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The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-06-24

Mr. CLARK having noticed call in the
Organ for a report from the townships Of
Ohio, in regard to the temperance feeling,
and not having seen any report from Chan
dlersvi le yet, | take the liberty to say,
that temperance people in this township
were never better organised, or prepared
for the coming contest, than at the present
time. The Division is as active as ever
We have temperance A lliance that is doing
a good work The Muskingum county
Alliance, holds its next regular meeting in
this place on the 4th of July, and large
township delegation is expected. Our coun-
ty Alliance is headed by the Rev. Cornelius.
Springer, President, and Milton G. Mitchell
Secretary, and with such leaders shall be-
mistaken in the signs of the times, if old
Muskingum, though her political parties,
does not furnish us with such candidates
as will, when elected go for a strong pro-
hibitory liquor statute.
We have in this township but one place
where intoxicating beverages are sold
The Eagle Hotel in ChandlersviIls is the
place, the landlord says he sells strong beer
only; be that as it may, men walk, talk,
look and act as they used to do in days
gone by, when to get drunk in the same old
tavern was considered virtue. We will
furnish good delegation to the State Con-
vention, where we hope to see our old friend
Clark in good health and spirits, Yours
truly, B. CRANE.
The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-06-24
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CINCINNATI, FRIDAY, JUNE "a 1858, 0,e 4. .5.8 5a3 \.
can only be cured, in an entirely differ

can only be cured, in an entirely differ
ent way.
9Th. (And this is the last reason
which lean @9ao give, although Ikaus
many more and strong ones. 1t is an
unequal law in its operation on the
poor and the rich. By it the poor
man is deprived Of his modicum Of
wine, beer, cider, whisky, ETC., which
may have becomea a sort Of necessary
of life to him, while the man who can
command at any one time a few dol
lars for such a purpose, can import
his brandy, gin, wine, ale, etc., and
openly take it to his honse and useit,
without the possibility Of interference.
Mark my words, Mr.. Editor, this law
will do more to retard the temperance
cause, than all the efforts of its friends
have done to advance it for the last
twenty years. 1t is the bantling Of
crazy and unreasoning fanaticism, a,
Procrustian fanaticism, which would
gladly reduce every human being
to its own short-sighted standard Of
action, or stretch him to the extent
Of its widest chimeras. The law,
can not and shall not be sustained,
or l am widely mistaken in my es-
innate Of American character.
The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-06-24

uCSS VI W. thO l. oVeOAu W. " HN1S
him bv the conversion Of water into
wine at the marriageof Cana. "Ah,"
said he, chad our Savior lived now
and seen the progress Of intemper-
ance he would probably not have done
it" "You then believe that Christ
was mere man, " was my answer
"God forbid" said he, II m a be-
lever in his Divinity" 'But You de-
ny Him omniscience," was my an
swer. There was an end Of the
argument f.
The supporters Of this enactment
claim that all drinks containing alco-
ho are poisonous in all and every
quantity. Why? Because the ex-
cessive use Of them produces disease
and death. There never was more
ridiculous and untenable position
What are the elements of alcohol?
Carbon, hydrogen and oxygen. Now
every one Of these elements is intro
duced into the human body in our
daily food. If all substances which
are poisonous, in large and improper
quantities, are SO in any and all, why
is it that a substance vastly more poi
sonous, weight for weight, than even
pure alcohol, is a constant constituent
of the human body? Irefer to phos-
phorus. This poison gets into the
systen1with the food ,itis.nat
there, but whoever thought Of prohib-
ling the use of food containing phos-
phorus because in large quantities it
is poison?
The supporters of this law assume
| gratuitously that the habitual use of
any alcoholic drink, whether ferment-
ed or distilled, shortens human life.-
| deny this in toto, The aristocracy
and gentry of Great Britain, who uni
Versally, almost, use good wine as a
daily beverage, are the longest-lived
of any race on the face of the globe;
and the people of wine-growing coun-
tries are proverbially temperate and
healthy.
Want of leisure prevents me from
examining further the arguments of
the supporters of this odious law. | /
think l have disposed of some of
them, at least to my own satisfaction,
and | hope to that of some of my
readers, and will now in few words
give some of my reasons for opposi-
ton to it.
1st. 1t is anti-scriptural, and | must
be i'm unbeliever before can advo-
cate it.
End. 1t is inexpedient, because be-
ing directly contrary to that mate con-
sciousr ess Of liberty implanted in ev-
cry human breast, it can never be
enforced; and its certain violation
will bring contempt on law and law
makers.
3rd. BY a large portion OF the
Christian world the moderate use OF
alcoholic drinks, especially wines, is
considered as not only harmless, but
as directly sanctioned by their rule OF
life and action, the Bible, and it is
direct Infringement Of religious liber,
ty to enact laws which will prevent
them from procuring them.
4th. Legislation directed against
mans vices, has always proved abor,
tive, Legislation must be directed
against crime, and crime only. Vices
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Maine Liquor Law.
| Ep1ro or DErRoIr FRnE PREss:

