The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1869-04-15

and glorious triumphs of virtue over vic
the world ever witnessed and it was eve
then felt, that, should the cause preya
throughout the land, ;'blessings, nlightys
the rivers and exhaustless as the soil, woul
break forth upon the people and flow dow
in ever glowing richness and variety to al
future ages" 1t is evident, then, that II
single acts are bound up long years of re
suits of character, and that from single
acts, again, flow long years results in char
acter, for character is the root of destiny
And now in looking at the present anc
comparing it with the past, we, as temper
ance men and temperance organizations
are not discouraged, not disheartcned, al
though we have not accomplished all thai
was desirable, for we feel assured that if We
faint not We shall yet reap what we sow
And what if there are obstacles to thC
further prosecution of our glorious enter
prise. What if custom and appetite ami
political wire pullers, and cold-heartd
christians, and the rich in their voluptt-
business, and the poor in their degradation
are allagainst us What if to defend them
selves from US, and fill us with terror, tn,
twenty thousand distillers and brewer
unite with the two hundred thousand ven
dors of liquid fire in our land and form
themselves into "Whisky Ring" ant
wreathe themselves together like the wrig
Cling pyramid Of snakes III the swamps o
Guiana, where, we are told, thousands ant
thousands in self defence suneti'@asz
s,,a,, -oIIIng spirally on each other in one
tremulous mass of writings, with thick
array Of heads thrust out upon every side
with fiery eyes anu venomous darts and
horrible hissings, the cold, deadly saliva
issuing from their fangs-or what if the
wreath of the States and Cf the country is
all displayed as too costly to be sacrificed
to our fa6atacism; still there is power il
God, power in truth, power in humanity
to sweep them all away. If we work va
liantly, and have faith as a grain of mus
tard seed, we may say to all these noun
tains 'Be ye cast into the sea, and it shall
be done" Faith, that virtue, shall tri
umph over vice, humanity over oppression
liberty over tyranny, and God over all tina
blots His image from creation
l intended, Messrs. Editors, to have al
luded more minutely to the charge yor
make against the Temperance Fjdjcator
SUEiInS IL 4 DldchSSudFU SLeeU, DuC III
communication has already grown toe
lengthy Suffice it to say that the twenty
eight subscribers Of this place do not thini
so-nor do they feel complimented wher
you assert and re-assert that this is The
character Of the temperance paper which
is taken into their families. These sub
scribers feel that they are as competent Il
judge Of this matter as you, and are no
willing that this indirect thrust at then
should be passively received. As to the
editor of the Tindtcator, [ have nothing
to say more than this, that after recen
and brief acquaintance with him, fee
assured that he is a gentleman in every re
spect, and perfectly able to take care 0
| himself.
Hoping that the AUeghanian-in tn,
circulation of which .you kHolc [ have al
roy.- bvOtI dooP1y P1y-CHou91I n0t '0" pecu
niarily ly-interested, viii contain no NOR,
reflections upon the cause of Temperance
| remain yours truly,
A A BARKER.
Ebensburg, Pa, April II, 1869.