The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-11-05


worship to- the isiolntrons god Of ii.
ceiise at the swish and crack Of sthe
lash. In the hands of the political boss
iintght have been numbered among
the heroes who did not do obesiencel
70 this mod Tern Baby ohish god, at the
command and threat Of the big ais
tiller and big brewer might have,
the oYejoys. Eundies. Garrisons and
Lincolns as my companions; had Inoti
Willingly e3posed myself, fifty years
ago. to that awful disease known as
softening OF. the backbone. Obi that
j had only inocnlated myself with the;
virus of that religion known as the
religion OF the square jaw, j would
now feel at home about the council.
table OF those plumed knights OF my.
race whose chiyalry has emancipated
humanity from; tyranny. intolerance.
perstititipn, slavery, aristocracy
and caste. i knights, whose pens. dip
ped into the blood OF brok en:hearted
wives and murdered children. have
written new Emancipatio Procla.y
nation and as they lifted their pens
they lifted; the yoke from millions OF
lecks, lifted q race from wretched.
ness, sdesolation, and drunken, debauch-.
cry into sobriety and manhood. lifted
q nation from shame into glory.
Had | mixed a little Of Plymouth.
Rock with my social, political, and,
moral Rertebra, 1 might have the hon
or of being counted with those who
placed the Gospel Dynamite of Prohi.
billion beneath the Gibraltar OF Rum,
and blew 1t to fragments. (. &.
z day your bosoms heaye with the
Of a new patriotism, your
pulses beat more rapidly, your nerves
are eShilerated with a new thrill, as.
You read tof Julia Ward Howe's Battle.
Hymn. of the Republic and John Brown!
OFF ossowatomie. You are moved with
q righteous indignation as you read;
the story Of William Lloyd Garrison,
and the Broadc cloth Mob. which put a
rope around the neck Of our! Fair Co.
lumbia. al. personified in Garrison, and
dragged her through the streets of our
modern Athens. III i.sE
Would that / might be able to quick
en- your pulses and thrill your nerves
anew. with IA holy indignation against
the organized liquor oligarchy, that
murdered Geo. G. Haddock out in
Iowa, because he dared to lift his voice,
against the awful .rayages OF the Ii:
censed Liquor Traffic. That shot down
Roderick D. Grambrill in Jackson,
Mississippi. because he had the cour.
age to speak an honest mans thoughts
about wicked business. That dyna-
mited the home Of Mr.. Mayhem In
Iowa, because he had backbone enough
to stand straight against a>traffic, that
was dashing out the brains, pulveriz.
Ing the hearts and destroying the souls
of his friends and neighbours. That de.
liberately planned and succeeded In as:
fascinating Senator Earmack, of Ten.
lessee, because he dared, as a Twen.
tieth Century, ,LoVeioy, espopse The
cause Of liberty, truth, and woman.
hood. Why should 4 hold my peace,
and why should MT tongue refuse to,
say that8the organized liquor; traffic Is
the Hspm Of oil ,Yillainies.2 sdeceiYeE
and q fraud, liar and a forger. q muir.
derer. and a huge cheat in every way
and that 1t ought to be: tsuppfe ssedts II Il
= lahavelin my stady;l a pafnph1et, full
Of the most sensational disclosures.
showing that in this state, the liquor
traffic bought senator's and representa-.
tiyes. In; :hei document ii are sworhA
statements. accessible to all who may
desire to read them, revealing the fact
that:men were offered as high as twenS
ty.fiveA thousand dollars, tbY the agents,
Of the liquor stratocracy, II they; would
simply vote as their purchasers would
have them do. And this in the State
OF West Virginia, the Mountain State,
whose song "West Virginia Hills"
along with Maryland My Maryland"
and MY Old Kentucky Home" has
exalted her as one Of a reputable trio,
among their sisters, who feel and
know the meaning Of real state pride,
This song, OF the homeland, ought to
hold West Virginian true, though his
feet press the soil on the other side Of
the world. Shall West Virginia Hills"
continue to De disgraced by the dibald
songs OF the licensed saloon and the
bawdy. ballads OF the house of shame?
Shall mans strength and Woman's
beauty be sacrificed in the greed OF
a heartless system. that stops not,
hesitates not, TO throw into the hop.
pers of its mills of death the ward
robes and the liyelihoods, of wives and
children; that shrlnks not, to take
from the hand Of Its victim, that It has
robbed OF the last red copper, the fam.
lily Bible in exchange for drink? A
system that tears the manhood and
womanhood of our sons and daughters
into shreds, with as little pity, as the
tiger, in the wilds Of the jungle, tears
his prey into segments.
If the old are bound by the letters
Of past. social, political and religious
traditions, beyond the power to eman.
cipate, would that l might tonight bap.
tie the young with a baptism Of
highilife-purpose; 30 that they would
be ambitious to wear the crown of a
Moral King and to possess the Spirit
OF a knight. ohithat could burn the
thought of sacrifice into your young
hearts, so that 1t might dominate your
entire being and make your lives II.
Illustrations Of giant manliness and, su.
perlative heroism: than In the royalty
of brotherhood, neither personal ease,
nor fame, nor aggrandizment would
be able to allure you from the path OF
duty and loyalty. Neither flattery,
nor callumny. nor personal violence
could defect you from your life.tasks.
And when the black, threatening