The organ of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, O. [Ohio]) 1852-1853, 1852-09-17
The Tidings.

Friends of humanity, rejoice with
us! Never in the cvcntful history of
the glorious Temperance movement,
have we been so overwhelmed with
good news, not only through the me-
dium Of the press, but from the lips
of all who journey East or West,
North or South. The signs of the
times are unmistakeable Most surely
the good time is coming, and most
Swj1ly too. All over our broad land,
that principle which after many years
of generous toll on the part Of its
friends, was finally developed in
Malno, is taking deep and firm hold
upon the public mind. Seldom, if
ever, in the experience Of man has
its rapid progress been paralleled.--
Wherever it is read and understood
by the earnest thinkers after good
they send up the joyful shout--Eure-
ka! and the manufacturers and ven
ders of spirits see in it the fatal hand
writing on the wall.--They know their
timeis coming. For a time they solaccd
themselves with the idea that its adop-
ton in Maine was purely accidental,
and that it could not long be sustained
against the Indignation of the
voters, and urged them to reclaim
their lost rights. They abused it in
the name of individual and vested
rights-they denounced it as the
enemy of political and civil liberty
and even dared to associate it with
religious prescription They said "it
cannot stand-it will be put down in
Maine" But it did stand and was
triumphantIy vindicated by the people,
who have learned to love it and re-
we're it as the second charter of their
liberties even the abandoned inebriate
restored to manhood and to home and
friends, took it to his heart, and blessed
it as his deliverer. What then? "Ah!
the Maine people are poor ignorant
mass of lumbermen and potato mer-
chants ! 1t may do for them, but it can
never succeed any where else" But
what next? Little Rhode Island, right
nj the very center of American civil
ization and wealth takes it up, in obe-
dience to the voice Of her people, ex-
pressed in hotly contested election,
and enacts it into law; and her people
most noblysustain it, even in Newport,
the fashionable resort where thousands
have been wont to congregate yearly
for dissipation and amusement.-"But
we are told, "it is repugnant to the
untamed, understandable sense of per-
feet freedom entertained in the great
West-they will stop your fanatical
careerw Oh Minnesota how precious
thy testimony, at this critical juncture,
to re(ute this calumny on the hardy
frontiersman. May peace and good
will and plenty ever crown thee You
will not long stand alone to protect our
borders. lo
"But the great interests oftradc and
commerce-you cannot expect them TO
yield to such tyrannyl the immense
capital employed, and the host IF men
engaged in the trade in liquor, these
can never be diverted nor overcome"
Lol Massachusetts runs up the pure,
untarnished banner, and her noble
sons, rocked in the very "cradle oflib-
erty,,' flock to the glorious standard.
Noble Massachusetts Proud Bay
Statel Here, as ever, she plants her
selfin the van Of the battle for freedom
and humanity. and the Rum princes
of Boston, what of them? The great
body Of them win yield peaceably to
the force of the great truth, and the
rest will be winnowed away under the
operation of the law like chaf before
the wind. Ss t&
What next qfwho can tell how soon,
and which oftheIemainng States, will
next plant her star in the new constel
lation. Wilt be New York, Pennsyl