The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-08-19
\ PoF th6 Ohio orgap.
Guernsey County.
~ CLAYsYItIE, Aue. 9th, l85

Bro. CLAHK :-lf you will grant me
a shortlspace in the columns Of your
excellent temperance paper, | will try
and give q statement of the workings
and prospects Of the cause among us.
As such news is very acceptable to
temperance men generally - and |
think the circulation of such very pro.
ftable and encouraging-an tends to
the building up Of the temperance
ranks, and fortifes them against the
enemy, and aids to some extent in
overcoming the strong, tyrannicaI
and ungentlemanly king" who is pos
sessed of an evil spirit-whose reign
is terror to all Christians and phi
lanthropists-a hindrance to the pro.
gress Of every thing good, and the ten
dency of which is to overthrow our
Republican Institutions, destroy our
free andaglorious Republic and quail
fy is subjects for that awful place,
which our Maker has prepared for
such as will thus go on in their wick
edness, regardless Of his warning.
For some time past our village has
not been infested with those who are
the slaves Of this Old tyrant, going
about in, the garb which their old Mas
ter deems proper to dress them. (Like
the inmates of some state prison, their
dress is SO uniform that any one can
distinguish them from the balance Of
the human family.) Filled with the
evil spirit, tottering underline load they
carry, they stagger through the streets
fully prepared for the commission Of
any crime you may mention. By
such characters, say, we are not
much annoyed atpresent. But as we
have two establishments in our place,
whose business it lis to manufacture
such hingsg we feel some interest in.
the passageaOf such law as shall to-
tally deprive them Of the right SO to
do; and we think we find 'sIust such
q one" in the Mainef Liquor Law, and
with heart and 1hand we 90 in for it,
hoping that the sold Buckeye State"
may produce enough others of the
same stamp, to pass the Law, by at
least twe-third majority. q ,.ls g
The tetnperance question was very
quiet with us until the middle Of last
June, when Bro. Robinson, Of Wash
ington, Ohio, came through and de-
livered uslaitenperance lecture, show
ing US the object Of the Temperance
Alliance Societies. and proposing to
organize one in our township. About
a week after he left, we met and or
ganized-but few attended, enough
though oform Society," I'VE then
appointed anQthermee.ing in twoweeksI
from that time, andsentfoE Bro. ShaferI
to come and address ussodHe accepted
our invitation came on and gave us "a
very interesting ana spfontaDlei dis
course, after which we presented our
pledge and obtained enough names to
increase the list to fifteen. We then
adjourned to omeet in two weeks again.
Met, but was disappointed in speak
er, which seemed to darken our pros
poets great deal. But in two weeks
from that time we had Bro. Shafer
with us again. He then, for the pro-
motion of the temperance cause, pro-
posed to meet, US every two weeks, to
which we assented; and since then he
has filled all his appointments, address,
ing us four times on the subject
Though the prospect was dim at the
beginning, yet I rejoice to say that It
brghtens with every successive meet
ing; and I'hope it may thus continue
to grow better and better, until a thor,
ough reformation shall be wrought.
throughout our land when all shall
be brought 70 stand upon the right