The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1860-05-02

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ny Snd so greatly aggravate it. Take then the
actual amount OF drunkenness in the aggregate,
/ throughout the world, together with AL the a
trocious murder, robbery, blasphemy and crime
of every description traceable to II in any way
as their cause, and cast all up into one mighty
sum and you have the evil in its tremendous
magnitude. Now to return-we charge upon
the seller completely in this enormous sys'em
in these respects. &AS@
First, the seller is the fonnfain ofdrunken-
ne nasuuch az his business tempts to it ard
ministers to the formation Of the appetite which
ensures it. It is this appati e that holds the
wretched d-unkard spell bound. This appetite
is also the sole basis of your success in the liquor
traffic. Drunkenness and the traffic have n
co,ooaon life ceatre-the appetite! Increase this
and YOU increase both. Fix ngui>h this hydra
headed monster and you extingniSh both
There lore every gill OF liquor you measure out
goes directly to increase the motive power Of
drunkenneSs-appc'jt1!
Second, ypn are "rarticsps crinins"-charge
able in the sight Of heaven with the sin Of ali
the drur k,nn s. and the crimes flowing from it
which your Business actually makes just as the
man who would take another's life with his own
consent or hand him loaded pistol to blow
his brains out, would be guilty OF murder
The victim would be guilty Of suicide and the
perpetrator Of murder, and so adudged in law.
"Wo to him that putteth the bottle to his
brothers mouh,"
Third, the traffic involves you in the drunk
enness made by others-in the whole enormous
system, with all its ag.ravatiLns ms. You sane
ton it by example. You patronize those who
carry it on and increase their capital in this
very business, and thus help to BIZ ID it up
Your interest lies in the same direction with
theirs. And your Influence AMI ex'rtion1 Of
course will go, anil d. go, ag inst all laws and
measures for the cmbarraS SSlnent or eradication
of the evl. Brethren, the voice ofyour drunk
en- brothers blood will cry TO God from the
ground against you if you continue in that
wretc cl business. Abandon it at once as YOU
w0nd be found clear Of the blood of all men.
We wou'd urge you in the second place, on
the ground Of common honesiy. to abandon 1t -
We night appeal to NouI geneI oSty. All good
men want to be benef'CtotS How much bet
than glad! Did vou ever know what it To
have Some poor crel'ure com Aanl TAX, yOn hy
the hanI, with tears o' gratitude choking his
uttcrance, and ''Gnd bless you, heaven reward
yon for nev can, May God show youk nd.
ness for this in a dying hom!'' Ifyou have, we
venture you felt plul million fold for tie sac
flee, GDr' it is more blessed to rive than 10 re.
ce We" Oh! how much better this h,n tn have
it inscribed upon your eptaph "here lies sci
fish creature who lived, ate aud drank, cursed
the world and diel, thpnk G VI he is gonc!'-
But i YOU will not be gcner llS at least b. just,
You know that your traffir.do not hen, Fl on"
in a th1uSan l--thlt it curses, an only curses
and that You are taking m,ney from po,r star
wing children and hard working broken heart
ed women for that which is not bread and Ia
Dor for that which Satlsfieh not, though we
tru you have never seen 1t in this light be
'o'e.
Again we urge vou to leave it of at once for
the sake Of the public gool. Think Of the i'm
morality, pauperiSm and crime flOwrg from II.
It limlnisheS the amount Of labor by produ.
cling idleneSS--fiIls our poor hou,es. prisons,
,Ims houses, &c, and ike never dying worm
it gnawS perpetunly at the peace Of many hun
drcd t,mIies VIII ch would othoreiSe he happy.
And hence we beg Of you finally to abandon
it far pjty's sale. Listen to the ShriekS of the
drunkard as he sinks into druuknris grave
and drunk ,rd$ hell. and pity hun! Pity his
poor vie and drsoare chill'eu! Pity Your
own wives and children, for the G ID of he op.
pressed says, Ye shall not fl CT any widow
or fatherlcs> child. Ifiho>e a'hict them in any
wise and they cry at all un o me l Will surel,
hear their cry, and my wrath shall wax hot
and " III XII you with the sword md you,
tOiVes shoH he WiloUs and your children f1t1er.
less " Now we appeal to ynurselv IS does not
Your business q ct women who are worse
than f.therle,S? But you may say 1--WE do not
sell to drunkards" Somebody does, FIR drunk
enness is no unusual thing about Csbz, and
they get it somewhere. But suppose you did
not sell to drunkard-, YOU are raising up new
race to take the place OF those who are passing
away.
But you may say, II need to carry on the
business for the support of my f,mily." Do
you need it worse than those families our of
whose mouths yon are taking it? Take yonr
gun AT d shoot down Your neghbors COW and
sell the hide instead of making d-nnkard Of
the father and the husband. and The mother
and the children will thank you. But i any
thing Can b. worse thin the traffic itself, it is
the Islander contained in sn h declaration upon
the God of heaven-that he put you into a
world where you can support your family in no
other way than by this traffic. Dear friends.
we enlreat you to abandon the business. We
write cling, for o our Knowledge, while we
pen these lines, there are families among us who
nave hard work to get the recesSarieI Of Ii e.
who but for this evil would have plenty and
we pity the poor--so does G 3D. Abandon it.
help US onward with the cause Of temperance.
1t will raise you in the respect and esteem OF
l'yonr neighbors--in the Ing ron it VIII he no
disadvantage TO YOU pecuniariy, for God will
bless your basket and your store, and it may
save you many pang on your dying bed; and
You will thereby show that the generous conf.
dence we repose in you has not been misplaced.
And our prayer shall be that you may receive an