Fremont weekly freeman. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1850-1853, 1852-04-10

life, he who would have been, but for accur-
sed drink, my protector and supporter, was
driving deeper and deeper the bar bed arrows
into my life springs, till at last, maniac-l like,
his cruel blows of which no one knew or
heard, drove me and those whom God haG
given me, to seek shelter aud protection
where rum could not invade my sanctuary
Need tell you how it brought me to the
very gates Of death, whence after many days
barely escaped? Need tell you how lie
who was thus forsaken, like Esau, in vain
sought space for repentance and found it not
though he sought it carefully with tears
No-I need not tell you this Nay it is a
l will tell you, that for the last time, he re-
pewed as with his enemy In vain lie look
ed on this side and on that for help. Help
there was none, but on every corner stood
the tempter in bright array. All around him
were men--men in the image of their God
men whom the called good moral men, IL
censed by law to send his soul to he'll, and
his body to the worms! All, too sure was
their work, for as he had lived so he died.
In an instant, and when he looked not for it,
death claimed his victim, and he was no
morel No sympathizing hand smoothed his
dying pillow No daughters kiss assaueed
his last death throesl no son was there to
hear his last eommandsl His body fills
drunkard's grave. His murderers may meet
his soul in a world to come. s9s Sea
And now tell me, We honorable men. ye
whom God has commissiond with power to
avert from others the doom which awaited
my once loved husband-tell me, have no
voice in this matter Of life and death have
not told you title of that which tll now has
remained all untold d-and am but one of
tens of thousands of those whose griefs are
untold on earth, but are daily poured into the
ears of the Almighty. ~
Ofwrongs and outrages cruel and bar
barous murders-of suicides and homicides,
you have d full surfeit day by day; bu: of the
deeper, darker suferings of the unprotected,
helpless females, you have little Almost
within sound of your legislative halls, within
the week last past poor lost victim, hope
less of the relief for which we pray, madly
rushed into the presence Of his God. declar-
ing as his last words, thai he did SO rather than
longer bear the tormentor's sting on earth
You can hear the explosion of the death-deal-
ing weapon, but the groans Of the widow and
orphan you cannot hear You cannot bring
the deaQ TO HE! L ou cannot restore TO me,
nor to the tens Of thousands whom ike me
rum has deprived of our husbands, our loved
ones again! l. but you can. yes you can hurl
this demon from his high pldcesi You can
put the brand ofCain Upon the man who en-
cages in this accursed traffic. You can take
away this temptation from those who would
il they could avoid its snares! You can save
the lives of tens of thousandso precious hua-
bands, brothers. and sons-and 'tis for this
we most humbIy pray. VIII you turn to US
a deaf ear, and spurn US from your doors ?
We trust not--we hope not--we believe not /;
and in this faith we will wait Meantime our
prayers shall go up to Him who is Father
to the fatherless, that He will guide you in
His own way to accomplish this great work.
A MOTHER.