EDITOR DETROIT FREE Pass:
Dear Sn:-Your manly and
independent course in regard to this
oppressive, unjust and foolish enact
ment has gained you the respect and
admiration of very many Of the right
thinking and right-acting men in this
community, and | rejoice to bear my
testimony to it. Every man who has
the courage to stand up against a fa-
natical deIusion must expect to be re-
viled by fanatics, but their revilings
but show the weakness of their argu-
ments. You are strong in conscious
right, and time will she " the correct
ness Of your sentiments. That the
law will be sanctioned by popular
vote appears very probable; for this l
am sorry, not because ! have any
\ idea that it can be enforced, but be-
cause its violation will tend 10 bring
contempt on Legislation. The com
munication of the Hon. Jonathan
Shearer, in your paper Of to-day, is
manly, sensible and sound article
Il wish more Of our citizens had such
1 a head and heart as is the enyiabie
/ possession of this sturdy son ef the
soil. | propose in the following few
| lines to examine some of the argu-
! ments brought forward by the sup
\ porters Of this law.
/ Most Of its supporters are PRO- feSsed-
/ ly believers in the sacred scriptures,
as the revealed will and teachings of
|. a Being Omniscient, Omnipresent, and
all Just and good. Now these scrip
lures have sanctioned the use of wine,
have promised it as one of the bless
ings of a land which was to be the
possession of the chosen people of
/ God. These same scriptures have
/ denounced the excessive or intemper-
/ ate use of wine; so have they de-
nounced gluttony, sloth, the unlawful
indulgence of the instincts of the sex
es, and ether things which are harm
less within bounds, and which become
sins when indulged in to excess. This
is hard argument for the advocates
of prohibitory enactments to get over.
| They do not wish to proclaim them
selves as unbelievers. What is the
alternative? 1t is surely hard one.
They try to show that the wine spoken
| of in scri pture was not an alcoholic
liquor. This is the silliest and weak
est position that could be assumed. |
would ask the supporters of it, what
is meant by new wine bursting old
| bottles, but fermentation, and what
| but certain amount of alcohol could
| be the product of this fermentation!
/ Leather bottles we're in common use,
and although old and weak ones
| would do we'll enough for wine in
| which the alcoholic fermentation was
over, they were unfit to hold new and
fermenting wines Then again, why
is excess in wine denounced if it is
not an intoxicating liquor? Some
| years since l was travelling in compa-
ny with clergyman of an orthodox
| Trinitarian church, and the subject Of
wine-drinking was brought up. He
was strong denouncer of the sinful
sin the burning climate Of Judea, grape
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Rumors are afloat in New York that Geo.
Law is negotiating with Santa Anna for the
transfer Of those muskets which crested such
nervous anxiety among the Cuban authorities
some months ago. 1t is limited that If Santa
Anna has the wherewith to pay for the cele-
brated weapons, he can have them; otherwise,
it is not unlikely they will be reserved for
the protection Of Pnrser Smith.
The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-06-24
Landing of Negroes,
HAVANA, June IA, 1853.

