Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1853-09-15

whose VIII mas not vet lost its dominion
over the appetites, moral suasion NAV s,ill
be eifectual 10 save
But he must be wilinly blind who does
not know. that there are in everv commu.
nifty. specimens Of human nature, bath
erect aud horizontal ON whom the mos,
cogent appeals of the noralist. are as sa.
ter split upon rock Most of the ye,.
ders and their morally besotted victims
are Of this class With them no sssasieu
short Of legal prohibition. enforced by
heavy penal sanctions will suffice
" hat could be done, N reason, has been
done for the last twenty years. 10 convince
men OF the perniciousness of the use and
ru'uous tendency of the traffic In ardent
spirits. and to induce them TO act up to
their convictions
" hat has been the result The arm of
moral sGa>ion has been palsied hy the
stronger sinews of the law What ono
has done ;he other has undoDe When
temporary dimminution Of the evil has
been ELECTED by moral means. in some par-
leuiar locality, dram shop is re estab-
hshed under protection of the law, the
siuioeways of Iatemperancc are again open
ed, and the last state Of that locality is
worse than the first The seed sown. tho
srrouting We'll, is exsirpated by the fell
deStroyer
Bat the State has not chosen to leave
this question of traffic, like religion and
charity TO the reason and eonsciences of
men, 1t has legislated upon it; legislat.
ed to legaiize it iegisiated to force its
accursed presence among us, against the
reason and consciences of men. and this
To-, .
controlling its use.
Ii 1t has power and does right to res
train the 80 from engaging in the nefari-
Gus traffic, does it lack power, or is it less
right to restrain the hundredsh one
Is there any code of morals or religion
that approves the legalization o.: an ad-
mItted wrong And yet to this dilemma
are the advocates of moral suasIon driven
The necessity OF moral suasion, presup-
poses the thing wrong. upon which it is to
operate. Yet they say. legalize that wrong,
and then persuade men to eschew it,
How false must be that principle, which
would authorisc anything by law, from
which men are to be dissuaded by moral
means That would bring the laws into
conflict with those arguments that must
be used TO restrain men from vice and
crime ; or make that legal, which all good
men, including the advocates of moral sua-
sion themselves, are seeking to remove,
by earnest appeals to the virtue aud pa
triotisrn OF the citizen. Deliver me from
the intellect or the heart that can approve
such creed
Let us deal honestly with ourselves, our
Judgments and our consciences, and fairly
with the facts that present themselves to
the observation OK US all. Moral suasion
has proved inadequate as remedy anti
until the advent of the Millennium, will
be insufficient to restrain men from the
commission of legalized crime For ages
have its admoni,ions been uttered in tones
of eloquent appeal against the evil propen-
sites of men, from The pulpit and the
bench from the more powerful engine of
the press and the fearful earnestness of
private virtue Superadded too, have
been the prohibitions of the law against
the great majority of crimes, and yet they
are committed.
Against such a giant evil as this It be
hooves us to combine all the agents and
unite all the influences adapted to its sup
preston Let rs therefore bring to bear
upon it the thunders of legal denunciition,
and not omit the still small voice of moral
suasion. Then, and not till then. NAV our
eyes rejoice to see the day when our cher
ished hopes shall be realized our much
loved land redeemed from the curse Of in
and man restored TO reason
and to virtue
In this pious crusade what place should
the land of Penn, the keystone of the fed
eral arch assume Among the first in
second to none in her agricul-
tural. mineral and manufacturing resour-
ccs, and granting precedence to none in
the virtue, intelligence and patriotism Of
her citizens, we ought to blush to see her
5kulking in the rear on any question Of
moral or social reform
While one after another of her lesser
and Younger sisters are wheeling into rank,
let Pennsy yivania, true to her position and
her destiny, bring up tho center column,
and with her trenchant arm give vigorous
battle to the myrmidons Of Alcohol. No
matter who suffers in the onslaught The
vultures from the pit of the drunkard's
perdition will sing their requiem. The
battle will be fought and won. The de-
cree has gone forth, the sword Of the
Lord and of Gideon"
Doy'T r. REcoILEcT HER NAME old