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and poisons the moral atmosphere Of
American life Nth the stencil Of the bot.
toinlcss pit, is an overshadow1nts pesti-
lence and the greatest financial, physical
and moral tyranny of the ages and calls
Ia thunder tones for vengeance and an
nlhilation.
lM-TAe Facts.
The history of the liquor trafac in the
lafnies and usurpattons, all having in d.
ret object the establishment of a political
md oOmmercial tyranny Of these states.
b proof whereof witness the following
hAtement of fact:
Ftrst-The liquor traffic has refused as
QHnt TO laws the most wholesome and nee
esoa1y for the public good and wherever
noekxhee has openly def,ed them, even to
No extent Of using the weapon of IN
RcAV, boycott, intimidation, dynamite,
The tncendiary torch. personal assault and
o0saaBfnation wheneve the crafty Weay9
Md means Of political corruption did not
1Htt its purposes.
Decond.-The liquor ratio has forbidden
pc two great political parties of the land
~ VHNOce It's ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS duQ U8kEC6s
etons In their national platforms for up
ward of forty years, under threat of divi-
efon. desertion and defeat, and has thus
netetQfore. kept the great mass OF patr-
otc Americans, who personally desire itg
Destruction, from any effective national
movement against Its ever extending ON
Impotence In the politics of the nation.
Thtrd.-On the other hand. the liquor
tYamc. through its volunteer champions
and hired advocates, has ever refused to
allow the people OF any state the right Of
local option In the premises, except in the
rapidly increasing instances where the
spontaneous uprising of the people over
flowed all the bounds Of machine oon-
servatism, and. once that privilege has
been secured. the liquor traffic has exc
hausted the devices OF legal cleverneas to
rn1iltfy Its enforcement or SGT 1t aside
altogether upon the slightest possible
technicatfty.
Fourth.1rhe liquor trafnc has dissolved
our national honor and Christian patriot
Internal revenue and the Prohtbitonist y
branded in advance as n political suicide
for opposing with manly f1rmness III
invasions on the rights of the people.
Tffth.-The liquor trafac has taken ad-
vantage of the prosperity OF the United
States and. despite all the testimony OF
business, OF science and OF religion. by ey.
VA AAGOAS OAA0 OAAA "a SNC
petite has forced up the consumption Qe
alcoholic liquors from 94,T2, SS8 gallons In
the year 1880 to 1,6s, COS. 96S Zone billion.
etc.) gallons in 1904, increasing the par
capita consumption from 4OS gallons in
1850 to 90 q gallons last year.
eixth.-The liquor traf1c has made Of
itself a wealth devourlng parasite in
finance and trade, taking out Of the pock-
- Of the people 81. 40, 236, 702 in 1905, giving
IN exchange not food nor clothing nor w.
ultimate luxury. but. m the contrary,
flooding the a n with misery. poverH.
crime and degeneration.
o~eventh.-The liquor tra41c has under.
taken to overwhelm the moral sentiment
Of the nation by a deluge Of newspaper,
magazine and circular advertising. claim
ing and obtaining unlimited space for It,
op4histrtes in the most reputable pubaicA-
items Of the land.
Eishth-rhe liquor tramc has obstrvNt.
foel intimidation
It has made Judges. governors aqe pves-
toants dependent upon its w1lf 6of ne
tpasse Of their Offices.
ny ~ laWiessnass aud inskiGattou Of
l4wtnssnsss 1t has kept anagng VI In t&nea
Of psace standing arpAes oe poacs o0ao@et
TO inaintaAn order and psesssVot he A1a41y
Of c4v1 government.
It has affected. through the army caN-
teen, to n the military dependent up
on the brewery s~yndicakes and supaStor to
the Will Of the people WIG created Il and
whose servant It II.
It hes combined With all the tnsces pf
corruption n anarchy to misAead the
| people - delude their chosen rapFe0eutQe
tives with the faltacy hat licensed vice h
psoftable and Necessary to the 1hnenciAa
support Of the state.
Under the protection Of the Law, \ hae
paundsred our homes. Tau469d Y ,puA
0sdIed our manhood and Destroyed III
lives OF our people.
It IL at this hour d~effbaeate1y ooncen-
trating all It's to continue and
complete the works OF death. desolatinn
and tyranny already begun, and under
cover Of racial prejudice. labor injustice
and political corruption It has excited do.
nestle insurrectiDn among us and evou
how ~tt1ookens to involve the nation In
otvn war.
N every, stage Of These oppessstors ~
hsve petftioned for Fsdress II the haaAs
Of the dominant poa1toal parties. Our -.
pea1od petitions. at the tac1t demand Of
tie trade, nave been answered only With
studded Indifference. A traf1c whose char.
acesr n influences are thus marked By
~eennDesc3aa tyrant y unit 70 have III
A9ocnon and protection Of q ftpe psopae. y.
We. therefore. patriots Of the Unttsd
ce1ese Of America IN. this M purpose
uQAAl6pd Appealing to tho 6upFens .Jpdqe
q ~ No1ed fr the Y~4oh1spcAneos a co$
casee. %. In the name ~ on bstaak q
younkAgae a our feilcs1 GttAans opps0Oad
hv ana ct the meyoy u thAs ususpes, sol-
s9aply pubafsh and declare that the pappas
Of desc United States % right ought 10
b free and independents OF this tyranny
and that all political n commercial ou1r
Dsctton between them n the itQnor tr04-
he ought to be and shall be totally a.
qosved. And in support Of this deolasa-
TON. with q Arm reliance op the projection
e1 Divine Psovbdenpe. We mtnaliy p1adGl
to each other our llves, our fur4unS2o add
Nm sacred honor.
And on behalf Of this deolssa4ioq, sup-
ported BY w~idespread and Hpep38n9lh1e
public opinion. we hereby subscribe ont
names.
FORCED TO STARvE
B. F. Leek of Concord Ky. says
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