Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-07-29
SPEECH BY REV. sam SMALL
His Address Friday Night at
Pyle's Cycle Academy.
HEARD BY A LARGE AUDIENCE
Great Interest Manifested In
His Remarks.



Theme synopsis Of what &c said.
A large audience listened to Sam
Small's local option address at the
Pyle Cycle Academy Friday night, and
considerable interest was manifested
in the meeting. Mr. and Mrs Smith
were assisted in carrying out tho
musical part OF the programme by the
Revs. George L. Wolfe and F. b.
Short of this city, Mrs Sickle and
Mr.. Boynton. Excellent music was
rendered.
Mr.. Small was listened to with
marked attention throughout his lee
ture, and SOME of his remarks were so
ludicrous as TO provoke continued
laughter, bringing out as he did the
comical side as vol as the serious side.
He prefaced his address by an
nouncing that some OF the lectures
next week will be illustrated by stere.
opticon views, bringing before the eyes
OF the audience photographs OF actual
scenes in the slums OF great city.
The subject OF the address was
"Alcoholic Anarchy, or the lawless.
ness inherent in the liquor traffic and
produced by its presence and power. "
He explained the origin Of the word
"alcohol, +" saying it was first used by
the Arabians, who, altar learning the
effects of alcohol, applied it to the
spirit of the devil. He dwelt upon the
effect of alcohol upon humanity, and
said that one Of the most marvellous
things was the manifestation of de.
pravity by subjects of alcohol, even il
they have never before shown any such
inclination. Alcohol has the effect OF
SIMPLIFYING the BRAIN, and heating the
blood, he said, TO say nothing OF the
effect on the moral nature. The devil
has put his own person in the processes
by which the "damnable stuff is
made, he remarked with great EN-.
phasis.
The speaker stated that he could
take the fairest woman In Wilmington,
who might be the very personification
Of purity into one of the saloons and
fill her with wine and before IL o'clock
at night abe would show every trait of
the most degraded OF the deinimoude.
Knowing the effect, he believed the
most effective means Of satan to be
those things iuto which alcohol had
been injected. He would fight alcohol
az he would satan, il he should meet
him personally.
Mr.. Small explained that the devil
got his second grip on humanity, after
the flood, by assisting Noah to make
wine from the grapes in his vineyard,
and triumphed when Noah became in
toxicated. The devil is now reaping a
great harvest from the grand order OF
drunkards. The first dsgree OF the
order is founded on blood and
nature of the sheep, the fellow who
don't see any harm in taking drink
of wine or glass OF beer now and then.
After the sheep degree comes the
monkey degree, when the subject be.
comes jockey and cuts up antics like
monkeys, when he is on little
tear" After those two are taken the
man Is in the minority and the beast
is in the majority. The third degree
is the lion degree, when the man don't
want any jokes, wants to fight and has
the mad lions nature in him. After
the third degree is passed the mar
disappears and the beast is in pos
session. III semblanco OF manhood il
gone.
The speaker referred to the 2,OOC
hogs committing suicide by running
into the sea after they had becomt
possessed OF the devil, the object beinI
TO show the power of satan over beae
us we'll as man.
The Supreme Court, he said, ha
decided that seven eighths of tb
crime in the coJntry is directly or in
directly traceahle to the effects O
alcohol. lie spoke of a similar opinion
being advanced at recent convention
of the chiefs of pUlice throughout th
country, they placing the proportion
at nine tenths. Mr.. Small had fount
that at least tive-siXtha of the crimi
mails in the numerous jails which b
bad visited vera there because of III
liquor traffic. In the insane asylum
of the country he had been informe
that two thirds of tho insanity was du
directly or indirectly to alcohol. Ten
perance statistics of the country sho
that lac. QUO men are actually murdere
by the liquor traffic in the Unite
States every year. The speaker though
day should be declared upon whic
the graves OF the victims should /
decorated annually. He pictured til
result of placing red flag over h
grave Of every drunkard.
Mr.. Small referred to his own o,
perience. He said that whom he wi
an officer of the court of Georgia |
had great deal 10 do with diyort
cases, he being connected Herewith q
account of being prosecuting office
He believed that nine cases out of tt
could be traced to crime, and eevei
tenths of tue crime was due to liqu,
on one side, and generally the ma
sids.
lie denounced malts and malt @
tracts. He eulogized to Woman
Christian Temperance Union and cor
mend their efforts 10 establish absnlu
prohibition. He said he would rath
be yellow dog with tin can tied
its tail running out Of town than
sell the malts or malt extracts.
thought everybody should openly d
clare their convictions and not say th
they were afraid of being boycotte
He did not think the saloons of vi
mington could have much effect in ii
matter Of boycott. lie spoke of Il
lack of enthusiasm on the part of sou
of the church people 10 Wilmingto
their lack of moral courage. lie wou
rather try TO get to the top of |
story building on ladder with
double armful of GELS without LOST
one than to attempt to conduct loC
option campaign with some of t
church people he knew.
lie stated that the worst form
anarchy was opposition to the Cover
meut, and likened it to tho liqu
traffic
lie declared that prohibition Won
prohibit, Notwithstanding statemer
TO the contrary lie knew of plat
where il did prohibit. He said tbs
wac no uHe irving In rnpuHta l.