Hannibal journal. (Hannibal, Mo.) 1853-1853, 1853-03-17
Eiguor-Eaw Reform.
RUM-sELLuNg.

have no hesitation in saying that, in my
judgment, the rUmselLer is responsible for M,
usual, Legitimate consequences Of his business
These consequences are sqnandered estates
broken constitutions, blasted regulations, bitter.
ness Of heart, squalid poverty, foul crimes, anC
premature death. These consequences are &C.
knowledged. They are not hypothetical
They are known and read Of all men. The fact
that the rumsbller does not know which glass
of liquor will finish the accursed work of pre-.
pairing for the crime, or which particular Gus.
toner will become most prominent in the work
OF evil, does no., by any means, change his re.
sponsibility He knows the general tendency
Of his business. lie knows that crime is the
legitimate fruits thereof. Knowing this, and
still continuing the business-the cause Of
such cvil-he must design the effect Of which
he constantly furnishes the cause. And If he
designs these effects, he must be responsible
therefor.
II is doing the rumsellcr no injustice, therefore
to say that he is making business Of all this
evil. The following, from the "Star of TEN.
perance," though somewhat sarcastic, is per.
fectly just. 1t shows Gree Trade" combin.
alton between rumsellers and moderate drink.
ers, in carrying on their work of death:
"The rumseller has contracted with his ma.
Ijesty to kill 10000 in 1851! Support him, nnc
the contract will be fulfilled 10 the last SOUL
We want moro drunkards. Where shall we
get them from moderate drinkers--the corpse
de reserve-the grand reserve, from which arc
replenished runs dying hosts. No drafts are
protested-never must be. We want more
drunkards. You young chaps here at the ban
want to enlist? You can't 60 it, eli? Can
sir. Don't give it up because you are not rag.
Iged and bloatcd, and your limbs do not trenble
That old drunkard Of sixty once stood in youl
tracks, my dear fellow. Can't stand in his?-
Keep on, few years will make you as finished
a sot as ever wallowed in ditch. The scourg,
must be sustained. Take ticket in the lottery
OF Death you may draw gallows and dishon-
ored grave.
moderate drinkers! we want to get up 3d..
600 funerals, with fixins to match, 5000
widows, 5000 orphans, and lots of idle spectO.
tors. Who'll take a nomination in the indie.
pendent ticket and run for--anothei
world You, blood bucks of the upper TEN:
which Of you will speak for an office, in time
for the annual auto de fe of rumselling p
They'll find the liquor for the wake no shrink.
ing back, gentlemen, glorious destiny is yours
"a living sacrifice for Gree Trade Nc
matter how respectable now, few years will
fit you for any crime. Take drink, sir-wal,
in tomorrow and take another.
We want to commit 43 murders, TO have lO, =
600 lawsuits, $4,000 regular rows and fights,
get up 80 hanging bees, make $4,000 criminals,
l7OO paupers, 400 maniacs, kill 81 by accidents,
such as freezing TO death when drunk, &c.,
send 400 juveniles to the house of correction.
whip 300 wives, &c., &c., at cost of more thar
half a million to the State of New York In
fine, we want to furnish hell upon earth, and
enable rum-selers to furnish devils enough TO
carry it on. Who'll volunteer? Who'll grad
uate and take a sheep skim as an adept in vice
and crime, which will gain prompt admittance
to any prison in the land. We've enough of
the poor class, and we want the best you've got,
sons OF the wealthy and respectable. Young
friend,it gives us joy to see you taking moder-
alto drains. You are one Of us--a glorious
mess, all moderate drinkers, ready to act our
part IN the great tradgedy, and no stamping
when the act comes off. To be sure it does YOU
no good, but there must be so much deviltry car
ried on in the world, and rum-sellers are Just
the thing to doit With-by your help. Drink,
we say, but keep within the bounds Of our
text Where. the dividing line is between
moderate drinking and drunkenness, we cannot
say. It's somewhere between one glass and
death. BE your own judges in this matter, al
ways partalIing discreetly of Gods bounties.
moderate drinkers-drunkards in embryo !
go ahead. Hurra for our side" az >. naS" /
Now this lisa plain statement Of the case.-
Moderate drinking is the grand school of drunk
enness; the rum-seller is the teacher, and the
dram shop is the sohool-room. Every good cit
izen owes it to the cause of virtue and humani-
ty, by'any and every honest means, to put an