The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-09-11
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rs flRRlNn a ADDRESS ITO THE
PEOPLE OF FARM ON il.

lA IS slRHlNe ADDRESS TO THE
PEOPLE OF FARM ON r. Il;
My Fellow Cltizens:-I am a man,
who am an American. b orn under Co
lumhia's free skfev. an srhabltapt OF
West Virginia. a citizen Of Fairmont,
| a citizen OF no mean city; wherefore,
I beseach you, suffer me ITO speak
unto 4the people. need not tell you
my profession. 1t might lliscredit what
| 1 say, but this let me say i-:Wlen God
made me He nodded ma out Of the
same batch Of clay from which He
fashioned you. SO I am a man among
men, made OF the same :iay. To do I.
|lishonorable thing would be unworthy
OF, my manhood and my city, Whether
you are an American Or an English
man. whether you are from Scottish
Mills or from the Emerai.l Isle. wneth
er: y 'l are from sunny France or from
the Father-land, from the land OF Vic
tor Emanuel or from un,ier the Ores
cent or the Sultan, from North-lanls
of Ice and snow or. from lands beneath
the Southern Cross; we are all made
of one blood. and we ought not to
think taat God dwelleth alone within
church walls or. in temples made with
mems hands, or Is served by mems
hands as though He needed anything.
seeing that He g!yeth to all life and
breath and all things.
Is !tlolatry yet so prevalent among
us that the altar to the Unknown God
must be explained? Have we wan
dered SO far off from Cod and all
ideals OF manhood and life. and has
1t come to this, THAT for few bars
Of noll-heated z gold we will permit
liquid damnation to flow down the
streets OF our city, and shots to ring
out upon the midnight adr, followed; bT
the cries and groans or wives and chill
drentl slain by frenzied and drunken
husbands and fathers. On our streets
wllcl. have been clean AID decent for
eighteen months. men are already
staggering. Rows UPON rows OF young
men are pouring down the tirery
fluid that consumes manhood: AS GER
tain as vice begets vice, deeper in the
night we snail see the flash OF the
gun and the cleaning blade of tQle as
sasnin ana hear the cries OF many an
innocent victim.
Our hearts bleed at every pore as
we see our once fair city besmirched,
and see me attempting 20 illuminate
heE 1'yr tae: blue hell fire Of alcohol
and using 1.-THE brains Of our boys and
girls for :wicks.a,t
Hht0m IN; ifellaw:citizens. we are not
lisaoWaged poEu lismayel, for we be
lieye IN. and IRE. lead by one who has
neTHr failed and, who has never los.
a 'hattle, and whose victories are ever
Iastlng.
I'D help In the great work Of re-
leeining the fair name OF our city from
he curse Of the saloon nrli other vices,
The Central Christian Church mas
nlled one of the leading men OF the
Nation to be here on October "a, to
stay indefinitely with the church
lrmy in siege and battle OF the might
est moral war ever undertaken on
West Virginia soil. We have faith
that in this campaign many OF tie
Devils moles and bats will be driven
back to the caves Of fear from whence
hey came.
While the Central Christian Church
$ willing to furnish the general for
ihe army and much of the necessary
equipment for the campaign, 1t is ex-
,ectedi that along reform lines and So
.ial betterment the Whole church OF |
1od, Catholic and Protestant. will raj
y and march to the music that will /
&c rendered to n stainless flag. For
he sake OF our God, our homes and
'ur country's flag. We will all sing. |
Onward Christian soldiers, We are not
liviled. all one army We
I. N. GRIsSO.