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A THIRD PARTY NEDEID. BEY HORACE Fens, to all moral reforma, where two peda cal parties are allied to and connected with any evil the peoyle desire to be riv of tind party io the Gtay feves+ thin can thoroughly accomplish this work, be cause neither of the other parties will not in the matter until forced to do so by prb- He opinion, and public opinion can be made more readily by swilots than in any other way. Intemperanes is the greatest evil and curse in our hand, but both peal tiat parties way to the temper agree peo ple— Prexed, teeture, talk and jear against Intemperance, or guise temper ance societies to save all the drunkards made by the diquer dealers of both parties, petition the legislature to regulate the evil, or for any prolilitere amendment, but doalt bring it tnte parities, for wit hinder your cause and pet ihe arpesti: pariy fete puter This tale has polled the wool over the eyes of headreds of thousands of temperance people in the United States, but thanks be to God, the eyes of the friends of temperance are be ing opened, and they are ofg independent action in nearly all the States of the Union. To prove the suc cess of this third party, we point to his tory, and demonstrate our theories by auizing for analogy. The wild slavery people were like the children of Israel, forty years in the wilderness (from 1890 to 18, preach ing, talking and praying against slavery; but voting for it (for both parties were then allied to slavery). In 1810, however, the anti-slavery men decided that to be contestant and succesful they must vote as they talked and prayed. So they or ganized a third party emlog at the “Liberty Party,” and though they only cast 7,059 votes in the whole United States for James G. Birney, their nomi nee for President, they thanked God and took e courage. Three of these ballots were cast in Augusta, the capital of Maine, one of which was cast by the writer of this, who, being derided by one, of the editors of the Avrichee Jase, held up his ballot and said: “The party for whom this vote is cast to day will ret rile the land.” This prophecy was ful filled in twenty years. In 181$, 02,509 votes were polled for the same candidate. In 1848 the Democrats nominated Lewis Cass for President, and the Martin Van Buren men (Bara-Burmers, as they styled themselves) being dissatisfied, bolted the party. They did not, however, go over to the Whig party, but es poused the principles of the Liberty Par ty, and assumed the name of free sellers. They cast 291,263 votes for Martin Van Buren, and the discussions which their agitation provoked enlightened the peo ple of all parties in regard to the evils of slavery, and were the means of giving the Liberty party at least 50,000 more votes in 1852 than they would otherwise have received. c.ow this is a good example for hun dreds of thousands of men in the Repub lican and Democratic parties in the United States who sympathize with the temperance cause, such who are dissatis fied with existing parties. Let them join the Prohibition Party and vote its treset. This will awaken the whole people to a realizing sense of the evils of intemper ance, and the possibility of a remedy. In 1852 there were 156,1 £9 votes cast for John P. Hale, Senator from New Hamphshire, which gave the Liberty Party the balance of power between the Whig and Democratic parties. In 1854 or 1865, Horacy Greeley, of the Tribune, I think, stated that the Whig partly was dead, and the only practical thing to be done was for its adherents to unite with the Liberty Party. A conference was held, which resulted in giving up the names of Whig and Liberty, and calling the new party “Republican,” taking the Liberty Party’s platform—“No farther extension of Slavery into free territory,” the north, and one-quarter of the Demo cratic party tunited with the Liberty Par ty, and in 1856 1,341,164 votes were cast for John G. Fremont. In 1869 1,856, 352 votes were cast for Abraham Linesin, who was elected President, and within five years after that the Lord destroyed slavery. Now, had the anti-slavery men continu ed to talk and pray against slavery from 1840 to 1860, and vote for slavery, through the parties allied to it, as they had done from 1800 to 1840, there would have been a slaveholder or a pro-slavery man elected President in 1860, and slavery would have been settled upon us for perhaps a cent ury to come. But, thanks he to God, there was a third party, the members of which voted as they talked and prayed, and soccomplished the abolition slavery. 