Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1874-06-25
Written for the REPUBLICAN
Crusade Leaves.
No. H..

No. lll.
The idea of liberty among the whisky
boilers and their sympathizers is as
broad of the land Of dreams, and is as
indefinable as could be expected from
that quarter. This broad reined liber-
ty was developed at the April election
for borough officers. The so-called
temperance ticket put into the field and
elected by the whisky ring. by MAJOR
ity Of thirty votes, has bourn its legiti-
mate fruits. Temperance was so broad
in its application that so soon as the re-
suits of the election were know n to the
fraternity, they. TO man, determined
to demonstrate the feasibility of the
party's principles, to talk temperance
and vote for whisky.
/ But the harvest was notyet. This
freed te importance polity eliminated, or
rather ripened into public notice with
the old line nomination ON Saturday,
May 30th, when drunkenness run riot
in Millersburg. The polity having re-
galed themselves at Charley's, until
near midnight, bright thought ema-
mated from that dark abode. This was
a good time for them to learn to cru
sadie. The other temperance party cru
sade,-why not they? And with the
promptness Of the spirit movement
the procession was formed, two and
two, and they crusaded over to Dams,
or rather to Henry's fountain kept by
Dan. Not, however, to disturb the
business of this quiet, early hour Of the
Sabbath morn, but merely to try the
tap, and ascertain whether or not, a just
cause existed for formidable raid up
on this temperance house for sip of
the early dew. This, be it remembered,
is the old stand, the veritable corners OF
other days. And all, what memories
cluster around this place, as the stag
gering, swearing, thirsty band filled into
this old haven of moisture-these re-
freshment quarters for the sons of the
republic. Here the flowing bowl has
been quaffed for years, and here the
flower of little Holmes has bloomed;
here the business have met, and here
old scores have been settled, only to
rise again; here the country is repre-
sented by many of her public officers,
and the institutions of learning in the
place are represented by the teacher of
the rising generation. Such is morality,
and why not?
"Should old acquaintance be forgot.
And never brought to mind;
Well take cup OF kindness yet.
For the days of old Lang Syne.'
We have not been able to learn who
was the leader of this praying band,
but it's probable that the old custom
Of this band was adhered to, that of all
praying together; the petitions short,
monosylables, or words of three letters,
and about three words in a sentence.
aBrevity is the soul OF )" well, these
were repeated with a frequency, and
fervor which rendered them quite ia
miliar to the polity. Whether, like
Commodore Foote, they don't mean
anything by these prayers is for the
band to decide. We will not be hasty
in our judgment in the case.
"The revival of ofdrunkenness,' says the
chief functionary of Millersburg, to a
lady crusader, sis painfully apparent.
1t has been stately on the increase
ever since the April election, until the
young men of the place, sons of the first
families are seen reeling upon the streets J
drunk. And why not? That is as It'll
should be. Would you have these boys
able to drink down whisky like water,
and not be drunk at al, ,or would you
have the young men. break cast, and
throw away all possible chance of
"ofis," as Nasby says? just be fair
with the sons of the illustrious fathers,
and ask yourselves, ye rulers of the
people, whether the learning of the
young men differs in any particular de-
gree from the learning of officeholders
i'm the past. 'Tis education forms the
common mind. How have the city fa-
theirs been educating their sons. That
report, however, should have diserim-
mated between the sons of the first |
families in the whisky ring, and the
sober portion Of the community. The
phrase first families, when used with |
reference to our town need this quail
fication, for it is well known that the |
line of demarkation is rn' 3 Political |
line, but social one. 'T'is true the |
demagogues of the people persist in
trying to prove that this temperance
movement, which has shut more whis-
ky shops in Millersburg, than the Old
Line Polity has been able to keep open,
is political movement, and it is also
true they have succeeded in proving this
fact that the whisky is all on one side,
so far as the corporation is concerned.
During the progress of the crusade
in the spring one of our known and |
time honored merchants was thus ad- |
dressed by first one and then another of
of his country customers. What are
these women trying to do, praying and
singing here on the streets? What is
their object? "Well, Says the merchant,
"these women are trying to put stop
to the terrible state of drunkenness |
which prevails i'm our town. They are
trying to shut up the MAi-Ay shops |
which disgrace our town. They are
trying to save drunken husbands,
whose families are suffering for food,
and clothing, while they are drinking
up every dollar they earn. They are
trying to save the sons of drunken fa-
thers from following in this path of
ruin. They are trying to do what the
men dare not do, educate the people to
look upon drunkenness as crime, and
they are doing large amount of good
sob, indeed" says the countrymen,
1--WE people out in the country heard
that this was political move, that
these women were all Republicans and
that their husbands and brothers sent |