The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-10-09
Letter OF ACCEPTANCE

ecutive Committee OF That Party. y
Following Is the letter OF Hon. T. r.
carskndon. accepting the nomination
for governor OF West Virginia, tendared
him by the Prohibition party OF this
state: al 4&s5
RADICAL HALL. t
KEYsER, w. Va: Aug. 1t, 1900.
TO the State Executive Committee Of
the Prohibition Party of West Vir-
ginia-
10 my honored fellow citizens Of
west Virginia, to whom I, in me main,
address this, my letter Of acceptance. i
wish TO say that In accepting this high
honor Of the nomination for governor,
OF West Virginia placed upon me BY
my party brethren, I do SO not rs a
leader OF forlorn hope, but as Eio-
uecr In effort for q better and higher
ciyillzation-n civilization under which
men shall not only render unto Caesar
the things that are Caesars, but in
their political relations will render unto
God the things that are Gods.
We earnestly believe that It is the
want OF this fidelity to God in our po-
lI,!cal relations that has driven his
spirit from the churches.
For the safety, welfare and hnppi-
ness Of the people there must be polit-
icai government. This, safety and pros,
perIty can only be secured by the con-
formlty of human government to the
principles. OF Divine Justice. Human
government Is simple and easily adj
minlstered Just in proportion to this
conformity to the divine. Whatsoever
ye would that others do unto you. do
even unto them" Tia
Human government Us It approaches
this standard becomes like the Saliva
ton OF Him. who Is Lord OF Lords and
King OF Kings. SO simple that the
"waYaring man though q fool shall
not err therein"
Hence 1t is possible so to leglslate
and govern rs to make 1t easy to do
right and hard to do wrong"
To-day we are reaping the awful con-
sequences OF the fragrant violation OF
these principles OF righteous govern
ment, growing out OF our legalizatIon
Of the curse end sin Of the ages-the
Liquor Traffic.
TO expect by gold basis. free silver,
imperialism. full dinner pail or anti
Imperialism, TO save the country with
this billion and half annual financial
leak and rum hell open, savors to US
of folly. II not idiocy. God is not
mocked."
The Republican and Democratic par
ties are both dominated by this saloon
power, from the fact that each con-
tains so large minority favoring the
traffic that success at the polls Is I'm
possible without the saloon vote. 1t fol-
lows, therefore, that these parties will
not and dare not attempt to relieve the
country of the monstrous wrongs that
have grown up and obtain under their
supremacy.
But there are enough good men in
the country, when united in one great
party, to wipe out this great national
sin, and with the moral forces genera
q ted for that purpose drive out the
money changers" who with their i'll
gotten gains ere now controlling the
very government itself. and like YAM
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OF the capital and labor Of the whole
country. which OF right should 80 for
the happiness and prosperity Of all it's
producers.
AS Horace Greedy most wisely said:
There is no legitimate use for any
party. except TO embody and give ef-
feet to enlightened public sentiment"
and as neither OF the old parties have
either the Will or ability ito give cf-
feet" to the enlightened public sentl-
ment. now demanding the annIhia-
ton OF the Liquor Traffic, we insist
that the supremacy OF the Prohibition
party for that great work Is now i'm
pcratIvely demanded; and hence we
come to you as the representative OF
the principles and purpose OF the Pro-
hib!tion party. the only party pledged
TO destroy the drink traffic and at the
same time correct the abuses. social,
moral and political. that have grown
out OF It.
The curse OF the present hour Is the
shilly shallying Of Christian voters re-
fusng to dc the absolute right lest
thereby some incidental advantage
come to others-"What Is that to thee?
Follow thou me-" says the Master.
We would not wantonly speak evil OF
dlgnitaries. ecclesiastical or political,
but we remember that Jehovah COM
manded his prophets to lift up tke!r
voices like trumpets and tell Israel OF
her sins; and while it is incxpresslbly
sad to see Christian statesman like
President Mckinley caught in the
maelstrom OF political chlcanery, and
seemingly the servant OF influence In
imlcal to the welfare OF the people and
the Masters Kingdom. 1t Is Infinitely
sadder to see the only remedial force In
the universc-rlghteOusn
through the lowering OF moral stand
ards by ecclesiastical time-servers in
their apologize attitude toward this
licensed sin and wrong doing by men
. In high plnces.
DO you ask how these things can be +?
We have shown that they come from
political SHINING through the refusal OF
good men to carry their religion into
their politics, which blunt Old Horace
hFee!ey said It was MS much their duty
TO do as TO excmplify 1t In their social
relations. And for what do party lead
ers thus stultify themselves and bring
ruin upon the country? For power and
plumber. office and pelf. pure and sim