The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-11-18

This principle is acted upon in the
laws which are passed against gambling,
iotlerles, Sabbath-breaking, counterfeit
ing money, smuggling, the storage Of
gunpowder, the exposure and sale Of de-
moralzlng prints, and any business that
endanIgers the public health or morals.
We DO not depend upon the Influence of
moral Suaslon to protect society against
these evils We DO not go to the gambler
and appeal to his conscience, his bu.
manlty, his regard for the public welfare.
we DO not plead with the incendiary and
portray before him the suffering which
ne occasions, depicting in vivid colors
the horrors Of midnight conhagration.
we do not depend upon public meetings.
speeches and the force of mere argu.
ment TO prevent men from stealing, or
forging, or uttering SANDER. Society de-
crees that these evils shall not be per-
ml'ted; 1t employs its whole force to
ahnlnllate them; il does not admit for a
moment the plan Of regulating them.
Governments do not license annually
out OF regard for public depravity, so
many lncendlaries, or thieves, or coun-
terfelters, or dealers in tainted meat,
ALI, therefore, that we contend for. is
the application Of this principle of legis.
iatlon 10 the evils of IntempeTauce, which
IS applied TO other and lesser evils |
ana we are confident that as civilization
advances, and humanity gains over bar !
parity, and the iron chains ola degradins
aRaIlce tall from the heatts Of men ,tha j
astatute, similar IA its AIMS NJ t3e Il
Law, will be adopted by every nation |
mat is free to enact and enforce its own |
laws. And we believe the time has
come when holy alliance should be \
formed by the governments Of the world \
against their common foe, the rum-traffic. h
The trumpet-blasts to arouse the nations
should be sounded from every hilltop, /
and echoed in every valley. The hosts
should be marshaled upon every plain,
and the war should be one of extermi- G
nation. None but a Waterloo victory
should induce the friends of Temperance 4
% lay down their arms and retire from
he field. aEl
The TO which liquors are drug.
yed, and the basest compounds sold un- K
Ter the names of wine, brandy, &C., is a
eature OF this traffic which should excite
universal indignation and abhonence.
IS though alcohol itself were not a suffi-
'ently violent poison, it is mixed with Il
eadly drugs, and thus distributed through /
he community. Liquors thus prepared
re sold with full knowledge that thew 3
'ill rapidly increase the thirst for strong :
rlnk, undermine the health, and fill the :
llnd with lndescribable wretchedness,
he slaVe-trader can do no worse with
is victims than these men do with those
'ho tall into their grasp. The unholy t
lqulsltor cannot invent more exquisite b
'rtures for the unfortunate inmates of his II +,
nson, than these men invent for the q
oor drunkard, whom they lash to the / 7
OK OF deI'rtum tremens, and pass through =
e horrors OF one dark dungeon after I"
homer IN his passage to an ignominious
ave. Such stupendous wickedness Il
ould arouse to the most decisive ac- i
m every one who has not lost all sense y
right, in whose heart the last spark of 70
Imanity has-not become extinguished.
Hers, Legislators, philanthropists and w
lrlstlans OF every name, should unite to
a crusade to rescue the interests of ~
2lety from the power of this traffic. co m
1t is almost needless to add that with =
success of the Temperance cause is r,
injected every philanthropic and Christ "a
movement OF our times. In every -
vance that is made, we suppress ~ ~.
me, prepare the way for The spread Of In
gospel, and move forward the civil. =, -
ion of the world We stimulate with \ ~
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