The organ of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, O. [Ohio]) 1852-1853, 1852-01-07

,f is operations. The Lowell cores
Donden of she New York Times. a
paper BY 10 means friendly to the
law, in communicating with that ionr-
nal says
LowklE. Mass. Monday, Dec 81, 1852. 4.
Il tmay be Of some interest to your
readers Who are friends of the Maine
Law, % hear Of It's operation IN our
city. This Is, perhaps, Metemper-
ahce city Of the Commonwealth at
least, / believe there is no other place
where the law has been SO vigorously
executed as in this, and. consequently,
none where its salutary effect can So
clearly be seen. At the recent elec-
tion Of Representatives to the General
Court, both parties we're obliged to
run men who were pledged to oppose
The repeal Of the law, Oh those whose
temperance principles were as good
ii better than pledges. The nRum
Party can mako bur the smallest
show Of strength IN asserting So
strongly the temperance character Of
Iour city, I do not pretend to say that
We are entirely free from the eV
intemperance, or that no spirituous
liquors are sold here except by the
city agent. for / presume every hotel
keeper in the place furnishes them to
every inqairing guest who has the ap.
pearance Of being able to keep the Sc
cret, both in word ard deed, in his
"walk and conversation. [ have
heard, however, some complaint made
hat these hotel-keepers charge rather
exorbitantly for the article, which, of
course, is a natural consequence of the
diminished sale but this is only one
of the beauties Of the law, for an ex-
cessive price will deter people from
drinking excessive quantities. But
the beneficial effects of the law are
seen most clearly among the laboring
classes, where frequently a large fami-
ly is dependent for its substance upon
the daily labor ola single man. I'm
der the old order of things, when such
man was an habitual drinker, and
preferred to crafty his appetite rather
than his family, the latter was often
left in utter destitution. But, under
the present regime, such cases are
comparatively rare-the law has com
pletely transformed such men. If
these change is not to the credit of
these men, it is, at least, so to the
law. Families which before were in
the most wrctched condition, are now
in comfortable circumstances their
squalid abodes have become cIeanly.
their children more tidy, and every
thing shows that some ministerino
angel of good has visited them /; the
vile looks smiling and happy, while
the husband and father looks like
another man, SO great in the change
health once more beams from his
countenance, and everything about
him proclaims a rejuvenescence. Such
changes a e apparent to the attentive
observer, and gladden. the heart of
every true philanthropist men, even,
who take their daily drains, acknow.
ledge them and are loud in their prai-
ses ofthe law. Although it may seem
strange and inconsistent to outsiders.
yet it is a common thing to find men
who are at the same time friends of
glass of brandy and the Maine Law.
| know of one man, having in his en-
ploy large number ofmen, who says
he likes his liquor and will have It,
but still opposed to the repeal ofthe
law. Formerly, he says, he was fire.
quentiy trusteed for the wages of his
men, hut since the law went in opera
ton he has been trusteed bat seldom
Now grocery bills and rents are paid
with comparative promptness.
But the Police report breaches the
best sermon on the working of the
law, for it shows, by Figures which
cannot lie," the number Of cases of
drunkenness in the corresponding
months of the last and present years.
1t is as follows: "For three months
ending October 20. 1851, committed
to the Watch-house for drunkenness.
100; reported seen drunk, not ares
ted, 396 = total. 556. For tbras-.
months tc October g2, 1859, commit
ted to The Watch-house, 10 reported
seen drunk, not arrested, llO-total.
l80." Such a statement needs nd
comment and / must close without
adyerting to other topics, as my sheet
is full. Yours,
TULLIUs.
This correspondent says thatLowcIl
s "the temperance city ofthe common.
The reason is not given.
Z is not because there was no drinking
louses there, nor because there were
'ot drinking men to support them.
When the law was enacted, there were
'ver 800 grog-shops in Lowell doing
arge business. The reason Is simply
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