Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-01-27

and children, sitting in rows swilling away at
Wlhe' (hokthg up ia quantity ichdt pas tcdHting
M Strengfh)and such was the character Of the in.
mares OF These dens OF debaucbery, that my guide
urBeu my immediate departure ne | valued my life
ana tomorrow" said Lord Acton to me, Il shall
ne Obliged to condemn IT, death q man who went
uirect from one of these dens to his home, where,
uhder the influence ct wine, he butchered his mo-
t'er and his wife. And this man. when not under
this malign influence, was u kind.hearted son, hus'
band and father"
The evils uf intcmpcrance are now universally
acknowledged to be SO vast and vvershadowing
that even our former enemies are seeking out n
remedy-and that remedy in the manufacture end
importation of pure intoxicating drinks. 1t is now
too late to spend II moment on this iGea rs II rem
edy. 1t is out of the question to decide which is
Or which is not pU'e-all the chemists in the world
could not give e correct anal, sis in one year of
the confer Is of q single wholesale liquor establish
ment that could be named. The only reason why
even pure intoxicating liquor is drank is from the
poison in title poison, alcohol--we do not want
this poison, rs a beverage, in any shape.
Ohio is striving for the bad emincnce of becom.
ing a wine. producing State. If she succeeds, it
will be a curse to that State, and through her to
the nation.
The only safety for us is in prohibition Of the
traffic of all kinds Of intoxicating liquors, as a
beverage. in all the States, aud the %non-importa-
ton OF the same from abroad The friends Of hui
mainly and temperance will, | trust, fix heir aims
on these two great points. and not he turned aside
from them until their ends are accomplished. All
that Is wanted is perseverance,, and to bring the
truths involved in this great question home TO ey-
cry honest mind ia the land. and then the victory
Will be sure, for this Republic--apd in time for the
world.
Said Louis Philippe to the writer "You have
the right OF 1t. Hook upon wine AS a poisUn-to-
tai abstinence from all that can intuxicate is the
only true principle of Independently avoid remark
| color my water on public occasions, so as to look
like wine. | would sign your total abstinence
pledge, which is true and beautifully expressed.
with pleasure, but | should be called n fooi--tbere
are not fifteen persons in Paris who understand the
prin, piles of temperance as YOU and | do. Yuu
must go home and work there you are a better
and n purer people than We are. Your people
must work out the great problem, and then the
good results OF your labors at hume will flow back
on the Old World, and in time benefit U.S."
Friends of temperance in these United States !
I GU see your work lelore you, as laid down bv
'le OF the most intelligent. practical and ftr-sce.
.nG potentates that ever ruled over any people.
For twenty-five years you have labored To stem
he current. as well rs roll back the vast flood of
niquity flowing directly from the making. import
nS aud selling of alcoholic poisons. You will
your laborS with increased zeal let no
n"mcntary check anywhere inter. ere with YOUR
inward cOurse--it checked, consider it salu-
'try and Tor some wise purpose. and to make the
'ictory more sure and more enduring. Let us all
'ear in mind that We are not only laboring for the
'eliare OF our own beloved country, but for the
world.
As for myself. after having now toiled for near
thirty years to the very utmost of my power to ell
tighten the public on this great question, So vital
to the moral, religious and pecuniury interests of
the world, but short time at best can remain for
me to continue those labOrs. But while the blood
of my prosecuted ~lIugenot fathers continues to
flow, ever so ~languidly in my veins. | shall continue
them; and not yield one hairs breadth to the Rum
Power-a Power which has done mere to uphold
the kingdom of the Prince of Darkness and people
his realms, thnn all other causes united n Power
OF which the Prince has so long heen the lelder
and patron. Rather than yield the minutest por-
ton Ut the ground in controversy, | would n thou
sand times prefer to die in the ditch with its vie
tins, my harness on, still striking for the right.
though with a feeble hand, and. if overlnrne, still
confident in Gods justice, and the ultimate tri-
umph OF n cause dear to His heart, and rich in
blessings to longsuferins humanity.