The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-09-02
0nr Editor.

a lew Weeks ago, tne EuitOt Oi Jho OlH'
cinnati Enquirer made an unjust assault on
the character of the Editor Of the Organ,
which was fully in keeping with the past
history Of the man. The charges have all
been refuted in the Organ, to the entire sat.
isfaction of every honorable man in the
State.
True to their instincts, all the little ours
Of the Whisky Press Of Ohio have taken
up the charges, and paraded them to their
readers in CAPS, SMALL CAPS and italics,
as some thing terrible and revolving. A
citizen of Ohio, an honest man. and one
that does not conference.-the liquor traffic,
aspires to seat in the United States Senate,
or the Gubernatorial chair II This is a Sc
rious charge, or would be, if true ] Now,
suppose Gen. Cary does have political aspi-
rations, whose business is it? Is it not
praiseworthy in every American citizen to
be ambitious Of honorable fame, if he pos.
sesses sufficient talent to sustain himself
Which would reflect the most honor on a
man-the elevation to office on strictly tenn.
perance principles, or solely by the infu-
ence Of the liquor traffic, as a large majority
are But there is no probability that Gen.
| Gary will ever fill any political station; he
does not desire it, and he should be allowed
to speak for himself. The secret of the
whole matter is, these little ours are all op.
posed to the Maine Law-and having failed
to convince the people that the Law is un-
just, oppressive, unconstitutional, and, if
adopted, can not be enforced, they have
commenced an onslaught against the leaders
of the temperance hosts, hoping to gain by
vituperation what they could not by argu-
ment. But 1t will not answer. Farmers,
merchants, mechanics and laboring men
are too intelligent nowadays to have the
+" wool pulled over their eyes by any such
attempts. How patriotic and democratic
\ would it be, if these mighty men %" the
sentinels of freedom would gracefully
yield to the known wishes of three.fourlhs
of the people of Ohio!
II Whenever the advocates of cause com.
mence slandering private citizens, who have
the confidence and esteem of all who know
them, their cause is hopeless, land thus Il
is with the opposers of the Maine Law.
! Here is sample taken from the MARKETS.
Republican
"a few weeks since, s. F. Cary, editor o
the "0hio Organ of the Temperance Re
form" took occasion to attack Lester Bliss
the Democratic candidate for Lieutenant
Governor, and at the same lauded Isaac j
Allen, the Whig candidate for that office
The pretext for his course is that Mr.. Bills:
is not known to be in favor of the Maine
Law but it is well known that he is tenn
perance man. 1t is notorious fact ths
many of the Whig nominees for State off
ces are not temperance men yet this enc
party" temperance Organ does not poin
them out as special objects for the opposi
tion of its readers. The truth of the mat
ter is, Mr.. Gary cares less for temperance
than he does for whiggery and self-aggran
dizement, and uses it as means of gaining
political distinction"
This article was written by the Junior
Editor, the Senior being absent. The fac
that he is just from the wilds of Virginia
and belongs to that class known as thu
COhees, (whO do not, Of course, belong t.
the first families,'') alone excuses hin
from severe castigatiOn at our hands.
The Editor of the Athens Messenger com
ments on the article in this wise 4
"NOw, it requires a degree Of boldnes
not often met with for man to undertak,
to say that Lester Bliss is swell known t
be temperance man "The pretext il
that Mr.. Bliss is not known to be in favo
Of the Maine Law, but it Il well knowI
that lie is temperance man. Now, MIR
Mccormick, you had betterg go right straigh
back to Virginia, and grind your organ t,
\ a community more In accordance with you
taste aud intelligence, than you will b.
/ likely to find In Ohio. Lester Bliss tenn
perance man If zoe were to tell .sucI
stuff to stable Of horses, they you'd kicl
us to death fer lying. Why, dear sir, thi
same Lester Bliss, when In the Legislator,
last winter, with more than two hundre,
thousand petitions before him from the mel