The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-12-02

'Gt has opened The sanctuary Of home
to the eager eyes of busy-bodies in other
mems matters, Y
If men conYen their homes into grog-
shops or receptacles of stolen goods, they
may be searched. Was that worth put.
ting in capitals
at has ,impeached the morality of a
large majority Of the citizens Of this
State"
The meaning Of this is not obvious.
Where are the TappeFsf
''lt has fixed the stigma of crime on
the whole line Of our ancestry"
The law prohibiting the African slave
trade, on penalty of death, fixed the
stigma of crime on all who had formerly
been engaged in it, Just in the same
way; and SO does our presentlaw against
the sale Of lottery tickets. You mast try
again, gentlemen, if you would alarm
sober men.
at has put the brand of infamy upon
the most illustrious names of all ages and
OF all nations"
Fudge!
"It virtually puts every farmer in the
Commonwealth under bonds of $6 600
liable to pay this sum at any moment, if
his cider should accidentally fermenl too
soon."
Utterly false You cannot frighten the
farmers with such gammon.
"It has made the legal preparation and
dispensation of the most ordinary medi-
cines an impossibility."
False again! Was ever man prose-
cuted under the Maine Law for making
or selling paregoric? If you say, "No;
but he might be--we answer, $50, un-
der our law against theft, | might prose-
cute man for taking mellow apple
from my orchard, but would Iespecta-
BILE court entertain the case
"It contradicts the wisdom and the ex-
perience of the whole human race"
Every improvement in the arts, and
every advance in science, does as much.
Capt. Mckay, in building his magnii-
cent ship, cast a decided reflection on
the wisdom and experience Of Noah in
the matter of naval architecture.
ut stimulates and influences the ap-
petite for strong drink"
1t is continued indulgence which slim
ulates the appetite for strong drinks, and
not the abstinence which the law will
indirectly enforce.
''It muItiplies the arts and the prac.
tees Of deception. A contraband article
is sold in every town in the State"
The law that seeks to protect property
in our banks, stores or dwellings, multi
plies the arts and stimulates the ingenui.
ty of those who wish 10 steal.
EtIt has taught the citizens to look
with indifference or with positive favor
upon a constant evasion or violation oil
law"
Those citizens who look with favor on
evasions or violations of the law in ques-
ton, have been educated to such trea-
sonable conduct in the grog.shops and
bar.rooms of the State. This law has not
produced that class of men. They have
long existed and shown the same spirit
habilually in relation to all laws that put
restraints upon their unhallowed passions
and depraved appetites.
sIt has caused more violations of law
than all other enactments in the State"
The traffic it prohibits has caused more
than four-fifths of the crimes which have
afflicted, disgraced and burthened the
State for the last quarter OF a century.
1t is Satan most potent instrunentaIily
for the ruin of men-body, soul and es-
tate-and we do not expect him and his
co workers to give it up without des-
perate struggle. Let it comel We are
ready and willing to meet the issue.
"It is fast producing contempt for all
law"
Liquor.sellers, and their patrons and
supporters, have long been accustomed