Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-08-27

any other OF the crimes upon the
statute books, because all men recog-
nize the necessity for the existence OF
these laws, and the saloon men as well
as others are In favor OF their en-
forcement. But when you undertake
TO Invade the domain OF a mans free
dom and his individual rights. when
You undertake to strike down his per-
sonal liberty, then " he has the spirit
of man IN him he win strike back.
II he Is q craven coward he VIII bow
his head In submission and stink on
IL conc ealmcnt. but II he Is. a true man.
recognizing within himself that the
price of liberty Is eternal vigilance,
he fights. and fights vigorously. any
thing that would take from him the
privilege bought by the blood OF his
fathers, transmitted as a holy heritage
to him and 10 his children. In the car
~ foundation OF this government. Il
was determined TO separate church
and state. Wink was this? Prior TO
that time each government In Europe
had an established religion, and II was
unlawful to belong TO any church ex-
cept that fostered. protected and sup
ported by the government. Thomas
Jefferson. Rousseau. Adam Smith and
others determined that this was
wrong. that 1t interfeicd with the lib
erty OF a mans conscience, that il In
AtAltNth WIN INT lIttuhul VI MS fhuAs
and made him either violator OF the
law or a subservient member OF
church In which he did not believe. In
other words. IL was an invasion OF his
conscience, and the fundamental idea
underlying our government Is that
church and state must forever be sep.
arated and conscience left free. There
We're practically at that time only two
churches, the Church of England and
the Catholic church. II Is true the
Baptist and others claim that they
have apostolic succession for their
faith, but they were small and scatter
ed or in hiding, and like gentlemen
In your community who do not be-
ileve in prohibition, they were COM
PEELED to flee before the force OF the
law-smother their conscience or turn
their backs and seek new homes amid
paths untrod and unprecedented wilder
nesses. The same principle that UNI
derlles the separation of church and
state underlles this question today. 1t
is an invasion OF mans conscience. Ia
Is saying TO n man, Because l believe
In prohibition. therefore you must reg
ulate your conduct. not by what YOU
believe. but by what | believe" Pro-
hibition lnvades the most sacred pre-
cincts OF American liberty. and erects
Its deformed and misshapen statue In
the halls OF freedom, IL II IS right,
then the war of the American revolu-
ton was fought In vain. II II IL cor
rect conception of government. then
the blood that was spilled at Bunkcr's
Hin, at BNndywinc. at Lexington and
Yorktown, was an insult TO divinity IN
stead OF libation to liberty, IL Il II
correct, then the American govern
mcnt is wrong. and the sooner we
abandon IL, the sooner we surrender
our liberties back into the hands OF
government, and bow our necks he
meath the yoke or despotism and ty-
ranny, the sooner will We correct the
evil that Is done. But IL, as we honestly
believe II Is wrong. then every man
should grid up his loins and bare his
bosom to the fray, and no matter who
may be arrayed upon the other eide,
no matter what nor who may be gath
cred together In the ranks OF those who
favor prohibition. every man free born
and liberty loving, should stand with
shields locked and bosom bare, fight
ing this enemy OF his liberty; and the
battle should never end until those
who would thus invade the precints OF
a mans domestic life, those who would
invade the temple OF freedom. are
driven back, and the banner OF per-
sohal liberty floats uninterrupted
throughout our land.