Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-01-29

Aupbib VI Il hlbllH ObtiullNtbUs III
quota for the Ward is full, and nothing now
remains but to hear the report and make set
Element.
Intemperanee-We notice that the rap
id growth of this evil is beginning to excite
general remark, and to divide, to some ex-
tent, the attention of men who have until re-
Gently devoted all their energies to politics
and war. The increase Of intemperance, and
the multiplication Of all the train OF evils
which afllict society, are the natural and in
evitable results Of a state of civil wal. This
was understood by all good men, and might
have been calculated upon in advance as GER
tainly az any other consequence, The issue
ofthe war, was uncertain from the beginning,
aud is still involved in doubt but the increase
Of crime, and the general Decentralization of
the people, were forgone conclusions among
intelligent men, deduced from memorable log
ic. The practicability Of restoring the Union
by war has been questioned by some of our
wisest statesmen and purest patriots; while
the erpediency of so doing, among cbistian
philanthropists, looking to the highest and
best interests of their race, has not been con-
coded, The exhaustion of national strength,
the drain upon national wealth and resource,
and the certain decentralization of the people,
are extremely perillous sacrifices to make, e.
ven for The certainty of Union, enfeebled as
it must necessarily be, and endangered by
monarchical ambition, and the civil dissen.
sions Of a licentious, abandoned and unwor.
thy people. Ambition for military distinc,
ton and renown, lust for wealth, intemper-
anee, want, dIstrust, enmity and passion, are
disqualifying this people for selfgovernment
with a rapidlty not generally realized. I'm
observed, comparatively, amid the binding
storm of revolution, there are insidious inAu.
encOS at work, which may render worse than
Ivalueless tho costly achievements of our armsl
Already the newspapers are laden down with
the record Of swiftly accommodating crime,
while the underlying causes which produce il
are daily sugmenting and confirming their
power. To combat these causes now, and dc
it efectually, is SIMPLY impossible when the
war is over ri il may be too latei
To those who s%anctify the abolition of sla
very on the sheer assumption that it is the
cause of the war, We wish TO say, that there i,
also a cause for the alarming decentralization
every where showing itself 1t results from
the war to which they are so strongly com
mitted and upon which they must now turf
or incur the imputstion Of inconsistency. Oh
what is worse, they will stand in the guise o
men eopnitiag at ths destruction Of mOrAlii,
and virtue.
We would impress upon the minds Of all
that PEACE is the only condition of human so
ciety that God will bless. It is around hi
heavenly principle alone, that cluster tn
grateful evidences of his pleasure and hi
love, When peace is gone, tho virtues whie
: it cherished will soon disappear.
''When tho stem dies, tho leaves that grew
Out OF It's heart, must perish too"
So far as intemperanee is concerned, "
stated out to say, that the excitement of III
n timps, and the general feeling of s0li0iiud'
: apprehension, and uncertainty, which psrvad
and distract tho public mind, are auxiliAris
of i~ntsmpssaaes, which nothing but a stat
daf peace and the good influences which attsn
il can enable us sueeeasihly to resist o."
n Whoever expects, therefore, to efeos 4 leu
perRnee reform until the war ia over Is doom
n, cd 10 disappointment A sermon preSche
i'd from lsth chapter Of Exodss, to hosla eonter
& ding il battle, would be aa likely to stay II
a tide Of the conflict, as a Temperance IectuI
: at ibis time, would be to win men from Ii
bowl We say i With sosFpV, bus it is trn