Hannibal journal. (Hannibal, Mo.) 1853-1853, 1853-03-26
EiquGr-Caw Reform.
From ne 81. Joseph TinPsrSaee JOursal.
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| We commend the following communica.
ton TO our readers; it is from one in prison
in this county. Il IS we'll worth perusal,
and we hope that he will often furnish Us
with such articles.
Ma. EDVToR:-I do most heartily rejoice
at the noble efforts that are being made
TO restrain the unhaliowed influences Of dog
geries in our otherwise charming city
And sincerely hope that the good work,
which has so prosperOusly commenced,
will not Do suffered TO stop with simple
restriction Of the evil, but that the philan.
thropists who have so generously espoused
the cause, may go on from "conquering to
conquest" until doggeries shall be number
ed among things that were.
Many persons entertain the delusive idea
that the licensing Of dram shops is the
source Of a great deal Of revenue to the city.
To great many persons this assertion
carries considerable weight. But ii those
persons will be candid enough TO examine
the police reports. they will find that more
than three-fourths Of the crimes and otien-
ceS committed in our midst have had their
origin in the use Of ardent spirits. Aud
It costs the city moe to maintain the police,
arrest and prosecute offenders. aud to keep
and furnish prisoners, than all their much
talked Of enormous high licenses will posi-
bly, amount 10. But laying this all aside,
the dollars and cents sink into utter insig-
nihcance, when the enormily of the traffic
is carefully examined in a moral point Of
view. Who can set price upon the
wounded feelings and ruined hopes ola fond
and atiectionate wife, whose brightest an.
ticipations have been blotted out BY the fell
destroyer alcohol? Who can set price up
on the anguish and heart broken signs
which are daily wp'ng from the drunkard's
children, through the ignominy and shame
they are forced to suffer, by his indulgence
in intoxicating Gquorl Who can set a
price upon the agony Of mother, who
witnesses an intellectual son, whose morn.
ing star rose bright and luminous, debase
himself below the level Of the brute creation
and thus at one fell blow, crush all the fond
hopes Of a doating mother, and bring down
the gray hairs Of n once proudly anticipa-
ting father to the grave, by his craving ap,
petite for intoxicating drinksl
"uOs OSAN S0u SCI pIlCu upon tntS
base 6eSecration Of the hearth stone, and
the eternal peace and happiness Of many,
very many families, who once lived in the
enjoyment Of unbounded health and con-
tentmentl Rather let the solemn awe be
eternal, than broken by the sound OF the
name OF so abhorrent an Individual.
|, To the friends of Temperance, and to the
friends Of all mankind, will say, that il YOU
would avoid all this misery and vexation, YOU
/ must be jealous and untiring in your efforts tC
, totally annihilate this hydra-headed monster
{ Grid on your armor and fight manfully fOc thu
0 great cause which you have so nObly espoused
and generations yet unborn will rise up and cal
; You blessed. When this glorious enterprise i,
fully accomplished, then can man walk the earll
I is though he were indeed the "Lord Of Crea,
|alsae insteed Of groveling in the cutters ant
toles With brutes, Then will the shriek,
1fs Fnans Of the much abused wife no moro b,
.sG's, mar viii the children cry for bread.
yoa deem the above worthy place in youl
tmperanee column, yeu are at perfect l6ert,
4.nke such use Of It. II not, commit Il to III,
nns, and let it be forgotten. Yours, sc.
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