PROHIBITION.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 8398, 23 January 1889, Page 3

PROHIBITION.

TO THE EDITOIi. Sir, —Is it possible wo are at last to strike a blow that must end in victory ? The battle will bo severe, the hosts and interests arrayi'd against us are vast and varied ; but wo go in the .strength of Him who beholds this terrible evil in our midst, who has heard the groans, the cries, and the dying moans of those who have perished. Now is the time to zivA on our armour, and whoever is able to shoulder a weapon of war, come right; out under tlie banner of prohibition. It means liberty that the. oppressed may be free. Wives who have seen husbands ruined and everything worth living for torn from your homes ; mothers who have seen and still see sons and daughters filling drunkards graves; brothers who have seen bisters and sisters who have seen brothers ruined in soul and body, little ones naked and wretched living in drunkards' homes without a vestige of comfort, and brought up tofill our gaols,—all, all af you use your influence to overthrow this mighty tyrant drink ! We cannot any longer, although we had the power, bn the parties to regulate such a traffic; we

have seen that it cannot be restrained by law. Mighty States in America, larger than the whole of New Zealand, have proved to the world the blessings and prosperity prohibition brings. This fair city will soon become the gem of the South,and load the van of freedom from the drink curse throughoutthesouthernhemisphere. Without saying more about this terrible evil that has blighted moreer less every familyinChristendon, I who in their senses can look upon it in any

other light than a legalised monstrous iniquity from beginning to end ? Rise, then : the hour has come to strike the blow that shall aim at nothing short of its entire overthrow, Itise, gird you for true labour ; llise, gird you for the light, Go forth to eartL's old buttle field, Strike boldly for the right. Rise, eiist your dreamiugs Irora you ; Itise, clotheil in vigour new, Thi3 fallen earth's no place lor re3t, Arise, go forth and do. —I am, fo;., January 21. Mo Puuiiendek.

—The Mormons, who tire now moving into Mexico and Canada, seem to find no diiliculfcy in leaving their peculiar institution of polygamy behind them. Jt. appears tluit those who have settled in the North-west. Territory have expressively declined that they will not attempt to violate tho laws of the Dominion in this respect or countenance such a, violation. Doubtless the same prudent, decision will bo taken by the Mormon? now cstublising themselves iv Chihuahua,