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The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-01-21

The Temperance ranks can boast Of
but few such men as Bro. Cary. His
whole soul has become deeply enlisted
in the cause Of suffering humanity !;
and the only reward he cOvets for all
his tolls and sacrifices in the cause,
is that comfort which flows from a
consciousness Of having been instru-
mental in farthering, in some degree,
the great work for which be labors.
It viii be as cheering to our readers
as il is gratifying to us, to know that
he will continue his invaluable services
for the ensuing year"
CALEB CLARK.
The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-01-21
Our Editor,

We cannot, at the beginning of the
new volume, refrain from acknowl-
edging our great Indebtedness to Bro.
S. F. CARY, for his unbounded liber-
ality and kindness in devoting his
time and talent, gratuitously, in edit
ing the Organ during the past year.
None but an editor or publisher knows
the labor required for such task !;
yet Bro. C. has always been at his
post, except absent or prevented by
sickness, and was never known to
complain of the burden-giving the
paper as much attention as though he
received thousands as a salary for his
labor. For this, we, and also our
readers, owe him debt of gratitude
which never can be fully repaid. This
is not the only marks we have re-
ceived Of his generosity and devotion
to the great cause Of Temperance-he
having, few years since, gratuitously
edited similar paper for us.
The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-01-21
Apology.

In order to get our paper to press
in due time, we are compelled to de-
fer many of the Acknowledgements un-
til next week. Our kind friends will
please bear with us in this instance.
In our next number, we will be able
to tell what Divisions have been sue
cessfuI in getting the premiums, as
we have not had time to ascertain the
result before going to preserving
to the numerous clubs that have just
Showered in upon us.
The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-01-21
Our Paper.

CHANGE OF FORM, ILLUSTRATIONS, ETC.
At the earnest solicitation of many
friends, who are anxious to preseve
files of the Organ, we have changed
its form. We shall number the pages
regularly, and furnish an index at
the close of the volume. We hope
that all our patrons will approve our
course in this respect, especially as
the change involves an increased ex-
pense and trouble on our part.
We shall from time to time, as our
means will justify, furnish illustrations
of the character of the one on our first
page, for the purpose of adding to the
attractiveness and value of the paper.
The likeness of NEAL Dow is pro-
nounced, by those competent to judge,
very correct. This, with other plates
gotten up at great expense, for our
Illustrated Maine Law, will appear in
successive numbers.
Reader, will you not, without wait
ing for a more competent, butperhaps
less interested neighbor, get up a club
for the Organ in your vicinity!
We expect large addition to our
subscription list. Shall we be disap-
pointed /?
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The Maine Law.

There have been so many and gross
falsehoods told about the provisions
ofthe Maine Law, that we determined
to re-publish it entire in this first num-
Der of our second volume. AS our
paper is now in convenient form for
preservation, we hope many of our
readers will file it away for future re-
ference. In this case they will have
the Maine Law within their reach
when its various points are cOntro-
verted.
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To Old Subscribers.

With the last number, the time Of
some t,OeIue hundred Of our subscrib-
ers expired. A considerable portion
Of them have already renewed their
subscriptions, and we hope and trust
all the rest viii do the same, We
send this number to those who have
not renewed, that they may see that
we honestly intend to do our part to
make the Organ worthy Of contin-
ued and enlarged support.
The rule adopted in the beginning
will bo rigidly adhered to, viz: to re-
uuire advanced payment IN all cases.
Any other plan would launch us upon
a shoreless sea of uncertainty. Now,
while we do not know where our sub.
scribers may be at the end of the
wear, we shall know where we are
ourselves, so far as the Organ is con-
cerned. We sincerely and heartily
thank our friends for their patronage,
and hope we shall merit and receive
continuance Of their generous conf
dence. More, much more, attention
will be devoted to the selections than
we have been able to give heretofore.
The coming year will be one of ex-
ceeding interest to the friends of Tenn
perance Reform, and the necessities
of press devoted mainly to its advo-
cacy are imperative. We reiterate
the announcement made in the incep-
ton of our enterprise. We ask no
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bic aid to the cause it advocates
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ance, do not give it your support
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needtM. We are gratifed to know
that the Organ, the past year, has beer
generally acceptable. Our patrons
have been very indulgent, and have
been disposed to overlook our many
imperfections, for which kindess W,
are profoundly grateful. We hope il
future not to tax their forbearance t
the same extent.
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Back Numbers.

