The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-09-07
w. CT. COLUMN.
CONDUCTED By MRS. NJ. l.. HOBBS.
PROHIBITION INEVITABLE.
BY REV. u. +. sTULTz.

come 10 you because 1 leel tn'
| have message Of help and el
couragement for those in the gre;
field of prohibition reform-and n
: guments for those who are with U
in sentiment, but who as yet hay
not had the courage of their con
vlctions rs to the matter of votin
their acknowledgements tina
. shall be convincing to such as shal
desire to do right before God an
man in matters of politics as il
other relations of life.
| come then because | have
message, and feel that this messag
is prompted by naught else upoI
my part than to see the curse o.
the rum traffic overthrown, and So
briefly reign from ocean to ocear
and from lake to gulf.
To this end permit me to say
that prohibition of the legalized liz
uor traffic is inevitable
|. BECAUSE IT Is DIVINE.
God in the very beginning Of time
saw the necessity of certain laws
for restraint and well being Of man,
and all his laws were prohibitory.
Prohibitory laws as to idolatry,
prohibitory laws as to covetuous-
ness, prohibitory laws as to adul-
terry, prohibitory laws as to drunk
enness, prohibitory laws as to muir
der. No indulgence for a compen-
sation, to be employed in the fur
therance of the interest of his church
,or the state. No license suggested
for revenue for government pur-
poses by Gods word, and no exam
pie of that kind.
"Thou shalt nor' was and ever
has been, the law of God for the
we'll being Of nan. This law has
never been abrogated or changed by
Almighty God. And now, know
this, that history teaches US that
the nations Of earth have only been
happy and prosperous in their ratio
of respect for the divine order Of
things on this point.
When nations discard this divine
order, and invite lewdness, drunk
enness and murder, and put price
on the same, they invite dissolution
and send out the laborers to plant
the seeds of disintegration. And it
seems to me, there are not few in
this country who, by their license
ballots, are unconsciously planting,
planting, planting, from year to
year, in the fertile soil Of greed and
selfishness, the seeds Of disruption
and overthrow, and then stand in
awe of accunulating results.
You see this government, in def
ance of Gods true, long tried
standing law Of prohibition, "Thou
shalt not kill" says we may kill
for revenue; accordingly we set up
100000 slaughter houses in the
United States, 10000 in Ind ana,
5l5 in the state capitol, and cores
pondingly as many in every city
and village in Indiana. What else
are these saloons than veritable
slaughter houses-murdering their
100000 persons each year, 274
every "a hours.
How patriotic we grew few
years ago, when the news came to
is that the Maine was blown to
atoms by the hand Of Spain. We
'aid the "honor of our country
must be preserved at whatsoever
,ost." But we forgot our own
'utchery by the beer mug and
whisky bottle Of the above number
very day Of the year; "year out
md year in, "-3, 100000 persons
ince the close Of the civil war!
Hang thy head in shame thou
,roud, defiant Americal Thou
hat exhaltest myself to the skies,
ook thou at thy CORY hands, red
With the blood Of thy legally slain
sometimes look into the face Of
he goddess Of liberty in statuary,
nd imagine ! see the tears starting
rom her eyes over the graves Of the
overnment murdered.
The flag Of liberty should be sus
ended at half mast for hundred
ears over the rum-slain victims of
bad political policy.
A heathern Emperor, (of China
remember correctly,) was, in
lew OF a greater demand for funds
meet the expenses Of govern
,ent, advised by his cabinet or
to demand a revenue
pom the sale Of intoxicants in his
ountry, and his reply came quick
nd positive: God forbid that |
Mould support my government
it'll revenues derived from the
ces OF my people," Do you
now that would 20 hundred