The Ohio star. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1830-1854, 1853-10-05

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importing smallspox or slaves, and seizes and
DESTROYS counterfeit money and mad dogs, and
is sagely concluded that government has The
same right to prohibit the sale ofa poison, that
infilc ing upon iis subjects unuiterable woes.
IN another case. minof points OF the Law are
udeed to be unconstitutional. By an over
whelming majority they Immediately passed
bll similar 10 one long since passed by Congress,
for the Indians. and lin exact accordance wit h
d former decision Of the Supreme Court Of the.
United Siates.
In another case. political party, by hollow
bretences, secured the election ol men who de-
ellned to execute the Law, they then wai.ed The
first opportunity to nominate and select their
own officers.
Thus 10 thousand ways the progress of the
Iaw is obstruc,ed. But no State has falsred.
Every obstacle to the law but nerves its friends
to fuller purpose and larger vote. Avarice,
appetite. spite and craft are united in the con-
test. But humanity and principle are enlisted
for the warfare. They never will falter It'll
the victory is gained. The achievement of that
victory is merely matter Of time. That pro-
hibtory law is one Of Gods eternal truths. In
this noon OF the l9.h century. it has tlazed out
upon US like MONDAY sun. Black clouds and
fierce tempess can never put it out. It's bound
10 shine!
And now, Fellow ciiizensl Will you have
this Lawl
We appeal to you 10 behalf ofthe rum seller.
If you do not help him to escape this business.
he will probably sink under the burning curse Of
that God who hath said, l.fWoe unto him who
giyeih his neighbors diink."
Woman pleads for this law. So
aSee her chained mid want and strife,
That lowly thing, drupkard's wife,"
She brings to you her ruined children, she
kueels in rags and wrinkles, she stretches her bo-
nv arms and cries for aid,
The drunkard sighs for this law; he has hia lu-
cid moments, he chafes his iron fetters, renziei
6uths he vows to stand, then falls. As the sweet
scenes Of childhood float before him,as that CALLING
thirst RACES within him. the opelessnes of rising
weighs upon him, he cries to you, "Ohl save me
help me, make me what / was. Do not license
men to thrust in every pathway the tempter that il
dragging me to perdtion. Shut up that churne
house ofmy body that ante chamber of hell for my
undyng spirit Close that open portal to the horror
Of damuation. Bolt the door of that dark, deel
stairway to the bottomless pit"
Your sons demand this law, bring them up a
you viii, you may die, they may fall. The temp
ter may lure them. They may not be killed q
once. They may struggle hard and long. The,
may weep and pray. They may come to pinch
ing want. They may break the heart of the moth
er who bore them. With violent curses they may
turn wife and children naked into the street, .'Un
til at last with bloated face and pestental breath
and staggering gait, and scared conscience, and
maniac scream; driving away the fancied devils
that the deIirium tremens has gathered about them
aud tearing off the crawling snakes that are coiIing
around them, they plunge forever into the black
ness of darkness. And these are your boys. How
Grazing the thought. Clasp them now to yourbo-
soIn., Before high heaven VOW, $50 help me God
these prayers are heard. My purse and powers
are enlisted for the warfare. will die in the
TEST, or the American Eagle shall stretch hi
wings over an emancipated and protected people,
w. w. NEWELL1
ca'n oftHe Com. on Synodicai Letter.
khnca, Aug. "a, 1853. @ 8 Q