, 1862-01-28

For son!c months past DR.. Charles Jcwett,
who Las achieved national reputation as the
experienced and time htnored advocate Of
Temperance, has been aboring in Iowa, ap-
peaTing before large audiences III the prin-
cIpl1 towns Of our sister State, and always
with the acceptance aud success that have in
other States attended his 1abors. In this tins
OF war there is no relson that the war upon
the great evils thlt af1lict community should
cease, but rather all the greater call that the
agencies for their cure and removal be Kept
alive and acti;e-cspccially is this true Of the
Temperance cause. The testimony from al
sources is tlat intemperance is the great banc
of our cause, demoralizing and defeating disci
plinc, md already in the history Of this war
counting lis elain Victims sacrificed to drunken
commanders.
An Improved public conscience, an culight-
cned view Of the evil in our home conlmuni-
ties, is the true sourceof the reform needed,
and we chronicle is OF public Importance tic
fact vi the continued successful labors of one
who las for years past been the eminentl;'
successful advocate Of the Temperance causc,
and especially in the Northwest, is to his
labors III Iowa,they have been spoken Of in the
highest terms oi praise By the press, and those
Who through the press have sought expression
OF tic satisfaction these lectures have given
them. These endorsements 5 bear the signatures
OF leading clereymen and Others il Dubuque,
Muscatine, Lyons, and other points. Dr..
! Jewett writes thus to friend in this city:
| Wien have fulfilled present engagements
| in Iowa, which will probably detlin ME until
| about the 10th OF February, I propose to re-
| turn to Chicago, the "hub" Of the Great West
| and, making your city NY base Of opera
| tlun6;n shall hold myself In readiness to labor
in my vocation as public teacher, at any
| point easily accessible from your city where
| my labor may be desired and can receive rcl
sonable reward: shall promptly attend to the
| wishes Of local organizations devoted to the
advancement Of tie Temperance CAUSE, or o.
| temporary associations Of gentlemen or ladies
| who may desire course Of instruction for tll
community where they reside, upon the sub
| jects upon which am accustomed to lecture.
For the Better understanding Of my aim:
and efforts, I will briefly state some Of tll*
topics on which I; am aceustome ] to discourse
The relation Of alcoholic liquors t. the phy=i
| cal constitution OF man.
:" Alcoholic Stimulation what it and what i
Indicates or signifies, and how its repetition ez
hausts The sef-prcscrslng or rGcupe-atiSc cGergie
Of
| :" The tire jcld cord not easily broken, wllicl
BINDS the AG6tf"M consumer Of ALCOHOLIC liquor:
tiN is, ultimately, subju:ated ty his envmy-a
! coh0{.''
1.-THE nutrition Of the human body, and the nor
| bUtrtinus character OF alcoholic liquors"
| 1.-THE warfare Of the lIlunr-as=tcm on all nseft
trades and occupations amoEg men, aud OIL all tn
educational aud moral interest OF human society,
The teachings u tbs Bible relative to the cha
acter and use OF alcoholic l.qnors''
' The ms ars in our hands ri arresti"g the It'd
ofintemperance. now sweeping so feacftlly ovt
| the Wpstn