The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-08-19
"The Ohio Union"

our duty 70 repel recent attack of the
"ohiO Union" upon him although we be-
lieve that, were he here. il Is 90 utterly con
temptible and puSillanimous, he would not
notice it We clip the following article Of
the "Unior" from the "Cincinnati En-
quirer," by which paper it is, Of course.
fully and freely indOrsed. "Birds Of fea-
thersS' &c. The Editor Of the "Union"
says - tet ,'-
fWho are the men, let us ask, who are
making the chief "noise and confusion" in
this movement Who are the LEADERS /?
Are they not, sOith scarcely an exception, ram
pant WHIGS, ioheR there is any hope for The
SUCCESS Of the Wing party on the legitimate
party issues Assuredly they are Look
about you, and scan the political antece-
dents Of the prominent men in this county
and State who are seeking to make temper
ance political question, and you will find
that nineteen-tw -twentieths of them are Wings!
Look at Gen. Cary, Of Cincinnati, the ac-
knowledged leader ia the State He is a
gentleman in private life, and man of con-
siderable ability, but crafty, unscrupulous
WulB3 WHO tcBdIuS LOCyVCUos uS ou6 ut-
gree removed above "the brutes that perish" /"
and proper subjects for his humbuggery'
about temperance. In 184O he headed the
"hard cider" column in old Hamilton and
If the interests Of Whiggery could be ad-
Yanced byit, be would no doubt be in favor
of another similar debanch, believing, as he
did then, that the "end would Justify the
means" Any intrigue or clap-trap by
which Whiggery can be relieved of the un.
pleasant dilemma in which The popular
voice placed it last fall, and by which
Wing can be elected to the United States
Senate next winter, would be all right and
proper in the opinion Of such political Lat
ter-day Saints. But will they succeed in
their present effort On a careful survey
Of the whole ground, we are free 70 say
that, in our opinion, this last device of pie
bald Federal Whiggery will not pay ex-
penses!" !" SO 52
Now we appeal to the candor and good
sense of our readers for decision ON his
first assertion. Is it the Wings who are
making the chief/"noise and confusion" ON
this great question 2 Are its advocates
confined exclusively to the ranks Of any
party, sect, or factionH No, it is out of
reason that they should be ; for in ques-
ton like this, involving the hopes and pray
ers Of scOurged humanity, it is manly and
high principled for all parties to forget their
secular distinctions, and unite on one great
platform. This, We believe, the people
generally seek to do. And let us ask wheth-
er there is any way of bringing about a
moral revolution of this kind, II it be not by
the sdherents of different parties disrobing
themselves of political habiliments and con-
centrating their efforts, as brethren, to the
one great end. We envy not the mind that
is SO grOvelling and SO bound up in the
chains Of party fanaticism, that it cannot
see any question, however universal in It's
Importance, except in the meager light Of
politics and we know too well that this is
a sneaking, miserable subterfuge resorted to
by Il. S. Knapp, to shield the God d-fOrsaken
liquor traffic from the awful doom which
awaits it in the fast coming tribunal. We
happen to know that this gentleman is ex-
tremely fond Of the "gOOd creature" him
self. 1t chances to have been our peculiar
privilege, not many years since, to have
seen him handle the "striped pig" a little,
and he did it in a manner so very familiar
and easy, that we could not help believing
it was Oel tanned to his use. Then no
wonder that he stands upon his reserved
rights" No marvel that he wringb drop
of bitterness into the cup Of temperance,
from the gall Of his antipathy to that cup.
No joke that he wishes (pity that he made
SO weak an attempt) to blind the eyes Of
the people, by telling them il is party
move, and attempting to run them into the
web Of that fatal delusion. s44N
But is his assertion in regard to the pub
lie character Of Gen. Gary, true ? What
ever may be Gen. Cary's politics, has he
ever uttered sentiment, or manifested a
disposition, that looked in the least as