New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-12-02

nature Of oman y never bsttef Iie rsisd 70 al shen
II lesSs he wife Of drunken man 10 bear hs orutA
treatment without an unknd word; and shen his 'p-
cite has reduced bim to the very borders Of inc
crave che purses him as tenderly as II she bad Always
been loving and kind. We know such one On
the evening Of April II, is- she ras sick, and re-
tired early. 1t wac Oh elec,on-dsy, AMI that n'sh'
her husband came home furious with run, accom-
penied by young man, Tho, knowing Us eruei.!
when drunk, went along % guard the family "hD
the young man was ar ent few minutes ro>l the
room, the rumman &C seized his wife ano droV her
out into the s'orT q, jest he drngr,d her almost
naked from ih' bed. The e1posD,e thre~ the peor
woman into. q violent siekne|., which terminated
iSisliy ,f,hin week.
h. r. was a valusble Yle destroyed; and it would
IN as il our community ought d have held an in-
~ 70 knoe how 1t came % pass and learn wiener
this woman died the common death OF all men, or
whether violence had really terminated That hie as
IL dagger had been driven by the maniac into ms
vi.e's heart Ought not the community 20 have
aseertafped who sold run 10 this man, and whether
sueh person or persons knew bis habits when drunk
In fact, ought they not b have made on. clear
history OF this violent death, il might have bsen
drarn by authority from witnesses under oath But
nothing was done Of this kind, and this poor woman
hes in the grave by violent death, and the com
mupiiy have never written under oath the facts az
they occurred.
Take one more case from our little book. Some
wear, aeo youoe energetic contracted The habit
NJ drinking 10 excess bat at last led % give up
bis cups and hive sober life. Things thrived with
him until serious accident laid him by for several
II, 80, ho N n
advice to buy barrel of rum to retail among hs
peehbors. for the purpose OF making some money for
his support BY The time the third barrel was sold
out he had himself become hard driDker. Again be
broke away from bis bad habit and having recovered
bis be ,lih went into business with renewed energy
and with entire success. One afternoon he came to
town 10 serle up large bill and receive his pay and
AGAIN bad sdvirer invited him drink, and over
cane his repeated r,fusals to do 50. Hs revived
thirst demanded more than one drink, and he conen-
u, 20 drink until be very drunk. Unable to get
any more At this tavern he vent another 20 get one
more dram before be started for home. Here they
gave him, not rum but something weaker; and in
getting into his wagon by some means he was thrown
out. landing upon bis head snd ipurDg his spine
that for days be presented the singular spec
tsce of nan who bad his re perfectly, and yet
OF feeling. The poor fellow would ask his friends to
run Din into his fesh to see ii he could feel il
bu, it was in vain lie fingered along few days. and
then died.
Now, we have not the least idea that those who
brought about 70 fearful catastrophe meant 70 do it.
All they meant was to get tue money for the drinks,
but then they must know tina, almost ali this sort OF
eaiasrophes is connected with the drinking OF rum,
snd they eel rum kDo wing this fact. But however
this NAV be- would il not have been consistent for
those persons who were jealous land Justly sol for
holding an inques, the body found in the woods,
and The body of our citizen killed the railroad,
also 10 have held an inquest on the body OF this man
who broke his neck in front of tavern Ought
tb. not to have got all the facts under oath, that,
at .a.i the people might have fair view OF traffic
which is shielded by legislative enactmonts, and up
held BY our courts OF law II would have been =
reueI dous sermon on this subject, if an intelligent
coroner bad traced this poor victim OF rum from hid
house that morning sober man; yes, sober, until
bis business was concluded. II would hive told with
surprispg effect had the coroner summoned that vic
tim father to Tell jury of inquest, he told to
our frieId what he knew OF the facts, and then 20
have wrupg out, under oath, the name Of the man
who tempted him to drink and the men who sold hin
the liquor; apd to have recorded the horrible bias
phemes uttered by the poor after he was drunk,
and how be fell out Of the wagon, aud what was hs
condition of body, and what he said before death
mace bis lips a. ipsensb bio a. his limbs Ir would
have made an awful ,ract-ihe truth of which would
have been Endorsed by the oath " to tell the truth,
" the whole truth. and nothing but the truth! Op-
posers could not have bunted the edge OF truth thus
foriifes by say ing this is Of the lies Of Temper
apce men reral nan alive OF such 4 jury.inquest
ID such Gaze would do against the rum-trAihci
would siltnce more conditional objections would
assken more feeling Of horror in view OF the eglti-
mate and Necessary miseries Of the traffic, than
eartoad Of theoretical tracts however eloquent and
just. We have faith in the people that they will de-
cide Justly concerning this traffic, they in
t,ligently understand its character.
In our own town, within five years we can name at
least ten cases OF men apparently murdered by rum,
each of which sbou have been investgatedby jury
Of ipqut st. and the facts elected soad out before the
world; and yet, perhaps the remp " liquor seller
explains the reason Of its not bein -Jue: 4" II at
" tempt to bod inquest over the b" ly of every
dunk ard, the will be on dL - re time :" |.
might be Tor little while but .hat such
process would arouse popular Indignation az ainst
the rum traffic so that the main occasion for that
o OF inquesis would be put out Of the way, by
outlaring The traffic in run as beverage, as We
would the traffic in rags infected With the small pox
THE EARLY PIONEERS OF ONO.