The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1885-04-22

to restrain the sale of liquor no is stated that
at least 10000 persons die Of delirum tremons
every year in that country. I'm Berlin alone
there are ll,O0O saloons, and forty-ono per
cent. OF the crimes committed are attributable
TO the influence of liquors. The defenders of
| beer-drinhng can no longer point to Germany
as g happy example Of moderate drinking.
Wretchedness aud sorrow hayo writtou their
history on that fair land.
TN the performance OF our duty we have
been deeply impressed with the fact chat four.
tfths If not niue-tenths, of the 5000 paupors
and criminals which tll our public institutions,
are in their present sad aud deporabIe condi-
! tun through the influence OF Intoxicating
! liquors. II we look beyond these institutions
| to determine the cost of the liquor traffic 90
| this city; it we estimate the increase OF the
| police force necessary to meet its requirements
the degradation emaulUng from the infamous
pest-houses which it sustains, the idloncss
| which it fosters the wealth which it sguanders
and destroys, the poverty aud disgrace which
| it entails, the burdens and expenses which it
| lays upon our courts of Justice; and If we add
to these the perpetual support of so large q
| number of paupers and criminals-tho loss
| which we suffer is inCalCulablo. Tile Grand
Jury Of Philadelphia.
But still the question comes up. "What
/ cnu we do ?N I can not tell. We may
| easily believe that much c0uld be done if al
! Christian people would be united, and do
what they are we'll able to do, for the sup
preston of the evil. It certainly is no
time for idle indifference.
need not to-day speak of this OWL, as
the bano Of society, the deadly enemy of
morality and religion; nor need I now de-
pict its dreadful ravuges in the family and
the home; nor yet Of it's corruptions in
| politics, aud the fearful burdens il is all the
time imposing upon society; upon all these
points have spoken freely and at length
heretofore in this pulpit.
But still the voice Of the Lord says,
"Cry aloud and spare not" And the
promise is, that, "When the enemy shall
come in like food the spirit of the Lord
shall lift up a standard against him" "
i A hundred floods like that of the Ohio
river a year ago, are as nothing in COM
parison with the flood of intemperauce that
sweeps over the land like bosom Of de-
struCtion.
II bears on its lurid bosom q large share
of the wealth of nations, the wrecked man
sion of the rich aud the cottage Of the poor,
the hard earned wages of millions. the
Children's bread, and the poor wife's scanty
, apparel the blasted hopes of thousands Of
families, blood curdling crime, bl9ated
carcasses, and writhing souls of lost inebri-
atss all drifting to the vortex of woe
The picture cannot be overdrawn. Neither
the eloquence Of Cough, nor the imagiua-
tion of Dante, nor the bold art of Dore,
can equal the task, and fully set forth the
, horrors of intemperance.
! Its evils are not only seen in the direction
4 just limited at-wasting property, destroy
ing families, imperiling virtue, multiplying
a taxes, poluting morals, and running souls,
/ but in other directions, where least ex.
] pected, ! refer to the strange power il
{ holds over society-in paralyziug effort tC
o resist it; men almost apologize for il as d
o necessary evil, capital is timid men are
/ afraid they will lose their trade, or if office
f seekers the votes of the dupes controlled by
! the liquor men, Oh for the age of heroes
a the era of martyrs, or at least the courage
Of which martyrs are made
y One Of the lowest developments in the
a slavery of some public men to the behests
. Of saloon keepers, may be seen in the re-
. cent action of the Indiana Senate The
: law of the State requires saloons to close at
= IL p. m. But the saloon men not being
I satisfied with the law notified their ser
( wants in the Senate that they wanted the
a time extended till midnight Upon thi,
@ demand a bill was prepared and offered
q extending the time. In supporting the
a BILL Mr.. Bailey said, ''Theatres, and
( prayer meetings close at II o'clock anG
q there are just as many people from prayer
g meetings 60 into saloons, as any Other
. people" Mr.. Thompson claimed that the
' Travelling public coming in at late hours
q of the night, after the hotels are closed
Il would be benefited by the extension Of the
o time Of closing the saloons until / 2 o'clock
a The bill was lost by a vote Of
/ 20 to 10. So you see it lacked only ont
Il vote of passing the Senate. But now q
}, word in regard to the argument used in it
v favor. First, as to the travelling public
r Secondly in regard to 'peo
II pie going from prayer meetings TO saloons.
a ment?
Il do not know where Mr.. Bailey lives
T. nor what kind of prayer meetings he il
@ familiar with. Aud he is careful not Il
J. say that those who 60 to the saloons ar
o church members, but it may be presumed
that he meant TO cast stigma upon tn
J. people who 60 to prayer meetings.
II II would be safe TO say that not one in tel
@ of those persons not members of the Church
?, who attend the prayer meeting 60 to tn
+ saloon.
q One more word to show what an Indian
d Senate can do. Immediately after dis
k posing of the bill referred to, the Seuat
D. passed bill prohibiting the manufacturin
If and sale Of oleomargarine, by vote Of 4
If to 5.n
II Without trying to set forth the magnitud
i Of this evil here refer you to opinions G
d three men.
- EMINENT MEN on THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC.
n One of the most notable temperance NEE
if ings that New York City has seen of late veal
- was held the other evening in the new churc
aI Of Saint Paul the Apostle Threeof the ablei
and most eloquent members of the America
Do EpisCOpate we're present and made EDeeChu
T. Bishop Ireland, of Minnesota, said the liQu,
at traffic was cultiyating the temper and habit
ys contempt for the law. Try TO enforce q
a Sunday closing law, and the dunkard .make
y set up a cry Of personal liberty "Liber
l- 20 ruin men and women" said the indignal
l5 preate. "Ihe great enemy Of the people
%, liquor" said Bishop Spalding of Illinois; "tl
lis great curse Of the land is the saloon. We wal
g. a public opinion against this evil; we want
~ make the men who sell this poison disreput
. ble." 1T is no use hating tho devil sa
n Bishop keane, Of Virginia. 81 don't hate Il
u' devil, But / do hate the DEVILS work, an
1873 from the bottom of my soul il do hate Oh
Sc curse Of drink. God made man 90 be happ
ls- and his chief happiness is in the famiI
nd Christian homes are the units of Gods famil
And II you go through this vast city and al
80 what has blasted multitudeB of homes, d
AD answer will be drink Years ago i swort
ay would do all In my power TO free men fro
on this curse. have been nineteen years at Oh
OF work, and the longer / have worked at 10 O.
ICE more have been convinced of the magnitu
i'll of the evil, and that there is no cure for it
a.. AL mH.