The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-28

suits. To-day it is estimated that /
only 80 per cent. Is so engaged AL
ready the historians and philosophers
are pointing the finger to America. to
such revelations as we find coming out
of great cities They are saying
THE state of dissolution Is coming
soon and America is prepared to go
the way of other nations and of other
empires. II she does that, what VIII
II mean?
You cannot go westward any more.
We have reached the ocean. the
s.star of empire" has now circlcd the
world II America falls the world is
done for. 1t would merely be case
OF degeneracy. from bad to worse,
until the Almighty im wrath wipes the
whole accursed thing ont. This. Is
the last stand of the human race In
I its struggle to survive.
This destroyer not only strikes at
Fthis Eation's life. but in striking at
this nations life. 1t Is striking at the
perpetuity and the future of the hu-
man race.
/ IL you say that only the good In
organic law must be enduring and
permanent, has anything been mere
I enduring and permanent than this
| destroyer? Nations have come and
/ gone, constitutions have risen and
! disappeared. but this destroyer has
j gone on for six thousand years
I These facts proclaim that the IL
ercr traffic is the deepest ard most
! organic Ill known to mankind and
| to society. .
Now, then. we are prepared for our
! fight When you know your enemy
YOU can get ready to fight When
YOU have diagnosed your disease you
I are prepared to prescribe remedy.
PART ii. THE WAY TO WIN.
The Futility of Halfway Measures.
/ There Is a cancerous disease deep
down IN the Tissues and ealing lis
I way toward The heart? What is the
use of attempting any superficial
/ treatment, to put a pouluce on can
| Ger and expect cure? How could
/ you expect to cure this i'll by high
| license? The Ill ilourishes on that
/ method. 1t tends to give to it the
/ government stamp of approval ana
responsibility.
Ny oountrymen. we must have deep
I and organic treatment in such cases
as these.
! Now, then, what Is this organic
/ treatment? Where are the organs
of this body social and body pole,
and what are the Tissues which re
Affected. Grasp this fIndamsa ifai
! idea: The people, the masses OF men,
I they are tina ones pett- must treat. ea
| can not secure your cure by any other
means,
Let the Pulpit Give the People Gods
Teachings In science.
There are two domains In the war
we are to wage. one Is that OF the
! individual, and the other Is that OF
the State. want particularly 10 em-
phastze the Importance OF the domain
t Of the Individual. because In the last
analysis there is the place for the
true organic treatment. The state
/ can only help. You have to get your
/ rns1ltts hy-gctting t,Zthese-Reopler
these individuals. and saving them.
/ What are the ways of getting at them
| The pulpit Is laundering anu we VIII
7 let it thunder; but let 1t thunder not
alone during temperance campaigns
but ali the wear round and all the
t years The pulpit has been the best
4 access TO individuals, not TO ali OF
them, but to thoge that themselves IN
t turn Tan get to others, and would ne
! willing to do 1t. While not forget
ting the side that would appeal 10 the
I hearts of the people, let the pulpit be
7 truly educational. and SUNDAY AFTER
i sunday bring the great scientific facts
tn the people You can depend upon
1 IL. the average man Is all right II
+ you give him the truth, he viii pc
( ioyat to the truth, and when he OBJ
! tains the facts you may be sure ne
I will be willing to cooperate ana act.
Temperance Lessons.
/ But even more far-reachtng IMAM
the pulpit In it's quick results arc the
i public schools. Unfortunately we are
I dependent upon our legislatures and
! -9.ffy councils To determine what shaft
!. DO taught In the public schools
/ want to euggest that all the men VINO
I have influence in their communities
shall see 10 It that proper anstrue-
7 tiou is given, and kept up-to-date SO
I mat the children may grow UP recog-
ntzing the true nature of this de-
stroyer--the liquor habit.
The Influence 81 the Horne.
i But greater In influence than even
the pulpit and the public schools "
the home. That is where. in the Iast
( analysis. you reach the tndtvtcuat' ne
auty ri the parent is So fundamental
ard elemental that, In large measure
II will decide this great question: II
we can get the mothars--and ] am
j s,,re there will be no trouble there
To bring their children TO resiiza-
ton of their duty, and Ii we can get
the fathers to help them, and above
4a4. IF we do net allow the fathers 10
destroy the nozzle teachings et-tse
4 there Is basis for hope. The terrtbie
thing Is that the children grow up
] seeing this destroyer and getting their
/ education end development on the
eupposition that II Is tolerated by the
I state. BY seeing the saloon all the
time they come to believe that II Is
one Of the State Institutions
Enlist the Press.
I further suggest that you begin to
uge your influence on the puphc
press 1t exerts a powerful educa-
tional influence In our day that we
can hardly appreciate.
! Mark you, when ] am outlining
1! these departments for influencing
the individual. you may depend upon
1t that this destroyer Is utilizing ef-
eryone OF those agencies. You VIII
! find that 1t Is dipping down into these
! domains that effect the individual.
1t has had grip on the press that
4 has been very powerful. You haNe
Y seen advertisements claiming that al
{! cohoiic liquors are good for food,
1 educating the people with false state
/ ments. On the hiilboards you will
i see them, up and down the land. The
4 common experience of the individual,
II nothing Is done by other agencies,
"a that he liz reared and educated
/ and prepared for this destroyer. You
must not forget that YOU are never
4 ready to enter upon campaign
/ upon the domain of the State until
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