HAVANA, June IA. 1853.
Another cargo Of negroes has been landed
near Matanzas. The SLAYER was chased for
hours by British steamer, but on hosting
American cOlors, and exposing to view some
sailors in red shirts, the chase was given up,
and thus she got in and landed her cargo.
The steamer that went out on Saturday 10
look after suspicious steamer, returned after
finding that the vessel that had caused the
alarm was aSpaRish man Of war.
sw bHa FRANK.
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AS lamps which are fed with with sweet oil
east sweeter smell when they are put out, SO
after death the memory Of the righteous is
precious.
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-02-10

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and, who does not know that the bread and
clothing Of the Americans of the United
States saved multitudes from the grasp of
Charon! And, who doubts, that, ifthe no.
bic and generous minded citizens of the Uni
ted States had lived in our hemisphere, tho
Greek contest would have been terminated
sooner and with more SUGGEST"
''Gratitude, slrs, is cardinal virtue of man;
and the Greek nation was ever of old distin-
guished for this virtue. Our immortal an
cestors erected temples in honor of their BEN
efactors. Among our benefactors, then, are
numbered since 1922, the ever memorable
Daniel Webster and Henry Clay, whose
death whole nation--the People ofthe Uni
ted States--this day lament. Let us, there
fore, honorable representatives of the Greek
nation, unite our tears with those of our no.
Bile brothers, the citizens of the United States.
for this loss; and, as proof of our gratitude.
let us inscribe on the walls Of this peribulus
The glorious names Of Philhellenes, Daniel
Webster and Henry Clay"
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M,ISCELL A N E o u s.
FAITHFUL FOREVER.

1t is dear delight for the soul to have
low of soitness for the cheek which is burfi-
ing with tears and the touch of pain. 1t tppurs
a balm into the very source of sorrow. 1t is
a hope undeferred, a fowery seclusion into
which the mird, when weary of sadness, may
retreat for caress. Of constant love-a
warmth in the clasp of friendship forever lin
gering on the hand; consoling voice that
dwells as with an eternal echo on the ear; a
dew Of mercy falling on the bruised and trou-
bled hearts Of this world. Bereavements and
wishes long withheld descend sometimes as
Christening griefs upon our nature, but there
is no solace to the bitterness of broken faith.
Jennie was the morning star of my life.
Long before trod the many wide deserts oI
the world, pledged my hope to her. She was
SO youn that my affection fell fresh as dew
upon her heart. She was gentle to me, and
tender and fond, and sometimes I thought
that she loved me less for my own sake than
for the sake of love. So watched the open.
ing bloom of her mind. wondered wha,
springs of truth were bursting there, to make
her joy and blessing on earth. | knew
that every pulse was warm with sacred love
but it was not then that learned all the deep
and aboundng faith that had its home in the
heart of Jennie.
Jennie was slim and graceful, with light
step and gentle dignity of demeanor, which
with her joyful ways, was Ike the freshness
of shade near sunny place. Her face was
fair with sometimes pensive expression, il
was good, loving face. with soft, blue, float.
ing eyes full of beauty and tender thought
A smile always played on the lips, not for
ever OF gladness, but Of charity and conten
and trust in the future to which her hope wa.
turned. And often a song passed through
those lips, as though some happy bird wer,
nestled in her bosom, and sang with he
breath its hymns of delight on the joys of life
All this did Jennie seem to me, and NOR,
than this she was; and she loved me and
was confident in hef affection. For / wa
then young, and my heart was warm an
my hope was strong Iwas buoysnt as tn
breeze, and my life was for yeors psrpstus
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FRANKS SISTER LUCY.

