The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-02-21
From the Cincinnati Gazette.
TEMPERANCE.

ev$O SwOi
kind, at least N its Widespread effects.
The controversy with it is not new.
lntemperance- is-as old a. Noah, nnd
the movement against it as old as
Rechab, the old Hebrew, who formed
q temperance society some three thou
sand years ago. II IS an old subject
and an pld controversial Butt Ahe
mlthods'of the temperance movement
ala- and thax haXa ~haaa- RhanGAa-
greatly in different ages and periods
1.-THE history Of intemperane8 and oE
Temperance m0tements could be given,
it. would embrace almost the history
Of human society. It would show
that the wild intoxicatiOn, the ImorslJ
blindness Of nations mot less ithaps
that ofindividuals) had ariseh, as the,
philosophical historians say, from lux
my butthat 4 large part Of that lux
uviwas aintemperanceI If we could
have sat down to dinner with Belshas- !,
Ear at Babylon. or Apicius ut Rome,
or With the demagogues Of revolution
airy France, We should have seen'how,
the affairs of nations we're led and in
Aucneed by tho passions excited by
tho wine cup. Then nations ,were
governed by the few, and those few
were moved by all the inteKperance,
not merely of the body, but Of wild
ambition, Of reckless extravsgnnce,e
and bfrruel bigotry.i5 If wetlook down
this dir Of history We shall fpd The
world greatly improved, and especially
in oar own country, 7tt.m to the fact
a - ~.r<>1a 20 Az .svvx~n~~-~uao~<ok ~ -
We call the readers attestisn, by way
Of encouragement. First Of tnlll We
must clear away some great 0istakss.
l. 1t is q mistake to suppose that
intemperaacc relates to any particular
kind of liquor, or material of.vhich it
is composed. lnteMperance,c consists
in the undue excitement Of ipfanama-
tiOn Of, the. mind or body, whatever
may have caused it. sometimes it
only cxcites, sometimes impairs the
judgment, or deranges the mind, or
nulIifes, as IN the drunkard, the poE
ers Of mind and body. There was an
old citizen of Cincinnati Who died
quite rich, butwho never would make
the least bargain after dinner, because
he was hard drinker, and he we'll
knew the effect Of that in impsifing
the Judgment This exciting and de-,
ranging the just powers of the mind
may be produced by any stiMulants
and therefore it is not worth while to
inquire what the man is stimulating
with, nor to prove that it is adultera-
ted, or to 60 into any chemical analy-
sil sWhafegers when intemperance
exists, or the causes of il. or the temp
tatiops TO i,.t is alike injurious to
the individual. to society, and to the
world. 1t is an evil Of such ,tremen-
d6dS magnitude as 70 OyershadoM all
miner Oonsideraticas. In regard to
kinds Of liquor, there have beeal some
astonishing Misrepresentation Seine
men of, high intelligence have endcav-
ored to persuade, us that there was NO
dTQpkepness- in wine countries! There
INDY not be SO much drunkenness in
the cutters; but there is as much in
temIefance in the vine countries as
. in any other. France is full of intem-
perance.1 The suicidists found, inithe
Seine, and their dead bodies exhibit
ed at the Morgpe, at Paris, make one
part Of the testimony on this subject.
Men have been made druhkards ia
this country by drinking nothing but
pure CIDER Men have been made in
temperate, In. every. country, by the
use 81. every species of stimulant.
2. 1t is o mistake to suppose we can
reform the human heart BY law. We
can not do it. No human law can
make men virtuous. No human Inv
can reach the inner spirit or the pri-
vate life.. But law can reach the out
ward acts, and it can. abstain. from
evil. Here is the point Of difficulty,
and here is the place for wisdom.
law has made drunkenness q crime,
and iif1it be crime, the Law should do
/ what it does in other cases of crime.
It should erect an inebriate asylum
Gas it. has done q penitentiary) and
send the drunkards there, whether
they want to or not. If they are com.
mittihg crime against the State, and
if their conduct is the result Gas they
say) Of derangcd mind, then they
should. be sent to the inebriate asylum
OF. the ,lunatic asylum, as the case mag
be-. Society must support them al
any rate (mark that, and society
should economixe by sending them t
institutions where living is cheap, and
reform. is possible. Again, the Law
and society recognize the simple fac
that the man must provide for hi,
family. Hence, if drunkenness ha.
made, him fail in that, that is itself. 1
crime. To that crime there are two
parties himself and the liquor seller
who made him drunk. They are com
mon parties to crime. Hence, tn,
Law must notice and punish that crime
II should punish the drunkard in thu
manner I have described. But hos
shall the liquor seller be punished
The rule is simple one. He is first ;
party to crime, he is next the caus,
OLA. B. being q criminal and neglect
ing his family. Here we have thu
foundation Of indictments to be trict
by the courts; and it is safe to say tina
there is not one grox shop or salool
Of hundred in Ohio which wOult
escape punishment under that law, i
it we're enforced. The grand jury 0
Clermont county have brought in on
hundred and sixty indictments agains
the grog shops. It is to be hope,
that. the Prosecuting Attorney, tn
jufies, and the Judges of that count
will see ito it that the witnesses ar
ready and that the Law is enforced
The American people are law abid
ing people. There is no name the
reverence more than that Of law. The
let us enforce The law. Let us sc
justice done, Though the heavens fall
'ILersrwe come to. the Adair 1aNs on
Of those happy thoughts which ar
sometimes struck out inadvertently
This law practically aims at restorin
to the wife and children some part q
/ what they have lost through the Grim
of the saloon keeper. There are me
in the country towns who sell the las
as<, ana nh;oIon tho. NOR wife ho