Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-08-28

indeed OF causes OF crime or Nnicn tue
philosophical educator cannot AFFORD
to be ignorant. Artificial offenses put
a large class of people, and often the
least discriminating and Instructed,
into needless antagonlsm with the law.
Confoundlng moral distinctions on the
side of law begets corresponding con-
fusion In the mind of the citizen. II
the law treats the sale OF a mug OF
beer or sweet cider as of like delin-
quency with the crime Of larceny, how
long will II take the humble and un-
learned to conclude that the law IS
either sham unworthy Of veneration.
or else jump TO the opposite conclusion
and vote the larceny Of an article 20 be
no worse than the selling OF glass OF
clder2 So therefore, every statute de-
nouncing the penalties OF the criminal
law against men In violation oil the
commonly received sense OF Justice
concerning human relations In the civil
state, becomes by reason Of that very
cause generator OF evil within Itself"
Now, fellow-eltizens. after having
read the conclusions OF those great men
the question is for you 10 settle
whether you as American people have
q right to foist upon another portion
OF our American people law that they
regard not only "a taking away from
them their personal rights and ptrson-
al liberties FOR which our forcfathcrs
fought, but a right that has been incul-
Gated into the minds Of our children,
right that has been taught from our
infancy until We are Of old age, "a right.
fellow-citlZcng that Oui American pco-
pie have always hold as the highest
principle of self-govcrnment, the right
Of personal and individual liberty. 1
desire tonight TO refer your minds to
some OF the past hatory OF our nation
upon this great question OF prohibition.
There are within the history OF our ma
ton, living In the mountains Of Ten
nc8scc. Kentucky, Georgia, Virginia
ana the Car1llnns, people whom II Is
said that no Drawer or more patriotic
people lived upon the soil of America.
They were men who, when the struggle
OF lIl5 reached the ears of our Amprl-
can people, dared to go forth and with
| their mountain rifles and muskets to
| beat back the enemy. They were the
men who dared In the hour Of calamity,
| In the pcrllous and bloody revolution,
20 say to their wives and children: we
| shoulder our rifles 10 go forth to meet
! the Tory enemy. In order that we may
| enjoy that liberty for which our fore
| fathers Ned from a tyrannlcal cnun-
| try" And they with such men as Mar
/ ion. sumter Lincoln and Lee, with the
| many that surrounded them In their lit
| tie nelghburhunds. dared to go forth In
| the exercise and discharge OF that duty
| that they believed they owned to their
! wives. their children and their cuun-
| try And after they had fought for
| seven lohS years we ma those same
| men going DUCK 10 those mountain ais.
ulols, ana thefr under the American
| constitution guaranteeing to every man
! life, liberty and the pursuit of happi.
| ness, they opened up their little farms,
! their vineyards aud their orchards; and
w order that they might make It profit
ape thry squeezed their grapes into
| VINE their peaches they manufactured
! INTO brandy They FNppIgI 10
| nlurhet toWhN' lofty, htty ana nun
uIcu nlll's away anu there onered IL
upon the mHrNtt' ana those Uttle fami-
Ileh reared IN those mountain dlstrlcts
were prosperous, happy and oonten-
BUT feloW citizens, turn with me
tonight to another picture. drawn Hs
we view those mountain districts in
| TINS the close or the nineteenth cen-
fury, | see people u8trHcized from
society, people hunted down by gov
ornamental ofllclnls people that have
no regard or respect for that govern
ment for which their fprcfnthcrs fought
and died, people that today hate
| this government The question IL.
Why IN 1864 the government said 10
those people. you have enioved in
time past the right OF life liberty and
the pursuit Of happiness. You have
reared your little families and have
pruapered In your mountain homes
And while we remember the nntrjoi'
ism OF your ancestors. Will, We ramon.
bpr with gratitude how sumter ,n,
Lincoln and Leo fought fan, 4 nc,IIn,,
| rights and independrnce III, tirn, ha +.
come when the nnvcrn,n.,,t ,,,i,s, ~
lta hnuds unnn vonr iitii, h ,,s, 'aS
and no,y nnd bcursfn,tt, ~, ~, ' ,
no more the right OF eni9yina pera ANY /
liberty. from the ff,ct nm o,,,tia ,'I,,,
have been cnnbicd a. r,nt m, Wv
ing by saueegin,. yaur 1890, ~, ~, nv
and making yn,,r moo H., ~ W NY, ny.
and your rorn mo r't,i,t,,, nv urunuy
dared 10 infrins. "',snF umu no nlAi
| no lima No. - VIII SSur rights
mani nn,d, ~ oV' i MIN the govern
ms, ''"' 'ua'"cNs'
lhW result Was FELLOW citizens, that
pluniultieh N me hanqS of the govern,
inent ronoed mus people or the right tt
nuhuluoture Tue fruits OF their own
.hcs nhi olenhrur' ana taking from
.nth thtt lnulyldual liberty for whicl
NY hNeu ana brehthcd IN the ali
ui lnuelspuenee' there grew up an ami
inosiS between them ana the govcrn
Iheht OF me United states The result
M No., iV.'o w vlsl"cns, thNt there arose .
GUS Vt Psople IN the mountains VIII
su'u uehhnee OF such an atroclt,
w has uceh hoaped upon US, we vii
IuunulNpture our VINE and brandy
9 ,p nehue TO-DAY you near OF the illcl
uis'''nns " those mountain Districts
~ me Shy 70 you thnt today therl
MY people there VINO, while they ar
nuntVu uoNn pS lhe government on