Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-06-26
SONS OF TEMPERANCE.

The lronton Register says, the organ
lzatlon OF the Sons in that town are in
very tlourishing condition, numbering
about four hundred members. At their
last regular meeting large number were
initiated, and tsoenty seuen applications for
membership were presented.
We would simply suggest to the Reg
lister, that if such proceedings are not
stopped the prospects of the town will be
greatly injured. Just look at the mat
ter in business light and don't let your
"fanatieism" get the better of your iudg-
me"'. Ifthe "4Oo Sons of Temperance
would give up their absurd "pledge" and
take but three drinks day it would
amount to fifty dollars at the low rate of
FIVE cents drink. This would support
at least ten additional drinking houses,
adding so much to the population of the
town, which would be one gain Or, if
no addition was made to the population,
it would draw off ten Of the present in
habitants from aoork, and to fill their pla-
ces other laborers would have more to
do. But any one wh9 has paid the least
attention to the operation of cause and
effect must know that but for the ''fa-
natical'' refusal Of those people to drink,
more doctors would be wanted in Iron
ton and those already there would have
far more business. And we would here
enter our protest against any class of
community pursuing such a course as to
strike directly at one of the "learned
professions" D." How can Ironton hope to
retain her doctors with her people act
ing in this selfish manner. But it is an
outrage upon the lawyers, as we'll. Iron
ton has as able Attorneys as any of the
adjoining counties. But how is she to
retain them, if her citizens rush into the
"Halls of the S. Of T." at that rate?
Can lawyers live without clients? And
will there be clients without contention?
And will there be contention without
grog-shops? And can grog-shops exist,
if all the people ''join the Sons?" The
case is a plain one; and as member of
the "Hon. profession" we protest.
But the wrong does not stop here
You have elected Judges, and Justices,
and Sherifs, and Constables, and other
officers whose income depends upon
their fees, and their fees upon the ''cases,"
to be tried, and the cases upon the dis
putes of the citizens, and the disputes,
as all know, depend upon the liquor
drank This movement is, therefore,
direc, attack upon these officers. We
believe, too, that Lawrence County has,
at a large expense, provided an mfr
mary for the support of paupers. But
how is the ''Institution" to be supplied
with inmates if the people join the Sons
of Temperance? The thing cannot be
done 1t is, therefore, striking at agreat
benevolent institution. And if persist
ed in, the Infrmary will stand empty to
the disgrace of the County. But there
is jail in Ironton, and the jailor is de-
pendent upon the number of inmates for
his support. But who will ever be sent
t, board with. him IF the pr0pi1 become
infected with this fanaticism? Would
you thus strike the very bread from the
mouth of your jailor, and render the
prison itself "a thing of naught'' by
bringing about such state Of society as
to render its decent support impossible?
We have already referred to its in
fuence upon two of the learned profess
ion. But its effects upon the third
the ministry-would be scarcely less
disastrous 1t is we'll known that in
tense mental labor is injurious to the
health. But with plenty of grog-shops,
but very small portion of the people
60 to church, and the minister, not being
excited by crowd, does not over exert
himself, and his health is preserved
But let these shops be closed, and the
people meet in Division, and the very
next step will be into the churches
The minister, seeing large and increas-
ing congregation, will become mentally
excited, and in the intensity of his feel
ings may, unconsciously, over exert him
self to his great injury, SO that this
movement is not only revolutionary in
general, but is aiming a death blow to
the ''learned professions in particular,
and will lead, if not stopped, to the miser-
able policy of wasting in the making of
bread, or the feeding to mere brutes, the
grain that otherwise might have been
converted into good whisky and beer
Will the editor of the Register warn
his readers Of the danger Of this course?
Explained.
Soon after Senator Sumner made his
great speech on the 'barbariSm of Sla-
varv q week or two aOO certain narsonS