The organ of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, O. [Ohio]) 1852-1853, 1852-11-19
Ftom the Ohio Cadet.
Declaration Of the Cadets Of Tem-
nerance

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perance.
The following was written for and
spoken by Cadet of our city at 8
Temperance Celebration some three
years since. We deem it highly de-
serving a place in cur columns:
WHEN, in the course ofhuman events,
it becomes necessary for the youth Of
our country. to make proper distine-
ton between virtue and vice, to dis
solve the bands which have connected
them, and assume in society a proper
standing, a decent respecttc the opin-
ions Of mankind, requires that they
should declare the causes which inn
pei them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evi-
dent, that all men are born without q
natural appetite for Rum or Tobacco,
but with certain inaIienable rights,
among which are life, liberty, and The
pursuit Of happiness.
Prudence, indeed, will dictate, that
bad habits should be changed for good
ones, because vice continued win pro-
duce human misery and premature
death. Il is our right, it is our duty,
to throw off such evils, and provide
new guards for our future security.
The history Of the present " king Of
Ardent Spirits, IS q history Of re-
peated injuries and usurpations, an
having in direct object the establish
ment Of an absolute tyranny over our
senses. To prove this, let facts be
submitted to a candid world:
He has refused his assent to clean
illness, morality, civility, and even
common decency, the most wholesome
and necessary for the public good.
He has called together crowds Of
drunkards at places usually uncom-
Portable and ditant from their families,
for the sole purpose of manufacturing
beggars and brutes.
He has dissolved whole families,
repeatedly, simply becuuse his alco-
holic majesty has been swallowed with
beastly appetite.
He has obstructed the administers
ton of justice, by refusing his assent
to laws prohibiting the licensing OF
coffee-houses.
He has made beggars Of thousands,
and plunged millions into premature
graves.
He has erected multitude Of dog
geries in our cities, and sent hither
swarms of drunkards to harass our
! people and eat out the substance ol
their families.
For quartering large bodies Of his
loyal subjects in our midst, with emp
I ty pockets, ragged clothing. blood
shot eyes and carbuncled noses.
/ For imposing taxes on his subject
without the consent Of their wives ant
children, and plundering whole fami
lies of comfort and happiness.
He is at this time Transporting ship
loads of brandy, rum and gin, K
complete the works of death, destruc
ton and misery, already began.
He has pIundered our pockets, raw
aged our understandings, burnt om
stomachs, and destroyed the lives O
our people.
A prince whose character is thus
marked by every act which may de-
fine a tyrant, is unfit to be tolerated in
free republic.
We, therefore, the Cadets of Tenn
perance, appealing to the sound judg-
ment Of all wise and good men for the
rectitude of our intentions, do, in the
name Of the good people of the Uni-
ted States, solemnly publish and de-
clare our determination never to drink,
taste or sip as beverage, or buy OF
sell any Of his alcoholic majesty.
That we are absolved from all allie
| glance to him that we are, and Of
right ought to be, free and inde,
pendent boys, with full power to levy
war, and to do all other acts which
independent boys may of right do
And for the support Of this Declara
ton, with firm reliance on the pro
lection of Divine Providence, we mu
tually pledge to each other our lives
our fortunes, and our sacred honor.
LOUIS NAPOLEON IN NEW YoRK CITY =
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