The organ of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, O. [Ohio]) 1852-1853, 1852-08-13

CAPITOL OF CHINA, Aug. '52.
BIO. Cary.


couit Of this place might be interest
ing 70 some of your readers, | propose
70 send you brief view of some things
in this place.
Taking it for granted that a city on
q ahill, or on plain, cannot be hid, l
VII presume your readers generally |
know our longitude and latitude. We
number about 1900 inhabitants, a few
Jews, numerous followers of the tape,
Sceptics, with several christian sects,
limbs Of the Law in abundance, Doc
tors Merchants, Mechanics, and La
borers, besides men women and chill
.dren, which serve to make up "all the
world and the rest of mankind"
The Protestant churches generally
are the advocates and friends of tenn.
perance, though Madam Rumor says
that in one or two churches here, there
are dram drinkers, and friends of the
rum-seller enough to prevent their
preachers from uttering l0ord against
the monster. The political aspirants,
Office seekers, and Office holders gener-
90 for the devil and rum. AT
~ far are they committed on the
wloag side Of this great moral ques-
ton, that after residence ofseveral
years, the writer of this sketch has
never known but one of the old associ-
ate Judges, the former Clerk of the
court, and one lawyer, take any inte-
rest in the temperance cause, except
to oppose it.
Perhaps l might whisPer-now
don't you tell-that the ''unterrifed
Democracy" rule here. | mean no
disrespect to the party, for | believe
they generally represent the "dearpeo'
pe," unless they, the "dear people,"
should oppose large salaries.
Why, my dear sir, we have some
80 or "a doggeres, 6 or 7 taverns,
some of them are decent and orderly
enough. but all sell rum in any guam
tity~to suit customers. The traffic
here in intoxicatingdrinks is estimated
to be annually about 100000. Now
ante that equal to the great metropolis
ofOhio itself? One hundred thousand
dollars annually Don't that look
we'll on paper? Who can beat US?
Why, my dear sir, we could short
time since, have taken up poor fell
low for drunkenness-taken him be-
fore a drunken magistrate, by drunk
en- Constable-or before a drunken
Judge, and delivered him over to a
drunken Sheriff. l don't know that
our present Sheriff gets drunk, that's
all the difference, to keep till he'd
get sober, ! don't mean till the Sher
iff would get sober, that might be too
long
We do things here Systematically
we hsge hers a yeung man who keep
a saloon very nice it's said, where re
spectacle looking people meet to drinl
and gamble, and do whatever else may
be done in such place. This same
young respectable, is assistant Marshal
the Marshal himself being a regular
topper.
1t would make the Devil laugh, (it
he laughfs at human deviltry) to see
this drunken Marshal, and his drunk
ard making assistant, lead a poor vic.
tim of these hell recruiting officers,
mean Rumsellers, to jail for patroni.
f zing the young mans business. But
then another view of the case, which
is more charitable; he takes home hi:
work, and finds him a lodging until ht
is able to work again,
Many come from the country OIL
Sabbath, to attend at a certain place
called Church, hear some mumme
, ry, see some pictures, have a drunken
frolic and go home again.
! There are many friends Of temper
= ance here, a Division of the "Sons o
Temperance" also; but l guess the
are all going to wait for "the goo
time a coming boys" Of which the
6 have heard some one sing.
Here, boys get drunk, why shoul
= not they? their daddieS do. Husband
= get drunk, and wives too. Beer gu;
II zling is great business here, yo
:, - could here find men that would con
! near to the description ofthe wag wi
= said some men were ''beer barrels
- . the morning, and barrels of beer
: night" and some of them look not u
Z, Ike big pumpkin, with two stiel
4 stuck under it, and eyes like two hol
- y burnt in the corner of blue blankt
- - Now, Mr.. Editor, can you give
- any advice that would help us 10
:, peoplewho are in trouble? am satisfi
w. no law at present would avail us hel
ct q unless we could arouse community
w a sense of duty.
i. Respectfully.
Squire FALLsTAFF.
August 9th, 1852.