Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-04-02

and thus DESTROY the peace, prosperity
and future well being Of the communi.
ty. then it is certainly their duty to
call proyer meeting. and endeayor BY
all means in their power 10 counteracl
these evil influences. There must b.
some proper use for prayer, and 4
wrong side to this question. Let thai
misguided faction feel the mighty
power there is in this instrument o
warfare! Now will they mite their
theory with practice? There are a
great many that are anxious to see
aome of those factions that speak
louder than words {" God will speed
the right side; they need not be afraid
There is much to indicate that the
country is going to destruction One
evidence is this woman's war on whis
Ky! The newspapers inform us that
retail dealers. in nearly every part OF
Ohio, and a considerable portion of
Indiana. find such poor sale for their
liquors that they are re shipping them
to Cincinnati. because their business is
ruined! The wholesale trade is par
alyzed, and distilleries and breweries
are in state of suspension, and they
always will be so. unless our women
behave themselves! "The falling off Of
internal revenue in eleven districts in
Ohio and Indiana. shows a decrease of
three hundred and fifty-three thousand.
seven hundred and twenty dollars and
fourteen cents 1888, 79O II, in Feb
rusry as compared with Januaryl !"
A fine state OF things is this indeed!
Our noble young men will soon have
to take to eating bread for living,
and place themselves upon a par with
these feminine crusadersl OH "What
fall is this. my eountrymenf And
yet as humiliating as this may be, il
seems quite clear that society is fast
preparing for such destruction as this.
Judge West, of Cincinnati. declares
that zone hundred thousand drunkards
90 trooping down to death each yesr!"
Imagine these brutalized men all
brought together! What a sea of reel
ing humanity 1t seems to me that a
view of this vast multitude of besotted
vagsbonds, would produce a more sal
utary and lasting effect upon the youth
ful mind. than a hundred such tenn
perance lectures as a Cough could de-
liver. How strange and amazing that
one hundred thousand warnings are
only wasted upon the ears of men! A
street loaler will hang around these
devils recruiting offices long enough
to acquire a good practical educationl
lie cannot subject himself to such in
tluences very long without feeling a
desire to enlist IN the army-a as sol
dier of intemperance. After short
time he will make the gratifying diseov
ery that after few years more service,
he will be able to compare noses with
the oldest of the fraternity. The devil
never grants any discharges, and as
he regards desertion as a very unman-
ly thing to do, he serves on, and on.
until be sinks so low that he cannot
get trusted for bis toddy at the recruit
ing office. He is loalhed even by the
very officer that mustered him into
service, and afterwards absorbed all
his money His fame is known far and
wide. but what is be reputed for? A
neglected business, ruined character,
broken hearted wife, vicious children,
and desolate home. It was intoxicating
drinks that brought him to this terri
BILE condition, yet his officer will con
tend that he sold them to him in &C
cordance with the laws of Ohio! If
we suppose that he did, what com
ment is this upon the righteousness of
such law! While the inebriate's wife |
and little children are starving for
bread to eat. millions of bushels of ce
riaIs are sold to distillers to be con-
verted into mediums Of destructionl
How much better if these were all
sunk 10 the bottom of the sea. Our
legislature grants the saloouist license
to make the father of those little chill
dren drunk! Every large town is com
PEELED to have an ample force Of police
to suppress the rioting of men thus
made crazy. The county must employ
a lawyer 10 prosecute the cases that
grow out OF such causes. Then there
are the iaiIs and State prisons. II re-
quires monev TO maintain these institu
tons, hence the burdensome taxes i'm
posed upon US! OF course these
things cannot be abolished entirely,
but if whisky were out of the way,
the larger part of such expense would
be cut of Suppose that the money |
expended during one year for
liquors should be contrib
uted to a general fund to be jndicious
" expended in making public improve
ments What a vast amount OF mon
ey it would make! If the fiery ele'
ment should consume all the school
houses. colleges and churches through
out the entire country in one night,
this fund would more than replace
them all! think some statistician has
published the astonishing statement
that, sufficient money is expended for
stimulants during one year in
this country to entirely cancel the ma
tional debt! II makes one sick at
heart to think of these things II
this great sum could be distributed
among the poor, or put to some other
good use; if these dangerous retreats,
where the unwary are watched tor-
where our boys are instructed in all
the arts and mysteries of the devils
and started on the road to
moral ruiu-if these could be closed;
then if the burden of raising the mon
ey required for paying our court: for
ferreting out and furnishing the Grim
inals made so by whisky that is sold
at these stands-if all this could be
lifted from the peoples shoulders. their
Ioy would know no bounds.
Now, as we love our wives and
children, and the souls Of men, let
ma eudeavor to accomplish these