moral sentiment that will be in accordance with the popular sentiment of the state, and that will demand respect for the laws, and the enforcement of all their provisions? If the good citizens act together, a sentiment will be developed so strong and so powerful, that not only will our citizens command the execution of the laws, but will demand their enforcement.

You men and women gathered here to-day in such large numbers, who have planted yourselves upon the platform of the constitution and enforcement of the laws occupy an impregnable position. All the arguments are in your favor; none of them are against you. You are in accord with the popular sentiment of the people of the state; you have the respect of all good citizens; the prayers of all good men and women, and are deserving the blessing of Almighty God.

I recollect that during the early years of the war, a little company was formed in Atchison city, to join the First Regiment of State Volunteers, called into action to enforce the constitution and laws of our country. This company had for its motto "The enforcement of the laws at all hazards." It was known as the "All Hazard Company" of the First Regiment of Volunteers, that enlisted in Kansas for the suppression of the great rebellion. I recollect its departure from the city of Atchison to join its regiment at Leavenworth one bright morning in May, 1861. It was but a few weeks after

the fall of Fort Sumter, and at the time there was great discussion all over the land, over the power and ability of the government to enforce its laws. Many believed coercion was impracticable; many said the constitution was a rope of sand, and there was no power to maintain the Union. Many said, better let "the wayward sisters" depart in peace. I recollect as the All Hazard company marched down the streets of our city on its way to the war, some of the believers in these theories tauntingly said, that the company was going to fight in a useless cause; that all of its members were raw recruits, and not fit for active service; that they had better stay at home, attend to their business and let the regular forces of the country do the fighting and protect the flag; that at the first battle, when met by southern chivalry, trained to arms and service, they would be defeated and slaughtered, unless they retired from the field in dishonor. Yet, that little company, going out upon its expedition to enforce the laws, associated with thousands of others enlisted in the same cause, from this and other states, met, a few months afterwards, the power and strength of the. chivalry of the south, near Springfield, Missouri, and won for themselves imperishable honor for their bravery, loyalty and devotion to the constitution and laws of our country. They, and thousands with them, were engaged in a right cause, in a holy crusade, and "the God of battles" gave them, raw recruits as they were, strength, and power, and victory.

They, and the others who enlisted like them, from the loyal states, at last, through great sacrifices of blood and treasure, with the loss of thousands and tens of thousands of men, and with the expenditure of millions and tens of millions of treasure, succeeded in their purpose, and finally the authority of the constitution of our country was vindicated and the supremacy of the law asserted.

To-day, thanks to the enlisted soldiers of our country, who volunteered to suppress the great rebellion, all of the states are back in the republic, circling the federal centre and chanting the pæan of "Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable." If, under the discouragements and disasters which met our troops a few years ago in enforcing the laws of our country, those who remained steadfast to the constitution were finally successful, may we not with greater hope believe that in the great contest now going on in this state, the friends of the constitution, and those favoring the enforcement of all the laws, shall be equally successful? Such, at least, must be the hope of every one who wishes well for the peace and prosperity of the commonwealth, who wishes well for the honor and character of Kansas.

The propriety of the policy of adopting prohibitory legislation is not now the matter of discussion. That question is lost in the overshadowing magnitude and public importance of the question, shall the laws of the state be enforced? The mere fact that

it is in the power of a few saloons to defiantly strike down the statute of our state, the fact that it is in the power of a few dramshop-keepers to paralyze the legal measures of the people, renders the issue one of almost unnatural interest. It is an issue between the saloons and the law; it is an issue between the dramshop-keepers and the people of the Which are the strongest? I leave you to

state. answer.

I leave the people of this state in the fullness of their majesty and power to give the reply. If the opponents of the amendment believe the people made a mistake in adopting it, let them convince the people of their error, and modify the constitution by proper submission of an amendment to the voters. If the opponents of the prohibition law believe its strict enforcement injurious in results, let them seek its repeal by legal methods, but no one, be he high or low, rich or poor, is justified in organizing flagrant and avowed contempt of that law, or of any other law of the commonwealth.

As I sit down, I express the earnest wish that the people of Effingham, and the people of our county, and the people of our state may in fact and in deed practice fidelity to the constitution and loyalty to all the laws. May we all of us, not only teach, but practice fidelity to the right and loyalty to the LAW, here and everywhere..

III.

OF THE MOVE

THE PRACTICABILITY

MENT PROVED BY ITS SUCCESS.

ADDRESS OF HON. JOHN B. FINCH AT DECATUR, ILLINOIS, MARCH 30, 1882.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:-The liquor traffic in this country is based upon ignorance and superstition. The acme of liquor-drinking civilization is debauchery, vice and crime. The hope of the temperance workers must be, the moral, social and intellectual elevation of the race. The two armies now arrayed in this country are, on the one hand, ignorance; on the other, intelligence: on the one hand, all that is debauched and vile; and on the other, the highest hopes of the world. Such a battle-field as this must be interesting to every lover of his race, every friend of humanity, and every one who believes in a future life, and in a personal God. Aye, and it must be interesting to those who only aspire to see here, in this life, the intellectual and physical development of the race, the curbing of animal passions, and the restraining of ignorant

vice.