Hannibal journal. (Hannibal, Mo.) 1852-1853, 1853-04-07


end shalt. rs we cana5i patisF 4 entire, give
sosne ssEiraois. .s.-
Or, reAl 4rs,wapf fact. arl erguineui-. ana
the Q1sle lislise principal Aedium iIsfoash
which thay are to obtain them hence, they will
mo- complain II us, II we give them consiiera-
We Of agoof Ting. In regard TO the magnitude
q the evh. rs cJn.rAsted with others which have
agisatsd The world, Bro. Minor says :--l Ohio
Organ 6f Tempefafee z ~ AAN
-Naw glance at the records of The Past (; and
see few u the instances in whichils inmeas-
urablcsm ,ler ihAn those you endure from tie
Liquor Tralh,, have csused rulers 20 be detes-
ted, ;nst 10 daih Or blnished,--a have con-
volsed nations with civil wsr, f,.., a,.,.s ffe
a. History has branded the Bloody Mary.
Il Engla land, with everlasting iiIfamy, FOR her
bntchrTies Of those who could not agree With
her Religions belief. Yet the martyrs whom
she bnlchered, In her reign Of four years, were
but $50. N u one fifth 50 many as die in Vir.
giniA every yesir, BY the LIQUOR Traffic I! And
each one VI fhtss tieais,i il IS safe 10 say, was
plcceded. and attended by, more than ten times
the misery that Qnesn Mary's exulting mar
tyfs end their friends endured. ----a ,s.I
2. "A century afterwards, King Charles the
First was warred against dethroned, ami be-
haidodl by his people, for expressions which
produced but 4 single unlawful deaths before
che sword was openly drawn in civil war; and
which involved peculiarly exaclions 10 the a.
Hoank, probably, cf not half million Of dollars:
ndaia teaah ef the tax which the makers and
vepdenfOf strong drink levy upon yC'i every
yearl u. ii iasuibsqm &c 4 sarsni!no IN oai
,. The English Revolution Of 1858, was ccca-
sionel By tyrannicll acts of Charles son. James
sht Secohd, which tended, indeed, towards des-
pstiSng and involved many Judicial murders, MS
wall as infolerfbte letters dpofi religious free
dom. Bat the iuHrders exceeded not four OF
Eve hundred and the restraints upon Religion
had MOI practically carried wTeichedness into any
great number Of English families. ...,...; :,
- Our own Revolution had for lis cause not
enc drop Of .bloeda spilled. nor any large amount
Of noueysd eRsolions ~ TilIthe fight u Licking
zen, which began the war, no, one American had
persisted illegally by the hands Of George the
Third, ~ his myrmidOns. Aud The unconstitu-
sional taxation which his Parliament praciised,
- siiempted. was initself very trivial: meriting
and meeting resistance only because Of the priH-
siple il involved the president it would have
set, Of taxing us without right, But because Il
didinv6lve that germ Of tyranny, our ancestors
rose and shoOksotf' the British yoke By war OF
segep years. (, IL is worth remembering here,
ths, in each year Of Ihat war. there persisted by
the sword, by prison ships. and Ivy camp-reyers,
all combined, less than. half so many Of our
conntryaen'as now perish every year by the
Liaaor TfSfic.lEhs GsidR os.- 90 10y H9
s.. Humanity has long been shocked by The
human sacrifices OF India where, on the festive
days OF their deity, While his ntous and gigpn-
tic Image moves along in a towering car, drawn
bymsIlhtudes OF mon, his deluded vo aries pros
trase themselves before lis wheel, 10 be crushed
by, them: deeming that on acceptable offering
to the god. The Hindoos have recently dimill-
islled much, il mol abolished, the baibarity. Bat
whenit VI as al lis worst an Intelligent ex ploreri
mentions less Than one hundred aud fifty lives
as annually iplnolaied 4 . Juggernaut. Not on,
tenth OF the (olten more precious) lives yearly
sacrificed in Virginia 10 our ,Moloch--who here
well maintains his ancient character, of
1ss--4-2 hotrid Ring, besneaied with blood
oiof human sacrifice, and parents tears!"
Many oE YOU remember the shudler that thrill
ed through our State when, by the burning 0
the Richmond Theatre, in ISL Sseven:y Virgin
isns persisted. Among them were The brave
the accomplished, TIE fair and the lovely,
erypf mourning echoed along our streets, an
wocds, saAi hills. Suppose Il had been the
proposed 70 rebuild the Theatre; AMI it ha
been certain, or nearly so, that an pthers sue
cathsirophe with all its deaths and horrors, woul
ensus in every Following year WJrld no III
Legislature have be IN forcel, by resistles
Public Opinioa, 10 fobidthe rc-ereoion? We
AMI unler penalties lhlt would have m de III
prohibition inost eT,ciual Why, without an
anticipation OF another, 81 III fire, an withou
any legal prohibition III. mere awe which tina
tragedy imprinted on the iblic mind prevente
= the .aPpeaFance Of ANEW Theatre in Richmon
Tor nearly nine years.! Now. Yoa cannot donb
that among the fventy times serenfy annual Viz
Giniah victims to the Liquor Traffic. there ar
more ihIn seventy as much TO be monrnc for
as the victims Of that Burning Theatre were
Remember hpw commonly the demon OF Stron
Drink makes the best men his prey then con
slider how many of those nnnugl victims hay
beeA the loved and hohored centres of circles
huHhss Or nexhslted,s where true and l6vin
hearts lFssied RPba them through lang yeJY,
even after rl,iectien 70 their eneiDy had bogus
ehd, as that subsection grew from montbto mani
noVe abso!1.e, while the MAS was becoming
NEuts, how much misery he inflicted upon thos
lovihg hysYs in his mad hours, and up ~ him
sslf IN the dreadful culapses OF HE half sobe
iA.spSesS H. and consider, that those hngerin
ysaSp Il lsn,itsosas, peace -deatEoy;nG life wes
slSasiay adsath 9npqEsl with which Any sUd
6sA dsAih l. enviable AMI then sly, II IN
LiVRS TrsAc does not e~ery year Sepsst, vii
esaysOsas sgErsvsiOns, the cstss,rephs Of lAs
Richa>~i ThesiTel ,sa9ii7i75,Ja. ~.
T0lRespls of Virsiais, by zee VOID, e
put N snl 70 the annual repetition Of llp,t a
eTavslsd, IN heat FEEDING tSpsedy Will 20
SOA Spsst That word? lg a8ItJ
IN ,slslippois the rdVtyl Of Gn~eghhsnt an
bow thiS ,dqiI has been recognized 10y the law
Making power Of Virginia, she address says:
liis t's great duty Of Society, to protect itsel
and dspsopls aNainsl tsrong and evil wlethe
annnina by Ninlnnnn ar frnlih or raarnininIIa ~