Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-07-14

| ot Rachel, shall not want man to stand be- lore me forever''-Jos. 35: IS, 19. Thus we see that the Rachabtes gives us an example, and if we are only true to our pledge as they were to theirs, heaven VI i'll smile upon us and we will be blessed as they were blessed.
 But were there no examples in the Bible, still we are bound by every tie that binds the husband to the wfe-the parent to the child man to man, and the patriot to his country, to unite and form ourselves into societies, if neces- sary, to rid our country of
 | < A monster of such frightfill mein.
 | That to be hated needs but to be seenn
 And the man who opposes the temperance re- formation, to say the least of it. has but an im- perfect conception of the duty he owes to man, to tod and his country. To illustrate: We will suppose that England or some other nation were to declare war against the United States and besides bonn barding our sea board towns would send an army Of soldiers into the very heart of our peaceful country to burn down our cities and murder our unofTending citizens What would be the duty of every good citi- zen? and where would he be found? He would at once shoulder his musket or his rife, and rush to where the battle cry was heard, and aid in repelng the ruthless invaders of his country-ard the man who would not only re- fuse to assist, but by denunciations would give :" aid and comfort' to the enemy, would justly be denounced by all good citizens as traitor to his country. While it is true, we as a na- ton are at peace with all the world-that we have no physical enemy-though the recruit ing drum and fife are not heard in our midst calling our citizens to battle-though the ene- my'S cannon are not heard in the distance bat terng down our cities-though our placid streams are not crimsoned with the innocent blood of our citizens-though our plains are not covered with the dead and dying--though the parent mourns not the death of his son in the field of batte-though the moans of the Widow are not heard lamenting her husband, who fell while gallantly bearing his country's flag on to vctory-though the innocent female trembes not for the fate of her lover who has shoudered his musket and marched to where
 
 open enemy that challenges us out at the point of the bayonet, yet we have an enemy more to be dreaded-a sly, cunning, insinuating ene- my--an enemy that is in our very mdst-ip the heart of our beloved countrv-an enemy that Is In our own immediate neghbor hood; /; yea, nearer in our very houses; an enemy that challenges our utmost vigilance to shield our selves from his blighting touch, and our blood bought liberties from his whitening grasp. He has already drawn the assassns dagger and stained It with innocent blood-he has struc(, down some of our brightest ornaments-some of our most precious jewels-he has laid waste our productive fields, and caused them to grow thorhs and thistes and briars, instead of grain he has caused the widows tears and the or i phan's cries to go up to heaven like the blood oi Abel from the ground--he has robbed pa ! rents Of thelr children-wves of their hus bands, and hundreds and thousands. and tens oi thousands Of property, health, reputation ahd life; yea, more, he has robbed them of their eternal souls. This enemy is more destructive to the property, health, reputation and lives of our citizens, than would be war with England. or hundred campaigns in Mexico-he has even entered and contaminated the church torn the minister from the sacred desk, and usurped the sanctuary of God-he has made gambling ' houses out of our legislative halls, and amid the Bacchanalian's shout seated himself in the chair of State. This enemy is hing Alc16ol. and he is more to be dreaded by free people, than all the combined powers of all the kings and potentates of the earth
 In view of these facts we appeal to you as ladies and gentlemen-as phlanthropists-a ChrstIans-as patrots-as American citizens, to rally under the bright banner of temperance, innocence, purity and ove-gird yourselves with the strong armor of Truth, and wage an extermlnating war upon this common enemy \ to repubhcaniSne-to religiou--to man. RESCUE ' your bleeding country from the jaws of this monster, that has been so long praying upon her vitals-" come up to the iep of the Lord to the help of the Lord against the mighty" " In union there is strength;" you can do no more single handed in this contest than could one single handed in the trying days of the re- voluiion-eurol yourselves then under your proper otficers-each division constitutes cap- tancy-the State divisions brgales. and thus marshaled under the National Division. march h solid phalaix against this hydra headed mon- s,er, and never give up the contest, until he shall have been entirely banshed from our shores; by so doing you will discharge duty that you owe to yourselves, to your couutry. and to your God; by so doing you will cause the waste places that have been scorched with liquid fire, to bud and bloom in all their prime Val eifulgence and beauty; by so doing you will hush the ofphan's cry, and dry the widows teal, and save the trembling inebriate from premature grave, and save his family from de- gredation, misery and want
 An. but says one, it is calculated to under mine the church, and therefore, will have nothing to do with it. In answer to this ob- Jectlon, we would only remark, that if the aid Of alcohol Is required by professed Christians to keep up the spirit of piety in the church. in this age of light and knowledge, they are full of wounds and bruises and purifying sores:" they have indeed, gone away backwards'' from the path in which the primitive Christians trod; if the church can only exist under the patronage of Bacchus, and the Sons and Daugh- ters of Temperance can uproot and overturn the rotten fabric-1o,oa ,oith it, the sooner the better" Ye cannot serve two masters-ye can not serve God and mammon." Another says, " am free man sir am not going to compro- mise my liberty by taking the pledge." Now that no person has the right liberty, or prvtleqe, to do '0rong act. He may possess the power but the age in which might gave right has long since passed away. and lies hured an1nnn the