The organ of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, O. [Ohio]) 1852-1853, 1852-06-25

Cary, of Ohio, spoke by appointment il the
Baptist Church of this city, on Monday
! night last, on the Maine Liquor Law priR-
cibalIg and Temperance generally. He had
| a large and very respectable audience, who
gave him marked attention throughout a
yery long and exciting discourse. Mr.. ].
= II LACY was present, but denied the opPor-
tunity Of reply in the Church, invited the
lcrovd 10 the corner Of George and Caroline
streets. where. from the Portico, fronting
the Herald Office, he replied in very elo-
auent and conclusive argument to the ad-
: dress Of General Cary.
"Tbe grounds assumed by Gen Cary for
the justification of this law was the evil OF
intemperance. It was curse, nuisance,
a moral malaria, which the laws were bonnd
to removable compared it to eess-pool
Z in the centre of city, around which thou
sands of human being were residing Its
infected waters sent forth an atmosphere
whose Inhalation was death. Where, be
asked, was the man who would contend
that the people of that city, could not meet
\ and enact a law to have this pool drained,
and the nuisance removed.
"Mr. Lacy very aptly compared this argu-
ment to the reasons urged by the abolition
lists for the extirpation of slavery. They
contend that slavery is moral pestilence
which blights every thing fair in the land
And being such, it is not only the right, bat
the duty of the Legisleipgesto - ahQlisa
Ikdeed admit this d0etidre, % what g - "A
agances may it not lead The Legislature
may construe any thing into a nuisance.
) The bread we eat, the clothes we wear, our
! property of all kinds may be, and often is,
made the greatest of earthly curses. To
assume that, therefore, the Legislature can
destroy the right to these, is to abrogate the
tenure by which we hold all property"
From the Fredericksbugh Democratic Recorder, (D).
"MAINE LIQUOR LAW DIscUssIoN.-On Mon
: day night last, General Samuel f. Cary, of
. Ohio, delivered at the Baptist Church, in this
city, an address to crowded house, in sup
/ port of the Maine Liquor Law, urging upon
: the people of Virginia its adoption. The
e corner. stone of his argument was the broad
!. declaration that it was libel upon govern
ment to say there was any evil it could not
u remedy-that the liquor traffic was an evil,
n and could, therefore, be prevented by gov
J. ernment, even by prohibition. This prin-
% ciple being admitted, the intelligent reader
will perceive, the will of numerical major
ity would be the only restriction upon gov
- IGIUIuGlll--lildl Il lllllOlibl "Oulu uoNp NV
1f rights at all This doctrine involves the
e dangerous principles Of the socialism and
red republicansm of France"
1t is possible that the General Cary desig-
!: " mated by the prefix of the indefinite article'
" is the same man who makes a noise in the
i public halls and squares Of Cincinnati, to
,r the great annoyance of many of the citizens,
u who would much prefer pursuing the "sober
=. tenor of heir way" undisturbed by public
,s fame.
ls 1t is uncertain precisely to determine
II what opportunity this "indefnite indi
vidual has had for making or attracting
u" observation. He has been twice, at least,
over the ferry 10 Covington, and it has been
reported that he once went to Dayton on
the cars. In fact, it was presumed that his
= peregrinations had been quite as extensive
: as those of the Travelled young lady in Yer
mont, who had been once to mill, and twice
to the blacksmith shop. Buthe will, prob
ably, consider his reputation established
by this distinction of being conspicuously
noticed, by the two leading party papers,
published semi-weekly, in Fredericksburgh
Virginia, at $500 in advance, and $500 at
the end of six months.
, n B. This notice is gratuitous. Such
renown is fully sufficient to satisfy one
mans ambition.
Wing and Democrat join in endorsing
= Mr.. Lacy's argument. He maintains that
: spirituous liquor. is necessary of life, and,
~ therefore, its occasional abuse presents no
ground for its restriction.
+ In the prevalence of the cholera, has not
, the sale OF vegetables been restricted 2 And
J. are the ravages of the latter pest in any
a degree commensurate with those of the
u former Besides, to whom are ardent
/ spirits a necessary of life? Must the safety
u in life, fortune and morals of a whole com
l. munity be endangered to crafty the insa
tate cupidity of few?
However new this argument may be tc
e Fredericksburg, it has no novelty Ehere i
J. has been too often controverted to require
1t notice. 1t may be specious, but it is spe
J. Cious only
y But Mr.. Lacy presents one consideration
h that must be allowed the credit of novelty
= at least, to us in Ohio. He says, tha
a slavery has been considered by certain fana
/ tics at the North, just such cess-pool a
J intemperance, and that to begin the marcl
: of reform would endanger the peculiar in
a stitution. What triumph will this adfais
sion afford to Northern fanatics This
however, is too delicate a subject to b
" rashly handled.
n The truth is, that in Fredericksburgh
4. Va, the sons of Zereciah are yet too stronl
~. for u.s." The dealers in ardents are an in
,d fuential class, and their services, to eithe
,o of the political parties, are indispensable a
IL the approaching elections. K.
~ Now Hampshire.
,, There is a strong determination on tn
80 part of the people of the old Granite Stat
- to have the Maine Law. Bro. Bungay in