The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-22
GREETINGS TO THE ANTI MOON LEAGUE.

GREETINGS To THE ANTT-sAL0ON LEAGUE
As journal devoted to the highest interests
Of this grand old state The Tirginiaa desires Ia
address personal word Of greeting 10 the Anti
Saloon league convention This splendid body
OF representative citizens has been welcomed on
the mart of the city. the temperance organizations
and the churches TIE Ir9iHidn wishes simply
prd heartily 30 give expression TO its own wei
come and TO voice some sentiments the paper
entertains regarding the leagues work and the
leagues workers.
You gentlemen are engaged IN work -1hal
Is as unselssh as fl is important. fou ara not
aruatod By motives Of political preferment or
personal ACKNOWLEDGMENT Rather is it self-sae-
rihee for the common good that impels you.
You give freely Of your time. labor and means
to thus enhance the public welfare You have
patiently endured the wiles and misrepresenta-
lions of an open enemy, calmly wths'ood the
erstwhtle petty ridcule Of being termed cranks
and Missionaries. and patiently endured the In
difference and quieseence Of many whose sup
port and encouragement YOU had right to ex-
poet But YOU have gone patiently forward In
your laudabe purpose until the principles you
iahored 10 ineulcate have taken wide and deep
root In the hearts of your feow-citizens when
now your present gathering registers great
high water mark in the history Of your league!
You have wrought well and bazed a path for
YET greater achievements and the admra-
tion aud gratitude OF a host of your fellow
citizens.
The Tirgjnt0n believes in you, in gour purpose,
In Damr league sThat which is morally wrong
can never be politically right" Anything that
retsrds moral progress is inimica to a State.
Even the highest material welfare of people
is conserved by its moral progress The legaized
beverage liquor traffic is douby wrong in morals
. and In economies 1t cannot be successfully
defended socioogicaIIy or on any grounds OF
right and justice public policy The Viz
oiaiaa thus voices It's sentiments in the full con-
sciousnoss that such position means the an
tipathy OF a considerable element Of people not
few If whom viii not give this paper their
subscription or advertising patronage But 1t
fs not pharasaicaI sentiment pous pose
when this paper frankly declares that 1t could
not sacrifice it's conviction for dollars, The men
and women boys and girls of Virginia are dearer
to us than money When this paper Is unfolded
at the breakfast table or homes we want nothing
marring It's pages in editorial news story cor
resrondence or advertisement that could shock
the modest sensihilities OF any woman or child
or anything that would be insidiously seductive
20 the purest standards of manhood. womanhood.
boyhood or girhood And we are firmly con-
WINGED tha: surh course is consistent with the
highest III well as the truest progressive spirit
Of Journalism, and that such attitude of the
press generally would make for the moral and
material welfare of the people.
Therefore. We heartily welcome this great rep.
,esentatiye body known as the Anisaloon
league. a. "Virginians true 10 the manner born"
inspired with unselfsh devotion TO the old Com.
monwealth and seeking by practical conserya-
i've, progressive efforts to foster and maintain
the purity of cIvil and social life.
You win. Of course ever guard we'll your
eortals alike against even the remote possibility
IT Intrusion of the enemy in disguise and the
.elfaeeker, and viii not be cntangled with ca
syaneoas matters 10 divide the energies now
) unltedly ceutorcd en- q common purpose. Con
sersatiye aggression has marked your course
asse ultimate SUCCESS will crown your laudable
efforts.
Azaai~en Ael,s}f ~ 4.}e 4fYtt-strr. VT say hail
,Ariee bail 10 the representative Virginia con-
.ention. the Ani-Saloon league.