Smyrna times., 1872-05-08
N ee1-- For the "sm,rna rimya.
p.s,,nntshle Hotels.

RpSneOtftUlO
70, long ago, friend oI te~P6e""se' Per ~ prr
sont;ng some measures ~ =, tboSe columns tba
OF the Rum ,'". few respectable hotels, and
licensing Oh =" an Of the low grOggerleS ;; al
the nnder this regime the " h0te IS
leglng tha' TO keep the Sabbath, aud that
could GgnmH be less drunkenness, &e. We
there W. friend sincerity, bat think hm mis-
accord oai .b;s matter of "Respectahle Hotels
taken ~ Iin,5p LofeIs do more damage to puGtc
L,& and prirdte character than the TO'c
0r2S9.ysrectability makes men popular; gives
;.;on in socirtv: makes men and mea' ures
ip"rrent ppSrrt and acceptable. So long as any one
csn maintain his reputation to reSpec'apilty
he can move in the best society though ne
has been guilty of the blackest crimes, covered
With the white wash OF reSpectaDlllty, win
sanulrhral rottenneSs within, ne eau carry tue
cIntarion Of moral corruption among 'ne pure
and good, whereas, It his true GIia[acter hau
bscn known. his influence would nave oeen
Oonfned 70 those already cOrrupted-Iust as Il e
town authorities would cohnhe 'lo 'n'"A qua
RrsnectabIe hotels" sell rum and dispense
ruin. low groggeries sell rum and dispense
rr;n.-the former on grand scale and to those
WIN move in the first circ!es-the latter do the
s.me thing on small scale to the lower classes,
or those who are considered outcaSts.
TIE vonths and lads Of our best families,
;,st coming into long coats, think 1t manly to
ston6 ar0nnd the door of the " Respectable
hotels. /" Now they will take seat in the sit
ting room with some friends; next comes the
segar; next the social drink with " respecta-
bic friend" Some day little too much is
taken; the respectable friends take care of
T. Ill ,bo 1runk iS off - Our
Young friend has some trouble over 1t, especial
iy when he thinks mother might find it out.
What! my boy drunk says the christian
mother. Impossible he don't visit any of
your low groggeries. But he goes to the
hotel after the store is closed at nights, and
meets his friends there on Sunday afternoon,
because he is getting too big to go to Sunday
School. What, my boy drunk My boy a
drunkard Ny boy thief! My boy in Jail !!
O. no! | brought him up well. He always
moved in the best society. | never heard Of
his being at the low groggeries Of the town.
He thought too much of himself for that. y"
No he never went to the low grOggeries but he
did 60 to the respectable hotels " and they
ruined HIM Our " respectable hotels ruin
our best r:en. They make rum drinking ap-
pear respectable. Everything is done to make
them pleasant, socia centres. The good, the
no public cen>ure The lOafing, gosspping.
drinking habits of FOtel lOungers creep on
them as a snake upon charmed bird. They
90 from the hotel to our home circles, They
associate with the pure and innocent of our
families. They are not branded by society as
drunkards, and kicked out as unworthy of no
tice; but their society is court'd, and when
the question OF character is raised it is SAID
they are respectable young men" Society
calls them respectable men; their reputation
covers up the blackness of their characters
Thus on the plea of responsibility, popularity
and influence is given to the mother of vices
viz Rum Drnkjag"
1t man is ruined, it makes but little differ
ence whether he be ruined in respectable
hotel or " low gr0ggery;' the rum is tn
same. Rather abolish " respectable hotels
and con6ne rum drinking to the low groggeries
not for the special running of the lower classe
but to make rum drinking disreputdbie. D,
this and you will stop the making Of nev
drunkards and conine the traffic in rum t
those beyond recovery. Very few men com
mence rum drinking in the low groggerie:
The social feature Of respectable rum drinkin
Is what takes with the young men. The draI
IN the low GROCERY is the last scene on th
last stage OF drunkenness The low grogger
IS the last resort of low morals, low poke
and low manhood, made SO by the "Respe
table Hotels
What shall we do? Let public opinion
PRONOUNCED upon this fact-That nothing ca
De resptctdbte that is any ,cdy connected ,cii
rum drinking as beverage. Make it disrepl
tabte tor any one to sell rum or to drink rum
beverage. and more will be done for the eau
OF temperance than can possibly be done
any system of licensing.
j. F. CLYMER.