The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-08-12
BoURNEv1LLE, July 80, '6s.

mon tnlng lOr publishers OF neWspa-
pers and the editorial fraternity in
H general, to take great credit to them
selves for leading on and getting up
most Of the moral as well as political
reforms Of the day. / have thought
it very strange that so few Of that very
intelligent class Of our fellow citizens
have the moral courage to unite with
the friends Of humanity in striving to
procure the Maine ,Law; whilst, be it
said to their shame, few journals
have been reckless enough to espouse
! the cause Of the enemy. Isitnot eY-
ident to every intelligent mind that
the progress ofthe age demands such
q reform. Why then should those
guardians Of the public morals shrink
from the discharge Of duty SO inn
peratiyel Has the underground sa-,
loon and those fashionable places Of
resort greater claim upon their SER
vices than the law-abiding portion Of
community Oris the influence and
support of the rum party so fOrmida-
lie as to hold in awe and silence the
press ? Or does a majority of the ed
itors still desire to roll the poison un-
der their own tongues as a sweet NOR
sci ? If such is not the fact it is high
time there was a waking up on the
part of the numerous journals that up
to the present have remained passive,
and unite with the friends of human
ity in despoiIing the. foul monsters
from our midst Does not experience
teach that nothing short of extermi-
nation will ever accomplish the object
contemplated? The different temper
ance organizations may expehd all
their ingenuity in the way of moral
suasion, and unless the strong arm of
the law is successfully invoked, the
enemy will still triumph. Temper
ance societies and itinerant lecturers
have done much to show forth the
horrors Of intemperance, and still it
exists to an alarming extent.
Il Will the sober and rejecting por-
ton Of community for the sake of oc-
casionally gratifying, their appetites be
the means of perpetuating a vice in
our midst that is daily and hourly
dealing out misery and death to thous-
ands in our land?
i When any great calamity happens
by railroad accidents or steamboat
/ explosions. the press is loud in its de-
Il nunciations of the officers and man
ayers of those crafts and their reck-
lessness in the care of human life in
trusted in their hands; and yet there
are men quartered in almost every
I village and neighborhood dealing out
misery and death, and strange how
few there are to lend their sympathies
to those who are so unfortunate as to
fall under the influence of this the
worst of calamities.
/ True, accidents of the former char
| acter are too frequent, and no doubt
many of them are induced by too
frequent use of intoxicating liquors.
but doubtless a goodly portion Of those
thus sacrificed go into the presence of
their eternal Judge free from the soul
damning influence of alile Of debauch
cry and death Of shame. In view
of these facts, and the untold misery
that follow in the train Of the liquor
traffic, am unable to devise the
cause Of this lethargy on the part Of
men of influence and intelligence
Our moral and social enjoyments de-
mand reform; reason and relation
require it, and it is impossible forgen- /,
uine piety to exist in community
where intemperance is the reigning
vice. 8l7 9 r. p. MI g
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