The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-02-19
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AS completed and perfected institu-
ton, adapted with absolute precision TO
its task the saloon is a work of genius
and art We challenge any answer to
the proposition that the saloon cannot
be improved upon as an engine for
creating and perfecting the drink
habit, and stimulating all the lower
passions. 1t is perfect drunkard fac
tory, with harlotry and gambling an
nexes. Moreover through the natural
law of preservation, through its
conspicuous place in the business world,
through the social instinct encouraging
association in q common cause, through
the too frequent degradation of poll
tics, the saloon is the standing menace
to good government, in this land Of the
free. And politicians openly commit
themselves to its protection and often
commit their party, when such an alli-
ance with any special interest of honor
able nature, were 1t published to the
world, would damn the politician for
ever and smash any party into smith
Greens.
IL then. the saloon is the worst posi-
Bile medium of a traffic which is reeog
MED By law as the fertile breeder Of dis
cider ana crime, ii IS reasonable TO hope
that union can be affected of all who
are opposed to the worst and in ia
yor of a better solution of a confessedly
difficult problem. Aud this movement lro-
, poses to unite All these. 1t welcomes to
! It's ranks not only tho Christian mon Of
ell denominations, but the decent. sober,
moral men OF each community who are
in favor OF dsccncy anu soe .iety and mo-
rality. Those who bcliage thas total sb-
stinence AMI temperance are one ana the
same and thoSa wilt make {, distinct ion
between shcJn. those who helieve in rlu-
bibition as the correct solution OF the
problem. those who aye favorable TO the
dispensary system and those who win
accept the dispensary as a stepping stone
to prohibition. can all stand together in
united opposition to the saloon. Nor t;
it the intention of the inaugurators of the
new movement 10 ieta-nine what form
this opposition to the saloon shall take.
Local questions should DE settled In view
Of local conditions as seen Ey the men on
the ground.
1t is not a church movement, though it
is one that should appeal to all ChI IS
tisns; ii is not worms movement,
though the aid of the women will be in
valuable; as We huIw--Goi bless them
that their prayers will be incessant, for
theirs is tbs suffering and the shame of
innocence. bound ty ties OF blood and ar
lection, to vice 1t Is not q political
movement, though it is not going to to
content with conventions ara resolutions
while the saloon sends Its creatures u
represent It's interests iii the halls OF
legislation. And We hope to keep the
fanatics bless their hearts, fighting in
their OWE way in the ranks, because they
are too valuable material as soldiers to
waste in any merely official capacity
| As thus the platform and principles OF
! this movement are set forth, can any
man who loves the Kingdom of Christ
withhold his influence and aid? Can any
man who loves his kind?
| AS member OF the executive commit
tee the undersigned will be glad to re-
ceiye and forward to the committee the
names of any who can give their time and
labor to the cause in their own local.
ties. A committee Of one hundred, from
every section of the State Will soon be
selected and will be called to meet in
Raleigh, where the headquarters Of the
movement have been established.
And we are in it to stay.
Those who are in favor of fewer drunk
ards, fewer drunkards wives and drunk
please help US. We are not expecting
the Millennium Immediately in North
Carolina But neither are we In favor OF
enlarging he'll.