Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-05-11
"THE VOICE or THR PEOPLE Is
THE VOICE OF GOD.v
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j AouHticb9 fhNO uccU viz tHhuNC1 WniNH
have been wrought In nntions and society
by ambitron, eupidfty, pride, anger, re.
venge, etc, but these changes were lransito.
ry; the former conditions and relations be-
ing usually soon restored. But all great
revolutions having for their object the
amelioration, elevation and improvement
Of mans condition have had their origin
In, and been supported by an enlightened
public mind. The heart Is instinct with
humanity, and when the mind Of n nation
has been cultivated to clear apprehension
Of that which will promote the public vel.
fare, the people have demanded reforms
and In tones which enforced obedience. II
has been only by the education OF the
masses upon one particular subject after
another that progress has been maintained
| in the civilization and elevation OF man
kind. IL has been the voice OF God heard
in the voice Of the people. f.f.mI
REFORMATION OF DRUEKARDs A FAILURE.
| While il ,is the duty OF every friend OF
humanity 10 persuade inebriatcs, il possi-
| BILE, 10 an abandonment Of their pernicious
habit; observation has forced conviction
upon every intelligent observer that this
nation by the reformation Of drunkarts.
OF the Incorporate who have made VOWS
Of abstinence, large majority OF them
have, sooner or later, returned to their cups,
Only a few Of them have had sufficient
moral power to MAINTAIN their resolves
through life. '''
MUST STRIKE DEEPER.
To attain the object sought by temper
Ance philnnthropists, they must strike
deeper than ever before. They may not
hope to kill the upas tree by plucking a
leaf here and there from its top. The IKE
must be laid to the root. While their
aympathies should not be Withdrawn from
the poor dIunkArd, their energies should be
more largely directed to the prevention OF
drunkenness.
This, il Is true, is one OF the avenues
through which the friends Of temperance
have sought tho great object for which
they have toiled and struggled, but are
conscious that their success has not been
Commensurate with their laborS, desires
and expectations. There has been u defect
somewhere in the plan OF operation a de-
feet which they have been unable to re-
move or overcome. What is il? And can
1t be obviated? The object Of this article
| IN, W hubRebt ToHleuI.
TEACHING YOUTH TEMPERANCE.
1t has been sought to impress upon the
mind OF youth the beauty, necessity and
value Of temperance; to instill into their
hearts the love of sobriety and purity, and
through these restrain them from COM
mencing the baleful habit Of tippling and
thereby lessen the number IRON which the
drunkards ranks are recruited. This is
believed to be the true and only means by
which the great evil can be ultimately, il
ever, controlled and overcome.
Its failure, thus far, in realizing the
hopes and desires OF its friends, has moi
arisen from any defect inherent in the ma.
ture of the remedy, but from the want oi
univerSality in it's application. 'Fis true
that many youth have been reached by
temperance teachings, through the sabbath
schools, the church, the lecture hall and
temperance literature, but these generally
have been the children OF sober, industri.
GUS, respectable and pious parents. The
safety of the children OF such parents Il
comparatively assured by reason of the
salutary influences under which they are
reared, But these do not constitute a moi
ETY. of all our youth. The great masses O
them lying outside and beyond the inAu
ence of the church, the sabbath school and
lecture hall-along the bywAys and alley!
of lie; have no adequate conceptions o.
the evil ct intemperance. Upon this sub
ject they are ignorant. They are generally
the children of the poor, the illiterate anC
vicious, and with all their recollections ar,
associated scenes OF debauchery, wretched
ness and violence. They have been edu
Gated in and grown up familiarly with
drunkenness, and with them familiarit,
has robbed il OF its odious features. From
these the depleted ranks of the drumkart
Are replenished. Should all these bccom
the subjects of temperance teachings Hnt
correct notions be impressed on theirminds
who can doubt that the next generation
would show decided advancement in th
conditions OF society
But all must be reached and properl
taught before we may hope that the drunk
ard hosts will be materially lessened. /
would be folly to expect that all who shoul
be taught in this generation, would abstaii
from the Use oil intoxicnnts; the influence
surrounding them would allure many /
destruction. But that large accession
would accrue to the cause Of temperance
might reasonably be presumed, and in pro
portion TO these accessions, intemperanc
would become disreputable and odious am
its supporters circumscribed in their inhu
ence and power.
CAN ALL OUR YOUTH BE REACHED AN
TAUGHT TEMPERANCE?
To teach temperance to all our youth,
then, the great desiderdtun. Can il be done
And il so, how? These are the great que,
tions, and il they be solved in the affirm
ative, all probably, will agree that q solr
tion OF the temperance problem may b
reached.
1t il an axiom in civil polity that go,
ernments are organized to promote the pul
lie welfare and that government is defe,
tive in its constitution or administratio
which does not make nSe of all propt
available means to accomplish the objec
OF its creation, All the moral, religior
and educational organizations in the Stat
are founded on the principle that the hal
pincss and ma tcrial prosperity Of its inhal
itants will be enhanced by the preventio
: of evils. And is there another evil in an
civilized country 40 general and so d.
structive OF the public welfare as that
intemperance? Certainly not. And th
being universally acknowledged evil,
surely must be the duty Of the State,
) the parent OF all its children, to exerci
all its benign powers to save its childr'
from becoming the victims Of this perm
cious habit. Yet the Slate has done llttl
, II anything, to prevent Its citizens fro
; becoming the subjects Of intemperance.
The lava upon this subject are not p'
veRtipe, but punitire in design. They are
rected against n recognized, active evil; al
! contain no provision founded in benov
lence. They have their root in the prin,
!. pie Of crushing out and not in that
avoidance, They provide for penNlti
d but not for rewards. II is familiar ma
!, i'm that ait is easier 20 prevent an e'
1 than TO remedy it," and in this case it
a eminently 40. Can the State reach and
struct all its youth upon this subject Y
0 But howH The fundamentally by a
b through which il may be done is at ha
e and was provided long since but has ne'
a been called into activity In this dircctiC
IL can be, and without any additional 1
, Pense to the people. That instrumental Il
@ Is the
N PUBLIC SCHOOL.
|. The great object OF the school il TO p
!. pare boys and girls to become men and