The Ohio star. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1830-1854, 1853-06-22
ADDRESS.

F0rMe OHIO Star.
ADDRESS,
Deliu<red June 7La 1853 betorethe Ladies Ttsnper-
nnce Union Of Edinburgh, by Mrs. Sarah L.
leighton.
Voted unanimously. that copy be forwarded
TO each of the County papers for publication.
This is an age of agitation, day of reform the
car of emancipation is rolling onward, though its
gigantic wheels move all too slow. For there are
those who would bot and bar with iron hand ev-
cry avenue to justice and equality. Still they do
n'ove, of which we have ample proof-and reform
shall yet be- inscribed on every banner; and those
two loved and loving twin sisters, Freadom and
Temperance, shall yet be recognized as the guar
dain angels to watch over aud protect the interests
of our beloved country.
But why do we apply the term Reform to the
Temperance movement; let us understand the
full meaning of that term. | believe it is general
y understood amending, changing or forming
anew, there is however another meaning attached
to it (perhaps of modern date) which signifies not
orly change, but change for the better, rem
novatDn, an impr on The past, and it s this
that gives it its life aud power. and fits it to be the
proper watch-word of the nineteenth century.-
And will try to show before we close, that The
temperance movement is empbaticaIly lefnr.n.
| nn Improvement, and that too of no small mpor-
lance. but trtily work which requires Herculean
strength. aud uniiring perseverance.
Let US look now AT the state of society when Tn
der the influence of - King Alcohol - aud see the
wretchedness, desttufion, and utter lack of moral
principle which characterize rs devotees. the per-
feet recklessness of human happiness and life the
utter disregard Of every principle OF our higher ma
lures, and Of all that is enobling in the human
breast; in doing which l wish to introduce some
statistics. Mr. Chipma says in his report. after
visiting athe Jas and Poor Houses in the Suite of
New York and great many in The o,her States
of the Union fer the purpose of ascertaining as
nearly possible the magnitude of the evils of
intemperance Il have shown beyond the power
ofcontradction that than three foitrtls Of the
ordinary tax is absorbed by supporting the poor
and the administration of criminal justce-lhat
more than three fourths Of the pauperism /" (ni
which there are one hundred and fifty thousand in
this country sis occasioned by intemperance and
more than JfUe sirths of those committed on crmi,
nal charges are ntemperate." The venerable E
| Mott d. D., l.. L, d says " there are five hun.
dred thousand drunkards in this republic. and tina
one out of every twenty of our entire popu,
lalon die drunkards." What Thought. one Out
of every twenty eight to die the awful death If
drunkard, tG SO degrade and debase themselves
to waste the noble powers and energts given their
by their Creator, and destroy alike mental, moral
and physical facultes thus sinking themselve:
beneath the BRUTE all for the qualification Of an &c
quired appetite
It is | believe a generally acknowledged fac
that four flths of all the crimes in the Unitet
States are attributed to intemperance. Fell,
Grun y of Tenn, who was considered the bes
criminal defender IN the United States aid wa
generally retained in defence of such cases, state
on the floor of co ngress that he had been retain
ed in thousands of criminal cases, and four fifihs
them were in consequence Of intempe,ance. Q
all the murders, robberries, thefis manslaughters
and riots, four out Of every five caused by in
temperance. Think of The thousands, aye mil
inns dying in this way, each leaving circ
of broken hears ed agonizng friends: Let thin
of their suerings thercrushed nd blee ding hearts
and make the catise our own and follow the gold
en- rule laid down by our great Teacher, do as y
would BIZ done by. We ulso have the testimon
of the Hon. Edward Everett late Secretary q
State who says hat g" in ten years it has been tn
means Of destroying in the United States alone
three million lives, and sent one hundred ihousan
children 10 the Poor Houses, it has consigned on
hund ed and fifty thousand persons to the jaiIs
Prisons and made one thousand mainiacs and IN
stignted TO the commission of fifteen hundred mul
jers, aod three Thousand persons to commit sui
eide, it has made more than two hundred ihnusan
widows and ut least one million orphan children,
r Words cannot describe the loneliness, wre'ched
: dess, want andswoe ofthose widows and orphans
In many instances every social tie is o'"Ne"' W no
h, one link re ninns bind them to e"rth' Inc pas
tu them is a scene of misery and woe too sad II
look upon the present is want and suffering ant
the future presents no ray of hope to cheer thei
~ rugged path. and death to them is looked upon a
9 sweet release, to free them from life of Ienu
It miuy and shame which are the only legitimate in
Z hertance of the drhnkard's wife aud his wors
h than orphan children And is there nothing fo
: us to dot Shall we sit still. and scorn brother
n and sisters thus degraded and rendered unfit fl
all society, their lives and happiness destroyed
r their persons made very nuisance, their hmilie
tortured out Of existence or reduced to the moi