The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-03-11

and New Orleans, that vice could n {
be made disgraceful there" So it
has been, SO it is, SO it will be with
the liquor traffic. While your laws
authorize and sanction the traffic, you
may Just as well attempt to lead about
lion with a cobweb, or drown the
thunder Of Niagara Falls with whis-
per, as to attempt to counteract and
prevent the evils Of intemperance, by
the power of moral suasion, The
very spirit of the gospel. demands the
enactment and enforcement Of law
for restraining the lawless and dis
Fobedient-for The law and the gospel
are both "benefcience acting by rule"
The innocent need protection. The
enemy needs TO be arrested, when he
comes to steal, and rob and kill, even
though he attempts to accomplish his
dreadful work by slow and gradual
! process. a.ia Aqg 9gHa .al.lJ
aoAnother objection not unfrequently
urged against the speedy enactment
Of the law in question, is,
s. Tile time has not come. Its
very true, the enactment Of law, at
the present time, prohibiting all traffic
inIintoxicating drinks as a beverage,
might, like the giving of ancient law
on Mount Sinia, be attended with
some commotion and even alarm, but
in the end it will be seen and acknowl-
edged that the law was an expression
of benevolence and kindness to the
people. is it not to be supposed that
this law can be enacted and sustained
without an effort. There never was
| a law that curtailed the business Of
\ men, and diminished their pecuniary
H profits, that was not opposed. A
/ great outcry wasraised against Chris
tianity at Ephesus on this very ground
Il Was this asu6icient reason why the
| introduction of Christianity into the
i world should be postponed, The re
Il formation in the time Of Luther wa,
| opposed, because itinterfered with thu
selling of indnlgences; and all whC
oppose thedaW we are now advoca
4 ting, opposeit on the ground that i
/ interferes with a vicious appetite, O
H with self-interest; and if we are no
H prepared To maet this conflict, and en-
counter the opposition which will at
tend the enactment Of this law now
IIwhen shall we be? Shall we be, il
one, in three, in five, or even in ter
H years? Can you fix with confidence
on any future period when our people
\ will be more ready to receive and sus
\ tain such law, than they are to day
II About two hundred thousand citizens
| of this State, petitioned the Legisla
ture last winter to pass a law which
I should prohibit all traffic in arden
1Pspirits as a drink. 1t has been gen
orally supposed and admitted that tht
adopting OF the new Constitution las
year, was a test question; and a ma jor
! ity Of about ten thousand legal voter.
then gave their suffrage in favor o
temperance or 'sno lieense.p Now,
acknowledge with pleasure, it weighs
much with me, that if this question
were submitted to our intelligent anc
high!minded women, nine out,of ten
if not nineteen out of twenty,Sl yeril.
believe, would give their sufrag,
against the sale, of intoxicating drink
as beverage. If then, we are no
now prepared for this law, Irepeat
when shall webbe? 1t is said, w
, could not sustainit, fit were enacted
} Allow me respectfully to ask, how d
: you know that? Until about twent
. years ago, there had been, for ages I
. Massachusetts, a law authorizing tn
I sale Of lottery tickets. AT that time
9 a young man Of respectable conneC
; tions and standing, became involve
S in lottery gamblings-had expende
!, his resources -rhad embezzled tn
: money of his employers-Was on til