In turning over the contents OF my trunk
that n:ght--the first Of my banishment, as
deemed it, from home--I put my hand on a
small square parcel, sealed, and directed to
me in the handwriting of my sister. Wonder
ing what proof of Lucy's kindness it could
contain, broke the seals. 1t was my pocket
Bible--that Bible in which my mother, only
anew weeks before her death, had written
my name; out of which she had read to me,
and which, with her last laboring breath, she
had enjoined me to study. That Bible had
accompanied me to school, and it had been
preserved by me as relic of mothers love
Ia trifle, valuable on that account, but priz-
ed for no other reason. 1t was long since |
had opened it; and with some degree of
vexation at Lucy's oficousness, Tossed it
carelessly aside. 1t opened, and small note
dropped out from between its leaves.
My curiosity was again reused, and |
opened the note. Not much was written on
that small sheet of paper, but the few words
it contained were full Of affection; they
were "right words" They were to the fol-
lowing effect:
"Dear Bro.her-My only brother Frank:
Do not be angry with me, your dear and only
sister, for writing these few lines. | must
tell you how dearly love you, and how
sorry, how very sorry am at your leaving
home. Bot hope il is for the best, and that
you will be glad some day that this has hap.
pened; and if you are, am sure shall be.
sit does not become me, who am SO much
younger than you, to give you advice; but
will you grant me great favor! want you
TO read the Bible. have read it very much
of late, Frank; and, o, If you knew how
much happiness have found in doing so,
am sure you would read il too.
SOU dear mother has gone TO heaven,
Frank. ! wish to meet her there, and TO be
with Jesus, the Saviour OF sinners, to cast
myself at his feet, and tell him how much
love him for dying :or me. And o, Frank
dear Frank! want you TO be there too, and
papa, and aunt Rebeeca, and all--all that
love. Sometimes it makes me very sad, the
fear that We shall not all be there at last;
cannot bear the thought; and then pray, g
that relieves me. y Frank! if you woul,
but read the Bible, and 60 to Jesus and pra,
to him, you DO not know how happy il wcul,
make you fos he has ssid oHim that cems:l
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BY P. MuLvANY o'RooNEY.

IT'S as asy, me darlin', poem to write,
As tits, at q pattern, to kick up fight p
That is ,eS yev JANUS, which may be yev not, f.
Inwhch case jest take the best JANUS yev got
But JANUS or not, nv you mind what say,
Ye can do up the matter in style, any way. o.,
Ye must get in yer av yc have one, and there
Take courage, take paper, take pens, take chair,
Take bottle of ink, nn' u Jug, an some lemons
(Andy Blake has some whoppers, be sure you get
them onesO rt. me-.
Sind for poteen, an av ye can't get Janishowen
Pure Monongahola's the best that I'm KNOWN;
Get sugar store, and grilled bone tor lunch,
And proceed circumspectly to n.ake'yca some punch
Take Of whiskey pint, Of a lemon four squeezes,
OF sugar as much as asugar.tong seizes,
OF water tuy spoonful mighty well heated,
Stir them up with a.shakean' yor punchis completed
Then ST, down to your work. and to and ye to think,
Pour the punch out in tumber and daccntly drink;
An, Of this thing be certain beyond any Doubt
That the punch an ideas will both soon be out;
AM, av I'm not mistaken, yell pretty soon show EN-,
That the spirit has gone from the punch to the poem
With the heat of the water, the tart OF the fruit,
An the sweetness that lies in the sugar, to boot
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!eit, hitting those things that he was not
going about, my curiosity was busy to find
out what he could be aiming at. was chew
ing and splitting my large qud with uncom-
mon rapdity, and looking up at the preacher
to catch every word and every gesture-when
at last he pounced upon the tobacco, behold,
there had 5teat puddle of tobacco spitl I
quietly slipped the quid out Of my mouth, and
dashed it as far as could under the seats, re-
solved never again to be found chewing to-
eco in the Methodist church."
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GREEK EULOGY ON CLAe and
WEBSTER.

