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Editorial
January 19, 1894
The Big Sandy News
Louisa, Lawrence County, Kentucky
What is this article about?
An editorial exhorts voters in Louisa to oppose whiskey legalization, arguing that it would corrupt young boys and make voters morally responsible for their future ruin.
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Think Before You Vote.
If whiskey is unlawfully sold in Louisa while you are doing what you reasonably can against the sale of whiskey, are you chargeable with the sin and wickedness caused by said unlawful selling? We think not.
Now there are boys in your city of young and tender minds, who have never been contaminated with whiskey. If you vote in favor of whiskey at your coming election and these boys some day excuse themselves for going into the saloon that you have honored by making it legal by your vote, and should he become wrecked, debauched, ruined and lost, is not the sin chargeable to you? Will not that boy in his prison cell or at the judgment bar have the right to say to you, when you could have voted against whiskey you did not do it. By your vote you made it legal and I was deceived by it, am lost and you are to blame. Think before you vote.
ROCKFELLER.
If whiskey is unlawfully sold in Louisa while you are doing what you reasonably can against the sale of whiskey, are you chargeable with the sin and wickedness caused by said unlawful selling? We think not.
Now there are boys in your city of young and tender minds, who have never been contaminated with whiskey. If you vote in favor of whiskey at your coming election and these boys some day excuse themselves for going into the saloon that you have honored by making it legal by your vote, and should he become wrecked, debauched, ruined and lost, is not the sin chargeable to you? Will not that boy in his prison cell or at the judgment bar have the right to say to you, when you could have voted against whiskey you did not do it. By your vote you made it legal and I was deceived by it, am lost and you are to blame. Think before you vote.
ROCKFELLER.
What sub-type of article is it?
Temperance
Moral Or Religious
What keywords are associated?
Temperance
Whiskey Sales
Voting Responsibility
Youth Protection
Moral Sin
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Urging Voters To Oppose Whiskey Sales To Protect Youth
Stance / Tone
Moral Exhortation Against Legalizing Whiskey
Key Arguments
Voting For Whiskey Legalization Does Not Make One Responsible For Current Unlawful Sales
Voting For Whiskey Makes One Responsible For Future Corruption Of Innocent Boys
Boys May Blame Voters For Their Ruin Due To Legalized Saloons