The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-02-15

frame IN strong Drink Were WITH
drswn-Destrov This Business.
below Is presented Il remarkable
philippe from the Rev. Walter Walsh,
Chairman of the Prohibition party of
Scotland. and one of the most heroic
characters now in Scottish public lifc.I
The commonwealth of God is men.
aced by the trade in stroug drink.
which. therefore. cannot be tolerated
by the new spirit growing up in tle
modern world. The times are distin.
guished by their growing devotion to
the cause of reform and humanity.
Men are drawing nearer 60 the insttn-
tions which are established amongst
them. asking why they exist. and what
they can contribute to the common
good. The times are audacious. not
afraid TO challenge the most ancient
prerogatives, bold 10 defy privileges
which are not found TO promote the
well.being of the human race. But
the liquor trade has grown 20 be the
lnightiest enemy that ever warrcd
against society and religion. 1t is the
centre of the horrible inferno that wei.
ters at the bottom of the civilized
world.
Round the drink trade. in conccutric
rings OF flame. reyolves .he whole hell.
ish phantasmagorla Of gambling. bru.
tai sports. prostitution. as well rs
drunkenness. Besides being an evil
in itself. il is frequently the direct
cause, and always the direct support
OF every other evil. The publican and
the book-maker are always fast friends
and are frequently the same person.
The bar is the great house OF parla.
ment for the betting fraternity. When
the British Cato shall have abolished
the public-house. be will be found to
have abolished, in great part. the bet.
ting and gambling interest. which is
eating the heart of honor out of the
country. Without the agency of the
public-house. again. it would be i'm
possible to organize those brutal sports
which disgrace such large numbers OF
our fellow-countrymen In districts
where such sports are customary. it is
the publican who promotes rabbit.
coursing. plgeon-shootng, sparrow
tournaments. The publican is the or.
ganizer of boxing matches. assaults.
alarms, prize-hghts. without its
agency and the stimulus afforded by
the traffic in strong drink. those hor-
honor and manhood ont CT large
masses Of our people, simply could not
exist. Do you ask proof of these
charges? Invest Il few pence in the
press organs of the liquor trade. and
you will he Mortified mt the depth OF
filth and slime in which this enemy of
the human race is causing masses Of
our fellOw-countrymen to wallOw?
luf in han
forever opened beneath the lowest. 50
beneath the foul circles of the gambler
and the tormentor, gapes a lower circle
for the fallen woman. The harlotry
of the nation would be impossible but
for its drink. Whisky fires the he'll
of prostitution. Many bars. pariors
and licensed music-halls are places Of
resort; our poor. fallen sisters know
where to find their patrons. Let there
be no mistake about this thing The
majority of these. our sisters, would
never have gone down without the
seductlons of alcohol; and being down,
would not remain down but for its
pnslaving power. we could not do
it without drink is what they all say
Can you reckon the misery, heart.
break. shame, disease. infanticide, sui
and fifty thousand abandoned women
in this United Kingdom of ours: Try!
And by so much as you are not able To
count it, lift your right hand 10 heaven
and VOW with me. The drink traffic
must be destroyed.
\ monopoly, the most gigantic, de.
termined and unconsconable that ever
dug its fangs into the vitals of man.
kind. is represented by the traffic in al
coholic liquors. II is bound up with
the selfish interests of every class in
the communiD
But its day OF trial has CONT In
greater numbers. and with terrible en-.
phasis. this generation. like Il Cato
come to Judgment. is demanding of tho
drink trade Il reason for its existence:
and in the absence of reason. has
made a holy vow to take no rest tiD
this enemy of the human race is over
thrown. Let there be no mistake
The case is plain. There is no room
on the same sun-lit, GOd-created planet
for the new reforming spirit and the
old drunkard-factoly. There, oil thai
hand. towers vast. firmly built. richly
endowed iniqulty for the manufacture
of drunkards; here. on this hand, works
the new religious ana humanitarian
spirit pledged to making the world
sweet and clean and right. Animated
by that spirit. the Prohibition Cato
marches up to the Drink Carthage. and
says. You must come down, Str0ne
MS you are; firmly rooted as YOU are
In the deep soil Of rapaclty and greed
fortified as you are by greedy priests
and mercenary ministers: propped as
you are by parliaments, and defended
by the most unscrupulous ring OF mo.
nopolists the world has ever seen--l
tell you, YOU must fall. am not afraid
of you! You stand between me and
my purpose of mercy TO mankind. You
are the pltiless foe of purity. truth.
health. virtue. justice; and therefore
am your foe. You are running the peo.
pie | want to savel You and ] cannot
live In the same word You are de
stroying men, and therefore [ will de-
stroy you! ! doom you and will short
ly damn YOU am Cato come to iudg'
ment," The drink traffic must be de-
stroyed.- New Voice.
At present. States and cities which
have prohibitory laws cannot control
the incoming shipments of liquor in
orlalnal packages.
Temperance Notes.
Anti-alcoholic .aws--that is the cry or
the day