The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1896-06-04

ment will shoot us. Well, let them kill us,
death is still better than our misery"
Understand me, make no plea for the
vagabond, riff raf, dumped by the thou
sands on oar shores from foreign climes,
coming as they do out of all harmony with
our free institution, and lothsome with all
the vices of the old world. Neither do, /
plead for the indolent, vicious Of our coun-
try, but l do plead for the honest, patriotic
toiler, and his name is legion, whom the
tyranyF of capital has crushed and avarice
has plundered. What shall we say Of the
bondage of strong drink?
How hath the demon, Alchohol, riven
our fettersi Bacchus, the God Of drunken.
ness, counts his slaves. by the millions.
Last year one hundred thousand were sac
rifced to make Bacchanal holiday.
Isreal, toiling in the slime pits of Egypt,
with forehead pealed and shoulder bare,
writhing under the task-masters lash, were
free men compared to the slaves of drink,
who, blear-eyed and bloated, staggers
through our streets on their errand of SIN.
The slalve-block, whipping post, and
blood hounds, bad enough in theselves
were they; but compared to IL scourging
of human conscience, the snarling of the
hounds of remorse, the irienzied demons
that dance and hiss and scream in the de-
lirium Of the drunkard's tremens, sink in
utter insignifcance. Who are the slaves
of strong drink. did you askf answer,
Boys from the homes Of wealth and poverty
alike, on whose lips the mothers kiss is
drowned in the foam Of beer; men, fathers,
changed by this vile sin to demons; hus
bands, whose love has been changed to
deadly poison; sons singing to death the
mothers heart that cherished him; crushing
the fathers heart under his drunken heel.
Who are the slaves Of drink women, oh
horriable most horriable, yet It's true, 50
sadly true. Who are the Slaves? City Coun'
cilsl Yes, for they hold their primaries
really, in the saloons, Legislatures Yes
for does not the liquor power control the
legislation. aa $40
Political partiesl Yes, and this goes with
out argument. 3i49al IKE +
The church Of the living Gode Not yet
No! Grant, o. Heaven, forever, neyer
It's all our hope. Listen to voice Of thu
mighty assemblies Of Zion. From Historic
Chattanooga, % Nlg yonder under the Shad
ow Of Lookout. 4rom Queenly Cleveland
bathing her shapely feet in the blue water
Of Lake Erie, and from far famed Saratoga
comes the voices:
| 'ssThe Christian Church is the uncom
promising foe Of the liquor traffic. w I
Vetrans, hear me. Men grumblc at til,
paltry pensions our country gives her ole
soldiers, their orphans and widows. hl'i
i We declare to you from this sacred desl
that men have no right to grumble 70
pensions granted, only that they, are no
larger and granted to all, but the hands 0
every patriotic citizen of America shoul,
be lifted up every where in earnest protes
tation against the legalizing Of the damn
ing traffic that annually sweeps into tn
Golfers of the saloons One Billion, On
Hundred Million Dollars and gives absolu
tely no value in return. This is more thar
America spends for meat and bread, ant
all this goes to the enslaving of men. w,
asked you little while ago what the oil
flag stands for; we ask you now shall no
the stars and stripes triumph over every fo
of our American Liberties?
Let the flag float over the American
true; over the American public school, de
claring on its ample folds common edu
cation to every American child over tn,
marts of trade, standing for fair profits
honest exchange and free competition a
home; over the smoke clouds of ten thous
and roaring factories publishing to tn,
world the nuptials of labor and capital
And shall we say "Over the American Sa
loonN No. ten thousand times, No.
| Let us remember, dear friends, the ole
soldiers will not greet us many times NOR,
ON the goth. of May. What gaps are mad,
in the G. A. r. every twelve months2 Tn,
ranks of the encampment have been recut
ed to about the maximum. / think it il
turning even now; from this time thei
numbers will deminish, their ranks grow
steadily, painfully, thinner, There will b,
time when the Grand Army of the Re
public will cease to be. So extend to then
q your kindly sympathies and earnest pray
4 ers.i Comrades, though you passed
through the storm of death at Chickamaugs
swept safely up the flaming heights 0
Lookout Mountain, braved the blast o
ruin as you staggered to the crest Of Mis-
sion ridge; through the exposure and dis
ease left you unscathed, you have lived I,
shout victory over many hard fought bat
ties, and to-day greet your country's fas
with wild delight; though you may lool
with stoical indifference upon the future
yet, hear, beseech you, the message tina
Christ, the Captain of our Salvation, send
by His servant to-day.
"Ho every one that thirsteth, come y
TO the waters" There is fountain open
ed up in the house OF David for sin and al
uncleaness.
"a fountain filled with blood
] Drawn from Immanuers veins;
/ And sinners, plunged beneath that hooc
Lose all their crimson stains.n
"Though your sins be as scarlet the
shall be as white as snow"