The organ of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, O. [Ohio]) 1852-1853, 1852-08-20
Estimate Of the Law in Massachu.
setts.

Inc lOlloWlng artlcle from Jne new
England Farmer, shows the high esti.
mate placed upon the new Law in the
Bay State. It contains much matter
for serious reflection to men in other
States
"Phis law will come as a ministering
angel to the poor drunkard, who de-
sires in his sober moments to break
away from the terrible spell which
binds him to ruin and misery, but
finds his strength of resolution insult
ficient for the struggle. While the
tempter is permitted to spread his
snares on every side, the victims Of
this curse resolve in vain to avoid
them. Their shame, their remorse,
their solemn purposes Of reformation,
all availing nothing, so long as the
fiery poison sends up its fumes into
their nostrils from or 10000 grog-
shops, rekindling their slumbering ap-
petites with uncomfortable fury. If
the purest and best of our race have
need daily to pray, "Lead us not into
temptation," who shall say that the
removal of the drunkard's deadly
temptation, that network Of sin and
wo, is trivial matter
"The new law is the richest boon
that could be conferred by the State
upon the families of the Incorporate.
By means of it we may reasonably an
ticipate that many a worse than widow
will receive back to her affections the
the long-lost husband of her youth /;
many child now worse than orphan,
will once more nestle in the loving
bosom of restored father; many a
broken-hearted parent will welcome
back to sobriety and responsibility a
wayward son. Many severed bonds
will be reunited; many family breaches
healed; many old feuds forever buried.
"And what a blessing will the law
be to the thousands of young men just
coming upon the stage of life, who have
not yet acquired confirmed habits of
drinking, but who from position, train
ing or natural inclination, are peculiar
Iy exposed to danger The closing of
the gaping gateways of death in their
daily path, will save multitudes of such
from one of the worst fates that can
befall rational being-the fate Of the
drunkard.
/ "In short, it will be difficult to name
a single class in the community, ex-
cepting those who are directly inter
ested in the traffic, that will not feel
the beneficial effects of the new liquor
law. Industry and enterprise will be
stimulated; crime and pauperism re-
dueed. A good portion of the $1o,-
100000 now annually spent for in
toxicating liquors in this State, will
flow into the channels of regular and
useful trade. The customers of the
farmer, the mechanic and the trader
will increase, and they will make fewer
bad debts than formerly The de-
crease of paupers and criminals will
diminish taxes, and the increase of
business will advance the value of
property. And what is more inn
portant than pecuniary prosperity, the
moral tone of society will be elevated
and purified.
"Such, we anticipate, will be the
happy result of the new liquor law, ifit
is faithfully enforced, and if it should
not prove to be in advance of public
sentiment, as we trust it is not. The
friends of temperance, however, should
remember that the battle is not yet
fought. We have the law-the next
thing is to use it. 1t must be promptly,
heartily, and resolutely sustained by
the great mass of the community, or
it will be worse than no law. Tenn
perance men of all parties, sects and
organizations, all who fear God, or
love man, or hate rum, all, in short
who have the welfare Of the com
munity at heart; must unite to uphold
and enforce the law. The opposition
will be bold, crafty, and powerful. An
army of ex-rumsellers backed up by
a heavy capital will throw every pos
sible obstacle in the way of its ex-
ecution and wo unto us if we sleep,
while the enemy is sowing his tares.
The 9th in Portland.
Rev. F. Yates, says; 81 visited
Portland on the glorious 9th, feeling
anxious to see how this great holiday
would be celebrated in the largest city
in Maine. There was n great celebra-