The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-09-10
Temperance RejOicings In
Cincinnati.

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Pixies Opera House on the 9th nj
to give thanks for the great victol
achieved in the signal defeat of IL
License proposition IN this Stat
Speeches were made by Mrs. Well
of Madisonville, Mrs. Leavitt, of Gil
cinnati, Hon. G. W. Rowland, Ho1
E. D. Mansfield, Rev. DR.. Payne, an
Rev. DR.. Hobbs, and a letter wa
read from Hon. Sam1 Shellabargel
of Springfield, who was invited, bu
unable to-be present. Strong reso
lutions were passed, in favor of con
tinuing the Temperance movemen
until the illegal liquor traffic is er
tirely stopped in our State and na
ton. Messrs. Rowland and Mans
field both favored such amendment
of the present liquor laws of Ohio a
will make the proof of their violation
less difficult than it is now. Mr.
Rowland said:
"Our special duty will be to watcl
the Legislature, to prevent any sub
mission of an amendment to the
Constitution permitting license; te
keep what statute law we have against
it, and add to it such amendments
as will enable us to execute it. Lee
as haze a different rule as to eosderact
necessary to coaUict. Make the pres
erce Of liquor, the bar and .tfrt,res
sufficient to declare such places a
nuisance. We want a sure and
speedy execution of the laws against
this business. In the cities we have
a difficult problem. Let us make ev.
cry effort te secure reasonable execu
ton of the liquor laws of the State
If we fail, if the liquor interest seems
bent on continuance ofits lawless
rule, then we must appeal to the Leg
islature for such o modification Of
the municipal code as will put the
reins of power into the hands oi
those soho soiN erec,ste the laaos o.
the State at all hazards. We musI
insist upon the use of whatever force
may benecessary to accomplish this.
Mr.. Mansfield said:
Mrs. Wells had echoed his senti
ments when she said that she hoped
that the day would come when the
smoke of the distilleries would be as
hard to find as the plates of the
counterfeiters.
"The Democratic Convention al
Columbus, want the Temperance
people to vote over again. The TEN
perance people have shown how they
stand. Fifty-three counties out Of
eighty eight were carried by those
voting for "No License Politicians
had better find out that the way
the grog-sa Is political
death.
We aoGrat o. LGao that makes coat'e-
ters, bar features, and signs, sa.ficie'a,
evide'ace Of the guilt Of the parties
engaged in selling liquor. In the
future we will have all the Temper
ance people, vino have voted for Ii
cense, on our side. There is moth,
ing so powerful to convince man OF
his false position as heavy majority
against him in an election"
Rev DR.. Payne said:
"We should recognize the high
and holy services which the ladies
have rendered to the cause. Were it
not for them, we should not be here
to congratulate ourselves on this
victory. I don't know that it ispos-
sible to measure the influence of
these women in the work. I am glad
to see here those forty three illus
trious women. I wish my wife, who
is thousand miles away, might be
here to share the pleasures of the
hour. I want to say to those friends,
that never did hero march to the can
mons mouth or bristling bayonet
with more courage, nor martyr to
the stake with holier zeal and conse-
Grafton to duty, than these same wo-
men marched out that day from that
little room where they bowed in
prayerful attitude, when they had
been told by the policemen if they
went out they would meet bloodshed
and death. By and by we will find
out how much influence such conse-
Grafton has upon the great political
victories we are gaining.
'It will have a most wholesome ef-
feet upon our politicians when they
road the statistics, and find that
Ohio rolled up the substantial ma
jority against license it has. They
have profound respect for votes,
and when they see the Temperance
people of the State standing togeth-
er-not, like politicians, with princi-
pies in their hands to barter for votes,
but with principles and votes both,
declaring that principles and votes
snail henceforth be inseparable-it
will have great influence for good.
"If any political party thinks it
wise or best toignore the Temperance
cause, or to put riddles or enigmas
in their platform that nobody can
understand, they are at liberty to do
so, but they will find they have made
a grand mistake, and that there are
scores to settle, and that the Tenn
perance people propose to settle them.
1 believe it is the purpose to remove
all the unworthy men that have
betrayed their trust by not enforcing
the law, from their positions. I Ihope
you will not put me down as a fanat-
ic when 1 say, I propose that every
one of these men shall be hung-po-
litically-a at the next election.
"We have not done all yet. And
the Church that undertakes to ignore
the question of Temperance, or treat
it with conservatism, will find itself
sitting desolate in its ashes of buried
hopes, and the minister who does
not do his duty will wake up by and
by to find he has lost grand op-
portunity. We are to have no more
men in our Churches who will rent
their property for the selling of in
to1icating liquors"
The last speaker for the evening