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1874 March 16 . John N. Walton, Jr. ALS to Joshua J. Walton; Liberty, Indiana

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Box 4
Abstract:
Letter to his cousin residing in Eugene City, Oregon describing attitudes towards temperance broadly speaking and the Women’s Temperance Movement specifically. “From your remarks I infer that you are a very strenuous supporter of temperance. So also am I, but not by any means friendly to the present movement.” Refers to the actions of temperance activists as “intemperate” in their methods, specifically by “desecrating the holy office of prayer” whenever they enter saloons to pray and sing in protest. “I don’t suppose that the movement has yet reached you, or if it has I suppose it is in a mild form, so you have not the same opportunities for forming a true estimate of its worth.” Describes his belief that there will be counteraction against the movement, and that the “evil they design to check will be intensified twofold” as well as his belief that it may be more successful in small towns where “everybody thinks the same way and… knows everybody else’s business.” Cites Cincinnati as an example of a large city where the movement had previously failed. Note on envelope reads “Very important From John Walton 1874 about liquor question.”
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