The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1898-11-24
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They wio ca ard dare can 10 anything.
lizard iaHy be dutv's hand. butloiitieads
put into parrse Boy where pat shall cease;
sieH secs ihF sir'viHsa, ana h. lailenee
once thou shail and lis PEACE.
There are only two pa1ies in the
liquor gu stion, the menders ard
he enders. Prohibitionist consti-
cute the latter. Thanks be TO the
God of nations for putting it into.
the heart Of the most powerful
monarch on earth to give the key
note to national prohibition Of the
manufacture Of intoxicants.
THE MIGHTY czAR.
Under the young Gear, Nicholas
II, Russia is shaking her vigorous
loins and forging forward on the
living issues Of the day. She even
has a "hquor question" like other
folks, and has Cotton around to
about the same conclusions as the
most progressive. She has tried
the dispensary system under gov
ernmel officials, with profits turned
over. to the government, and de-
clares it a failure so far as decreas-
ing drunkenness. One of her lead
ing journals swings gracefully
around into prohibition water, and
glides out upon it in this wise;
"But it is clear at all events that
no sort Of effort to promote temper
ance will do away with drunken
ness. 1t may be possible to mi,i-
gate the grosser and more fagarant
external evils of disgraceful con-
sumption Of liquor; but drunken
ness will exists just so long as Ii
quor will be sold. To abolish
drunkenness is possible in but one
way--by abolishing, through abso-
lutte prohibition, the manufacture
and sale of liquor. We have spoken
OF this repeatedly before and no
one should imagine that the total
abolition of the sale Of liquor is an
unrealizable dream Liquor is far
from being a necessary article of
consumption or a condition of hui
man existence, aud consequently
it can be stricken from the list with
out the slightest hesitation or ap-
prehension regarding the future
welfare of the masses and the gov
ernment"
How is that from the steppes Of
Central Asia? America woald bet
ter neglect her oratory aud jingoism
for a time and devote herself to this
practical question, before the kings
ef Africa and fhe czaFs Of Rassia
send fpissionafies to our shores.
William Stead, Of London, said
after an interview with the Gar,
recent; Il thank God for HIM. NJ
he is spared to Russia that young
man will go far"
Whiskey is said to be at the bot
tom of most of the assaults
that have induced the resort to lynch
law as a penalty, and whiskey is
also noticed as a prime factor in
tuning up the spirits of a mob to
action. This alone will account for
the infrequency of this species of
crime before the war, when whiskey
was not within the reach Of the ne
groes as it is today.-Mobile Reg
lister.
The drink traffic is the baae of
civilization, and the disgrace Of
christian nations.
An exchange says that alcohol
will remove grass stains from sum-
mer clothes. 1t will also remove
the summer clothes, and also the
spring, autumn and winter clothes,
not only from one who drinks it,
but also from his wife and family.
1t will remove the household furni-
ture from the house, the eatables
from the pantry, the smiles from the
face of his wife and the happiness
from the home. AS a remover of
things alcohol has few equals, no
supeuors.
The man who breaches the doc
trine Of moderate drinking as a So
luton of the liquor question,
whether he be preacher or layman,
is the greatest enemy of the tenn
perance reform. He is generally
one whose opinions are bound in
the chains Of habit. Like that
Scotch parson who, reproving a
drunkard, said: "You should quit
drinking to excess, Sandy. Think of
the effects,-the pain, the aching
brow, the parched throat, the trem-
bling nerve" Sandy interrupted,
"Hech, Dominic, gie's yer ham Ye
ken the sensation sac weel Pm
thinking it's no TIE first time we've
been fou yersel."
Tallie Morgan puts the liquor
problem thus:
Twenty five snakes running through
the streets,-that's free whisky.
Twenty-Five snakes gathered into
a OoX IN which twenty -nYe nOles
are made by authority Of COURT
that's low license.
Ten of the holes are closed and
the snakes all get out through the
fifteen, that is high license.
Drive all the snakes over to the
next village, that's local option.
XIII all the kes,-thags Pro-
hibition,