The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-07
False Pretenses Pierced BY
Rushtons memorable Logic

IL. would be glad IL the blind tiger
men would vote with us. butt | Z am !,
afraid we will lose them. Their inter-
ests. are on the other side. ss Z \,
at the surface. honestly thinking that
this was a serious battle against the
liquor evil. have impulsiveiy thrown
themselves into q. fight with such zeal
with such ardor that they seem to
have forgotten how to be kind, and
with such energy that they utter hatred
and seem 70 have thrown reason TO the
hurt when men have the courage 70
oppose them. Preachers and church
people, as such. have as much right to !
no more. II II be true that everything
is fair in politics, they can, from that
standpoint. play the game. but for their
own sake and for the sake of the cause
Suppose you were to come 70 me and
say. heard q LIQUOR dealer say TO 9
bar-foom bum, Vote with me against
open up tha bar rooms and sell liquor
again. i would say that man IL
either . fool or o liar. and you would
not think. It harsh language as applied
to me and say that you heard preach
er say to O member of his church.
Come and vote with me for the amend
| ment; IL II is defeated, they win open
What could say. except that You
will have to excuse me. never speak
with disrespect of ministers OF the Cos
pei. And ! will not speak with dlsre-
few OF them mL. have mistaken their
calling, but almost without exception
they live the life.' But meeting with
pointment, and failing too often to get
the help. sympathy and love that 1t Is
our duty as iaymen to give them. they
unconsciously get impatient at the slow
progress of His Kingdom on earth, and
think that some political upheaval, or
the passage OF some statute Is necess
sary. But be of good cheer. my broth
powers Of earth He could have long
since called them to His aid. II
should conclude that Gods cause need
| ed such help 1t would weaken my faith.
of the future? Yes. we reply. what Of
the future? You ought to have thought
OF that before you proposed this
amendment. You had all to lose and
pregnant with hope. Never fear. The
cause of true temperance and sobriety,
rightly understood and taught and
saaely triumph as there Win Ss pr a.
| gress in education, enlightenment ana
| civilization. But first the stumbling
blocks. like this, that hamper. must be
| gotten out of the way. and they will
be. This one will be. know. The
news that comes from every county,
every town and every hamlet, from
the mountainssto the seaboard. sounds
good indeed. But am never over-con.
fdent. am always scared until the
| jury comes in. II the conservative and
right thinking men of this good old
State VIII have the courage to do their
DUTY. Will, when the returns come In,
be exultant. For several years poiiti-
cal complications had been such, and
there had been so much agitation
amongst people who naturally long
Tor peace. that when we assembled in
the conference at Montgomery I was
almost hopeless. But when I see such
an audience as this. and observe how
intently you have listened to an argu-
ment which from its nature Is technical
and tedious. I can see that the sun Is
already dispensing the nists on the
Eastern hills, and I feel like crying
out. The morning cometh, the morning
cometh, to Alabama. Peace shall reign.
Henceforth its government, which
love and honor with every drop of hot
blood III my veins. shall be that of laws
and not of men,"