The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1864-08-25
Reflections Upon Intemperanoa.

|, Reflections Upon Intemperanoe.
The minds Of the peopl. have become y
much snehsined by the glare sod blaze o
warfare. that equally subtle but lesser evil,
ths, stalk like destroying angel, In the bosom
Of society. and which, before the grim hoe
rors Of the battle field held them In constant
ave and terror, they we're sssious 10 condemn
and discountensuee, seem to have. like rsnl
aud poisonous weeds, gathered increased
life aud strength, aud now. With the won.
drous energy Of sneaking agents Of sin, iin
up their grinn:ng faces at al times and all
places with smirks Of conscious power, I,
csnOot be de nied that in the supposed grand
march aud steady progress Of society and
humanity towards the goal Of greater i'm
provement in educational, aud private, and
social virtues, the great ship 10 moving
slowly. She is fesrfully oloeged on the side
With insidious and Iescherous weed., that
trailing along in innocent play with the
waves seem no, to impede her progress. yet
they do. Her rudder is entsnglsd with
them. They appear fragile and nd TO
the slightest motion Of the waves, yet try to
disentsngle them or break them away. and
they resist with q ,enscity that should at
once awaken the crew to honest fesrs for
their ultimate safety.
Among the impedimeuts to the onward
progress Of society In the establishment aud
promotion Of all virtues ia intemperance.--
IL hangs like an unprincipled assassin
around the haunts Of genius, aud stands
ready to throw the mantle OF disgrace sna
infamy over the brightest achievement. II
Turks with a swc Get smile in the home Of lux.
ury, as well 20 with unrestrained and bare
faced bachsnslian sorgs In the corner groce
ry. Youths, who but q few yeurs past, re.
solved not to tsmper with drink Of any
kind, are to be seen now drinking beer and
ale " i,h non ehalence that marks them as
easy victims. A Kind Of general disregard
FOR cheek. rein Of conscience, the sober res.
son, the appa ling spectacle Of dying drunk.
ards aud the memory OF dead ones. the sd
vice OF mothers and sisters, and all the In.
fuenees against the ruinous habit Of liquor
drinking seems TO have been eng.ndersd by
the disturbed state Of society since the con.
aict began VIII ich now holds the minds aud
hearts Of our people in perpetual anxiety.
IL cannot be overlooked, through q Patriotic
or generous motive, that any Of our ,ol.
diers, (though not so many as people gener.
ally believe,) are addicted to the awful habit.
They are placed in a situation where good
eanLot so readily reach them. Many Of
those brave young fellows, whose mothers
while they held them aloof from evil CON-
panions and their temptations. were ready to
give them up for the country's welfare--be.
reit suddenly of that mothers wa,chfuI care
aud placed with companions in arms who
drink aud carouse are led into the nit at
last. Is it not then a time to bring out the
entire force Of virtue aud blaze away at the
ipsidious fee. and try and save our soldirr.'
morals. while with bright bayonets they
stand and face the foes Of our country
Mothers can yet WELD their influence in
their letters Of love they weekly trans mi, to
their soldier boys; so can Christian As.o.
Citations: so can sll the influences which in
times Of peace We were wont to hurl at the
foo Of true manhood.
The temptations to drink are not confined
to corner groceries. They stand in rows
upon streets in such brotherly and neigh.
Loi'y love, that 1t bstokens their pecuninry |
success, and ought to make the devil, II he |
inA,,I-.- i-----o'-v"'aVv'y IeNerIes, cnuck. o
with an unfeigned delight. Let our citizens
look to this matter in Tiffin. Iu times like |
these when passion and prejudice seems to
be in the ,seendency, the unrestrAined use Of
liquor only tends To accelerate unreasonable
and unnecessary riot aud bloodshed.
In the exciting political campaign which J
is upon US. il would be consider.te for all |
sober men o avoid aud keep aloof from dis
cussing politics with any one under the in
fuence Of liquor. The subject Of politics |,
naturally exciting enough. and too often
ends In angry words and perhsps blows.
without an additional stimu liant to feed that
excitement. IL drunken men see fit To Gu |
gage Ia the street discussion Of politics. and |
quit by knocking each other down, why il Is
their own funeral. But let sober men have
enough to shun = political street
discussion with a drunken man and they W IN
keep themselves out of trouble. ...
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