The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-02-11

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eradicate the appetite we must drive
out and annihilate.that which creates
and nourishes 1.-THE whisky shop,
fashionable saloon and social circle,
where Intoxicating drinks are permit
ted. lIaa 1a4aomaa 9d'l
5. Resolved, That the right Of the
State to prohibit the manufacture and
sale Of any article producing in.iEs
common use pauperism, crime. nlise-
ry, disease, and death, cannot be
properly questioned in land Of lib
erty regulated by law and the right
to seize and destroy, under proper
constitutional and legal restrictions,
Intoxicating liquors, which we deem
ten thousand times more destructive
of the happiness and interests Of the
people, than counterfeit plates, dies,
and spurious bank notes, or obscene
pictures and books, can only be doubt
ed by those who resolve society into
anarchy, and peaceful government in
to the despotism Of mobocracy.
\ 6. Resolved, That the present law
4 now in force, which assumes to vote
affirmatively for license at the April
election. for all voters who omit to
express their preference for or against
H the liquor traffic, is anti-democratic,
II and only suited to an arbitrary gov
i eminent, where the crowned sover-
eign claims to answer for his subjects /;
\ andwe challenge the exhibition Of a
more tyrannical law since the days of
| the Revolution, where the legislative
power expressed many years past,
now assumes to vote for free citizen
against his own will. A-'"A't'2 'l'.'4
! Y. Resolved, That the Legislature
should be solicited torepeal all exist
ing laws Of State regulating the liquor
traffic, and urged to pass a law pro.
hibiting the making and selling Of in
toxicating drinks as a beverage, ac.
companied with suitable penaltiekt tt
secure its observance. a
8, Resolved. That the raising o
revenue by licenses to sell intoxicating
drinks, is behind the moral sense ant
sober judgment Of the age, sure I'd in
crease. the tax burthens of the people
shocking to humanity and destructly,
of individual and public prosperity,
9. Inasmuch as the tax-paying com
munity ae not generally aware that
about halt the county revenue origi.
: mates directly or Indirectly from the
traffic in intoxicating drinks, 6eitt1ere.
Il fore farther Resolved, That the orders
and friends of Temperance in the sew
eral counties Of the Stale be requested
to procure from the Auditors of theil
respective counties, the following
items Of expenditures for the last five
years: l. Expenses for poor houses
farms. and taking care of paupers. 2
Expenses Of county jails, keeping
criminals, &c. 3, Expenses of grand
and petit jurors, fees, &c. 4. Cour
expenses, including bailiff's fees, cor.
onef'sinquests, and charges with sums
paid Attorneys for prosecuting or de
Tending criminals. And also thatthey
procure the amounts received during
the same period for licences, fines ant
costs in criminal cases, and deduct tht
same from the aggregate Of the fore
going items and forward the same q
the Chart for publication, and procur'
} its publication in the newspapers &
t their respective counties.
10. RESOLVED, That in all cases 0
{ death caused by the use of intoxicat
t ing drinks, it is proper that the publ
! should be soinlorme by the coroner
t inquest, and who it was that furnished
: the same, as it is to give the public th,
t name Of the Individual who cause
+ death BY the rifle, s6'lettO, bowie
: knife. arsenic or other poison; and al
/ friends Of humanity who are called t
e sit on such inquests, are earnestly re
+: II uuested to see that the moUster VIII