Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-02-20
Correspondence Of the New York Herald.
WOMEHAGAINST WHlSKEY
Latest Particulars Of the
New Crusade in the West.
KING ALCOHOL PRESSED TO HIS
LAST DEFENCES.

away" to capitnlats. The Herak
special commissioner has visited se1
eral of the more remote towns wher
the temperance crusade is going on
and candor compels him to say that h
never has witnessed more touchin,
evidences of genuine hearty spirit
downright grog and cocktail antagon
ism than that evinced by the man,
good women engaged in it. They ar
all ladies in the best standing in tn
| several localities in which they exhort
They do not hesitate to go down upo,
their knees on the snow and ice befor,
the liquor saloons, and, with tear
coursing down their cheeks, pray tina
the souls of the benighted dealers il
the vile stuff may be touched and tn,
redemption of their victims secured
| The constitution of the State of Ohio
| forbids the issue of a license for thu
sale of any spiritous or distilled liquor
other than wine made from the grape
raised in the State of Ohio, though
! the sale of malt liquors is not prohib
tied and license is issued. Notwith
standing this provision there are
| not more than half dozer
towns in the State where all kind.
of spurious and distilled liquors are
not sold at this time. In most places
THE DRUG STORES
sell by the drink, and every establish
,nent which dispenses soda water in the
summer has up. D." nectar, which
means whiskey. In this city the sa.
looms seldom close. Some few of the
.IlQre respectable shut their front doors
on Sunday, but there are always real
ways for ingress and cgress. No effort
is made on the part of the local author.
tiles to stop the traffic. It is permit
ted by common consent. Your COM
missioner found the dealers in the ar
dent in this city in a state of no little
excitement. Pending the approach OF
offensive operations he interviewed
some Of the chief restaurant keepers
who sell liquor under warrant or Ii.
cense from the collectors of internal
revenue for the General Govern nent.
It is N this shape that legal objection
will be taken to the operations of the
feminine raiders. The question will
be tested whether license from the
United States to vend such liquors is
valid or not.
JUDGES AND LEGISLATORS IN TREPIDATION.
But the temperance movement has
assumed such proportions that not
only legislators but the judges of the
courthesitate to enter earnestly in oppo-
sition to tin any shape. One of the prin-
cipalrestaurant keepers in this city, the
Delmonico of Columbus, declares that
he is as great an advocate of temper
ance as any OF the devoted women who
are sacrificing their time and comfort
tn Ia Ia
liquor only to the temperate and
sober, as it is done at the sacrament
table. \. A. Stewart is one of the
leading male apostles of temperance
in this State. 1t is understood from
him that arrangements are being made
for grand temperance demonstration
in the capital that shall ramify through
every corner of the State where
dram shop is open. From an examin-
alton into some of these lower-order-
of-places your commissioner confesses
himself not to he an expert enough to
tell what sort of poison was sold for
what professed to be whiskey and
other spirituous liquors, and it is the
same with the higher order of places
where liquor is sold in Ohio. Saving
the rights in property, it would be a
good thing for the natives of the State,
rs well as for strangers who come to
tarry awhile among them, if they were
all made to create I: higher order of
tiald III the seasons Of drought.
LOCAL SUBJECT.
Let ne intrcduce Il local subject
Delaware. twenty-five miles north. IS
the seat of learning of the State. The
Ohio Wesleyan University, having 800
students, is located there. Frederick
Merricll was the Presid Mt for tweI, e
years. Last june he resigned, but, ut
the request OF the faculty, holds po-
sition which might be termed general
guardian OF the morals of the youth
He has always been devoted to the
cause OF temperance, and has been
President of the Ohio Temperance
Alliance. Until last Fall he refused to
affiliate with the prChibitionists, con-
sideriDg moral suasion was the proper
form to use against the traffic.
He is Il man of don't 't-comc-near-
me nature; cold, austere and stern.
Given to logic and destitute ofimpulsehe
is unable TO see why a person does not
think as he does. His labors in the
cause have Teen comparatively fruit
less. The Dio Lewis, or, as some call
it, the "Delude u.s." fever reached
this town, and the ladies were anxious
to commence the movement. A mass
meeting was called, aud an immense
audience, composed of both sexes, as
sembled. DR.. Merrick was there,
with his cold, steel arguments to re-
monstrate against the impropriety of
the movement, and he succeeded in
crushing out the womahly impulses,
and it was determined that there
should be no street performance.
Prayers should be uttered, but in the
closet or church, and with the assur-
ance OH the part of the Doctor that
God liked quiet petitions better than
noisy demonstrations, the meeting re-
solved itself into formal temperance
league, with the Doctor as Pre> dent
Thus the woul3-be Carmelites were
disappointed. -..-s
The sale of liquor goes on, and the
law is openly violated each minute of
the day i'll that goodly city The ladies
are determined, however, If the league
does not bring forth most apparent
fruit, to inaugurate the prayer move
ment and storm the citadel with PRAYERS
which they are sure will be heard 1t
=
perance convocatiou. to be held III
Columbus, will be issued Immediately.
The movement is advancing, and can
not be retarded unless political dema-
gogues, seedy parsons without puipits,
and masculine charlatans of any kind
get the management of it. A row is
expected at Lancaster, thirty-two miles
away, tomorrow night, and there will
be one if the threats of the satellites
of the Gin Keg are carried out
woMANs TEMPERANCE MOvEMENT-CON-
TINUAL SPREAD OF THE CRUSADE.
CIScIsNATI, Feb. "a special de-
spatch to the Gazette from Ripley says
that the woman's temperance move
ment il at fever heat in that town, and
that sixteen out Of twenty saloon keep
ers have signed the pledge and aban-
doned the business. 1t is taking a
profound religious turn. The men
hold daily prayer meetings for nire
hours, while the women visit the
saloons. The meetings are crowded,
ard deem religions interest is manifes-