The following is translation from the
Greek of eulogy on Henry Clay and Daniel
Webster, made by Miss Elizabeth, of Crete,
young lady, who, not many years ago, en-
braced the Epscopel creed, and is now a
missionary among her fellow countrymen at
Athensi
CharmGnises' Speech in'Ee Greek House of
Representatives. upon the death Of Daniel
Webster and Henry Clay, delivered Deem
Ter II, 1852.
On this days session in the House of Rep
resentatives, Mr.. Charmonzies, Deputy OF La
mia having taken the floor, proposed that
the House should express its regret on hear
ing of the death of two of the great men of
the United States, namely-Henry Clay and
Daniel Webster--and that their names be
inscribed on the walls in the perbolus of the
Chamber. ....
The Hon. Deputy introduced his PROPOSE.
ton in the following address:
"When the wise government of great na-
tion--a Government worthy of respect for its
virtues--goes into mourning, lamenting, with
its people the death of one OF its citizens, the
citizen, truly, must have been great man.
Aud, the prvation of great man, is an ire
parable loss to all mankind. We took up
arms to shake of heavy yoke-a yoke OF
reproach, and one difficult to be borne; and
the sanctiy of our enterprise Immediately
found protection in the other hemisphere
where, among many others, two truly distin'
guishsd men had effectually raised up ,heil
Christian voices in behalf Of the grieyously
suffering Greeks. Who, among Us, the sur
lviving combatants, has forgotten, or who
among our youth, has not heard from ou
parents, that independently of the ravages o
war, famins and sickness were dseimsting us
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HOW TO WRITE 4 sPLENDITERoUs
POEM.
BY A. uAFAuAwRss HAFANALLEaATER.
Go roll a prairie up like cloth,
Drink Mississippi dry.

Go roll prairie up like cloth,
Drink Mississippi dry.
Put Allegheny in your hat,
A steamboat in your eye.
And for your breakfast, buffalo,
Some five-andtwenly Try.
Go kill the whole Camanche tribe,
Some day before you dine;
Pick out, to make your walking stick,
A California pine;
And then turn round and frown so dark
The sun won't dare to shine.
Go whip ton of grizzly bears,
With nothing but a fan; ......
And prove yourself, by all these feats,
To be d Western man, ....
And you can write poem grand ...
If anybody can.
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THE LAW OF NEWSPAPERS.

Subscribers who do net give express nouee 70 we
contrary are considered wishing to SUD
m subscribers order the dscontinusnce Of their pc
rodjeaJs the publishers may continue TO send them un'
III subscfbets neglect refuse to take their period
tcsls nom the offices 10 which they are directed they
are held responsible till they have settled 'he o' anu
ordered them discontinued, ,,. l.,
T. if subscribers remove 10 other places whhou, m
forming the publishers, and the periodicas are se' W
tIe former direction, they are held rcsponsibie.
s. The courts have decided that refusing 10 take peI
icdcas from the Office or removing and leaving thel'
nrsiled for s prima acie evidence of Intentional fraud
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Madame JENNY LIND will next season visit
England to give concerts. BEsEpicT, the
composer. has gone to see her at Dresden,
and to stand godfather to her son.
The Washington Star says that "Grace
Greenwood" Miss CLARKE, the distinguished
authoess, is about to be married 10 l.. K. Lr,
ESeerr, Esq.. Of Pbiledelphis.
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POETRY.

GrDrections for writing poetry forward
cd to THOMAS the Rymer.
HOW TO WRITE A ROARING POEM.
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THE GRAVE OF ETHAE ALLEN.AAbout a
mile and half northeast of the railroad de-
pot in Burlington, upon the brow of the hill
overlooking the lower falls of tile Winooski
river, is little cettietry of one or two acres,
called Green Mount. Here lie the mortal
remains of the fearless mountaineer who ca p
tured Ticonderoga in the name and by the
authority of the "Great Jehovah and the Con-
tlnental Congress" His grave is covered
by plain slab of gray marble, upon which
is the following inscription: tr
.iF The
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Corporeal Part
GEs'L ETHAN ALLEN
rests beneath this stone,
the 18th day Of Feb, 1889,
unI Ea -

His spirit tried the merces of his God,
In whom he believed, and strongly trusted.
The spot where Allen rests is enclosed by
granite posts and iron chains, shaded thicky
by vigorous growth Of young pines, and
oversrown with spreading bushes of the rose
and the shrubs.
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The reader will find in the following letter
from Collector Bronson to Secretary Guthrie,
all the rebuke that has been expected to the
the unwarantable letter of that functionary:
COLLECTOR BRONSON TO THE SEC
RETARY OF THE TREASURY.