Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1902-07-01
The Glorious Fourth
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Give us patriotism directed by head
and heart, not by throat and stomach.
Backbone upholds and is controlled by
head. Continue to give us backbone
with great nerve running through it.
Rev. Willis A. Warren, Pastor Congre-
gational Church, Lake City, MINI.
/ am with you for an aggressive, I'M
ceasing war upon the liquor traffic, the
most dangerous enemy to country and
church. Before God can own us and
give us the spiritual power that be-
longs to us, believe, we must have a
straightforward reckoning with this
throne of iniquity.-Rev Peter Clare,
Presiding Elder Mankato Dist, M. E..
Church, Owatonna.
Patriotism CONSISTENT not in cannon
crackers, toy balloons, and striped
bunting. 1t is within you. A patriot
ism that stands for moral poverty in
order to attain money prosperity is
not patriotism, but treason, and any
voter or political party that does not
know that the saloon is the chiefest
author of moral insolvency is crimi-
nally ignorant.-W. G. Calderwood
Secretary Minnesota Prohibition Com
mittee, Minneapolis.
We justly have much to say against
African slavery. 1t was an awful
crime against humanity. But the liquor
traffic is more dreadful, as it degrades
the body and ruins the soul. A poor
negro slave might go straight from
his humble cabin to the throne of God,
while drunkards are lost, now and for
ever Still we give people license to
make drunkards, and call this a free
country, when it is dominated by this
traffic in souls.--ReV. =. L. RAIDER. D.
D.. st. Paul.
Not least among the noble work Of
the Prohibition party is the fact that
1t has furnished a man to prosecute
the blind pigs" in the National Cap
itol that have been doing their nefari-
Gus business openly, in violation of
law, winked at by Christian Presidents
and Gospel ministers, and nursed and
patronized by members Of Congress,
and as these high-handed anarchists
pay their fines, or go to Jail, our patri-
Otism or love of country and it's laws
is increased.-T. P GrOut, Luverne
MINI
The next step in the program of the
progress of the world is the annihila-
ton Of the liquor power This power
breeds the disease whose symptoms
are so evident in uncovered political
rottenness. The crying need of our
land to-day is a great moral issue on
which all citizens shall have to de-
clare themselves. We must have a
party and political machinery to en-
force prohibitory measures when Sc
cured. Agitation is the present duty.
The greatest opportunity for the patri-
OF to-day is to help by voice, vote, work,
this work for the future-Rev. T. W.
Stout, Minneapolis.
The drink dealer assaults the indi-
vidual citizen and destroys his life;
the home, despoiling it of everything
that is beautiful and attractive, and re-
ducing it to abject poverty. He makes
60 per cent. of all our lunatics, rs per
cent. Of all our paupers, and 80 per
cent. Of all our criminals. He is rob-
Der, taking the earnings Of the laborer,
not only giving him nothing in return,
but that which is thousand times
worse than nothing, that which poi
sons his blood, maddens his brain and
ruins his soul. True patriotism de-
mandS that the business Of thu rum