Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-01-30
IRON WESTON TOWNSHIP.


WESTON Twp, Jan. ~, 1874.
ED. JOURNAL long silence on
our part we would again essay to express
few thoughts and conwy few itms Of
news through your valued pepper.
The friends of county seat removal are
or have been very busy In the circulation
of petition in the interest Of p, and
your correspondent Is of the opinion that
the present condition of the roads
any Indication for time to come, thai the
people will conclude that a ride on the
cars to the county-seat Is to be preferred
to tramp on foot, alone and across lots,
to B. G.-espec'aly that part of them
wh have considerable occurring" to do.
The friends Of temperance are trying to
m Ike some headway in this part. The
OCsego Lodge of l. .. G., +. held large
and enthusiastic meeting at the Center
School House which was addressed by D.
j. Ciaadoll, of Defiance. lie sAi1.notwi h.
standing se boastcd Of our wealth we, as a
nation, were morally poor. His lecture
was much after the popular style of the
last ten years, the evils of intemperance
WAS wildly portrayed, but no REMEDY
suggested
the only remedy we can see is ab QUITE
prohibition of the manutac ,ure of liquor
TO be used as a bevt rage, and that, not
withstanding our misgivlngs, is to be
soonest reached by voting as we pray
and prcach-not by looping offthe branch
es of this evil tree, but by laying the AK
! at the root. Some suggest license as y
remedy for the evil. "Tax the stun"
MAKE the fellows paw for the article, it
will close up the loW doggerieS." "Nlen Of
vicious habits and snIah capital will I've
compelled to turn over the business TO
respectable men (O' Yes, men of money
who will continue the work Of murder
through the iHstI umen atty Of the esnteel
saloon Yes. give license on the prn-
!. ciple that If you want to murder you
must Use cannon rifles and pistols are
not d. stl uctive enough or in other
words you say to the man of small ca, iLal
, that he has no tight to engage in the de-
struction Cf human souls.
Down with all attempts to regulate so
heinous crime against God and man
I Alas for human weakness Look at the
, rum-cursed city of Chicago fJr example.
A lager beer Mayor! Ten Alderman sa.
loon keepers F, ur ditto dis sillers One
ditto brewer Ol the school G, mmi tee
l of five, one dls;illsr and two saloon keep.
ers
Pretty men these to educate public
sentiment" In great ciy! Tho curse
of long-continutd liquor reign will be
9 worse than its confllgratiOn. Such men
as these are the ones that cry down W tn
all Sabbath and temperance laws.
Is it possible that we will not profit by
s the example of other nations That have
preceded us, or will we cantinua in our
prs mt course, Notwithstanding the
warning, THAT the nations that forget
God shall utterly perish"
: What are the temperance people of the
! county doing toward the suppression ol
, intemperance? 1t seems to me that while
,, the people In Other p ,rts of the Safe are
l engaged In vigorous crusade on King
: Alcohol, we are sitting on the stool o.
Do Nothing. Where are the men who
were Zealousin the cause during the poll.
+ icsl c4m1aign last fall Z? Are they dis
II couraged or are they waiting until the r.,
}. turn of another political canvass? Wha
has b, come of 1.-The Committee" whose
;, business it Is TO org in:Ze the work? AR
they wanting in time OF need Where IL
our Chairman, that our Committee is no
:, called and the work begun? While in
, temperance Is on the Increase 1t SEEM
l. that friends OF the cause ought to be a
;, wo.k And that no better time TO enli
:. the people in the interests OF temperate
could be selected. Hoping to hear from
r aye Committee" soon,
II am yours, Sc, MACK.