The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-07
a Prohibitionist's View.

Sir,-Judge Mann's position on the liquor
question does honor to his head and
heart. These sentences, in his remarks
made In the Senate last Tuesday. when
he arose to question of personal privi-
lege, deserves to be republshed and read
and re-read until the truths embodied in
them burn their way into the minds and
hearts of all Of the people. II desire to
say further that I am opposed to the
sale Of liquor anywhere and under any
circumstances, and am so thoroughly I'M
pressed with the evil wrought by 1t that
l would. II possessed the power. destroy
the secret of its manufacture. 1t fol-
lows that, holding this view, l cannot
favor any bill which licenses the sale of
liquor or which enables the State to dis
pose OF it,
position of the prlhobamfowof for,aw
position of the Prohibitonists, of the An
ti-Saloon League. of the temperance So
cieties; with all of these organizations. It
is a question Of right and wrong. of good
and evil, of truth and error.
The thoughtful say: drunkenness Is
sin; the drlnk-usage Is q curse. and
drink-selling is a crime Peter Aims
lie, of Baltimore. says: II know what
civilization means. but.to claim licensing
the saloons proper thing Is to make
American civilization nothing more than
whitewashed barbarism. Neither patriot
Ism nor religion will license the sale of
liquor. 1t is the curse Of the ages. 1t
has bled more hearts, wrung out more
tears and perpetuated more living deaths
than all other causes combined; no,
thousand times, no! There can be nd
alliance between this business and men
and women who love Cod 1t must be
removed. 1t must be abolished. II Il cost
you friends, reputation and all you have,
vow to be Its eternal enemy and know
no compromise" Ell
William Mckinley In Canton Reposi-
tory. o, Of July 10, 1874, wrote these
words: We need scarcely remind you
that the liquor traffic which is sought
to be legalzed, Is one that deeply con-
Germs. not only the honor of this great
State. but also the people Consider
what will BIO the consequences if the
license system carries. First, we will
legalize this great wrong. We will give
the sanction of the Constitution and laws
to this most degrading of all human pur-
suits. so that the mon who are spread
ing ruin and death may say to ali pro-
testers: Stand aside, my business has
received the sacred sanctions Of the law,
and is therefore legal and right Second.
by legalizing this traffic we agree to
share with the liquor seller, the rcspon-
sibilities and evils Of his business. Every
man who votes for license becomes Of
necessity partner to the liquor traffic
and all of its conscuuencesn
Hale Johnson CVlce-Presdential candi-
date), In Christian Standard. Nov. 25, 1880,
said: No Christian man can give a sim
Gle, solid reason why he should cast his
vote to sustain the liquor traffic. NV
vote may not hurt the saloon, but T am
bound as Christian man tovote against
me saloon every time, and the same re-
ss!ponsibility rests on every other Chris
tan man. Saloons may 20 on forever
men may die like flies. and hell grow IA
on drunkards. Soldiers homes NAV con.
unue TO sell the old veterans, and cnn.
teens debauch the young men at our mill.
tary schools and army posts-but thew
shall not be by my vote"
Ihat mans hands are red with blood
who Is not opposed to the licensed bar'
rooms. The liqnor traffic is the peoples
worst foe! Worse than war, pestilence
and famine combined,
IT impeach 1t OF high crimes and mis-.
demeanors against tho Commonwea in u
Cardinal Manning,
1T Is tho one reason why the labornr
man does not advance mself"-Powder.
".
''Thc destructive, devilish liquor trof.
hc."--I1ord Randolph Churchill.
1.-THE temperance reform lies at Tho
basis of all social and political REFORM
Golden
Here is universally acknowledged
evil, great crime, gigantic wrong.
Shall n government license emil COM
NIT crime and protect wrong?
License OF the liquor traffic is per-
ncious delusion.
1t has been truly said, that,
It digniies crime with a legal sanction.
It perpetuates the sale Of an allurIng