Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-04-02
was an egregious mistake made in that
way a few years since.

questioned. / believe that the very
angels in Heaven intercede for them,
and anxiously watch transpiring events.
Whether their prayers are heard or
not, they have already accomplished in
these three or four months, more than
a hundred times as much as the law
would do il enforced to the letter.. The
law would do nothing more than i'm
pose 6ne and Imprisonment 1t would
close no saloons. Under certain re-
strictions. the fiery alcohol would con-
iinae to be sold; drunkards made as
before; and all this would be followed
by the natural consequences The wo
men have better way, and that is to
persuade men to abandon the business
entirely, and sign the dealers pledge.
They appeal taeGpd for his blessing,
and dtbe Cinc aaily papers require
eight to ten ce9VlzEss to report the pro
gres of their work. The fruits of
theif lsbors are manifold
Edo not believe that it is illegi,imate
or injurious TO any one, for ladies to
gather upon the side walk-es they
gather. / do believe, however, that
those exhibitions of drunkenness and
street fighting occasionally made upon
the pavemenis, are disgrace to the
city, and danger to its people. Pray
ing women are better than fighting
men; and if a model temperance paper
that know of. would show half the
zeal in condemning the latter, that it
does in railing at the former, perhaps
these dear sisters would not have to
toll day and night for six months or
longer, to accomplish a work that
otherwise might possibly be done in
half that time. 1t does seem TO me
that any man who holds the cause of
temperance very close TO his heart,
would be willing. if he could not get
past the ladies', to go around the public
square dozen times a day. il neces
sary, in order to aid such a righteous
undertaking. 1t would be very little
thing for anv one to do towards put
ting down King Alcohol. But there
is no necessity for that. 1t is inmate
rial whether the liquor business is
prayed, or lawed out Of the country, SO
that il is put out. AS the ladies enter
tain no malice toward the saloon keeper,
and only wish him well. they favor the
very mildest means. They appeal to
God and the better nature OF men
Bat, quotes a Bulletin correspondent,
from App'eton's Journal, The sup
preston OF intemperance is great
problem "a problem that can only be
studied adequately by wise and practi
cal minds" Is it possible! How very
valuable this discovery might have
been regarded, had it only been made
a few thousand years ago. This wri
ter was born in The wrong age of the
world He ought to have been one of
our fore fathers 1t unfortunately y ap.
pears that our wise men have been
studying upon the subject ever since
the days Of King Solomon, who with
all his wisdom was unequal to the task,
and where are we now? Yes, sure
enough, where are we? / fear, Mr..
Editor, that our ''wise and PRACTICAL
men have ever and continually been
getting us into trouble. 1t does not
require any very transcendent powers
of mind. for one TO comprehend that
whisky is mans worst enemy, and as
such should he put out of the way.
1t only demands honest, not brilliant
mer; men of principle; who dare to
do right, and brave the conse-
quences; men who hold that the
moral, intellectual, and physical i'm
provement of the people, is of far
more Importance TO the interests
of their well being, than the graft
fication Of their violated appetite;
but as the supply OF this kind of
men is not equal to the de-
mand-there is such great search
ty in the market-the women Of Ohio
are compelled to furnish some "wise
and practical" instruction, in order
to demonstrate the fact that it does
not require philosopher after all, to
comprehend a simple truth, or to
find an effectual mode for suppress
ing bare faced wrong. If gentle
means and persistent endeavor. will
induce men to voluntarily relinquish
a bad work. how much better is this
than force or recourse to the law.
You may coax man into submis-
sion to your will, but when You try
to drive him he becomes exssper-
ated, and more refractory than ever.
However, men should favor anything
that will subdue the trade in ar
dent spirits, and if persuasion won't
do, then let them "try what virtue
there is In stones" After these wo-
men have carried on this war little
longer, our men will begin to grow
strong in the knees. Those that are
now tagging, will find strength and
courage to stand up and assert their
manhood. Then how gratifying it
will be to see how they make the
missiles fly. Saloon keepers should
take the hint.
Great fears are entertained by some
that a reaction is going to set in.
My humble opinion is, that those who
prognosticate these things, will be
about the first to react. For my
part. ] see no cause for apprehension,
and am not disposed to believe
things without evidence. "Re-ac-
tion" is q bug-bear. Some people
always find bears In the way. The
woodman who fells the giant oak OF
the forest, will have no trouble in
managing the sappling that comes
afterward, and just so, if our sa-
looms can once be put down, it will
be an easy matter to prevent them
from springing up again. lfthrough
Gods assistance, the women of
Xenia can close twenty-six saloons,
then by his help they can close the
remaining seventeen; and il they
can close the balance of them, they