The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1863-02-19
TEMPFRANCF,

nstahsR tempefahce n eeting was
nelj Al the Neil odist Church, in
he town Of Eaton, Prebls county,
oRio.4 WI attebaed tbe said meet
ing, heard all that was said by six
Rev. gentlemen, including Trini-
tarians, Universalists, and Christi
an Brethren, With the exception
of the Rev. DR.. Weakley, and the
Rev. Mr.. Humphrey, the great d.
vines were all agreed as to the pro.
priety of slandering the bulk of
our towns people. The Roy. Mr..
Bacon, who acted the man of the
evening, made q dash at the Demo
cratic party, aud, through the me-
dium of a stale and vulgar anoc.
dote, he ipsinuated thatsw4TM t
them are no better than horse
stealers. lie also informed us, that
a slaveowner would tear the babe
from its mothers breast, and sell
it to q party who would take it q
thousand miles off. If Shareholders
and owners were just as great fools
as the Rev. gentleman, they might
be guilty of such cruelty, but we
know that where they sell a babe,
they sell the mother. But what
had all this to do with q Temper
ancc meeting in Eaton? Just what
tho Devil had to do, when he said
that lie would give our blessed Sa-
viour all the Kingdoms of the
world, if he would worship Satan.
We have just as little faith in Mr..
Bacon's system of religion, as we
hove in Satan's earthly territories.
The very Rev. Mr.. Clayton made
q splendid dash at some of our
neighbors, and charged them with
beating their wives while under
the inAuence Of iDtoxicating drinks;
and his reverence was so personal,
not to say vulgar, as to inform us
that these heaters of wives dressed
well, and came sometimes to his
church. Now it will not be denied,
that We have lived in Eaton sather
longer than My Clayton ISct
we have never heard of these wo-
men beaters, and if the men Of
Eaton would but take our advice.
he should be called upon, either to
prove his libel, or to make q public
apology for his Incorporate Ian
guage. Any man who.would strike
his wife, is unworthy the name OF
man, and any preacher who would
attack men as Mr.. Clayton did,
does not magnify his Office. Lei
him read Paul's charge to Timothy.
The Rev. Mr.. .Swsine took up
the Saloon subject, calling the So.
loons-"ths hell holes of damna,
ton" and declaring that they must
and shall be put down. The frs
prayer was o most rare and singu.
lar piece of spiritual composition
The preacher prayed-"0 Lord
have:mcrcy upon this religious, in
te'ligeut. respectable. but immora
town of Eatou!,' What's pity III is
that we can never hear ourselves
as others hear us. Could we do 80
it would save us very frequently
from making fools Of ourselves
Now, We have to say, that we hav'
during a long, and, we hope, wei
employed and we'll spent publ
life, attended thousands Of publ
meetings Of various kinds, includ
ing many Temperance meetings
but we never had the painful mis-
fortune of listening to 70 mucl
nonsense and unclerical Language
in any one meeting before.
We hate intemperance, whcthe
in words, IN eating, or in drinking
but society can never be reforms
by provoking language, or person
al attacks: n%o-never, but by mora
%suasion, gentlencss, Kindness, trutI
and love. To thunder against tn
vendors or sellers Of intoxicatin,
drinks, is simply absurd. Wer