The organ of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, O. [Ohio]) 1852-1853, 1852-03-26
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Itwould seem that there is yet hope for
the State, and the age Of its production Of
great men has not yet gone by; for, although
our Hamer is dead, our Brough exiled and
our Allen cast aside by the intriguing ca
balls Of all factions, sentiments, bad pas
sions and destitution of principles, moral
and political; yet We have reason to bless
our lucky stars that the sacred charter Of
our rights and principles are safe from vio-
lation, for LIE BLOND has become its ex.
FOUNDER and champion. lie Blond has come
to preserve it inviolate. He has eommenc-
ed the erection of impregnable barriers
around it he has fred his big gun he has
thereby annihilated the "outside pressure"
and hereafter forever shout to his honor
PeGRs Of praise, ye blOats, ye sOts, ye dis
graces to humanity, ye dishonorers of God,
ye thieves, ye vagabonds, ye small retailers
of shame, dishonor, rapine, cruelty, murder
and death, for he is your deliverer
A wonderful man, art thou, lie Blond
Wonderful in thy vast knowledge, thy awful
logical powers, and thy singular taste, which
makes thee a voluntary defender Of the vile
and the Infamous, and the submissive slave
Of the shameless and the abandoned When
thou hast secured the trade of the poisoners
of mankind, advance one step further and
secure respectability to the trade of the wo.
man Of the brothel, and thy immortal honor
shall have been achieved-thy epitaph writ
ten-and the votaries of crime, from the
priceOf prostitution and the proceeds Of the
sales of whisky at three cents dram, shall
erect to thy memory noble tomb, which
shall be watered by the tears of those rem
dered desolate, by the practice which thou
hast defended
Why, what are virtue, honor, honesty
and the esteem of mankind, if all that is
infamous can find friends and advocates in
the halls of Legislation, and grave lawgiv-
ers justify evil on constitutional grounds i? !
Nay, not only SO, but the purile rinsings of
these justifers find their stuff paraded in |
the leading columns of leading paper,
dignifed in an editorial with the term
manly
What is there in this practice of selling
whisky which so strongly commends it to
the guardianship of protective law, or Sc
cures TO it legal exercise2 There is no
sane man who can deny thatits indiscrimin-
ate use is injurious; and that these injuries
are not confined to him who uses it only, but
extend to his family, friends and fellow cit
izens. That ia fact it is injurious to socie-
ty generally. That the person who drinks
is worse father, mother, son, daughter,
brother, sister, husband, and citizen, than
the person who does not drink. That in
the dissipated person all the fountains Of
virtue and social life are consumed, as thor
oughly as is the vitality of the tree riven
by the thunderbolt. That it consumes
time money, happiness, life itself, and is a
great, efficient, and increasing cause of
crime. That its curse is seen in the private
family, in the public assemblage, in the bar
room, in the street, the jail, the prison, on
the egallows; and its pervading influence is
felt everywhere, and that influence is only
evil. But the advocates of the whisky trade
have long since been dashed to earth by the
moral and social arguments, and now seek
shelter under constitutional protection and
the bill of rights.
Strange paradox that a bill Of rights
should be bill to secure the perpetuation
of wrongs, and constitutional provision
guard practice subversive of all constitu-
tions and all laws Yet such is the posi-
ton Of LIE Blond, and as his remarks are
given atlength, and attention called to them
by the editor of leading paper, we are au-
horized in concluding he has placed thet
argument in its strongest and most tenable
position.
One position of LIE Blond is, that the
Bill of Rights secures to every man the ma
tural right of acquiring, possessing and
protecting property, and as whisky is prop
erty, the Bill of Rights secures to every man
the right to buy and sell whisky" 1t is
the exercise Of natural right Wise LIE
Blond Every man, naturally, possesses
the right to acquire land--therefore every
, man has the natural right to dispossess his
| neighbOr and appropriate that neighbor's
, land to his own use. Every man possesses
the right, naturally, to buy powder, and to
: store powder and to burn powder, and,
, therefore, by the explosion of powder, to
: destroy the property and life of his neigh
, Dor. Every man has the natural right to
have the small pox, therefore every man has
the natural right to go among mankind un.
der the influence Of that disease, and inoc.
J ulate community Herewith Oh, wonder
( ful lie Brond how vast is your conception
9 of the natural rights, and your comprehen
/, sion Of the social rights and wrongs Die
it ever enter into your wise head that, b,
e the social organization, man abandons tn,
e exercise of all rights impervious to man
and reserves to himself, or has reserved t,
:. him, only those which can be exerted with
! out injury or are beneficial to the body poll
tics Hadst thou known this, thou woulds
!; not have said that the retail Of disease, dealt
2 and damnation was secured by the Bill O
Rights.
!, The other position Of Le Blond is, ths
s there must be sale before the constitu
e tiOnal provision operates, or The Legislator
0 is justified in legislation, and such legisls
4 tion can only reach the evils resulting fror