Smyrna times., 1856-10-22
SMTDNAs DRN0,
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1856,
Moral Suasi0n.

The old weapon of the temperance aYmy has
become very popular in these last days, with at
the minions of Bacchus. It is wonderful what 20
great " sticklers" for temperance all the hosts an
Of King Alcohol have become, and with what =
lachrymose and mournful tones they lament 10
over moral suasion, against which they former O.
ly invented every contrivance to erpsh.s One CO
of the most noisy walters" has been that de-
lectable Sheet the Dover Reporter, which has n,
shed thousands of i" crocodile tears" over Ii
.. nrostrate moral suason." we hsye always
contended that such cries were about as much =,
TO be relied on as vas the ignis .fatuuS, to the
benghted traveller, and in one of its issues re- "
Gently we have the proof of it. The temper a
once moral suasionist enjoned total abstinence G
touch not, taste not, handle not; yet this o
new hedged" apostle ot moral suasIon advo- T
Gates the keeping of it in houses generally,
aad saeh one to partake of it when the appetite
gives the inclination. This is the kind of
:. moral suasion =" that the Reporter and its sup
porters want, aud this is the first time we have
seen its honest convictions expressed. Will
this kind Of temperance suit the real friends OF
the great reformation Can they not see
where the new advocates of moral suasion in
tend to lead them! Is it not directly back to
that condition of society in which the mora
reform first had its rise. Oh! those dark day. |
of human degradation Is it possible that any |
one will for a moment give his concurrence to |
any policy that advocates restoration of those
dark DAYS and deeds. Their professions are
treacherous, their policy banetul, and their OBJ
ject and aim dlabolical. They profess grea'
regrets that our hosts do not continue TO EN-
bloy moral suasion our artillery! What In
terest ~ they manifest in our behalf! Ii they
are not miserable triAers and hypOcrltes, why
do they not employ this weapon themselves =
Are they not under as much obligation to aid
IN this work of removing the bigh,ing curse
as we! The very fact that no mOraL-SuGSiUe
arrow has penetrated their coat OF mail, shows
that it cannot accomplish the desired end
E.ery scamp of liquor-seller is an example OF
the inefficiency of moral suasiOn to make hon
est and decent men out of knaves. They are
iiustra tions of the absurdity of their own ar
gamcnts. And, yet they are continually "saw-
ing" upon the monocord of moral suasion,
while they themselves prove the utter futility
o. the groundwork of their policy. Every ap-
peal, however eloquent, made 10 the generos
ty, the patriotism, the humanity, the religious
s,ntiment of man, has been made in vain. The
flying wretchedness and dying agonies of mel
have filled the whole earth with their sorrow
ing and heseechng voice, but the incorrgb'
tquur-seller is deaf to the cry. You might a
well plead with the raying wolf to spare th
innocent lamb. Is it mol plain that they ar
proaf against all moral influence ,-and if the.
have not been reached by all that has bee
said and done, how, in the name of reason an
common sense, can it still be expected Ca
anything but law have a controlling Infuenc
over such men. For quarter OF century, ou
cause has been pushed by prayers petitions an
resolutions alone. 1t has gone out aud met tn
prudigal and welcomed him back to a bette
life, and poured balm into the wounds of thos
who have allen among thieves. II has a
tempted to shield and save the drunkard wh
the legalized grog hells of the land, like batt'
ries, have been pouring death into their reeliu
ranks. Prayers aud resolutions have prove
powerless against business entrenched behir
law and in the hands of men who persist
killing by the Wholesale for money. Allii
with the demagoguism of political parties, Il
traffic has deliberately made its own excisem,
and Legislators, and at the polls laughed
scorn the moral power of the reform.
The rup traffic is gigantic, and contests I'M
by inch in this struggle for existence. IL b
millions Of money interest involved, end in q
midst of desolate homes, vice, crime and saug
tered dead, it rallies TO the rescue of its pira
standard. Wadng in blood aud deaf to t
wall of woman and children, it returns to I
rhock, all the more fierce and determined frt
the character of the struggle. 1t seeks TO av,
the doom il has provoked, and for little long
gorge upon the life-blood of the people.
Hand TO hand struggles are to decide 4
question. 1t must not be expected that m
who set the laws Of God and man at defanC
who stride with iendish coolnessover the cru
ed hopes of two worlds: who outrages alike
the rights of humanity and the sanctty of
lgion who live by beggaring defenceless
nen and children; who living, load the mel
ries of the dead with infamy and their SO
With wo lit must not, we say, be expected t
such men will abandon their deyeish busn
without struggles soch as we have meyer hei
experienced.
OF Prot. Kirkwook, of Delaware Cole
has accepted the Professorshp Of Mathema
in Indiana University at Bloomington, India
for which place be will start in few days.
regret TO lose the services of Prof. X, tho
al the same time we congratulate the friend
the Indiana University on the acquisition Of
able aud gentlenlanly citizen.
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