The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1859-08-18
Al IL Again!

this city, are again itching to exchange Their
poison by the dram for money. Their hearts.
il they are in possession of such articles,
seem to be painting to get into partnership
with the State in the manufacture Of drunk
ards by retail. as we'll wholesale! Henry
Knoppf, James Moseley, Jacob Conner, H.
Gers, Henry Brokamp, Herman Ahaus. Paul
Drabert, and last, though not least, the pro,
prietors of that Cassel, (we've taken occasion
to storm frequently during the past year,
Hatfield & Gates, have made application to
tie County Commissioners thro' the jeff,
whilst Joel Samuels, applies thro' the Broad
axe to them for license to retail intoxicating
liquors "in less quantities than quart at a
tire, end to permit the same to be drank on
fhe premises" Then follows particular de-
soription Of the location Of their premises.
Friends of temperance, here's more work
Tor us to do. Every inch of ground must be
contested, and no stone must be left unturned
20 prevent license from being issued to any
one applying to the Commissioners to murder
his fellow citizens by inches, and to bring
utter desolation, sorrow. misery, and want
to their wives and children. Every honora-
bic and legitimate means within the power
of every friend of the cause of temperance
and good order, will be used to prevent Old
Wayne from becoming partner in this mon
strous evil. and to prevent her from consent
ing that any of the children within her bor
ders, shall receive an education from the price
paid for ''license' by any of the above
named applicants whose garments, peradven-
ture, will be rolled in the blood of their faith
ers. brothers, or other near and dear relatives
and friends The court has ruled that the
applicants shall bring their witnesses to prove
their "good character" let Us confront them
there with evidence that will confound and
turn them back from engaging in this grea.
evil. Be di'igent friends. Recollect that
We have but short time in which to do this
work-only two weeks-and it behooves us,
all to be up and doing. if the fair fame OF
our beloved county is kept from being tar
nished by becoming a joint partner in every
licensed recruiting station of the devil with
in her borders. and in ell the wickedness and
crime flowing directly or indirectly for such
unui.ig ated cess-pooIs.
Whilst urging the friends of temperance
here and throughout the county, to meet ev-
cry applicant for license before the Commits
sioners, with sufficient testimony to prove
that the business Of killing the bodies and
damning the souls OF men. cannot be entrus
ted to them; we would seriously and as ur
gently call the attention of the above named
applicants, and all who design applying for
license to hold "the cup of devils" to the
lips of their fellow-man, to the following
eloquent appeal. which we find in one of
our exchanges. from the pen OF Rev. Alex
ander Duncanson
"Dealeys in Drink:-Yours is melan-
choly positions more pitiful, more unwor-
thy. more degraded. more sinful position
cannot be conceived. To prey upon the
shame. the crime, the body, the soul. the
time. the eternity Of a fellow-creature, is aw-
fnl! To prepare the way of bankruptcy.
psuperism, disease, prison. death. is not to
lie coveted To assist to ruin character.
murder reputation. sink position. and cir.
cums'ances, fitch mans crumb of bread. Is
hearts of wives, scatter domestic frebrands
and death, break up happy homes, divide
united hearts, dissolve family links Of the
closest ties, is a baseness indescribable. To
use in riches by such course is not to be
rich to be honored is to be dishonored TO
gain place in the world is to have no digni-
~. to stand forth in the cause Of religion is
70 ,isub lions walls with un,empered NOR
ar. To swell out into portly dimensions by
the sale of strong drink. is the price OF pow
erty; to rise in luxury is gain from wretch
edness; to walk abroad in ease is purchase
from perspiration and toll: to assume high
airs and CAD about all bespangled aud b.jew-
elied, is an elevation wruug from shame, de- |
grad, too. misery and death.
How infatuated must the dealer be to be
rolling in every comfort and luxury, possess !
ing wealth and property. and all purchased
at the POOR inebriate's expense. The publ !
can we'll clothed. while te is in rags the
publican's wife handsome. buxom. jeweled.
bu. the poor drupksrd's not where TO lay her
bead: the prblican's children, clothed, fed,
educated, head and feet preserved from the
inclemencies Of the season but mark his
customers, cold. starved. ragged, wet. dis
eased. What difference between the state
of those that are supported by strong drink?
Surely. II rejection was left to the drunkard's
mind, the sketch we have Just given would
Danish forever the drinker from the drunkery
door.
And what state can that mind be in, that
can keep such house, How destitute of all
the finer feelings Of humanity.-to speak of
religion would be nonsense. Where is love
for his country and his kind' Can patriot
ism iuhabit such bosoml Impossible! Can
such man be . reformer--a regenerator of
society-and keep . house aud sell an article
70 degrade, dehumanize and enslave his fell
low-men. soul and body. hand and foot? In
credible! How much Of Christ's love can
be in the bosom of the man who continues
10 sell spirits. and sees. and hears. and reads
the awful deeds it 10 doing against God and
man. Not spark.
And :, a v~oss;bla that the shirt desler can