Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1854-04-14
WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THE ENACT
MENT OF A PRoHIsIToRY LAW.

|. Drunkards; who, as nine out Of
ten of them dow earnestly wish. will be
no longer exposed to temptation.
2. Temperate drinkers, so called;
who will no longer be in danger of
becoming drunkards; as now six-tenths
oflhem, according TO reliable authorities
do become.
.. Parents whose chndfen, wives
whose husbands, sisters whose brothers
or lovers, children whose parents,
friends whose friends will then be safe;
aud themselves relieved from the ago
nies of fear. orol griefand shame which
they now endure.
4. The employers; whose la6orers
will then work more steadily, more
quietly, and more profitably; perform
!. ing ut least one.hlth more labor in the
same time.
8. The employed; who will save at
least twenty live per cent of his pay.
and be every way personally, aud re-
lativcly to hIs iamIl y, wiser, healthier
happier man,
q. CAPITALISTS, whose property will be
exempt from the casualties TO which it
is now subject. in consequence of the
incompetency or negligence of their
agents, produced by the use Of intoxi-
eating drinks.
T. Life and fire and marine insur-
ance companies; whose risks will be re-
duced at least one-lifth'
Q. Travellers and transporters by
railroads and steamboats,; whose lives
and property will then be free from the
hazards caused by the stupidity or
recklessness of engineers and switch
tenders under the influence of intoxica-
ting drinks.
8. Every tax-paying citizen; who
will then be relieved from three fourths
OF his present assessment to supper
courts, jails, penitentiaries and poor
houes.
10. Every patriot; who will then see
his ountry delivered from its direst
curse; its productive labor increased
one-tifth; its capital augmented by the
hundred of millions of dollars per
annum, now consumed by the use Of
intoxicating drinks; and above all, Its
moral character elevated, and it, lIber
ties--endangered more by drunkenness
than by any thing else-safc.
! IL. Every philanthropist; whose
heart will rejoice in him to see the vic
Tins of rum, clothed and in their right
minds; beggared, beaten, starving and
wretched families restored TO plenty
and comfort; and whole community
placed in an advanced position to run
a noble career Of prosperity. happiness
and glory.
l2. Every Christian; who wilregarl
the new state Of things as fulflment
of prophecy: as an answer to prayer: rs
the reward Of labor: as "a promise that
the gospel is to exert an influence, and
make advances henceforth, unknown TO
the church hitherto.
l3. Every minister Of religion; who
will no longer preach TO men whose
moral sensibilities have been deadened
and, in many cases, destroyed by strong
drinks; whose nocks will no longercom-
prise members disgracing religion by
their drinking habits, or disquieting
their brethren by their disorderly con-
duct; and whose usefulness; and even
whose freedom of speech aud action
will no longer be iettered by rich
manufacturers, sellers and topers iu
their congregations. What good, IN
deed, may not the true-hearted minister
Of the gospel except from the suppress
sion Of this accursed traihcl
Ia. All, in fine, who are engaged in
making, and tratlickIng in intoxicating
drinks; who will thenno longer murder
and otherwise ruin and destroy their
fellow-creaturcs: their Interest will no
longer bind them to iniquitys and blind