The weekly true Democrat., 1907-12-13
PNBhRsc SENTIMENT
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~ y0n want 10 go with ease 60 with
the crowd. IL you want 70 swim get in
Ia csnxent and go down stream. Stem
The eurrent and you have work to do.
There wns time when public sentiment
was in favor Of the licensed saloon and
the tQpOF traffic. Then i took back
bona - buck against the whiskey forces
Of the and. Public sentiment favored
men drinking all they wanted, when
ever and wherever they pleased, and
any interference meant infringement
upOn personal rights. Wine was COM
mon form of drink in our bOyhoOd DAYS.
Our mothers thought nothing of giving
their children wine to drink when we
came into the house out Of q shower Of
rain, or on retiring at night, IL we had q
cold. In this public sentiment was wrong,
as h shown by the human wrecks of
mind, character and physical manhood
that has strewn the pathway Of the
ages. Death and destruction has been
the history. Of the saloon business.
The wall OF the widow and orphan has
been heard I'll over our fair land, for
tunes lost and homes wrecked, all due TO
q business upheld by public sentiment,
but wonderful change has taken place,
after long struggle and hard fought
battles. This time public sentiment is
right, because IL helps men to be sober.
Iti is against intemperance of all kinds.
God and his forces are on the side OF
temperance.
Tie power of this sentiment is get
ting 80 great that men are ashamed to
be seen drinking. If they visit drinking
places they 60 at night, or in the back
way, or send ''nigger" to bring the
stun 20 them around some dark corner,
hole or den.
Bird tigers are the most lonely and
MISERABLE creatures / know Of. Out
Wardly and inwardly they are on the
dodge, trying 20 fool God and man.
All old fellow, God and public senti-
nent are against you. You may dodge
for awhile, but your time is coming.
You may fool the officers Of the law for
awhile, but, II you continue long enough,
thaV will get YOU Suppose YOU evade
the Uliicers Of the law and keep out Of
the pen, there is one you cannot hide
frOea Gods eye 10 upon you. Your
dan cannot be so dark but that He secs
you and will call you TO account. "The
way Of the transgrea9Or iS hard.
Whd not get on the side Of public
sentiment and swim down stream Go
into the honorable and abOve-board bus
inees, look every man squarely In the
face and lie down at night and sleep
with - conscience VOID Of offense to-
ward God and man Z"
Thare are plenty Of honorable ways
70 make q living, and there is no need
Of eAY man Btultifying his conscience or
engaging Ia q business that he Is ashamed
Of. Public sentiment Is becoming 80
atfcaRly opposed 70 the drink habit and
Whtsksy business, that men don't like
70 b seen with jug in theT possession.
I am told that jugs are coming by ex'
pPeeb, boxed up 80 as to be disguised,
and X man frequents the express Of
fee be h suspected Of waiting for his
booze.
Friends, neighbOrs, public sentiment
10 against the whole business. Better
get on the right side. Who knows but
that the Express companies may appeal
20 the lawmakers for relief. II may
not be necessary for the general public
TO ask for legislation on this subject
"Whatsoever q man soweth that shall
he alsO reap" The above law is as un
ehangeable as nature itself II we SOW
corn we expect 70 gather corn If
wheat, we expect TO reap wheat
II We SOW intemperance IN the form
Of the drink habit. we will surely
reap dFunkards. Public sentiment Is
sounding the alarm, and its. voice Is
heard IN the land crying out, SOW tenn
perance and sobriety and reap a sober,
stalwart manhood. ready to meet and
solve the knotty problems that are pre-
genting themse YES to the American
people. "