The Ohio star. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1830-1854, 1853-03-16


bud. and b ,ssom as tbs rose, aud places now NOR
ally desolate made vocal witi, The praises of God
The earth ", ,all shine Firth, 10 her pristiae
beauty, and ioveness, and there would ba nothing
to hurf, eppress. III all the JoIniniens of nlan.
W.l ibis great work before us, let Us not falier
nor sit quietly down. aad say, iiIat we have notli-
ing 10 do. We have much 10 dc, and If we d" :.
f.liliful'y and ju:ciousiy. we shall be ero"HEo
with SUCCESS. G ID is epgaged ia tiis ''"fA '"i US
and angels are tniuisserioS 70 our heceSsiie' S'
all oo,d men arc enlisted with all their ehefgies I'D
,hs sa me- enterprise aud shall we not ultimately
triumph
Bat if there is one in. Cur midst who is disheaH,
sned. would say to such an one, 60 with me.to
you4er scene Of woe, and take view Of the in
mates of tlat diIag.ated hut before us. 1t is no
a panoramic view of tie imagination, but living
reality OF every d1y life. tIore Ws sse pale and
en,ac;ated wife and mother, in dssolate and
starved condition. worn down with " ACHING and
anxiety over helpless infant, that has just passed
away 10 is first buildings of childhood. from this
world Of wrechedness ard woe. Around her
group OF squalid children, whose chief crime is,
that their father is drunk.i and whose features
show, that if their circumstances coald be changed
for the better. tha. they might be made respect
able and happy.
Who now shall take these ittls ones. and carry
| them parents could do through tho vaniiies of
childhood and youth. who now shall guard and
keep them 10 the path Of duty, sEce' the father
has deserted them Behold the man :! there he
| lies in one corner of the hoyel upon his bed of
straw, in a state of Density inioxicafion. The
wife. instead of hearing Kind words of sympathy.
to cheer her in this hour Of darkness, only hears
threats and iBprecations.
Mothers, could We endure the sornows of this
heart stricken onel Let her who has borne her
first born. and laid it in the grave, If the
bitter dregs Of this poor mothar's cup had been
added to our cup of sorrow could we have drank
| it! God, who has created in woman's heart an
inexhaustible fountain of love and kininess, alone
can tel what endure.
| May we not hope that are beginning to rea
izs at this tins. tho dawning of better day? Is
not the spirit which pervndes each Of our hearis-
the desire that papitates in every bosom to do her
nrighbor good-to bless the rising geuera,ion yea,
even to extend the blessing through all coming
time. an eHrnest. that our most sanguine hopes
viii be reaIiz.d ln our aciiyity. Let as teach our
children the principles of free government, make
them early TO understand. that governments are
created for the protection of the rights of humani
ty, that the duty of government is, TO secure to its
subjects, the free and inviolabie control Of their
persons. and properly, of their life, and the means
of sustaining lie.
Especially let US inform legislators, that they
are our servants, that not, as s sometime
supposed the servants, and they masters, but,
that they are really our servants, bound to do our
bidding, and If they fail to DO this they shall be
properly ehasiised.
The object Of this TetnpcranceF movement, 10 to
obtain from our Government the protection of law,
in tho manufacturing aad vending of all alcoholic
beverages. a word to make it crime TO deal in
intoxicating drink. which murders its victim robs
him Of cha;acter of property, of home, of wife, oi
children, of friends of intellect; yea, by degrading
him to level with the brute, destroys all his hcpss
Of happiness here and hereafter.
Lesthe protecting esis Of the law be given, and
we shall no more witness scenes like the one al
luded to- but shall dry up the tears of the
widow, and eoacO the grief of the orphan. We
shall d fuse hnfpness, contentment and pence
we shall see those, who now enchained with
the fsters cf strong drink. just ready to be con-
signed to the prison-houss of despair, arise fron
the dust, and by life henceforth Of duty and use
funess prepare to slime as the stars forever and
ever.
But in order to do this work. there must bt
perse vsring efFoIt. We must not DO dismRyed i
our servants tell that they will not heed on
petitions. But whut did say! Petitions to ser
wants What soIecism, what anomaly
; This shows US plainly. that we have not taugh
our servants their duty. 1t has been commoui
understood. that Legislators and not their constit
: uents, were exempt from the power OF the law
: but let Us. vito not allowed free suffrag
= teach them better principles. Let rs show then
= that they have tEansccnded safe limits, if the,
longer rote ct trei1 in alcoholic drink-if the,
do not guard the shis of man in making Il pena
offence to niarufcture or sell alcoholic drink
beverage, and we shall. I repeat it. be needed
Hereafter, he y ho violates tho obligations of maj
to man in this particular, will be considered wta
he truly is, murderer of his fellow nun, and tn.
Legislator who fails TO do his duty in this matter
will be hold as anendabe to Gods moral law, as
is the murderer, the highwayman. or the midnigh
assassin, for he furnishes the weapons of death
which strike the fatal blow.
Those who have carried in Massachusetts ihs
principles of the Mnine Liquor Law into efftcs
send abroad the most cheering Intelligence. They
tell US, that holidays, that have been known almos
from time inmemoriai, as days of rowdyism ant
:. drunkenness, now, are observed with decorum ant
good order-that arrests from ntoxication are di
ninished more than seventy-fiye per cent. A cor
respondent from Beverly writing under date o
September Is, remarks, that the dmnution O
erime and drunkenness has exceeded their mos
sanguine expectations.
In conclusion. would again reiterate that upor
us, who are taught by nature 10 feel for misery
and woe, deyolvrs in small degree the impor
: tHnt decision Of the qusstion-shall the Hydra
headed monster. Intemperance. be destroyed ant
be no longer known, save in the annals offhe past