Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-03-12
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dies doing thus and So. 1t Is 8 very
unfortunate thing that we have some
men in our community who are very
Jealous of their rights, and who look
with holy horror upon this uprising
of erieved women-a praying band,
that some fine gentlemen have been
pleased to style 8 mob. A great
MANY accidents, and more or less
crimes. usually follow in the course
of a mob, and somebody might get
hurt, you know. These men want
everything done in decency and in
order. "They are as warm friends
of temperance as can be found" but
they desire to see things done with
the most exact proprietyi when
women adopt mild near to accom-
plish their work, these wiseacres
howl Justify because the law is not
enforced. Well, it seems that some
persons who were deaf to the just
entreaties of their neighbors, have
recently been made to realize to some
extent, the power of their pet mode
for regulating existing evils. The
ome aim 10 see that public senti-
ment is right first, then there will be
no trouble in regard tc the execution
of our laws. How passing strange
1t lie. that the dramsellers who sell
men whisky, that make them so much
like demons that our people appear
upon the psvements often at the risk
OF their lives, how strange, say, that
they should raise such a clamar be-
cause the law is not put to work, to
clear the sidewalk Of these innocent
ONE who, they claim. are tres
passing upon their rights! just think
of III The right to sell lei poison!
The right to make men drunk! The
right to ruin our boys, and help to
build up the kingdom of Satan upon
the earth! 1t needs no argument to
show who the tr~csspassers are, or
who the sufferers are, and there is
no power on earth that a prevent
these women from PRAYING to their
God anywhere, or etitiOning these
persons just where they find them.
to abandon the accursed business.
and follow some respectable and le-
Ultimate calling These saloons have
always been a financial damage TO
the community. Such a reformation
has been made among the patrons
of these places, that now, many OF
them are no longer sclf-supporting,
and may, from sheer necessity. be
compelled to relinquish the traffic
The temperance cause is rapidly ad
vancing, and like a ground swell, ia
stirring the very foundations of soci-
ETY.. as thew have never been moved
before. From time i~mmemorial,
nothing has eve done so much to
stay the tide of intemperance, as this
movement promises to do, and if the
women of Ohio finally succeed in
~eradicating this hlighting curse, they
will have the lasting gratitude OF ev-
cry honest temperance advocate, and
their fame will be known throughout
all the land
One writer thinks that "if any
good has been accomplished, it is
more than counterbalanced by the
evil which is i~nevitable!" Idle
gossip. family dissentions, and sew
cred friendships are said to be the
most noticeable results from this
temperance movement. In the light
of current events, these statements
require no comment. Suppose, how
ever, that they were true ones, would
it not he Infinitely better to endure
all these things for a season, if the
women can by this gentle means,
Danish intemperance from our fair
land, and depopulate our poor houses
and penitentiaries? If any friend
ships are severed, because the wo-
men feel it to be their duty to pray in
any and all places, or at all times, for
the destruction of the whisky bust
ness, no good friend of temperance
will regret the loss.
In a late number of the Bulletin,
there may be found some very
strange statements for a LADY" to
make. Among other things it is there
stated, IL do not question the fact
that much temporary good has been
done in our midst" and it is added,
that The present movement has
failed to accomplish any permanent
temperance reform. What guarantee
have we, that these things will not
fade?" And this deluded mortal
calls herself a iady! 1t is too early
in this stage OF moral progress, for
any one to say that no permanent re-
form has been made. While these
sisters are working with all their
might in this good cause, she looks
on wonderinglv. ''unahle to deter
mine what this Woman's Movement
is" Not a word of encouragement
has she! On the contrary, some
satisfactory guarantee is desired
that "these hundreds of men and
who have ceased to drink, and
the total abstinence pledge"
will mol back slide! '.Oh. faithless
and perverse" woman! Where is her
consistency. or friendship for the
cause3 women possess in a high
degree the power to ennohle, refine
and mould the career of man; SO.
also. she a degrade and emhitter
his life; and as she does the one or
the other, she become. III miserable
to God for the right use, or abuse.
of this power" This sentiment i.
good. but Miss NJ. made "A very poor
use of it 1t is reproduced here for
her reconsideration.
l hope, Mr.. Editor, such influences
will not be brought to bear again,
from any source-that no woman OF
GallipOlis, will stoop to use the ar
gument of the rum-seller, and call
herself q lady. These men and boys
who have signed the temperance
pledge, and are trying to keep it