Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-03-18
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The Temperance Crusade. s

tl Ihe Rev. John Hussey contributes
an interesting article to the Indeper-
dent on the extraordinary movement
against intemperance now in progr ess
in portions Of Ohio aud Indiana in
which he shows that the picus women
who are conducting this angular cam
paign are descended from praying
''stock." We make the following ex-
tract tid Qt '9t. .>lsh ." 80 ot''
= Southern Ohio was perhaps the
last place place where one would have
supposed that such movement could
begin. The people of the section where
this work took form belong less than
any other people of our country north
of the Ohio river, except those Of
some parts of Southern Indiana. to the
New England type. Between tue
Sciotio and Miami rivers. lies the
Virginia Military Reservasion,' gram
ted by the General Government to the
State of Virginia, in place of claims
which the latter State relinquished to
the Northwestern territory. This
large territory was settled originally by
Vlrginians who had revolutionary
claims The land was owned in very
large tracts, aud has been more or less
subdividedn The old Virginia fam
lilies have always been very influential,
especially ip the counties of Highland,
Fayette and Ross. Early in this cen,
tury many came to Southren Ohio
from other Southern States. The
Friends or Quakers came from Vir-
ginia and Western North Carolina in
such numbers as to exhaust some OF
their. settlements in those States, and
purchased of the old Virglnians in
Ohio smater,bodies OF land forming
line Of Settlements from Lawrence
County through Jackson, Ross, High
land Clinton. to Warren. The great.
bodies Of Quakers are now in. the three
latter cophaies These plain Ghristians
have been an important e,ementin the
pra yer movement, bat were not much
concerned In It's. first origin, as few Of
them are found either in Hiilsborongh
or Wash;hgton the two places where
success WAS first achiesed. Somehow
there is law of nature. which "old
families" are prone to violate Fam
| lily pride is not aptto be an active ee-
ment in tie busy industries Of life.
Too much leisure invites dissipation,
ard many 3f the sciQns OF ous excellent
Old ta9s - az. gone under before
| the iisslFy ~ wi ,Uif in;cm pefauce.
Hardly prominent family in Hills
borough bat has felt the keen shafts Of
this adversary In some, all the male
members have died Incorporate. or are
10 danger OF doing 50. If it were not
improper, [ could connect with the
names of the most women who are
prominent in carrying on this move
ment in two Of the largest places in
which this work has been highly sue
cessful some one dear as life out down
in youth or manhood; with some of
whose names the country at large is
not unfamiliar of all professions
physicians, lawyers, and not omitting
shining example Of the clerical pro-
fession-some in public life, others re-
nowned In war. The religious element
is an important one, and has given
soul to the whole movement. The
churches of all the principal denomi-
nations are many Of them large, and
have for two generations welded
powerful influence. The three princi-
pal religious bodies are Presbyterians,
Methodists, and Quakers. Ia Hills
borough the Presbyterian Church mum
bers over 400 communicants The
Methodists do not, [ presume, fall far
behind them. q one Of the towns re-
formed, the Quakers have 600 mem
bers. Religion is influential, and
hence the essential elements were at
hand. 1o 4.aa.9#