The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-07-08

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We find The appended article in our ex.
changes. The assumption that the manifest
decline IN Tsmperaaos is due to the incon-
siderate zeal Of rts sdvoea ases, 10 certainly cor.
rect with the addition that these persons
plunged the caussinlo politics. Thsi was an
unnatural pIaes lJ& - religion, md both
have suffered from ne same cause. A, the
lime the great wrong wss psrps,ra,sd We pro.
protested against il, and made every effort 10
induce i,s misgu;isd advocates 10 dssia from
such action, pDisCiag'put 10 shsm that the sad
result we no~s3epecrs would surely follow
Such advices however, was unheeded---T Tenn
psrauce was made TO subsssv demago guical
political purposes s--and now 4 lies powerless
and almost llfeieis ct The feet of The enemy
Il sought 10 de4soy. Upon whose heads,
then, rests the responsibility for this state OF
affairs? Upon itis heads Of those who made
Il a political question, and they are RESPONSE.
ble for nearly oil ihs drunkenness Of the day.
The general dsbstchiug in yankee land de.
scr;bed IN the fsliowing may sccouEt for
some oil It's fanaticsm:
"The Temperapcs fanaticism has run lis
course, and the 1ssuli verifies the prediction
and attests the wisdom Of those who opposed
It's Introduction ipio politics and saw only in-
fIs'y TO me ean:e as tho .esui' oil tho e''nd
anu o'so'ed zeal with which Temperance ad'
vooa'e 90 p'uneea in'o lac ponuca' afena' en-
deasoflne 10 iois upon 'he people laws al
ohof s'o'a"sa1Fe Sonspu'ion mo me
hsa"o' mat -.os e's@ temperance hei-
o'ma''ou WHICH mac 'e''c''so 20 'a'eely ano
80 Jo'"y 'ue a''su',on s"a ''e 'o''pe's"0n %
.ns pensVo,eht and humans, ossa" 'foh ,na'
noof 70 oec''ne' unia now u mas s''no'' 'os'
It's emc'ency, and nusl oesin ana 90 i's WORK
over again. ME- oousa' me eloquent iec'uf.
ef' 'eeen''y oofs ses''mony 70 'ne oec'he o'
'he .smpe'ance Gauss, co' nc d'o not as ne
m'gnt nave oone, exPsa'n 'ne cause oi tds'
oeci'ne. IT'S ascnoaoie soieiy 10 'ne excess
es OF Temperapce advocates, who have
sought TO override the rights OF the people by
means Of restrictive legislative exciiemenis,
but which, from lie inherent wrong, 1t has
been found impossible 10 enforce and The
moral influence of, ihe reform being lost, the
evil of incorporates has proportiona,ely in
creased. The Sons Of Temperance have
dwIndIsd down from. 2o0, 900 10 less than
so 600, and I'D hiss about gone opt OF
this once powe 6sganization. The ~Tem.
perancen papsu have sunk 10 mere awhip.
persia" Of faction. The amount raised for
lectures and Temperance tracts is one fifth of
what it was five years ago. The Providence
Post, speaking of this, and repelling some
false assumptionse Of Neil Dow before black
Republican meeting, says:
emf Cough went further. He SAID that
more liquor wasr sold in Massachusetts than
he had ever before known, and lha. il was
the same in other States. Here, again, be
spoke the truth and it is folly for Neil Dow
10 say tina. his ,s,a,emenis are "a, variance
with the facis., I'VE can testify fer Rhode
island. MIR. Cough has known tho State for
about fifteen years. We have known i, as
long; and we are sure that more liquor i.
now sold in the State than has been sold at
any former period within that time. We
know that ssfsss- Hall pews smschiue wen,
into opefation--ssy six years aga-,here were
not one fifth as many grog shops, or one fifth
as many drunksfds in the State as there are
to-day. There were then seven towns where
liquor was not sold openly or slyly. There
were twelve or fifteen in which il was MOI
sold openly; and there were only FIVE in
which licenses were granted. Now il is sold
openly in every one of the ,hiry.lwo towns
and in Providence there are al least ,bree
In ,be town of f,urillvilie sig Years a0o ,here