The organ of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, O. [Ohio]) 1852-1853, 1852-04-30

nearSe, drove lonely and SAD through the
streets of our Christian city, to the Potter's
Field, the last resting place OF the friendless
poor, where the drunkard sleeps to-day union.
ored and unhnown.--SentiFlel
We are indebted to the Daily Tines
for the following report Of John B, Coughs
speech D ,lae legal volaf
JOHN B. GoUoH's ADDnEas Ar Masonic
HALL.-The announcement that John b. Cough
would address the legal voters on the subject Of
the Maine Liquor Law, at the Masonic Hall,
last Saturday evening, drew, as we anticipated,
an immense crowd. Prior to the arrival Of the
speaker, collection was taken up TO defray the
expenses Of the Hall--the residue, il any, to be
appropriated to the use Of Mr.. Cough. Loud
applause announced the entrance Of Mr.. g.,
who was conducted TO the platform amid re-
neWed tokens OF appreciation. Rev. Mr.. Pres
| ley, remarkiBg that no cause could succeed with.
out the assistance Of the Almighty, offered up
a fervent prayer to the throne Of grace.
Mr.. Cough remarked he had not come there
that night TO discuss particularly the Maine
Law, but he would give his opinions upon it.
Annihilation was the only remedy for intem-
peance. 1t was asserted by many, that no one
had right to oppose the traffic, and the pre-
yious ezertions Of temperance societies had been
80 employed. This was an egregiOus error
the traffic and the traffic alone should be warred
against. He would prove what he asserted;
proving the truth Of assertions, not mere vitu-
peration, was what makes men angry. He
hated, from the very bottom Of his Heart he
| hated, the traffic; he had been drunkard, and
would prefer all manner of misfortune to a re-
turn to the degraded condition; and yet would
rather be the lowest, vilest, idiotic drunkard
than liquor seller So strong an assertion re-
quired fortification with reasons he was cow
ard and a slanderer if he did not give them.
The dealing in liquor was a useless trade; the
dealer could get nothing more than his "board
and clothes" be could own nothing properly
called his, but the small space Of ground which
should be his grave. He might amass wealth,
but what good would it do himf-he coudonly
leave it to those who cared for him not fig.
The seller of liquor was pauper-a pauper
inasmuch as he received support from the pub
lie, without any return; which was the true
definition Of pauper. He meted out to hi
customers disease, and death, and madness, anl
murder, and received curses, broken hearts
, blasted hopes and fiendish depraVity as his re-
compense. No class Of the community wa
more humbugged than the wine and liquo
drinker. Young men gloried in drinking
sparkling champaign worth two dollars bottle
when it was cider sifted through charcoal, AM
cost the manufacturer fifteen cents. AH Ii
quors in this country were leo be said) made b
chemical process, and never saw the land Q
their pretended importation, unless sent thithe
+ to insure deception. 1.-THE great Worlds FaiI
4 where almost every possible production Of hu
!. man art was exhibited, not single drop of Ii
n duor was visible, though millions of,dolars wer
d employed in its manufacture. This fact b
/; considered one Of the signs Of the times.
No better proof Of the effect of the Main
4 law was needed, than the simple knowledge 0
the decreased number of the inmates Of the pen
# itentiary, the aims houses and the houses Q
! correction. These, within short period at
a ter the passage Of the law, had diminished owe
fifty, and in some instances over seventy-fiv
7 per cent.
= u He hated the liquor selling business for th
: effect it had upon the seller. He might b
naturally generous, humane and sympathetic
| but his soul damning trade would convert tn
gentle blood of his better nature into gall
It He might play the philanthropist to an un
II fortunate man who fell before his door in fiji
to his customers, however, those BY whom b
L lived, he was ice and adamaht. No agonize
! mothers prayer, no pale-faced; weeping daugh
ters applications, no despal ring, heart break
n ing wife's appeal could touch his feelings
n withered as they were by selfishness and lov
g of gain. Mr.. G. then gave several example
e Of the base treatment Of wives and daughter
d who had begged liquor dealers to sell their hul
e bands and fathers no more poison. The rela
n ton of such incredible brutality would roui
! the lion in the lamb.
: Numberless persons there were who laughe
/. and took delight in the fall Of men who ha
/. once been temperate or in any way associate
h with the temperance cause. II he himself wei
}. to enter any one Of our coffee houses, Whethl
:. the lowest groggery or the splendid saloon, an
q ask for glass Of brandy, the proprietor, know
Y ing it would produce frenzy in his brain, brin
y his aged father ID sorrow to the grave, break 1
cOasoltG defihg heart, and hlaa. his every pre-
& peet, present and to cotne--wouId be not gil
q It to himf II on the morrow be were to e
ID and again become drunken, driveling Idle
Id would not the coffee house keepers and ant
d. temperance fellows be rejoiced, and throw
u, their hats and shout, until the internal imps
N the nethermOst hell would waken up and wo
y der why their ancients were creating 50 terrii
as y an uproari The speaker had known freque
81 n9 instances where every effort had been made
h persons opposed to his cause to get temperan
Il advocates drunk, and who. when they succee
n ed, were as enraptured as il they had conquG
I'd ed hemisphere. These wretches (for su
in they were) felt proud that they had reduced
gs fellow creature to the level Of the brute, al
ed stifled, perhaps for ever, each elevated sen
ment Of his nature. From an example 50 pre-
IN nsnt with horror, the arch-fiend himself wou
Il Il revolt and hurry bowling back to his matt
"a hell.
Is, No redress could be gained from liquor q
W. ler-none whatever. He might murder in,
re reetly your brother aud your father, but
ne courae was left you but calm submission.
ne might kill the heartless liquor seller, but woJ
le that be Of any possible benefit to him that
aS y gonei You would thus only injure yourse
- and become the victim Of the law. Talk as
q might, the trafficer in the liquid poison had
he patron completely in his power; he bound abe
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