The Ohio union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1849-1854, 1854-03-22
FLOR the Ohio UnIonl -sar
APPEAL 70 LIQUOn SELLERS NO. ..

APPEAL TO LIQUOn SELLERS NO. p
SiRs.-There are other considerations
besides the fac. thai you live in a rePubli-
can community, that should induce you TO
cease The sale of intoxicating drinks.
Among iliese, we call your attention 10
the fact that q large and constantly increas-
ing number Of foreigners are now laboIlng
upon our public works. These, you aie
aware, are for the most part ~uneducaled'
and without any moral check upon their
appeliies. A large majority oil these are
accustomed, when opportunity offers, to
indulge in the excessive use Of Intoxicating
drinks. They have colne here, with PREF.
udices almos, amounting to hatred, Of our
people as Proiesisnis. They are proven
bially excilable, and savage when excited.
They often manifesta fearful feroci'y when
intoxicated. You know that the Contract
ors upon the Rail Road refuse to lurn'Sn
them with any liquor, and this they DOLBY
express stipulation of The Company. This
arrangement accords with the wishes
of a large majority Of the community
through which the Road passes. If you
do not furnish them, they WILDE constrain.
ed 10 practice a sobrieiy to which they are
not inclined. They not only feel bitterly
towards Pro,eslanis, but are exceedingly
clownish among themselves. You are
aware that if opportunity offers, these poor
laborers will spend all their hard earnings
for the drink that will ruin them ; and then,
under the influence Of intoxica,ion, they
will indulge in clownish brawls, i%njnre,
main, and perhaps butcher one another.
Scarce a public improvement of any i'm
porlancc has been made in the land, with.
| out the occurrence Of such scenes. Often
has the lile's blood, not only Of laborers
but of citizens, flowed in them. So pro-
,racled and fierce have these revels become,
that military force alone could compose
them. There is no security for the prop
erly, person or life, Of any c%irizen, when
they become inlamed with this liquid fire.
Already Violence has been offered to more
than one Of our peaceful citizens, and no
man can feel any security if they are still
supplied with The means Of inloxicilion'
Untold misery and ruin must result Ia
them by this means! Immense mischief
must accrue 10 The interests of our public
improvement, and perpetual dread will fill
the minds of the community, aud, perhaps,
irreparablo injury fall upon many.
Now, if you do not sell hiem liquor,
they will not obtain /, and these evils will
be prevented. But if you continue IL fur
nish them, these evils will inevitably fol-
low, and you must beheld responsible for
their production. The simple question,
therefore, is, whether for the sake Of the
pallry dimes these men have 10 give, will
you continue to place the temptation be-
fure them, aud pour upon them such
curse, and upon the Rail Road Company
and The community such fearful evils. W.
appeal to you, then, as men who have, o.
ought to have, a regard for the well being
of those foreigners, whose children, if 'h'
parents themselves do moi, must become
citizens of our country, and contribute II
its greatness or its ruin. We appeal Il
you as persons having respect for The wish
es, the peace and the security Of Ihe com
munily a, large, and for the success o
those who are making our public improve
meni, 10 cease dealing out intoxicating liq
uors as a beverage. .