The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-16
Letf<rs To the Ldissr ]
DR. CnumrroN nnPLrEs.

|. He Deelares That Minisfers have Been
 Placed in the Watch Towers. Editor Advertiser:
 Win you kindly allow me space to to cDs ca n sS%s hins ssid n recent is- que, que of yeur paper in his Appeal 10
 That is mighty good thins .,,pv to sp- the preachers In keeping silent on great moral question. which enters Tn to almost every family and seriously people7 What are the preachers for to throw around tks innocent and wsak ssfsggsIrds d and rescue sss5y them tbss ss would destroy them soul and poay5 They are upon the watch towers ana are Commanded to "cry aloud and spare commanded the prophets to prophecy smooth things" unto the people. Some nf them were weak enough to yield 10 tho command and God Almightys curse obedience to God. Shall He be obeyed by the men who profess to be Ills ser wants or shall the beasts of the rum traffic and their allies fntimidate them2
 The question of Church and State is not involved That has been for ever settled in thls Republic. The sep ton sic is t6e 6s ssass unestion sna now When the Civil War was going on and the Fed eral Government was casting about for means to crush the re rsbsllien: sing to be great patriots, and suggest- ed that their business be permitted to bear a part of the burden. Mir. Lin- coln for a time refused and said: "once this business Is fastened on to the government. It will be well nigh im- possib leto shake 1t on" or words to come com by the promoters of this scheme. hy promise that 1t should cease when the was was oyer. At the end of the war Mir. Lincoln was dead and to stay. The politicians from the Consressmen down to the cIoss-roads bully, is crying out for revenue from the liquor traifc and md. have - Sss actually ,hy eramsnt taal1i wifi ali all go S,Hs to the @ bow-wows with out this revenue: shsil the state the question of the hour. All other the side of t. One third the expenses Sr Suor sae tax nssa sna ssi besides is 5Ss State and the Municipal governments de- rive a large revenue from the same source. The trafiie demands in return parties, elect officers. enact lays and trampie on laws that do not Suit It. Surely "our liberties are slipping grad poiiiicians poii who are broad nindeds should get away from the messleys question of revenue from tho Hquor trafic and show their statesmanship7
 Well may the women be scared"-- God bless them; they and their little ones are the chief sufferers The man who tries to aIlay their fears is not They have a right to be heard When men will put woman's tears1and heart breaking agony into one end of the balances. with all the vie things that other, the blood money that comes from the liquor traffic and. in frenzied glee, throw up their hats for the latter and time time for the women to De scared Cali this "rot" if you will; but as sure as God lives, the preachers are right and sustain them. Their leader said he came to send war. not peace.-war
 Years ago an fnndel politician. a bition wave coming in his State and the preacher behind it; he took the stump and his slogan was: Whip the they belong and let the people settle 1t without them" But the preachers were not shipped back; they led the fight and the Senator was soon "a preachers are in politics. 1t is not for dfI1ce or for emolument; but the Ii. quor trafiic has gone in and they must. go after 1t until 1t Is driven out of politics and off the face of the earth.
 This writer speaks, In this conlznuni- cation, without conference with his fellow ministers; but he believes he voices the sentiments of nine-tenths of those who stand for God before the people. No, no, brother-no bloodshed for us. We are for peace and against riot and violence and lawlessness. Ours Is the shortest road to peace. sweet peace" This seems to me Common
 W. B. Crumptoh.
 Montgomery. Ala,