The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-27
"SET IN THE HEAVENS"
BY CLARENCE TRUE WILSON.

Before close / wish l could stretch
and write on it some sentiments that
might enter your souls through the
eye-sate as we'll as through he ear
gate.
The first I would take from The
Book Of books Woe unto him that
giveth his neiehbor drink AMI put
Iteth thy bottle 10 him and maketh
him drunken tThis means voting
your bottle to him as we'll as giving
1T to hin) Woe unto him that build
eth town with blood. and esta biisli
ieth a city 10y iniqujty."
nder these sacred words I wou7A
write those of Martin Luther, who de
noauced the wine and beer trade, and
lin one Of his talks said: whoever
first brewed beer brought plasue
/ INFO Germany. Enough barley is
spoiled every year and turned into
n curse to iced the whole German
nation. have been praying God
that He would destroy the whole
brewing industry
Under these the words Of John wes-
ley: The rum traffic siaughters man
kind by the wholesale, and drives
them TO he'll like sheep. No one can
gain by this business, swallowing UP
& Wis iFtS iiOoTS. Without gaining WIFI
il the damnation of hell"
Under these would write the
words of Lord Chesterfield. delivered
in the British House OF Lords Zebra
AIRY 81, iIa3. depouncing the licensing
Of Gin shops: Whether this universal
thirst for poison ought to be encour-
aged by the Legislature. and whether
a new statute ought to be made To
secure drunkerds in the qualification
Of their appetites. is the only Ques-
ton involved. To pretend. my lords.
that the design of this bill is to pre-
vent or diminish the use OF spirits is
20 trample upon common sense and
decency a. well. For when did any
man ever hear that a commodity was
prohibited by licensing its sale or
that to offer aud refuse IS the same
action Surely the administration
should not raise taxes ythe destruc-
ton OF the people"
Next would pnt the words of
Encland's greatest statesman, Glad
stone: 'Intemperance is a greater evil
than war pestilence and famine conn
bined"
And under these let lis inscribe the
speech OF Abra ham Lincoln, reviewing
the revolution OF 1716: Turn now
10 the temperance revolution. In ~
we find stronger bondage broken.
a viler slavery manumitted. a greater
tyrant deposed in it more of want
supplied. more disease healed. more
sorrow assuaged; by it no orpha n
starving, no widow weeping, by 1t none
wounded in feeling. and none injured
in interest. Three-fourths OF mankind
confess with their tongues that the
race would he benefited by the total
lhanishment of Intoxicating drinks and
all the rest acknowledge 1t In their
hearts,
Under these strong words | would
copy those of Horace Greedy: ITO sell
rum for livelihood is bad enough, but
for whole community to share in this
responsibility and guilt by taking hush
money Of the profits seems a worse
bargain than that of Eve or Judas"
Let Gladstone speak again: 1T is
the province OF government to maze
it easy for men to do right and hard
for them to do wrong"
Garfield's words have the same ring:
True craftsmanship consists rather
in removing the cause than in punish
ing or evading the results.
Next we should write the words OF
Burke; What is morally wropg can
never be made politically right
Let William Mckinley speak next
The liquor traffic Is the most de-
grading and ruinous Of all human puf-
suits BY legalizing this traffic We
agree to share with the liquor seller
the responsibilities and evils OF his
business. Every man who votes for
license becomes OF necessity a partner
to the liquor traffic and all. its const
quences."
Theodore, Roosevelt shall next be
heard; Gentlemen. your trade can
not ba treated like any other bust
ness. for 1t il unlike any other. The
liquor traffic tends to produce crimi-
nality in the population ut large. ana
|law-breaking Among the salO0n-keep-t
era thAmaAlxaA 1f the American pso-s