Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-07-30
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dog where he wouldn't turn his has ~
over for his wife.
For 30 years Ihave been temperanoo
man, and I am too old to cbanno
Abraham Lincoln.
Personal abstinence lies at tho vow
foundation of our great reform.
dore l. Cuyler, D. D.
You can't ten how much money
man has in his pocketbook by the s;zo
Of the strap around it.
Prohibition in the case Of slavery has
been success. Why should it not be in
the case Of the saloon?
There are people who make a good
deal of noise in shouting who keep yerv
still with their money.
The saloon is armed with a double
barreled gun. One is the Republican
barrel and the other the Democratic
barrel But the widow whose husband
is killed by whisky can t tell which bar.
rel the shot came from.
Don't forget that your children will
pay more attention to your tracks than
they will to your precepts.
There is time to keep sweet and a
time to fight, but these two good quail
ties should never be mixed.
Some people never find out that an
opportunity is an opportunity until it
has turned the next corner.
To license the saloon is to rob and
murder by law. The license party voter
is an accomplice in the crime.
The saloon is called the poor mans
club. Yes, it clubs thousands into poor
houses, asylums, jails'a and hell
People who want to do good never
have to stand around ON the street cor
ners waiting for an opportunity.
The Prohibition David need fear moth
ing before the rum Goliath, for he goes
against him in the name of God.
The devil takes picnic when he gets
o minister to sit on the same ratification
platform with the saloon keeper.
The gospel calls the devil roaring
lion" The pail that carries his hell
broth is we'll named "the growler.
When a rumseller and Christian
vote the same ticket, how can the gov
eminent tell the one from the other?
Dr.. Kelley says mothers and nurses
by giving soothing strip, opium and
drugs are making drunkards of.babies.
He learns a wise lesson who learns
that willingness to lose with the right
is the only sure way to permanent gain
The Son of God was manifested to de-
stroy the works of the devil The church
seems manifested to legalize them.
Before you advocate license look up
the answer to the old question, is II
right to do evil that good may Gomez
To fc1l oh
sheer nonsense. You might as well talk
of an honest thief or an innocent GRIM
inaL
If you vote SO that the streets Will De
safer for children to walk through as
they grow up. you may be sure it pleases
God.
Minneapolis has $1,000 license, and
the illegal sale on Sunday is SO great
that the ministers have combined to OPP
pose it.
Reforms never go backward, and the
temperance reform will go right OH I'M
til the last saloon has been swept into
oblivion.
Without good morals liberty is impos-
sible, says Carlyle. Without the aboh-
ton of the saloon good morals are I'M
possible.
A license vote scatters thistles on
some one else's farm, though you dons
want them on yours. Sometimes tney
blow over.
If our Republican and Democratic
friends will tell us what they voted for
they will shed some light over very
dark subject.
Your vote counts in Gods sight even
though you are not in the majority. we
read, abraham believed God, and IL
was counted"
There is a law against marking bal
lots. But the devil has got his mark on
every November vote for the two old
license PARTIES 81 =
It ia the dnty Of government to make
it easy for the people to do right ana
difficult for the people to do wrong.
w. Il Gladstone.
The average character OF boys ana
young men in Kansas is said tobe mucn
higher since prohibition Of the liquor
traffic than before.