Blue-grass blade., 1899-02-19

hcadlong pn 10 abandon as this ma
iion Is surely progressing2
People will have different ideas as
TO what i~Jnst in this direction, and
as TO what are the best methods
Of attacLing and solving social
evils. Some think the pres.
cnt Ina xmonial arrangement has
solved IL 30 near as IL can be solved
others lo,king abroad over the field
OF MARTA in6delity, aud the by ways
of divorce, prostitution and vice
think IL has not solved it.
One thing is sure, II IL is never
publicly discussed, il will never be
any better, and II never any better,
il is bound to grow worse, especially y
as this nalon grows in wealth for
il Is the h4tory OF all nations that
as they dtvelop great wealth they
progress toward abandon, degener-
acy and r. ial extinction.
Mr. More, as is well known TO
everybody who has read the BLUE
GRASS BLADE for these many years,
and from the very start of its publi-
cation, published it as an Intidel
Prohibiudl journal-its most dis
tinctive fS.inre being that Of Probi-
bition. With all his might and
power, bcShas fought TO protect the
American 'home, and the American
youth from the far reaching evils con-
sequent urou the use Of liquor, and
this too in i community where more
liquor is manufactured than any
other plarc in the world. He has
dared TO d. for the right, that which
no other fplan in his community
would opJaly do, expose the bypo-
critics, reIS .aous and political, who
occupied Sgh places, by grace and
permissiofJo the manufacturer aud
,etailer el whisky. That he has
done this, (lauy times at the risk OF
his life is Equally well known. He
has beeh-u l)bb'r and imprisoned for
his defense ~ tue American home. y
lie has a, been prosecuted and
imprisone, aud nubbshcd as Free
Lover, AL u Editor os Free Love
!, ,f.ix y ii-x -s.,;... ~ L.. A..aas:il
can holDeu ufL There are a million or
more people i'll this country who
know that the BLUE GRASS BLADE
was never Apy thing else but an Inf
del Prohibition paper, and that Mr..
Moore is not Free Lover, and new.
er was an advocate of Free Love,
and more than any other man has
scathiuglY denounced 1t.
Having lalways bitterly opposed
Free Lovei do not know how he hap
pened to iisert the two articles, upon
which he was indicted, and make the
comments he did upon them. 1t can
only be accounted for in this way:
Mr. Moore believes in the open dis
cussion of all sociological questions,
especially those which affect the
morals OF the community. Heopen-
ed his columns to the free discussion
of every subject which seemed to him
a moral or vital issue. Why should
any pape: subsidlze question in
volving a moral issue?
Mr.. Moore is man who believes
that Truth can stand any test, and
that the best compliment we can
pay to TRUTHS to show our conf
dence in it. He is not a practical
man in any sense. He applies poll
lcy to nothing he does. He is so
frank and open in his manners and
character that he is mere child in
some of the practical things of life.
Carlyle says that Caution is tho
lower story OF. prudence. Mr.. Moore
is seemingly devoid of that faculty,
and for lack of it often says hasty,
thoughtless and imprudent things.
He has not even that caution essen
tial to self-protection.
That he has been thoughtless and
imprudent goes without question.
He knew the law and should have
been cautious enough not to have
approached its limits; he knew that
an Infidel Is liable to arrest if he
steps out OF Christian latitude; this
superstition must have a victim oc.
casionally; and the better the man
the more he is wanted; but no one
who knows Mr.. Moore will believe
that he would Intentionally abuse
the privilege OF speech or instigate
an immoral thought. His whole life
bellies such an action.
1t was the religious guerrilla S
opportunity and he took advan-
tage OF it. When a man has
to fight enemies of that kind, he
should adopt like tactics, and not
recklessly expose himself in the
open.
Rlghthere j. ]. Rucker professed
friend, subscriber for years OF the
BLADE, o co-worker with Mr.. Moore
along the line of Prohibition, comes
upon the scene. Mr. Moore has re-
quested that ! should report the pros
ecution just as witnessed IL; and
made no particular suggestion OF
what should be said whatever, fur
ther than to give in full the details
leading up to it. "For the rest, +"
he said, II am not the proper one to
report my own grievances. Ii
would rot be received with the same
spirit as il told by some one else,
and ! eave you untrammelled To