The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-08-16
.:HE FOULES7 BLOT
On Any Government is the
Whiskey Traffic,
WHISKY LICENSE IS BLOOD MONEY
Rev. F. j. Tyler Hits Hard and
Straight to the Mark, Let the Chips
Fall Where They May.

Rev. f. j. Tyler preached another
earnest sermon Sunday night at the |
Tabernacle, on the temperance ques-
ton, which was listened to by large |
audience The subject of the discourse |
was "Shall We License Saloons, Or |
Shall We Protect Our Boys. A few
extracts of the sermon are given |
below.
Mr.. Tyler said, "You can't run
saloon in any town without running
some boy. You cOuldnt run a saloon |
in heaven without running somebody. |
And so we've opened up the fight in |
Columbia against the saloon, and by
the grace of God, am for the boys "
1.-The foulest blot on any government
is the whisky traffic, said the !
speaker. II can't understand how
men will license other men to debauch |
their boys and blight their homes,
rob heaven, curse earth and people
hell, for the sake of few dollars
rvenue. l can understand how on
a question of political economy men
will vote the Democratic ticket, or
the Republican ticket, or the
Populist ticket, but | can't see how
any man claiming to be civilized
will vote for the low down, dirty
hellish saloon business. | wouldn
give a snap of my finger for a church
member who will go with the saloons.
He amt worth killing; | would mt
ruin good gun shooting at him. The
most astounding thing Of this age is
how civilized men will deliberately
vote to give the saloon the right of
destroying their boys and disgracing
their families. The only explanation
| know of is that they love dollar
better than they do a boy. The very
moment man becomes converted he
is against the saloon. You may pro-
claim your religion and swear to it on
a stack of Bibles as high as this
church, but | wouldn't t believe you un
less you come out against the saloon.
You are not a saved man unless you are
against it. | want no friend to the
saloon member of my church.
would kick him out if he had a mil
lion dollars.
''The saloon is a murder factory, a
gambling factory, robbing factory
thief factory, a pauper factory. Every
dollar obtained from the price of
whisky is blood money. It's the price
of virtue, of honor, Of peace, of the
happiness of home, wife and children.
1t is blood money, tear money, broken
hearts money.
The speaker referred to the saloon Ii
cense and said, "Of all the low down.
dirty documents out of hell it is d IL
cense to sell whiskey." He referred to
the license issued in the state of Ala
bama and said every saloon keeper in
that state ought to be in the peniten-
tiary for perjury. The saloon license
is libel on manhood a disgrace to
this country and an insult to every
mother in the land If the saloon keep
ers of Columbia would tell the truth
and keep their oaths, they wouldn t
make enough money to pay their cleo
trio light bills They swear they will
not sell whiskey to drunkards, idiots
or minors. My God, then who can
they sell to? Only to gentlemen, and
gentlemen don t drink much Of 1T. The
preacher reiterated the statement OF his
responsibility for anything he said.
He said he lived at No SO South Main
street and was in town every day.
An old fellow up town the other
day said, Il like Brother Tyler; he's a
pretty good fellow, but he's running
his church fighting the saloon. Let her
90, Gallagher If it kills it I'll have
the satisfaction of knowing that it died
fighting for the right. If fighting the
whiskey traffic should kill this church
tonight | would bury it tomorrow
and sing Amazing grace, how sweet
the sound over the grave. I'm IN the
church to fight sin, and I'm going to
fight it by the grace of God, as long as
there's drop of blood left in my body.
And when | can t do it want some.
body to knock me in the head and | Il
pay the expenses. Yes sir, this church
is against the saloon, and it is going tC
fight it as long as | am its pastor. Ano
we don { want any members IN 1T who
are not against the saloon, or who art
against it but are too cowardly to hgh1
it.
The saloon business fattens anC
feeds on blood and tears. You can I dis
pute it. This government licenses ever,
- year $50. O00 saloons. That many mel
standing behind the bar dealing on
death and hell. 1t requires three mil
lion bows and girls every thirty year.
10 feed this industry. There are ont
million sots in the United States to-day
seventeen million immoderate drink
ers, and seven million moderate drink
ers. AMI this government is rObbing th'
families of these twenty five million
people of their food and support TO
$40 0O0, 900 year revenue. An'
vet we call ourselves Christian
people, Its bosh and the worst kin'
of bosh. too. I'D rather be dog an'
bay the moon than such a Roman.
Mr. Tyler referred to the responsl
bility of the saloons existence anC
said every Cumberland Presbyterian
Methodist, Baptist, and every membe
of every other christian denomina
tiOu who refused to fight the salOOon
was responsible for its existence.
am glad the fight is ON, he said
And before / close | want to say
few words about towards. You know
there are some people who are atral'
o. hight the saloon on business
reasons. There are some lawyers wh
won take a case against II Tor Tear .