We shall print few hundred of
No. of the Organ for the purpose of
supplying those subscribers who have
not yet had an opportunity of sending
in their names. But from the rapid rate
they have been coming in this week,
we fear those who delay sending at
once cannot be supplied.
The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-01-21

E Donot fail to read the acknowl-
edgments in this number. They will
be found very interesting, as they con
tain information Of the prosperous
condition of the cause and the stimuli
taneous movement Of the people in
different portions of the State and
they are also interspersed with those
little "deW drops" and "rippling-riHs"
so essentially necessary to the perman-
ency of the Organ.
The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-01-21
CALEB CLARK.
A Word from the Editor.

At the beginning of the enterprise
Of publishing the Organ, it seemed to
be necessary that some one should un-
dertake the task of conducting the
editorial department gratuitously.-
We voluntarily and cheerfully gave
ourself to the work, hoping that ere
long the publisher would be able to
employ some one more competent and
who had more leisure than we could
command. The first volumeis now
closed, and the necessity for our con-
tinuance at the helm is not yet re-
moved. Glad as we would be to be
relieved, we are not made of the mar
terial 10 shrink from responsibility.
While our name continues at the head
of the editorial department, we shall
devote as much time as we can COM
mand to make the Organ an accepta-
BILE and useful auxiliary to the great
cause of Temperance. In our war
fare against the enemy, we shall avoid
all personalities, but public men, for
their public acts will be praised or
censured, as we think they deserve.
Religion and sound morals will ever
find us their defender, but we shalt
not spare any church or political party
who attempt to shield the liquor traffic,
or apologize for the existence of dis
tilleries and dramshops. We may,
and probably often will err in judg-
ment, for whatever merits we may
arrogate to ourselves, we do not claim
to be infaIible.
We sympathize with all the organ
izations of the day, which have fol
their primary object the promotion Of
Temperance, and when the occasion
requires it, we shall speak Of them
/ We will not lose sight of the Apostolic
injunction: If it be possible as m~cd
as Heth IN you, live pe0ceobly with all
men," We hope the friends of the
| Organ, in this and other States, will
aid us in our work by contributing
to our columns whenever anything O.
interest occurs in their respective To-
calities. a'f p.
| We can furnish readily all the long
dry, prosy articles needed, and We
will not, therefore, ask our friends tx
aid us in this department, but we dC
most affectionately urge them to giv'
us important items of intelligence an(
| valuable suggestions.
The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-01-21

H We have an excellent story,
written by Mrs. Harriet Beecher
Stowe, for which we are indebted to
Mrs. E. M. Gregory, for the next
number of the Organ. n
The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-01-21
GOV. clifford, q Masaaohusetts,
on the Maine Law.

