Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-09-01

ANNA NSA' hS"AAJ "lA IA" PHA"OhNAo
Whose vessels are continually en-
tering our ports; whose magazines
of death are now planted in nearly
all our villages, and whose manu-.
facturers, in the very midst of us
and throughout the land, are like
"the worm that dieth not, and the
fire that is not quenchcd." The
question of rum and anti-rum now
agitating the public mind, view it in
whatever light you please, CONNER.
cially, politically or morally, is the
great practical question of our ma
tion, if not of the world.
The question is, "Shall we put
the bloody tyrant, alcohol, down,
or shall this scoundrel put us
down ?" We must meet this issue
soon. The contest before us is a
general engagement, from which
no friend of virtue can innocently
claim, or even desire exemption
Like the memorable struggle of
'76, no man will find a particle Of
neutral ground to stand upon. 1t
is said, the people Of this State are
not ready for more stringent liq-
uor law than we have.
so much the more need, then, of
immediate and vigorous efforts to
get them ready, instead of encour-
aging our ever vigilant opposers
by such excuses for inaction. The
truth is, dram shops, which the Ia
mented Fish called Recruiting Of
fees of Hell," are multiplying ev.
cry year, and how many more of
these beguiling hell traps, and how
many more breweries and distiller-
les in full blast, will be necessary
to have, before the people will be
ready to put an extinguisher upon
the business? Not ready! 0,
mock not the thousands of wild
ows, and fatherless, or worse than
widows and fatherless, who with
laccrated hearts and fearful eyes,
are looking imploringly and hope
fully to US for aid |! Mock them not
by such cheerless plea as this.
In conclusion. let us remember
it is not sufficient that we refrain
from open hostility to the cause of
temperance, and avoid every thing
that may prove a positive hinder
anco to the glorious reformation
More than this is required at our
hands. You can do something
dou can help at least little. ITO
him that knoweth to do good even
a little good and doeth it not, to
him it is sim" AS we know, then,
this enterprise is good cause. Let
us not sin against God, our coun-
try, our neighbor, our families and
ourselves, by refusing 10 do what
we can to put a perpetual end to the
cruel rum dynasty. But what can
we do? AS neighbors, we can
counsel together against.
AS Christians, pray against it;
as parents, teach our children to de-
test it; as citizens, vote against it;
and as patriots, wage an uncompro-
mizing warfare against it. And let
this be our consolation and hope,
that though host encamp against
US, the God of battles is with us,
who always ultimately succeeds
Let us do our duty, and he will take
care of results.
O, could the men who first con-
ceived the enterprise of freeing
this great nation from intemperance
behold the object accomplished, as
it were in a day, they would then
feel, and the nation would feel, that
nothing desirable is too hard to be
undertaken. They would at once
inquire what other great evil needs
to be removed, and speak the word,
and with Gods help it would be
done.
Reformation would then follow
reformation, till this whole land
should become ga mountain of hO-
illness" blooming all over with
trees of righteousness" Men,
while other portions Of the human
family, beholding what Christian
freemen can do, would emulate our
bright example, and "nation after
nation be born in day."
God help us to rise and exhibit
one general combination of moral
courage, intelligence, and purity,
and with corresponding effort say
to the whole earth that the hour of