The Great Destroyer: Alcohol Devours the Products of Civilization
Evanston, Illinois: National Woman's Christian Temperance Union, [1912?]. A leaflet issued by the Women’s Christian Temperance Union featuring excerpts from Alabama Representative Richmond P. Hobson’s address before the group’s national convention. According to Hobson, "Give alcohol to the Indian, and in a very short time you will turn a peaceable Indian into a savage. Those who have watched the effect of alcohol poison upon a black man, will find it will take an incredibly short time to blot out all the results of evolution since he has been in civilization and put him on a level of cannibalism. Take the noblest specimens of the white man and watch the debilitating effect of alcohol." Hobson gave the same impassioned address before the House of Representatives in 1911.
A 9” x 6” newsprint sheet printed on both sides, photograph of Hobson. Horizontal crease from folding, some toning to newsprint. Item #00926
Price: $45.00