Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-07-16

1t upon the adversary" Having
found it impossible to do this by di-
rect action, it is probable Gen. Cary
hopes to be able to do it by indi-
rection, and to make use of his Of
fee, if elected, as President of the
Senate, to wrest the law-making
power from the hands Of the liquor
sellers las in the pamphlet he de-
elares that to be his 1ultimate de-
sign and turns it upon them by
branding them as criminals, and
chasing them by statute in the
''same catalogue with the highest
criminals known to the law.'' As
President Of the Senate. his influence
upon the law-makihg power viii
necessarily be great, and he may be
the prOvidentially ordained instru-
ment for putting the entire liquor
business under ban. at-aS 54i H7a s-a
After the introduction, Gen. Ca
ry discusses the object and the
tights, and duties of government. =
Government, he says, should guard
the property, health, reputation and
lives of It's citizens. III 1t should be
paternaI in these . things It
should subject the sanction and
penalties of law like ''eyery aggressor.
apOn property, health, character or
Iife.'' Having settled what govern
lnent is IN duty bound to do, he pro-
Deeds to consider what things it
ought topunish as crimes. Thus
he says: ri5 sven aI -0itsgaDr
"Murder, robbery and theft are
crimes, because they. not only injure
individuals, but strike at the very
of society. Whatever wan
ton act may be committed which
endangers or destroys the life, lib
erty, personal safety or property of
"a subject, (?) thus threatening the
subversion of civil society, is crime,
whether recognized by the law of
the land or not. I
Gen. Gary amplifes this PROPOSE
ton, and by reasoning seeks to show
that a thing may be evil and crimi-
nal in itself, although not so defined
by statute. His next step'is to show
that the manufacture and traffic in
drinks are such evils
and crimes. First, he says, because
''they impoyerish nation; second,
they impair health; third, they de-
stroy life" He demonstrates these
propositions to the satisfaction of
the prohibitionists, and adds:
''The dealers in these poisens, and
those who 6ndle the fires of the dis
tilFery, not only induce men to raise
the suicidal farm to put an end to
their own existence, but they let
loose upon the earth a multitude to
bathe their hands In the blood of in
eThey sit in lurking pla-
ces of the villages ; in the secret
places do they murder the innocent.
They lie in wait secretly as a lion IN
his den; they lie IN wait to catch
the poor. They crouch and humble
that the poor may fall
by the strong ones-' They fire the
brain and nerve the arm of the as
3assin. They sharpen the weapons
De death, and stand by and consent
and hold the garments, AND RECEIVE
THE PRICE, while the crimson cur
'ent flows. .yfzaitragag slfs 7isHi -
We pause in the con- Sc of this
quotation to observe that Gen Cary
beats the Psalmist in the graphic
energy of his language, and to sag-
gest to the Cincinnati ENQUIRER,
he Cleveland PLAIN DEALER, and
other abled-bodied Democratic or
yans m the propriety of mailing this
beautiful extra to their editorial
nastheads, and keeping it there hn-
III the October election.
But the General, still speaking of
he liquor dealers, continues:
f'Fhey are the recruiting officers to |
he almshouseS, Eunatic asylums, |
and gibbets of our earth.
They ARE ORIMINALABoVE ALL 9TH
sRs, for they create and pour upons
Ioeiety a. desolating stream of moral
leath; which brings with it every
7ariety of human misery and crime;
which converts the blessings of |
heaven into curses, and those of life
nto the tortures of disease, and pre-
nature agonies of temporal and
nd eternal death. THEY ARE TIE
'RINCEs OF CRIMINALS, for they take !
way every vestige of propriety, de-
troy character, blast reputation,
trike down every hope that can
heer, wiring every fibre that can
eel, before they strike the blow
ends their suffering victims to a
rave of infamy and cherries eter-
lity. '
fProperty, health, character. rep
,tation, life and salvation, fall, be-
ore them like the forest before the
weeping tornado. The army Of IL
uor-makers and vendeEs press for
lard, laying waste and destroying ]
Thatever things are honest, just,
ure, excellent, and lovely, and good
epOrt. The banners are rolled in
lODd, and the shrieks of murdered
innocence is themusic of their march.
IN every hilltop and in every val I
~, the monuments of human Skele-
0ns mark their desolation prog
0ss n-slf to eEca lfal -.1lall7i 20
WHY, Messrs. Payne, Rowland
nd Walden, and all ye hosts of
mbattled Crusaders, none among
e all has so terribly indicated the
laker and dealer in intoxicating
averages. You should take lessons I
the feet of this Democratic Gam
Ilel.. But Gen., Cary does not con
ne himself to iliYectiye. Perhaps
le maker and dealer VIII plead
ant of knowledge Of the eonse-
lences of their business. Guilty
nOwledge is the essence of crime, !
his guilty knowledge he says they
| have. They know the destruet- :
e and dangerous properties of al +
biol. 1t would, he says, "be an .
suit TO their understandings, and a
lwarantable exercise of charity to 4
oppose them ignorant of these /,
lihgs." Not only do they have .
liltv knowledge, but guilty intent
not wanting. On this head, he !,
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