Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-02-27
AN ELOQUENT ADDRESS.
By Father Mac Cory on Temperance
Prior to Local Option Election in
BroOkield.

The following are extracts from an
address made by the Rev. Father Mac
CORY, to the people OF Brookfeld be-
fore the local option elec lion in that
town. Father Mac CORY has been
preaching local option In the State for
fifteen years.
"And In that night was Belshazzar,
king OF the Ohaldeans, slain"
"a banquet was proclaimed in the
palace. The lords and ladies had as
sembled. The fash Of jewel answered
the blaze Of gem as lord and lady
drank sparkling wine from goblets,
and pledged the health OF the Chal-
dean king. The revelry heightened,
the wine flowed more freely. Now
the "HuZza, huzza, long live the
king!n was heard. The blood, dashed
fV the whip Of wine, leaped madly
through the purple channels Of life.
Now the aeckec lip, the unsteady hand
and the staggering step; now the blear.
ed eye and leering aspect, of king
and subject, under the spur of the
demon drink. The night wore on.
Now modesty is thrown to the wind
and ribald jest and drunken jeer and
laughter I'LL the air. But look, look
on the fresco OF the wall the hand Of
God Is tracing out their doom. Now
the invading army beats back the
guards, who are powerless to defend
the palace gate, rushes In and puts TO
death che reviewers and the king.
Lord and lady lie down In bloody death
In n confused, disheveled heap,
while tankards OF wine spilled out
their contents TO mix with human
blood. And In that night was Bel
shazzar, king Of the Chaldeans, slain.'
81 arraign the rum traffic as the
greatest curse the age OF man has
known. Its pallor is on our nation
and.it blight is every where. You
may ask, where do / stand? You have
fright to know. Creep up close to
the heart Of God, who hates every evil
thing, ask Him where he stands and
put me down on that side. Or, IL
that is too much trouble, go to the
poor, pale faced women, ragged and
half-starved children the innocent vic
Tins OF this accursed traffic, ask them
where they stand, and pus me down
there. Or, II that is too much trou-
Bile, go out to your cemetery land,
creeping in among the graves Of the
victims Of the demon drink, ask your
as you contemplate their ruin,
where, In the name Of all that is holy,
, man should stand. When you have
your answer put me down there
VI stand here tonight giving mo- /.
quarter and asking none, conscious :,
that l am sustained by heaven, in
dorsed by every good woman and
every honest man In all the land and
That even the angels Of heaven encamp .
about me, but If / should stand alone
here i should stand, conscious that
1ne with Gud is q majority. :
II arraign the saloons as the great ,
sst criminal OF the age. It has sunk a I,
thousand ships on every sea. 1t has
1urdled 10000 vessels against as many /,
'eefs and rock-bound shores. 1t has !.
more victims than Iall the wars :
md plaques. 1t has ruined more sena-
'ofs than gather annually at your !
rational councils. 1t has slain more :
ords than sit in the house Of peers"
II arraign the saloon, asking no
and granting none, because {
"a pallor is on our nations life and it's !
'urse is on our land. Behold a wed. y
ling. A lithesome, merry maid and
strong and manly man start LIES
Ane hand in hand and heart to heart. b
: Is . happy home. Their music is
ne tender signing Of love in wedding N
Hiss, their joy to anticipate the wish
OF one another. The scene changes
garrett, a white-faceo woman with y