The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1865-08-31

EDITOR ADVERTISER had the pleasure of
attending lecture delivered in this place, last
evening, on the subject of temperance, BY Mr..
Detwiler. To say simply, the lecture was a good
one. woald not do full justice to the speaker;
there is at least one Qualifying adjective nsces.
sary to give you tolerabIy correct idea of its
merits, and accordingly we set it down as VERY
good The rounds Of applause which were fire..
quen,ly'gives, was evidence of an arrreciative
sudiencs. .@.s
The special theme of remark was, "The duty
We owe to the rising generation" The speaker
had evidently studied well his subject, and
| among many other good things remarked that,
| though conscience was innate principle
yet creature of education, and by persistent
practice and drill, a person could he made to
look indiHerently and q, sn apprOvingly on
practices and habits formerly regar ded Us vi
cious." This idea he illustrated by many pleas
ing anecdotes. The deductions from these pre-
! rect moral principles N the minds of the youth,
I aud are all educators to a greater or less
extent, each is Individually responsible for his
influence in society,""
Here the speaker made a mastery appeal to
the moderate drinker and to the occasional or
''accidental'' drnker and to the lager beer to-
per, among whom could he found men of rcspec-
| liability. and even many professors of religion
10 IHelT sHdIHe IL sAlO-1uu suO"cu ny al
irresistible train Of argument that, "by reason
OF their respectabilty and good standing in
| society, their influence was greater, and their
responsibilities and obligations more extended,
! and accordingly they were more guilty before
! the bar of God than the confirmed n9briate."
| He was rough on the uhiskey Democracy, told
| them some very unpaatable truths in relation to
| their imbbing procivties, and stirred up the
| ire of ONE of them by defining the punishment
| which he would mete out to their elder brother,
| Jefferson D., sir" All in all it was pleasant
| evenings entertainment. r
And now az to the general feeling on the tenn.
perance guestio in this place. am happy to
say, that since some Of the whiskey sellers were
drought to grief" last spring in the shape Of
7 fines, drunkenness has been on the decline, and
! the cause of temperance ~ gaining ground. We
have here tiourishtng lodge of Good Templars,
though but recently organized, two dozen or
more members aud more coming The only
reasonable hope we ean indulge of getting lid
OF these miserable sinks of iniquity, and unmit.
gated nuisances, popularity called Saloons is
by constant vgilance on the part Of temperance
men, and speedy prosecution of every infracton
of the liquor law. 1t is the very quint ssence of
folly to think that . man so wholly lost to COM
mon decency and 30 destitute OF the most prim.
tive ideas of selfrespect, SO indescribably mean
and contemptably hellish, as to engage in the
| liquor traffic, could be 80 far eleva ted in the
scale Of moral excellence, as to have even the
tantest conception Of moral obligation. As
we'll might you talk catechism and sing psalms
| to hyena. Legal suasion, assiduoasly and
persistently piled, is the only argument which
. rum seller can appreciate, and they shall have
it. We will never cease agtsting the temper
ance question until the sale OF intoxicating
drinks to be used as beverage, shall be declar-
| ed by law. a cdritai 0fense. punishable by i'm.
| prisonment, at hard labor for life. We appeal to
temperance men everywhere, to raise their
standard to this point. Let us be true ourselves,
true to society and true to the pure and noble
1
the work will be easily accomplished. Let tenn.
perance men withhold their votes from aspirants
to places Of honor and trust, unless such per.
sons unqualtedly committed to TOTAL ABB
sTINENCE and in favor of the most stringent pro-
hibitory liquor laws. This Is not premature.
We grant it will inauGurats a war, stern, bitter,
terrible-a war to the knife and the knife to
the hilt." But it wiEs be war Of ideas war
for principles. On the one side will be afrayed
right on the other wrong. On the one side will
be the prayers of all Gods people, the cries of
the orphan, the scalding tears, the piteous walls
Of the widow, the peadings Of ignorance, Of
poverty, of soul crushing agony from homes
made desolate by the accursed traffic; on the
other will be the rum seller and his minions,
wealth and power. But who can not foretell the
end of such a contest? and who would not en-
gage in it, and nerve his arm and strike for God
and the right?
We may not, probably will not succeed in the
| first engagement. 1t may be necessary again
and again to marshal our forces against TINS
| formidable adversary. But in such contest as
this even defeat were glorious. Twill but nerve
| the arm for more vigorous and successful con-
test. We win organize victory out of defeat.
And like that one band of philanthropists who
were unsuccsssfully waring against that stupen.
dous crime against human nature, that "sum OF
| oil villainies," human slavery, for many years,
| at last Though not in the way they hopeal saw
victory perch upon their banners; SO we In the
end must succeed. ii
Then GRID on the armor al ye who are friends
| Of the temperance reform, and prepare for the
contest This Is an age Of progress Public
sentiment is ripe for the movement Forward
march! ooCAoio"AL.
MEcuAsrc.viLIE, Aug. 23d,