Plymouth banner. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1852-1855, 1853-12-22
The Great WOrk.--A County Temperance

Iut uItub WUIhs--A Souh'y AS"PN'N
convention is 10 meet at the court house
in this place on Saturday next for the
purpose of appointing delegates to the
State Convention which is to assemble at
Indiana polls on the llth of next month.
The unconsti,utionality Of the only
prohibitory feature y the liquor law OF
last winter. devolves Upon the friends of
temperance an impor,an, work and great
responsibility during tae next year.
We are aware that various and con-
flicting methods for The accomplishment
Of this work will be resor.ed to, but all
should be done with firmness. calmness,
temperance and foiDearance. No one
should find i. in his heart TO abuse even
the drunkard or his opinions. No mon
desires the inebriate's. position or rank.
There never was a more humble and pen
itent soul in the world. than the drunk
ssd- when in his sober nomenis.- How
many thousand resolves has he made to
himself and his intimate friends. of refor-
nation, and at this hour there are thous-
ands of them in the STATE of Indiana who
will--perhaps intoxicated at the time
if properly approached. vote FOR every
feature Of The Maine law.
1t may DO noticed. III almos, invari-
ably. those given 10 in ,1ieation. are OF
a sensitive and rather high minded tenn
permanent hen sober. and the plan OF
crushing the topper beneath the feet OF
those favored with an entire different
taste, or who are too penurious to drink
at their own expense and rather too proud
90 indulge at the expense of their neigh
boIs. goes further to deepen and more
8rmly fix the opposition to reform ofany
kind, than to aid in its accomplishment.
Fill the pulpit with an avowed descen-
dant of Tom Payne. TO preach the un-
sesrcha bic riches of revealed religion. and
what would be his success? Place the
practical mechanic upon the rostrum to
lecture you upon the subject of ana tony,
to teach you of the mysterious construc-
ton of the human body; when at his COM
meucement he tells you that he never
read q syllable upon the subject-never
as much al seen a ma nakin of the huma n
body, nor has eve. witnessed single sur.
gical operation. and what will he accom-
plisi.? As we'll might you do these as to
hiss on the believing and serocious advo-
cate, who never tasted drop Of spirits
In their abuse and inludicious warnings
of the inebriate. and thus pretending tt
teach him of the evil consequences Of his
course. He may tell him how bad he
looks, but be can't tell him how bad he
feels; and thus his success will about e.
quail, and his position be about as sppro
priately assigned him. as the descendant
Of Tom Payne or the mechanical anHto
aist.
II ever the charity and sympathT of {
sober and generous constituency are t.
be called into successful exercise in thu
accomplishment Of a laudable work, w.
apprehend that they will be in the ap
preaching contest. We should neve
trample upon the feeble or crippled bu
endavor to raise and reinsiaie them. In
stead Of labcring to pull down those tba
are higher than ourselves. we should EN-
deayor to bring back to our own leve
those beneath US.
II the manufacture and sale Of liquo
is prohibited by law, the total abandon