Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-04-03

" THE Hosr OF TENrERAScE.-This new Or
der ia being organized in various parts of Ind
ana, and Illinois with marked success i. is not
a secret society bot society with some secrets
Ii demands total abstinence from is members
and something more It's primary object is 10
suppress tipping houses. That is no secret but
now they propose 20 do it, that is one of their Sc
crets It's existence in any place need not be a
secret, but what they do is not TO be made public
until their plans are ma,ured. lt proposes 10
bring some strategy to bear in its operations. II
will aim at reforming drunkards secondary
measure only, having It's primary object 10
prevent the making OF drunkatds Il will not
publish TO the world the number OF It's members
or the names or localities of its camps II in
tends to be dangerous institution before it is
done with the liquor traffic. Ii receives male
and female into its ranks on equal terms. 1t in
tends TO accumulate large fund of money for
the execution OF its purpose. A Grand Camp
will be organized in this city il June, The pre-
cise time aud place will be known only to the
members Information in greater detail can be
learned by addressing me AZ Indianapolis
T. a GOODWIN"
We find the above in the Indianapolis Jour
nal and in several OF our Indiana country e1
changes. The proposed organization may pos
sibly have good end in view; but from the in
uendoes thrown out in Mr. GoodEins card, We
think its policy is Of very doubtful propriety snd
we predict that the organization will signally fai
/ in accomplishing good. There is no denying the
/ fact that drunkenness is alarmingly on the in.
crease throughout the length aad breadth Of thC
land; and no one would rejoice more hearth,
than ourselves, at the adoption Of some plan
which would pu. an end to the dreadful evils OIL
! intenperance, and check its spread among th.
! young men and boys, as well IS the middle get
and Old men of the land But the intimations e
1 auti -, he -,
the thoughtful and honest friends Of temperate,
cause for fear rather than ;oy
! Secret temperance organizations have long ago
been demonstrated as wholly ineffective III stay
ing the onward progress of intemperauce There
are few thoughtful, christian men who have be
| longed to such organizations but acknowledge
this. An organization, therefore, presented t.
the friends of temperance 10 the iippant, heart
less language which characterizes the card o
| Mr.. Goodwin, will not very likely receive the
cOuntenance and patronage of men gho are at
heart earnes; in their feelings and hopes for
temperance reformation. IL seems that the sal
walton OF the drunkard is only secondary con
| siderstion' with the Ghost OF temperance" ant
the saloon keepers are TO ne made the specia
victims OF its indignation
Well, as long as liquor ia manufactured ius
so long will people drink il And if the Law
| allows its manufacture. it should also allow it.
] eEie secret Gnnlanly, UhueFnandeu war upor
saloon keepers will have tendency to increase
the evils sought TO be destroyed The experience
of the past is sufficient to satisfy all sensible mer
Of this secret order, to be manipulated b,
fanatics and run into politics, will prove as IN
holy in its effects and as deeterous in its nfu
ences as free whiskey, free saloons, and no lega
restrictions.
AS long as liquor IS manufactured, just so lonc
should its sale be placed under prope
legal restrictions; and just long is the :aloor
keeper who obeys the law regulating the traffic
entitled TO all the protection of the law To re
form men OF Incorporate habits you must con
vince their Judgments; and this done, and theil
resolutions strengthened by Divine grace, they
will reform. But TO attempt, BY system Of
espionage and secret persecution, to make meI
sober and put an end to the liquor traffic. is abou
as sensible as TO attempt to row a skif up th'
falls of the Niagara. New Albany Ledger