New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-07-22
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s,n, she gutter and using their first sober breath
80 atsn thei, experience" Mr.. Carey was then
ch.racterized by the FIRE and zeal that he now
shows but his FIRE differed from ,hat OF many Oh ms
faIio xs In that his burns quenchessy, While alas
the;rs In a multitude Of cases, has gone out. The
Pneteve State need not think the WashingtOnian ex-
element dead loss since it enlisted the ardor the
talents and the purse Of Carey In "war to the
"knife with ntemperance. How to measure the |
results Of the Washingtonian movement in Ohio do
not know; but suppose it common admission that /
yast numbers of the reformed went back to their cups;
but on the other hand, they did not all go back In
the Office of Tie OHIO State Jonr"at ,s a gentleman
whose experience as related by himself in public
meeting in le4l, haunted me like some Of the horrdiy
true pictures drawn by John b. Cough The hard
cider campaign of 1910, when thousand OF good men
fools enough to fellow CIDER barrel ON wheels
and in many cases themselves becoming cider barrels
on lecs-wsss an eventful period n the gentleman
allude to- aud shall not forget while live the VIVID
descriptions he gsve Of his course, one step after
another, until his nervous system became 80 ON flre
and awful phant0ms danced sOwidly about him that 1t
seemed impossible by the NEST powerful medicines to
induce sleep. At last it came in mercy and the man
arose wiser t. speak note Of warning which he has
not ceased TO repeat ever since.
Perhaps the most apparent result large scale OF
this movement in Ohio. was the mass OF testimony
which '"tl,e spirits in prison" temporarily released,
brought TO the public concerning their suferlngs as
class. This gave tone and vigor 10 public sentiment IN
the State.
things of the Washngtonians by furnishing asylums
for reclaimed nebriates and by giving cOnpactness
and direction to the aims Of those who were warrng
against giant evil, intemperance was and ls I'M
doubtedly in this State. The order was sustained by
some Of the beet in the community and undoubt-
edly took as respectable position as any general
moral reformation that can be named The Sons did
enc good thing, by their carrying by large majority
the Temperance section in the new constitution pro-
hbitinp the granting Of liquor licenses and leaving all
liquor dens to be dealt with like any other nuisances
This was great achievement, and did more to mark
the traffic in nuisance than any other measure
which can be named.
The Maine Law was not carried in Ohio, owing TO
causes which cannot now detail but II Is singular
fact that the last Legislature after rejecting that law,
passed another not stringent but far ahead OF any
preceding Legislative action. 1t seemed as If the gen.
temen Of that body had seen the writing on the
wall after they cast Neal Doves immortal inStru-
eDt over the DAM and in shaking terror fastened 10
do something to allay the popular wrath which came
surgng around them. The law they passed is not IKE
DIR. Jewett's harrow, with teeth sharpened at Deth
ends and always " right side up, yet in a community
wishing TO get rid of the traffic. 1T is an instrument
of no mean efficacy. The main difficulty in practice
with this law is not in putting all that can lntoxlcate
under ban article of sale to drink nor Ia the pen
allies with which it visits those who convicted but
in the nature Of the evidence which conviction is Sc
cured. In community where public sentiment is weak
and undecided the traffic in rum can be carried Oh with
considerable safety. Thus in Columbus by merest accl-
dent went into fashionable confectionery for an ice
cream. and to my surprise found several genteel
young men, and one hard old fellow " drinking
something with color and smell just IKE
brandy Neal Doves law would have enabled
a few honest minded men to smash every de-
canter in the establishment, but it is so difficult
to get the genteel young men and one hard old fell
"low" TO state even under oath that Mr. SO-and' sos
barkeeper did sell at such and such times Intoxicating
liquors. that il is exceedingly doubtful whether MIR.
So SO would be convicted if indicted. But
he should be convicted there is one comfort IN his
care and that is that he must go to the county jail Tor
ten days without the possibility of lodging. L con-
cider the pe inflicted something, but that ignOm'nsas
Imprisonment mih horseteres, coanteeers, burglars,
and other criminals Ieonsider the great thing Of e OHIO
lac. Ii classes iquor-selng with the crimes OF the
statute book, and puts the brand OF prison on the
liquor seller. Gentlemen of this profession by the
Ohio statute book are no longer gentlemen; when
convicted they etons, and snch are dealt with
This stepis noble one and the principle OF the Name
Law is not far behind and we shall soon see quorHsg
put on trial well the liquor seller, aud then woe
to the monster distleries at Newark Alton, Columbus,
Dayton, and especially those internal manufactures
Of eom-whiskey in the vicinity OF Cincinnati Wh9n !
was in Columbus few nights since deserted bright
LIGHT as supposed in the south part of the city, but
aiterward learned it was huge distilery burning
down some twelve or fifteen miles South OF the city.
thought 1t emblematc and by an unprompted feeln
was led to excaim "thank God"
The amount of breadstuis consumed in these estab-
Ishments is perfectly incredible to one who has not
visited them was told that the great Smith dlstll-
lery at Newark when in full blast consumed four
hundred bushels Of corn a day. The Pease dstilery
near Dayton used much: The slop-fed hogs OF
that establishment in one year sold for $50 000
when pork at low prices Those grim black breath
"ing holes of the pitt along the SciOtO and the Little
and Big Miamis, swallow at least much daily, and
some Of them more. The census shows that there
three hundred and twenty dstilleres in Ohio, employ
ing eight hundred and sixy-seven men in their estab
ishments. 1t s very curious thing how amazingly
particular is in giving the precise number
OF gallons Of made in the State but it does not
state how many disteries there are nor how many
bushels Of grain they mash annually, BOr how many
gallons Of that peculiarly fiery poisonous and deadly
stun, called srhisky made in this State. The
three columns in the table stating those facts
would have been sermon which the stones would
have heard. But in the absence of these columns in
the census let us make rough estimate. | have not
doubt but that of the 50 695 bushels of raised
In the State that from six TO ten millions used in
the distilleres; that of the 425,9lS bushels
Of rye raised in the State half is distilled;
and that the greater part of the 354,S5S bushels
Of barley is brewed. And suppose this inn
mense aggregate Of corn and rye converted
into honest corn whisky, even then il would be evil
which is too awful TO think of but my neghbor buys
this infamous re.water and drugs il with poisons so
that it Is fatal drink than pure corn whisky
and the pure article is warranted 20 burn out the som
aeh CT locomotive in the brefest reasonable time
What wonder then that dozen of my neighbors who
buy the drugged article have not only had the delicate
coatngs OF their stomach consumed but their manly
affections and their manly minds are also burnt up!
Oh thatwill be day Of jubilee for Ohio and the land
ut large when the Maine Law puts its hand on the dis
teries of this fair State and stop their murderous de-
stUcton of bread and their murderous manufacture of
poison on scale Of magnitude which is appalling.
With them will go the smaller breathing holes" of