The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-09-09

of cholera, both in this country and in
Europe, Dere spirit drnkers ! and one
half gere decidedly intemperaie, In a
single year FORTY THOUSAND
persons, in our own country, 60 down
to DRUNKARD'S GRAVE, Away
with the idea that moral Suasicn would
prevent all this" .t.5
We will now notice some Of the, OBJ
jections urged against the right Of pro-
hibition, by the friends Of rum.
n DiH break up an ertensire market
for tie produce Of the country"
This is intended to operate upon the
farming community; but thanks to
the rapid spread Of education and
general intelligence, our farmers are
mostly men who take the whole re-
sponsibiiity upon themselves Of judg-
ing for themselves, unaided by the
magnifed, or magnetized Gust as you
please) Judgment Of demagogues ;
and they will know that this is. all a
mistake. 1t has no foundation.
neither in theory nor practice. Fif-
teen years ago our country was dotted
over with the dark and filthy strqc-
lures known and despised as dishlleries.
where the devil kept a generel agency
and furnishing warehouse. 0, what
fun it must have been for him to 90
promenading up and down, among the
long rows of hogsheads, and watch the
interesting transformation going on, in
the conversion of the bread of life into
his own favorite, accursed beverage,
while thousands Of starving poor,
throughout the land, were wringing
their hands in agony, for enough bread
to Keep soul and body together, and
perhaps a father or husband lying
by, stifened with the poison extracted
from the grain which should have been
made into food for them.
Fifteen years ago we say, the coun-
try was full of distilleries, and corn
was worth from 18 to 25 cents per
bushel. Now, we have not more than
one-third the number Of distilIeries,
and corn is worth from 35 to so cents
per bushel How comes this
Then there is another objection, to
the effect that III wiH turn a great
number Of persons out Of employment"
Such as bar-keepers { a most inesti-
mable class Of persons distilIers, RI
tifers (what rectifying y and possibly
some Of our Irish may leave off work
on the railroad if their ''jiggers" are
cut short, and then what will we do
with our carts and donkeys, and when
will we get ride on the cars to the
Pacific And Benton's prospects
for railroad immortality will all van
ish, and all for the want of a proper
management Of whisky
The fact is lost sight Of that the
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breaking up of the manufacture and
traffic Of ardent spirits will be the
leading cause of tens of thousands
getting into employment, who are now
wasting their heath-their fortunes
nay, their lives, in dissipation. |
will venture to assert that it will be
the means of making five dollars out
of labor where its opposite makes one.
But laying aside these considera-
tons, is it right to continue a system
that destroys thousands of human be-
ings yearly, simply because a few hun
dred persons find employment at it?
This is the same spirit that moved
upon Judas Iscariot, when he bar
gained for the 80 peices of silver. 1t
mattered not to him that the Blessed
Son Of God was to be the sacrifice, so
that he made money by the operation.
Shame on such cupidity-such de-
pravity! 1t is an outrage upon hu-
man nature that there should be found
men, or those claiming to be men, who
put dollars and cents in the balance,
against human agony! Yet such is
the fact. Butitis to be hoped that an
outraged people will rise up in October
next, and put an end to the accursed