after taking the oath OF office, deliy-
cred message to the Legislature, in
which he said, in alluding to the Maine
Law, "that the cause Of morals never
gained through illegal Legislation, and
its severest wounds are inflicted by
being dragged by its friends into the
political arena" If we did not know
that other Governors had been guilty
ofultering similarnonsense, we should
discredit the telegraph, and wait in
silence the receipt Of the message it
self. Does not Gov. Clifford know
that the extinction Of the liquor traf-
fc is not mere question of morals"
Itmight be pardonable in a demagogue
who was canvassing for votes and did
not scruple as to the means of obtain
ing them, to indulge in such cant, but
it is beneath the dignity Of a Cover
nor TO thus trihe with the intelligence
ola legislative Assembly. Who doubts
that the abolishing Of the liquor traf-
fc in Massachusetts would essentially
diminish the number of lunatics, pau
pers and criminals; that it would great
ly lessen the taxes imposed upon the
people, that it would render every
mans life, property, reputation and
pursuit Of happiness more secure.
Is it then a mere question Of NOR
ais Z Is it not rather a great ques-
ton of political and social economy,
a question Of State and national poll
cy, without any reference to its MORAL
ASPECTS. Agriculture, commerce, the
industrial and fine arts, education,
civil liberty, are all involved in this
subject. Buthisexcellency talks about
/ illegal Legislation, as though the thou
sands of intelligent citizens Of his
State desire illegal 1--WE suppose he
means unconstitutional) enactments.
This is a SANDER. We grant that
laws may have been passed which
conflict with provisions of the consti-
tuition; if so they have not been de-
signed, but have been the result of
mere inadvertence. Temperance men
every where revere the constitutions
of these States, and they will be the
first to maintain their integrity and
the last to stand by them. "IRe Sc
vere8t Couads TO the cause of morals
are inflicted BY being dragged By its
friends into the political arena" We
have already said that nobody wants
to drag ''cGase Of morals" into the
''poJitical Grena,' and this assertion
therefore is gratuitous. If the state
ment was true, we apprehend that
Temperance men will be slow to take
advice from their enemies. What
has been the effect Of not dragging
even the moral part Of this subject in
to the political arena. Drunkards are
returned to Congress, to the State
Legislatures, placed on the bench and
inthe executive chair, because it would
not do in political contest to consid-
er the moral character Of the candi-
date, but simply is he sound Wing or
is he a true Democrat. Liquor loving
demagogues will learn, we hope, in
due time that Temperance men have
some respect for their Temperance as
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Cuba removed there would still exist an almost
lnsuperabe officially the number OF free blacks who
swarm about the island. Ignorant and vicious, they
would be found ready instruments in any work OF
chief Mingling freely with the slaves, they would be
constantly exciting the latter insurreclion and revolt
and thus render the lives so the planters every moment
insecure Ii may be asked why these evils not now
fel, In some degree they but they felt less
sensiby because over these the OF her sub
lects Spain maintains sleepess military rule They
can turn in no direction without meeting company OF
infantry troop OF horse, and the certainty with which
heavy punishment follows suspicion, even operates
an efecual check upon their vicious propenses With
us il would be wholly different, There would be no
soldiers 10 overawe them, military executions to keep
alive their ierors, no police exercising them
vigilance and checking every plot in it's FIRST ncep
ton In the South we understand the difficulties and
the dangers which arise from this class OF population,
and most OF the southern States have passed laws to
Glade them from their lmits hat they already located
in Cuba. and the difficulty is TO get rid OF them,
There are other Arguments which might advance, but
they 70 not needed In the elaborate discussions which
these resolutions have caused, do not ecolect to have
single tenabe advanced IN tavor oil the ac-
qssiiion OF Cuba Its possession IA assumed to be OF
immense advantage but in what the advantage consists
we are wholly uniformed We not told how we
to be benefited by throwing away aevenne OF hye
six millions of dollars annually. We are not told
we are to be benefited by destroying the culture OF
sugar in the southern States We are not told how we
are To be benefited by changing the character OF men
trail harbor into which commerce might be safely
poured n lime Of We are not TOLL what advantage
TO derive from incorporating among us mass ol
wetched human bsinss wh,es. free blacks and slaves
unfit to govern themselves and unwilling to be governed
by US.
Washington telegraph., 1853-04-13
NO.. Is.
The Old Man and the Acorn,
A Story with a Moral


