Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-08-01
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Bishop Duncan Makes Spirited Reply to
Senator Tillman.
[ Grecnyillo Nows. Julv 81.

Grccnvillo Nows, July 81.
a somewhat sensational feature char
actorisod tho yesterday mornings scs-
sion of tho Greenvillo District Conference
ut st. Paul Methodist church here.
Bishop W. w. Duncan publicly resented
tho remarks Of Senator Tillman as pub
lished i'll tho News and Courier that
'thoro is an unholy alliance in this State
of preachers and bar-kcepcrs led by Col.
lioyt" The venerable divine spoke with
some feeling and characterized tho state
mont as falso and said such an assertion
was unworthy of any ono, especially Il
Unitod States Senator. IIo for ono did
not propose to submit to being classod
with bar-kcopors in an unhOly alliance
and the minister's throughout tho State
should not. IIo would now register his
pfotcst ana demand an explanation from
tho Senator.
In politics tho action of Bishop Dun
can would bc called jumping on Bon
with both foot," but whom seen after tho
session OF tho conference, tho Bishop
said to reporter Of Tho Nows that ho
was merely "making protest and call
ing on tho Senator for an explanation"
ut was maniiestly false and an out
tratlnig eyes flashing as hc shook Il
clcnchod fist, 81 always mako it rule
up, whether it comes from The
President of the United States or Il
United States Senator, or from anyone
clsc. 1t is all tho moro shameful that
the statement comes from United
States Senator.
suppose were to say, for instance
that tho merchants of this town were in
league with the thieves, the chicken
thieves, to rob tho c ions, don't you
suppose there would be Il mighty pro-
test? VOL, there is just us much sense
in the one statement as the other.
Lookout for tho report tomorrow"
concluded the Bishop, "of the temper
ancc committee. Mr.. Tillman will pro
badly hear from us again"
That report was made and adopted on
Saturday. 1t is as follows:
The committee on temperance beg
leave to report that we have carefully
considered the cause referred to us, and
submit the following considerations AMI
consequent resolutions:
|. mat every man is as certainly ac-
countablc to God for his acts us citizen
of the State as he is for his acts us Il
member Of tho church, is Il truth too
often forgotten. Tho notion that Il mans
ballot is not as distinctly religious act
as his prayers is a dcluSion of the devil.
religion that is not "cgulativc in every
relation possible to tic soul has no re-
cognition in the Word Of God.
2. That tho magnitude of the strong
drink habit sets it in solitary distinction
in the category of evils. Careful statis-
ticians estimate that there arc in the
United States alone six hundred thou
sand drunkards and two million tirplcrs.
The direct cost of alcoholic stimulants
to the consumers of the nation approx
mates billion dollars a year. Tie indi-
rect cost is fully a billion more. The
drink waste of the nation is therefore not
less than two thousand million dollars
annually. No other avert wrong involves
SO many individuals or costs The State so
fearful price.
). Since it is the function of govcn-
mcnt to restrain crime, to protect the
health, the liberties, the property, and
all other interests of its citizens, and
since it is evident that the abuse of
liquor as beverage is the most fruitful
of all the causes Of crime, insanity, aud
paupcrism, that it destroys property,
blights the home, corrupts character
and makes against the conditions of
sound citizenship, it follows that its
manufacture and sale as Il beverage is Il
crime against tho State, as well as sin
against God that ought to be suppressed.
4 The man who lends his influence to
foster such an evil on society is, accord
ing to GODS Word, accessory to the sui
fcring, degradation and wickctncss that
grow out of it.
Hence, be it rcSolvcd
lst That VIC rca!lirm it to be thc duty
of the church to enforce among its
members the rule against drinking
Sprituous liquors except in eases of
Necessity
I'd. We conceive it to be the duty of a
Christian citizen to protect the State
Il. :.