity
and civilization.
Primarily the strength of this
government depends upon the char
acter of the individual citizen.
Anything that debauches the citi-
zen will iniure the government.
Anything that elevatcs the citizen
will elevate the government. To
ruin a republic is simply to ruin
its citizens. To strengthen a re-
public, YOU simply have to build
up the intelligence, morality and
character Of it, citizens.
The religious thought of the W.
G. I. L. is faith that asks God to
direct each woman to use all the
power Ae has given her to stav the
evils of fintemperancc and trust Him
to do what is beyond her power.
The one prayer was, Father on
our knees we plead with thee to
remove this plague" The other
prayer is, "Father, use us and
guide and direct and help us to re-
move this plague.
ANY institution. trade or custom
which affects the safety, prosperity
or peace Of state. or which injuries
the morals of the citizens. is politi-
cal. In government Of the peo-
pie, by the people, any trade which
affects the people injuriously affects
the government composed ofthe pco-
pie iniuriouslv, and it, regulation
or destruction belongs properly TO
the science of government-politics.
The school and the church inhucnceI
the unit of the political structure
the citizen-and To that extent are
political institutions. Every SER
mon or lesson which influences the
life and conduct of the citizen has
a good or bad influence on the state,
and 10 that extent j. political.
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This people does not need or want
two governments To enforce the law.
Demonstrate that two governments,
one public, one private one sup
ported by public tax, one by pri-
vatc contribution, are necessary tol
enforce law in this country, and you
have proved our republican govern
mcnt to be fatally weak and defect
i've. You say to me, 1T is your
duty TO give money I, help enforce
law. ! answer, II pay taxes to-
government To enforce
law, and if that j. n failure and can
not enforce law the remedy il not tol
create government within the
but to find what are
the defects in the government and
remedy them.
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Om man asks, "lIas the govern
mcnt the right to destroy this busi-
ness" \ friend interrupted me
once 10 say. ~ have natural right
to sell liquor," "What do YOU
mean by natural right" He did
not answer. II suppose YOU mean
il YOU mean anything, that in al
state Of nature You had right to
sell it--that is, when YOU were al
wild man, YOU had right to sell it.
And whom would YOU sell whisky
10 in 4 state Of nature? You can.
not sell whisky unless YOU have
somebody to sell il to, and that
would he state oi association.
You could not trade unless men.
came together to trade, and that
would bc the formation of society.
All trade j. the child Of society.