Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1846-04-10
VOL. XII


ing to poverty, misery, and death; and that
It's entire disuse, except for purposes strict
ly medicinal, would powerfully contribute
to the health, morality, and comfort OF the
community
This is the article, distillers and spirit
sellers, which you continue to sell the sol, .
though it has already wasted his property,
beggard his family, ruined his character,
brought himself, his wife, and his children
10 ruin. When he first became your tus.
toner he was rich & respectable, with a hap
py wife and family, and cheerful home
he is a lost reprObete now-hs wife is bro
ken hearted, his children starving, his
house ruin. He has a taItered garment
yet to pawn-you take its price tor a last
glass; and with money, credit, character
and all gone, he is thrust from your door,
and then carried away, public burden,
puDlic nuisance, to the aims house or hos
pigal, iImay be in poor house coffin to I'LL
pauper's grave.
al cannot" said junior partner TO his
senior, whom he persuaded to abandon the
spirit uade-'I cannot, consistently with
my VOWS as Christian, or my duties as Il
man, continue to traffic in an article which
know brings disgrace and misery on my
fellow creatures, | have lorg lhought OH
this subject | have ,ried to pray for wis
dom to direct me; am resolved, let the
consequences be what ,hey may, 10 sban
don il once and for ever"
Dister, spirit seller, was lie not rightto
cease at once and for ever from making
wives widows, and children orphans-lrom
filling the land with poverty ignorance,
crime, and misery and from pouring us a
flood, on his own brethren, temporal spirit.
ual, and eternal death! Could he contin.
ne to train drunkards with the words OF
inspiration in his ears-"Dtunkards shall
not iaherit the Kingdom Of God, Could
Government license, or any sanction TO his
trade, however influential, give him good
hope OF meeting that God of.peace who
has said, "Thou shalt not kill" while the
, victims of this trade were carried from day
, to day to hopeless gravesl
1 "Who was Michael Marunl" stammer-
ed lost druukard, who had staggered into
a temperance meeting fom a spirit shop,
where, for want Of money or credit, he
had been refused glass.
Who was Michael Martini He was a
, notorious robber. What wos he hanged
for! For taking peoples money--yes,
: their money-Ihat was all, He never took
Y lie. In his confession, he said he never
e shed dop of blood. Noi and he never
= took mans chararter--neUe| nor broke
f the heart of a wife, nor beat and bruised
4 her children, nor injured her reputation
4 no, never; he only took money, and he
e was hanged. Yes, Michael Martin was
e hanged for taking mems money. His word
:, was--"Your money or your IiIei" not your
: reputation, your character, the peace of
/, your family; but only your money Or yonr
y lile--end he was hanged.
: Happy then is the highwayman's victim,
= though all he carried The night of the ro =
0 berry was lost, His character is saCe-his
!, vigor Of body and Of mind is saIe--a loving
s vile, Il happy family, cheerful hearth,
a await his return- and industry can restore
e all he lost; but the distiller's and spirit sci.
:, er's victim has been robbed Of a-monoy,
i and health, and manly vigor, and charac.
ter are all gone: he may have a vile, Il
s house, and children sill, nut he has no
). home; the comfort, and peace, and all the
4 bliss Of home, are fled forever; like Cain,
j.. he is fugitive driven from the presence
, of God; and for all that he is, and all that
he will be, let the dister and spirit seller
o prepare to answer, when distiIler, spirit
seller, and drunkard, shall stand together
at the bar of the Judge.
4 Distiers and spirit sellers, the time was,
| when, in ignorance, the respectable and
. good were on your side, as well as the bad;
e the public voice and practice were on your
e side; and whole moderate drinking COM
munty were keeping you in countenance;
and by giving respectabity TO your rode,
!, were enlargng your powers and sphere Of
I. destruction; hut these days are over and
8 gone--gone for ever. Millions have csca-
D ped from you as from pestiIence; and
: thousands Of these are sober, prosperous,
| and happy now, whose ruin you had seal
. ed The mipht of rereneratnd nnhlic O..