The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-08-26

OCEJdtuly Cdu 10 DdoCu Ou budb lOr any
thing more than the medical use Of
it. He might as well defend the use
of wine as a beverage" from the
preceding verse Of the chapter as from
his text. He has built the temple for
his God upon so narrow base, that
all the propping he can do will not
hold itup. Here we might leave him,
but his logic is SO curious that we must
notice one or two more specimens Of
it. The Gen. had asserted that "from
the days Of Ahasuerus to the present
time, wine has been the cause of ruin
and misfortune to mankind" Ca
tawba "begs leave to prove to the
contrary" and then lodges off into a
rambling disquisition on the views
and practices Of Solomon, Luther, &c.
AS an honest man and a true reasoner,
he should have brought his History
and its irrefutable authority, and
proved, step by step, that the Gen. is
in the greatest mistake" He wisely
winds up his tissue Of sneers at tenn.
perance men and the Bible with the
threat that he WiU do this. if the Gen.
does not cry enough. am curious
to know to what sort Of history he
would make his appeal. fancy the
"Irrefutable folios from which he
would draw, must be locked u N the
Vactican-hitherto withheld from NOR
tai eyes. AS he is probably loyal
subject Of Pas Ninny, as DR.. Muir
ray has Enthusiastically styled His
Holiness, he could no doubt borrow
the unpublished volumes with the aid
of Bishop Purcell. Perhaps he would
have recourse, as a sort of logical
episode, to the "many a drinking
song" Of which he says his country
man, Luther, was the author. By the
way, "Catawba," will you give us a
few of these songs-a dozen or two !
And in connection with this, will you
tell us whether you rely upon the
same history as above, to ''prove"
that "the Catholic priesthood were
the first to receive the Bible ?" If
you would condescend to assume the
Office of teacher of history, ! pre-
dict, sir, that you would make pro-
found sensation in this nineteenth
century.
Your only course was to prove that
vast multitudes of young men have
not been overtaken by misfortune
and ruin," by indulgence in the wine
cup-that they have not been led by
wine to the gambling table and the
brothel, and then to the embezzlement
of funds from their employers, or to
the wasting of their fortunes, to OBJ
tain the means of gratifying appetite
and lust. You should have proved
that it has not, in instances literally
innumerable, sent men not "young,"
forward upon an Incorporate career,
gradually eating up their substance
and their sinews, converting their
homes into hells, and filling their own
bosoms with burnings. You should
have proved that many have not be-
come brave enough over the "spark-
ling Catawba," for the first time, to
scoff at good men and God, at Sab
baths and sanctuaries, at preachers
and at prayers. You should have
proved that the use of wine was not
the "initial" step in the mournful
course Of many human wreck yet
aAoat, but ready to sink. Now, sir,
when you had finished your research
es in History" you might, just for
confrmation-just to cap your logical
climax, have drawn a few arguments
from observation" Ocular de-
monstration," you know, is admitted
to be more convincing than "histori-
cal. You will not be obliged to go
home, or to Paris or London, for this
sort of proof. You will find it either
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