And the women, the mothets, daugh
ters and sisters to?k op the wild ae
claim, and from all over this land there
went op such a shout for temperance
tbat it was irresistible. This strong
moral element bad searcely manifested
itself before the ambitious men among
it put their beads together aud argued
that a chance exists to organize tbe
temoeraneA element into a riolitieal or- !
canixation. Fatal mistake. Temper-
ance, like religion, is no thing for pol
it ics, except by its natural moral power
Tbe nowise counsel ef these men pre
vailed, and a temperance political or
gaaisation was founded and put iuto
tbe field last fall. The result was seen
and felt last winter at Harrisburg, and
at eveiy otber place throughout tbe
State.
The temperance people were utteily
disgusted with the new movement, and
would not touch the question, rod few,
excepting mountebank people appear
ed at tbe Capitol nf the State to pro
test against the repeal of the Local
Option law. TLe thousands of good
strong men wbo sepported it as a moral
question the winter before were not
there urging their legislative friends to
stacd by tbe temperance move cent.
Tbe ladies, hundreds strong, were not
there as advocates of temperance, as
they were tbe winter previous. Tbe
song and the prayer of tbo "crusader"
was do longer beard in tbe land, and
liquor again asserted its sway, add all
through the agency of the political
organization called temperance.
If the question bad been kept eo hs
moral plain it . conld bave commanded
aod obtained almost anythiug it asked
by this time,
eince tne organization
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