The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-07-15
JEFFERSON A
PROHIBITIONIST.
The Rev. Or. Cherry Responds
To Mr.. WattersOn'S Artl-
C!eS In Defense of Liquor
Selling.

AT meeting al Nuoooh'H0
July 6. the Rev. j. T. Cherry,
pastor of the Methodist Church,
read hot response to recent artl-
Dcles in the Courier-Journal in de-
tense of the liquor traffic. The
paper is as follows:
In two recent editorials the able
editor of the Courier-Journal has
prostitued that great journa! by
attacking Prohibitionists as moral
idiots. 'red-nosed angels" etc.
1t is amusing that man of Mr..
Watterson's position and ability
could SO far forget himself as to
say such things about the best
people of our Commonwealth.
many of whom are not only PrOhi-
bitionists but also true and ardent
..Jeffersonian Democrats, who be-
lieve in government of the peo-
pie, by the people and for the
people.
In his editorial of June 4, Mr..
Watterson furthermore declares
that prohibition "degrades both
the people and the law-breed>
both hypocrites and law breakers.
He also boldly afflrms that mo
man can be Prohibitionist and
remain a Democrat. But unfOr
tunately for Mr.. Watterson
Thomas Jefferson, the patron saint
of the Democratic party, whom
the editor of the Courier-JournaI
delights to honor as an example OF
the purest Democracy, is of diff
erent opinion. In his message to
Congress Mr.. Jefferson said:
We recommend to the several
State Legislatures Immediately t.
pass laws putting an immediate
stop to the pernicious practice OF
distilling, by which the most ex-
elusive evils are likely to be de
rived, if not quickly prevented.
Surely, this makes the yer
father of the Democratic party {;
strong Prohibitionist, notwith.
standing Mr.. Watterson's afiirma-
ton that mo man can be Prohi
bitionist and be a Democrat.
But did the great statesman OF
this account belong to Mr.. Waiter
sons moral idiots" "hypocrites
and "red-nosed angelsl"
I suppose Mr.. Watterson mean
by 'red-nosed angels" churcl
people in general and preachers il
particular. But people who live
in glass houses ought not to throw
stones. Suppose Mr.. Wattersoi
had lived in the days of jefferson
and one morning after he had sen
in his application for some oflic
in the gift of this saint of Democ
racy, he had read the following
lines in some daily paper from TIL
pen of this father of Democracy
1.-THE habit of using ardent spirit
by men in Office has OccasiOne
more trouble to me than all Othe
causes. were | to commence m
administrator again the first ques
ton would ask respecting car
didate for office would be, does h
use ardent spirits?"
This sounds like the father {
Democracy believed not only
legal, but also applied, prohibition
There is a growing suspiclo
among the good people of tn
State, of all parties, that tt
Courier-Journsl is the paid adv'
cate of the liquor interests. b.
the idea of great Democratic p'
per that masquerades in the cloth'
of Jefferson and the professe
enemy of the trusts becoming IL
tool of one of the greatest ar
most diabolical of all trusts
alarming-a trust which Abraha
Lincoln (whom Mr.. Watterson
highly honors in one of his le
ures) foresaw and predicted wei
impose a curse, burden are
bondage on the American -