Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1883-03-02

Us The People Of Wood OowSys
Aftsr ten yesrs ot oqganigei fabm IN sirs
csape OF tempernnce, aod agaiut the ever
widening evils Of tl'e liqacr traffic, we
have been led 10 tie conviction tlrnt li,eae
Is ONO field which has been left almost en-
,irely neglected, and where greut results
can be obt ined IL, the harvest of the fn-
ture, ey little labor and little onre at
the presem time. The very eantcstnoss OF
Ire effort that has been p,r fortA in pears
past, In the direction Of veform and iegis-
laticn, hns perhaps caused Temperance
workers TO overlook some Of ai,e I,oasibiIi.
ties tirat present themselves n, tlre lipe OF
prevention. We have reference fcre To
Tire education Of the young into nEnuwl.
edge Of the injury that in inflicted, in u
mere physical sense, upon the consumers
of alcoholic drinks Ivy are poison that IL
being 40 thoughtessdy aud unguardedly
taken i,rto the system.
Keeping in view tire fact tiint tile school
years ate the years most pliable, that u
mnjesity of all the children of the State,
whatever may lie their nationality or
their wrong instruction, or lnck of instruc
schools. and thai lie Knowledge then
aimed and convictions the,, formed are
The most lasting. we are driven TO feed tl,a,
there ie one woefullack II, ,n,r course of
present pnblic jns,ructop. We te,cl, The
children e,ucf ilat is far iess essential To
their ply sicai and moral salvation in af-
ter wears, and of far less Use to the State.
| than this al,soiy,te scientific fact: Tim,
alcohol il n poison, that brings nron tire
| human system the same conscquenccs rs
other poisons; that 40 mnu or woman can
tanner with il without ncurrinr the risk
of u thrnlldo,n that shall rend and waste
the body, feiter the Intellect, nird cast an
ever deepening bliglls upon tire soul.
ImYell.sl by these facts tlre Woman's
Christian Temperance Union # Ohio pre-.
pared u petition. asking the General As.
~, NH to enact n law "r,auiriny the
physiological Hcli"n of alcoholic bevera.
ges, ms u brrurcl, of study in all schools
supported hy ,sblic money, or under
State control" T1ese petitions were sent
forth, and although the time was short.
and many of the counties and townships
were lmt partially ca,,vss.ed, thousands of
voters and women placed themselves upon
record W. IN favor of the passage of This
law, and 70 far We have not learned that
any rernonstrances against il have been
brought to the attention Of the Legislature.
These petitions have been presented
and a bill embodyinr the desire ,ptainpd
within them was Introduced in the IIouse
by Representative Love of Columbinna
county. After some discussion, and after
many strong ant, valid arguments in lis
favor, the bill was brought TO vote. and
although it received thiriy.two votes. il
failed Of passage because it did not com.
mand the ffty.three votes that were re.
Quired TO give II The sanction of the House
on its way to the statute book. On the
day following il wSs ca lied up by Mr., Love
the vote by which ii was lost was recon.
sidered, and il was referred to the Com
mittee on Education. there tn remain nm.
ill such lime as its supporters desire 10
have il reported back for action.
Although the bill failed of becoming
law, it received more support. more cun.
mendatons and more voies than Its best
friends had reason to hope when the prop
osition was first considered. Even in ,se
WHO declined TO support il either voted in
silence, or attempted to defend their aclion
upon grounds so trivial or so insecure as
TO show that there was no solid founda.
ton upon which they could rest n ius,ifi
catisn. And so far we have heard no one
advance aa argument against it that does
not involve either the proposition that not
even a discussion of the liquor question
must be tolerated, or that education in any
form is a thing not to be desired, With
such as deal in propositions like these we
have no argument, but our appeal il TO
those who recognize the right OF the peo.
pie to eradicate by lawful means any evil
that may be growing in their IN idst, and
who hold ti,at education is one of the