The Ohio star. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1830-1854, 1853-02-23

The SENATOR'S SOY, OR THE MAINE LAW
LAST REFuGE. A Siory dedicated TO the Lac
Makers BY Meta Victoria Fuller. Cleve-
land. o., Tooker & Gatchel, 1853.
We hail with uncommon pleasure The appear
ance of this work. whose Forthcoming We have
hitherto announced, and we predict for it hearty
welcome from every friend of Temperance in our
land. II is destined to go ellie by side with Uncle
Top's Cabin in its glorious mission of reforming
and elevating humanity. We confess that the
expectations excited by the reputation of the au-
thor, heretofore won in different field, and the
great responsibility assumed By her undertake lg
important labor, made us almost hesitate from
anxiety as we commenced Il peru<a' of the Sea-
atoi' IS Son. For we knew that anyth ng like
fiilure would naturally work i,iury to the great
wlch it pleads. and in which We nre deeply
interested, while success would send thrill cf
joy to many home desolated, and thousands Of
heurts widowed and orphaned by the wasting,
deadly blight of Intemperauce. As We progress
sed, page by page, fears were all dissipatel
and forgotten, and we proudly acknowledge our
acco npished Western poet as benefactor of her
rGce.
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which all will recognize, hen .l.temperance,
with THOUSAND iinss fatality than the
cholera now, ragged among the brave the noble, and
the gifted OF the land; " hen the brightest stars
went wheeling aud toite,iug down the firnament
of society. and disappeared in perpetual darkness
1t begins with the Senator. who is introduced in
eonvival scene in congratulAtnn of his recent
election 10 seat in the li hast legislative tribunal
in the world carries him to the end of his
and follows the history If the :. Som in all his
yariad fortunes down to its cusng scene. We
qu.te few fines Of this froin the words of the
thor: see that M ,tller and n sister have
doas all for hin that the. could dol see that his
wife wss compelled to leave him by higher duty
than proaIted her to re ~nain--I see that society
has abandoued hin-lhat he is efi alone with tas
ro55er. / see that the robber has taken everything
but the base remtias If base life; but white these
islfe there is hope. llrpe is calling ii rie.c'ns
tones upon the Lalc 10 rush to the enc Vi tie
dying to chain aud throw into prison, hyo, al
xseute this highwayman who has cast his dead
victims by every road side in the land Such is
a-specimen of the style in which Miss Fuller ap-
peas the makers for the protection of f.ller
wish we could publish the whole book, but tllis is
hardly possible, nor will it be necessary, fjr The
friends Of Temperance will not fail to see that a
work SO long and loudly called for by them, and
now so ,nobly executed, is placed in the hands o.
every family in the country. 1t ia destined to dc
mighty work. and let it be circulated Let nj
man stint his contributions to promote this object
who claims to have enlisted in the great army Q
refr, to do battle agtinst the hosts OF those wht
fight under the black banner beckouug on tt
death! Let the book be circulated in every gro
Gerry and bar room, every saloon and gambling hell
until the curse of woman, and the destroyer 0
manhood can no longer be exposed for sale unde
ailuripg forms, in accordance with the Laws OF
Christian land! For sale al HALLS & ook S TORE
Rayenna.