A foreign beggar sat one black day in au-
tumn. beneath the boughs of venerable
oak; he sat upon rude stone bench, and
unused bitterly upon his destitution in regard
to friends, home. and the comforts of life,
Who cares for the poor old bcggar!' he
said. These people drive me with threats
Of violence from their doors. If | ask Cor
morsel Of meat, or crumb Of bread, or
q nights shelter from the inclemency Of the
blast, they turn away and mutter Of Migrants,
work houses. and idle poverty. Even the
wind over my head seems to mock my sor-
rows"
Just at that moment an acorn, which had
grown upon the topmost bough Of the tree,
came rafting down, and hitting the uncov-
cred head Of the beggar, wounded it until
the blood gushed out The old man arose
in wrath.
HAS everything conspired to wound and
injure me!'' he cried Cannot I sit down
peaceably-must ] be pelted and tortured
by such paltry thing as THIS ?" and with
his heel he ground the poor acorn into the
soft, moist soil, and when it WIS entirely hid
den beneath the surface of the earth, he ex-
ulted proudly, as men exult over fallen or
extirpated foe.
Il will learn you" he muttered. a. if the
acorn had been sentient thing, ito come
rattling down in that style You will never
see daylight again. Your dancing days are
over, you are buried and may kie there
ami rot for what | care" and picking up
his tattered hat and knapsack, the angry beg
gar journeyed on.
The acorn, hidden away beneath the sur
face of the SOIL lay buried from sight little.
while but finally the spirit Of life slumbering
in it began to act, and up came a vigorous
young oak, waving its green leaves in the
sunshine, and becoming more firmly rooted
by every blast that swept over it The beg
gar in his wrath had done Z good work for
the acorn He had made it answer the very
purpose for which it had been designed; he
had unconsciously been the agent in plant
ing the young vigorous oak. And thus it
often happens. Men strive to crush their
enemies, and fzncy they have buried them
beneath public odium and scorn; but. ten to
one, the stroke they design for an affective
one will be the means Of developing some
latent virtue, which will make them rise
higherthan ever. What men term adverse
circumstances are often the best develop
ers of physical, moral, or intellectual great
ness; the poor crushed and down-trodden or
phan becomes the great statesman: had he
been the petted child of fortune, he never
would have been heard Of out of his native
village, and very likely would have died in
poverty and obscurity. Truthfully. has it
been said, THAT what we term affections
may be blessings in Disguise
Washington telegraph., 1853-04-13
How the Quakers Invaded Ere
Hand.

A famine fell upon nearly one half Of
great nation. The whole world fastened to
contribute money and food. But few
courageous men left their houses in Middle
sex and surry, and penetrated to the remot-
est gleEs and bogs Of the west coast of the
stricken island. to administer relief with
their own hands. They found themselves
not merely in the valley of the shadow of
death-that would be but an imperfect i'm
age-they were in the charnel-house of
nation. Never, since the eleventh century,
did pestilence, the quaint handmade of fam
inc, CLEAN so rich a harvest. In the midst
Of scene which 10 field of battle ever
equalied in danger, in the number Of its
slain, or the physical sllfierings Of the living.
these brave men walked a. calm and IN
moved a. though they had been in their
own homes. The population sunk % fast
that tic living could not bury the dead
halfinterred bodies protruded from the gap
ing graves often the wife died in the midst
Of her starving children, whilst the husband
lay fostering corpse BY her side. Into the
midst of these horrors did our heroes pene-
trate, dragging the dead from the living
with their own hands, raising the heads Of
the famishing children, and pouring nour-
ishment into parched lips from which shot
fever flames more deadly than volley of
musketry. Here was courage No music
strung the nerves no smoke obscured the
imminent danger no thunder Of artillery
deadened the senses. 1t was cool selfpos-
session and resolute will /; calculated risk
and heroic resignation. And who were
these brave men +? To what gallant" corps
did they belong? Were they Of the horse.
foot, or artillery force They we're Qua
kers from Clapham and Kingston! If you
would know what heroic actions they per-
formed, you must inquire from those who
witnessed them You will not find them
recorded in the volume of reports published
by themselves, for Quakers write no bullet
ins of their victories.
Cobden's Pamphlet.
Washington telegraph., 1853-04-13

FEMALE WoMEN-We respect admire
and love female woman. We admire her
IN the beauty of her person, her moral pres
ence and position; we respect her simple
truthfulness and innocence, and we love her
as the embodiment of the highest charms and
sweetest attributes of humanity. But male
woman who can bear? We cannot read of
monster meetings in which women perform
the leading parts of lectures on the subject
of marriage to promscuous audiences by fe-
male tongues, and of the perambulating fe-
male spouters who go about the country with
out an involuntary emotion of disgust
Many Of these women are mothers who have
families of tender age at home and husbands
who should have tender heads. Home du-
ties are forsaken and the misguided mistress
es go about teaching other people their du-
ties, What comfortable wives they must be.
What kind and assiduous mothers, How
they must hallow home that is too small to
hold them. Gods of War. We would as
soon live with a hyena or steam engine
Don't come this way, we beg of you.
[Smimgteld Rep.