6. The temperance people have been in the wilderness 80 years—talking, preach ing and praying against intemperance, but voting all the time for the higher sell ers’ candidates, as neither party dare put a Prohibition plank into their platform, knowing if they should do it the entire liquor fraternity, including the moderate drinkers, would go with the opposite par ty. Some good temperance men eax, “choose the least of two evils, and vote the Republican ticket,” as if two thieves being nominated for a ffee, one of whom had stolen a thousand dollars, and the other a hundred thousand dollars, they should vote for the thief who had stolen only one then said as the least of two evils. Bellecently the evils Qe pe wpediet be no choice. Suppose the government should license men to steal as they now license men to make drunkards, and sup pose that two thieves or two men that the thieves would vote for were held up for office by the present great political par ties, in that case all good men would vote with a third party for a Prohibitory amendment against stealing. Many all Boul temperance men who have been choosing the least of to evils chance neither hereafter, lit vote the third par ty ticket for Prohibition. The liense law is a great curse to this nation. The government has no more moral right to license mien to make drauk ards than it would have to license men to break the Ten Commandments. The enormity of the evil of intemperance is almost inconvineatle. There are nearly 1,000,000 drunkards in the United States, and 2,000,000 women and children are suffering disgrace and poverty on account of their drunkenness. Nearly 100,000 men die drunkards every year, and Go to a drunkard’s grave, and I fearto a drunk ard’s bell, as one read due Giada book that eNo drunkard shall inherit the kingdom of God” dst Cor. 6—10. Statistics wyalso, thet S per cent, of all the sines committed in this counntry is de sestut of intemperance. How long shall we turasfy and quietly tolerate un slavery that not entr dubases the body but des troys the soul ? The federal government receives $90. Cob revenne annually from the mini factire of all kinds of diquors, wp the Miles de erive HUA YS more for he vereuse of bry pat, Miah! As a wear so the sovernanent pitches Mo on every man who dies a drunkard, Totalaues the financial secount, how ever, the debit shie must dpchids the ost efet oper ceni, of the pauperem and crime, and this would show that far every Telar received fee this scares ten dol lars Cor SE OOO M000) are called for to susttin the paupers eid pass the crimi nade Which tha lador tradiiee reates, Tn 2830 there were only Tues fined party Prohibition votes exst da all the Crated Statess ig PSAs about Gu 650, and mW TSS2 pearly PO T all the tem perance people in the land will only work and vote as they talk and pray, we will have one and no quarter million of votes in T8sd, three and a half millions in TSSs, and in 1802 we will elect a President on the Prohibition platform, and a Prohibi tory amendment will be in practical opera tion in every State of the City. Nearly 2,008 elevenomen of different de nominations in the State of New York voted the third party Prohibition, ticket et tie last eesion, an dk there wer ely L4IS Prohibition votes cast at this State, and in dis’ there were ey 168 votes, and tis with only one mneth of the polling districts to the Shue supplied with lnckets. In PSS3 the State. will be thoroughly critacised with bebllets at every polling paca. and Poexpec: 1Ou,pae think party votes will be cast. To accom plish Fis object sted must be patted ln thin state foc ieeinres, ter free tied Prohibution traets and capsid qGoont ragaats, Slo Maid which x slccer the wall hae Paine led a ines Conity Pe Le yrtblicene parrty ps ett yt WAS not kituai by the Democrats or DProhi- Hopists, but it killed itself through the swale, til the election of a Democratic President ia ds Sfowall convines the party that it be dead. The reason if easuet be raised from the dowd mon is because at liis Geen being as he aound when drowning, whe cried out, toud Der! “Good Devil’! and when rescued, sand he re fall late and he wanted to keep good friends with both. Theepublicans have been crying ‘good Temperance sud poor TLigner,” did not hnow whose hands then while the Democrats have been ersing “good liquor” all the time, the result being that the liquor fraternity lure nearly all gone over to the Democratic party with unmense capital and power. About 1886 the dead party will be res urrected with a new body having a Prohi bition set] unit;in 2S88 all will nearly sweep the land, and in 7802 the entire church wil vote Prohibition. The new party will elect its President and will rule the land a score or more of years. ‘To ac complish these great and glorious results, We lutint WORK AND VOTE aS WE TALK axp PRAY, anul God will send us deliverance from this dreadful evil, which is the curse of our law
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