Show 1KTEHPERATE L Since the original packages decision that pious old crank the liar JOSEPH COOK has been unusually intemperate In his utter ances regarding temperance An exchange quotes him as saying among other foolish t things that the musket must ultimately be called into use t banish liquor from the land We do not doubt that Mr COOK 1 would like t solvo the liquor problem with powder and ball just a ho wanted to settle the Mormon question a few years ago le wouldnt shoot down the man who dran drak for him he would regard as a wck miserable miser-able sinner incapable of selfcontrol and hardly worth saving but the man who made the liquor and ho who sold it should bo made to expiate their offense in the loss of their hearts blood This i the kind of 4 J a Christian that JOE COOK is and < t f we again suggest that he i any I thing but a help or a credit t the great cause of Christianity Ho works harm rather than good and instead of leading men t Christ his influence is in i the other direction for men are reasonable I able sane beings disposed t do right and f f inclined t worthytand ennobling example There are too many radicals working In the temperance movement there are too many unreasonable men and women who alienate and disgust rather than win and j encourage tho drinkers The best tern I prance is practical not theoretical the i temperance worker who will lead a drunk I a out of the gutter and induce him t stop drinking and be man docs good in the world as does tho temperance orator who so employs his power over the minds of men a t make them sense the evil of drinking and induce them t forswear intoxicants i in-toxicants the temperance worker who stops drunkenness by shooting down the makers and sellers of whisky should be banged like any other murderer FIUXCIS MCRPHT is not likad by t a considerable clement of the temperance army and yet ho does more for the cause of actual temper anco than a thousand COOKS could possibly do for while they would only keep themselves them-selves sober he weans from their selfd Btrqying habits and makes sober hundreds nndthousands of men who never could be reached by COOh Mr Mtmrnr is not reSeal re-Seal he i not Intemperate he docs not go about denouncing a scoundrels and < I imiuals distillers saloonkeepers and Up pIers but he move among the men who drink and In earnestness and kindness tells icm that i they become sober will cease t patronize the barrooms and will save their money their trains and their health they will be better men will enjoy more of life and l be respected and loved Many relieve and by efforts more or loss mighty arc saved but his way does not suit tho ranks who would think Mr MunrnT a worker in tho cause and would applaud ap-plaud him t the echo if ho would take an axe and entering a saloon proceed to demolish svcrything in sight including th bar ceeper although this course would reform rcoi drunkard and induce no man ta arink assThe The musket will never bo a successful capon in the war upon whIsky and it should not be Intelligence reason and common sense must wig tho battle i i can I be won Fanatlcisiiand crankiness have failed up thi4ime and tncy will con tlnuoto faiL |