Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-02-26
SOME ERRORS OF ANTI-PROHIBITIoNISTS,
Some of the Points Brought Out and An
-sWered Why Prohibition Should Carry,


Every man has right to hi
opinion; but no man should
so tied down to his views as not
. be open to conviction when th
weight of argument is against him
The object Of this article is, t
give our reasons why we diffe
from some of our good citizens
and to give some arguments TO
our way of thinking. \
We believe that prohibition i
for the better interests of ou
country; Yet some of our goot
honest citizens do not see it in tha,
light.
| First: Some think we have nc
right to pass a prohibition law
but many such laws have beer
enacted, and many more would be
passed if it were possible to do so
If it could be done. Who would
object to passing law that would
prohibit suicide, murder and
rape? And it would be wise in
any legislature to bring about
such action at once; and any 9TH
er law that would be for the best
interests of our country. No good
honest citizen should object to
such law. Then, if prohibition
is for the better interest of our
country, it is right to pass it, and
every voters duty to support it at
the ballot box.
Second: Some seem to think
that prohibition is unscriptural
Let us see, ''Thou SHALT not
steal, Thou shalt not kill, Thou
shalt not bear false witness, Thou
shalt not commit adultery" In
reality, the Bible is full of prohi.
bitory laws: Hence the Bible
teaches prohibition, and if taught
by Sacred Writ, it MUST be
right.
Third: The great argument
produced by our opponents is: We
cannot compel men to do right
and the better way would be to
train the children right. Train
up child in the way he should
go, and when he gets old he will
not depart from.it. This is a good
argument, and Scriptural too.
Certainly we will not object tc
Bible teaching. And to our great
pleasure this is the very thing
that prohibition wishes to do
Yes, Brother will you help us tc
do that? To do this successfully
we should try to get as many of
the hindering causes out of the
way as we can. Join us in the
coming election and we will help
you to do your good work.
Who would expect to raise a
nice, sober set of boys in the yard
of a still house? How can we
preach morals and Christianity in
a man that Is drunk? All our
ministers have been preching this
to our boys for many years, but
lntemperance seems to be growing
evry year. Why? Because two
parties have hold of the ropes
the churches and ministers at one
end, and the saloons and bar keep
ers at the other end. Cut the "a.
looms loose and the way will be
open for the churches to do what
our brethren want.
! At a meeting of the saloon
keepers it was asked. What shall
we do to keep up our trade? The
old men will die out, and ou1
counters will be vacated and oul
Golfers will be empty. The an.
swer was, "Induce the young mer
to drink, invite them in and give
them as much as they want fol
nothing and after they have form
ed an appetite, we will get thei7
trade, and our money back" How
can the church teach morality
when this is a constant fact
Prohibition does not claim to tr,
to. force men to do Fright, that il
not the thing in view, but t.
help them do 50.
| If any man, or set of men
papers or preachers wish to teacl
morality, they should vote TO
prohibition,- the grea
hindering cause and there will b.
q success.
Some claim that the taxes from
the barrooms does much to edu
cate our children in the towns
} Well this may be a fact. Gu