The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1876-06-16


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- lsng - tlt, hte permitted The land
/ will is mstsisi eitt drunkenness
\ Thssr ntr ihs srsiAAntra IL human
Ilassl. the shanahlts. wh.te thousands
II lives are annually slaughtered, the
I licensed machinery plieh turns health
into disease. slecene, into faet. love
int hatred, ,enng beauty into loa,be.
anmensss. mothers milk into rni,sn.
muthcr's heaia into stone. and the
image Of God into something baser
than the brute, And can any one he
engaged In this trsfia and not know
tho mischief he il doing Can hr
,nrply tho lava which 'corches the
lana and he innocent 7 Does he mol
know the effects of that In which h.
trades 7 Docs Bic not know that or
those who drink many win 10 drunk.
en ! and can he supply the cause and
lctarh himself from the ct!ec. I Can
hc hotl Gre.htanls through the city
and witness tho conngnrstion. and
claim exemption from the blame ! Can
he spread contasion through your
families, and when hs hears the dying
grnans and sees the funeral. tell you
lie IL inaocc1t lie may toll you
that he frowus upon intcmperancc. and
sclla not 10 tho drunkard. ~ perhaps
he mny. lie will sell till the wrcscl, il
made drunk. aud then refuse him. till
hc il made sober again. hut Il ID too
late to talk about denying him now
The man is ruined. aud tho dealer puts
the instrument III his hand with which
he struck tho blow
lie DOGS not soil to tho irunLatl !.
Isit lcps evil 10 mako ,lrnnkarda III
sober men thnn to kill the drunkarl- !?
A.h ,h"t wildwood mother who did her
tho greatest evil, the man vlo chly
pnt her drunken husband In the grave,
thus freeing har Of his erueliies, or the
man Who malo drnnkari Of her only
son ? Ask these orphan children who
did them the greatest injury, tho man
WHO made their once rIler, kinl and
ailee, iuna,a father il ,lruukard, aud
blasted vii their hopes. and turned
their sweet home into M emblem Of
huli, Or the nau who. after they had
suffered fpr years the anguish. tho IN.
dca.fibabie anguish If tho ,linnkar.l's .
children, ana SEQ their hcart broken
mother III danger oi Ill un.ins., grave
nnly killed their father. aud thus
brought peace ana ,,,l.iucss TO their
hume, which q tli,se iwo men brought
upon the thstlrcn tfe greatest evil I
tan ,ou donht
Now. what IL IL he donc to clusc up
'h.M pet li.,lses, tascsl np these toan-
talns a dusolatinn Do " hy,
rsfsuade liz keepers II them t. leave
their trade. w alc Told !. Persuade
them !? Have you ever tried il ! /
hass. and MusL cenlsts with poor re-
suits. Whon yuu can airsAt thu light
uing, still the thunder and turn back
the sea, then you may haro for SUD
cess Persuade men 10 give up tile
nstsrious traffic Why not enlcavsr
- eLock tho evils u lottery, gambling
and prostitution b. appeals TO the
eonsciences Of tho. keepers of lottery
aud gam bling houses mud dens u In
fanny /! Persuade mon /! There srs
men-.-unprinsipled men, 30 aetuated
by sslfshncss that they will sell till
tho iron grasp of the Inv seixcs then,
aud compels them to stop. Anxious
ncighbors may reason with thom; wives
IL rags and tears may eutroas shom
bate.fooscd, hnnger-bitten children
may appeal 70 them. and still thoy
will soil. A long ~ money can b.
made by tho traffic, there ars men
who would build their groggory IL tho
crater " 4 volcano; thoy would soil
rum among tho heavings Of III earth.
quake; aud ~ tho drunkard slips down
tho bank and hangs, suspended BY .
single twig, ovor The Lottoulcss pie
they would put between Lis chattcring
teeth sho draught that would un-
nerve his arm and plunge him into an
eternal abyss. And shall ~ talk of
moral suasicn to such Men, and lot
them continue their damning work 10.
cause they will not 10 persuaded?
What then would you do Do
with them ~ you would with every
foo Of society. Ii tho trAnlcksrs IN