The Cecil Whig., 1910-10-22

stood against it from memory OF past
or dread of future we The watch
word OF its foes should be mo License
now No License forever
Rev. Dr. l.. E. Barrett was the next
speaker. He said that walking once
on the beach at Atlantic City he saw
a sunken vessel, at the top OF the high
est mast OF which was a flag bearing
an advertisement OF a certain brand
Of liquor. The craft had been scuttled
purposely for the sake OF the adver-
tlsement, and he thought it a fitting
| emblem OF the rum traffic which sent
down annually in this land 100000 vic
time into the gulf of drunkenness DIR.
Barrett said he wanted to put every
, voter i'll the coming contest on his
conscience. What is conscience? The
voice OF God speaking within a man.
| An educated concience is always right
| The legalized liquor traffic was on the
move, and one by putting his ear to
| the ground could hear its march even
| though all its agents wore gum shoes.
| 1t is out for the dollar. The Money
Power is the controlling power in this
| country, and the Rum Power, as
| branch OF the Money Power, is domi-
| nant and dictates the nominees and
| policies OF parties. The Rum Power,
! Esau, like will kiss its victims. if they
| surrender Was there a man present
who could look his mother, wife or
| sister or God in the face and then
| give his ballS1 for the return OF the
saloon? He preferred to think that
| voters would meet the issue in the
spirit of 70, and repel the liquor Esau
| as the men OF that time did the foreign
| invaders.
He had seen signs OF the Rum
| Powers activity in Port Deposit.
| Temperance people said they were or
| ganized, but apathy is often the prime
factor in defeat The gumshoed agents
of the liquor tEflic tell you they stand
for personal liberty, when there is
no Such thing. Civil and Religious
liberty have been fought for and won
but savages alone enjoy personal lib
erty, or to do what they please We
are asked: What's the use OF Prohi-
btion?' 1t started i'll the Garden OF
| Eden. The Devil came along with
the personal liberty idea. Eve and
Adam yielded, and Sin and Death
came into the world. Prohibition
came next in the ten commandments
proclaimed on Sinai Lincoln told
Douglas in their great debate that
slavery was immoral, and that which
was immoral majority could not
make right. This was held as heresy
hut in a few short years Lincoln was
vndicated. Polygamy was put down
by law What we should work for is
that men should not be made immoral
by law. DIR. Barrett said he would
meet any champion OF the liquor traf-
hc anywhere in the county in Joint de
bate. Any State said he, that sane
tions the liquor traffic strikes a blow
at the morality OF the people, and has
no moral right to give such sanction.
1t is fundamentally true that virtue
and morality are the necessary sup
port OF tree government, and no body
OF men are doing more to shatter
these pillars Of government than the
supporters OF the liquor traffic.
But we are told "Prohbition is a
failure He who makes that state
mcnt is a law breaker. The liquor
dealer, vioate their own laws Who
try Il make Prohibition failure? The
men in the liquor traffic and their
friends Those who cry "Prohibition
is failure" know they are not telling
the truth The local option law can
be and is enforced. During the last
year OF States Attorney Squier's term,
1907. there were G0 cases tried. Under
Mr. Constable i'll 1905 there were Fl
cases, last year but and thus far this
year, 7. Prohibition does prohibit
and he who says it does not les and
knows that he lies The trouble is we
vote too often on the question in Cecil
\ prominent resident told the speaker
on Saturday that it would be a crime
to restore license in the county. Pro-
hibition was insurance against the
losses resulting from the liquor traf-
iic. 1t promoted regular business, fur
thered morality and saved the young
from temptation. The issue was the
Home against the Saloon Nolcense
works for the health and prosperity Of
a community. The weak ones arc like
crippleS, and those who vote for IL
cense knock away their crutches.
Lincoln called the saloon the legal
ized outlaw. He said "the traffic had
defenders but no defense. Good citi-
zenship demands that whatever is good
be made known and defended The
liquor seller should be considered a
privileged malefactor' The Supreme
Court has noted that the statistics of
any State will show a greater number
of crimes due to the presence of sa-
looms than to any other cause and had
ruled that it is not privilege of citi-
zen OF any State or OF the United
States to sell liquor by retail. II the
right OF the saloon to exist is ever
brought before that tribunal on the
naked merits, it will be declared an
outlaw. In a recent Labor parade in
Washington the Barkeepers' contrast
ed greatly with other Unions in line,
and they bore a banner inscribed, Our
existence dcDenlS on yDur assistance >