Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-04-26
A Ringing Appeal to The Yoters
of farewell and Others.
|Gentldhan

Gentlehien:
Lett not he demonstrated as has been
reported. that there is not a County 0f
flee candidate. but will either by them
selves or through their friends distrib
ute free whiskey during the coming
county election. We do not hesitate 10
say that The devil is III avery drink Of
whiskey which man pou,s down Ii
throat if taken as a beverage. or
through the love of it. OF the love of i,s
effects, and we do hot hesitate to saw
further, that the devil is in every man
who offers his fellow man spirituous
liquors, thinking thereby that some
benefit will accrue to him-the offerer
by such proceedings Gods Word
also pronounces curse on all such.
Why should men, soine of whom are
church members, kindls within the
breast of whiskey loving voter hell
of ila,he and passion which possibly
never will be quenched. Brother citi-
Gems. especially you who are church
! members. and who will persist i'm this
course, get out of the church, for YOU
are traitors to God and enemies to sobri
ETY. and morality. and no longer allow
your churches to be blighted and burd. |
ened with such curse MS your examp
lie. we need another Christ to travel |
through this countryand give the church
thorough cleaning, as the Christ Of !
the Bible did in his day. There are
some men i'll Tazcwell County, whose
names are on church roll, who will |
In n few days, if they have not already |
done 30, throw off all religious restraint
aud conviction aud enter into the arena
OF office fighting and ut the risk of
their own souls and being consumed i'll
the heat of their prejudices. will pursue
course for while that Is vicious. vile
and God-dishonoring, and after the sue
cessful candidates each one has received
his respective office. will resume their
places in the church-as they imaghe
without hair of their heads singed
or the smell of fire upon their gain.
ents". This has been the history of
Tazewell in tho past and we arc fearful
it will be again. for history too often
repeats itself. To prevent this repeti-
ton we sound the alarm, and warn all
ofibers with money or whiskey that they
are engaged in u damnable business,
and are mourning the risk of being sent
to the nethermost hell of Gods right
eous displeasure. Why will some men
i'll this fight cruelty their better ccnvic-
tions, and bury them in the tomb of OBJ
livion, thinking that after three days
first day the show, second day Court,
third day election) they will re. IL rect
them againp 1t is not often that Christ
ly convictions which have been murder
ed and buried will rise again after the
third day. There are citizens in this
county who in many way are respected
and respectable, but in the unhealthy
excitement of elections will turn fell
low man into a brute by dragging him
with whiskey. if he can secure vote.
Fellow citizens shame ON you when
y III blast a mans brain into delirium
an then make n tool OIt of him for vet
ing purposes.
Gentlemen duxng these exciting
times, don't walk arm in arm with the
invisible fiend of hell and take him
around the corners of streets and. into
back alleys and worse places and offer
your fiery potion and heIlisb merchan
disc to the poor deluded fellow who is
treading on yJur heels. This is deviltry
of the worst kind. Let the candidate
win his office on his own merits and
not on the merits of a death dealing
fluid which has blasted the homes of
millions of our race.
OBSERVER.