Alcohol Impeached
SIMPSON ELY
I impeach King Alcohol because he destroys the health.
I impeach him because he disfigures the body.
I impeach him because he ruins the nervous system.
I impeach him because he dethrones reason and is the fruitful cause of idiocy and insanity.
I impeach him because he blunts the finer feelings and sensibilities of the soul.
I impeach him because he destroys every principle of manhood.
I impeach him because he destroys both soul and body in hell.
I impeach him because he would depopulate heaven and people hell.
I impeach him because he squanders property and produces pau-perism.
I impeach him because he crowds our poorhouses.
I impeach him because Wm. E. Gladstone, Premier of England says he costs England year after year more than war, pestilence and famine combined.
I impeach him because he squanders paint. He paints houses too little and noses too much. Those who paint their noses most paint their houses least.
I impeach him because he murdered Alexander the Great, Stephen A. Douglas and Richard Yates.
I impeach him because in one of the saloons of Patterson, N. J., the anarchist laid the plot to assassinate President William McKinley.
I impeach him because he has corrupted our courts, defied justice, ignored law and perjured witnesses.
I impeach him because he has shadowed homes, broken hearts and beggared innocent wives and children.
I impeach him because he leads to three-fourths of the litigation in our courts.
I impeach him because he leads his subjects into violence, murder and every conceivable crime.
I impeach him because he is God Almighty’s worst enemy and the devil’s best friend.
The Voice of Temperance Scrapbook – 9 Winters of Prayers & Poems from Prohibition is a weekly journey through one of history’s most unique relics of faith and reform. This scrapbook, preserved across nine winters, blends heartfelt poetry with fervent prayers from the Prohibition era—a time when voices of temperance sought to guide communities toward sobriety, strength, and moral conviction. Each entry offers not only a glimpse into the spiritual and cultural mindset of the early 20th century, but also a window into how ordinary people used words to grapple with change, hope, and resilience.
Every week, we will highlight one poem and one prayer from the collection, pairing them with a touch of historical context and reflection. Whether you come for the rhythm of the verse, the quiet power of the prayers, or the curiosity of uncovering forgotten pages of the past, this series will celebrate the endurance of the written word and the human spirit through nine long winters of conviction and devotion.
In 1936 for nine winters “The Voice of Temperance” was broadcast over radio stations. Thousands of poems, newspaper clippings, excerpts of temperance addresses, and personal experiences we mailed to the author Sam Morris. Radio listeners copied or clipped most of them from books, magazines, or newspapers without giving their source or author. We had no thought of putting them into a book and so merely pasted them into a handy reference book. But so many requests had come for copies that we have collected those most often requested into this Scrap Book for wider distribution.
Naturally under the circumstances indicated above, it has been impossible to check up and secure the individual permission to publish each one; we have no desire to infringe upon copyright privileges or personal ownerships. We have indicated authorship where it was known and should there be any infringement upon copyright or personal ownership we shall be only too glad to correct the infringement in future editions.
With this brief explanation we send forth this unique Scrap Book with the prayer that its contents may contribute to the moral and spiritual betterment of human society.
Sincerely,
SAM MORRIS
“The Voice of Temperance”
