The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1886-09-30

We would not place anything in the
way of genuine Temperance work. 1t is
something the good result OF which
will be for the prosperity of mankind.
But we must be sure to attain good re-
suits. We must be sure that our efforts
are of that character that is best calcu-
lated to secure a thorough reformation
in this direction. If the success of the
Temperance cause is all that is aimed at,
then the work is noble one, and desery-
ing of sympathy and praise. The work
that seeks to reform the drunkard and
destroy the business of the doggery must
be conducted with caution as well as
agreSsi veneSs The first point to strike,
and the most effectual, is the drunkard
himself. We overheard a citizen a few
days ago make this remark: "Prohibl-
tionists would bring about Temperance
Reform by hiding away liquor from the
drinker. How would it look for the peo-
pie of Ohio to be compelled to hide away
their horses, in order to keep some thief
from stealing them, instead of applying
the remedy to the thief himself?" Unfor-
tunately, there is a show of sound reas-
oning in the remark. We would like to
see every doggery-keeper in the Country
cast into the sea, with the weight OF all
his sins about his guilty neck-if he per-
sistently refuses all opportunities for do
ing right-but there is style of Temper
ance work which will hastily set the dog
gery-keeping loafer to work, if it can be
successfully inaugurated. That is to la
Dor with the drunkard himself. Suppose
that every man in Jackson should re-
solve, to-day, that he would not take an
other drink of beer or whisky. Would
there be q doggery in the place in two
weeks And in this connection we will
point an Illustration of this line OF work
The Salvation Army at this place, has
captured several men who were in the
habit of drinking, and not only that, but
of spending a great portion of their earn
ngs with the doggery-zeepers. These
men have Strengthened up, taken their
! places as useful citizens, are living Chris
tian lives, and their families bless the
hour of their good resolution. The
Army has done great, practical Tenn
perance work 1t has adopted practical
Prohibition, so far as the Army is con-
cerned. The doggery-keepers hate the
Salvation Army as bad as they do relig-
Gus truth. Just as long as these men
stand firm in their resolution, the dog
gery-keeper will not get a cent from
them. Were all men to act the same,
there would be practical, lasting Prohibi-
ton. We are not attempting to place
the entire blame upon the drunkard. He
is an object of sympathy, but there is
generally good deal of devil mixed up
in his composition. The work against
the saloons is all right, but the best
method is to persuade the drunkard to
quit.
The way to secure lasting moral re-
form is not through force. The basis
must be reason. = No sane man can ex-
pect the drunkard to be kept as helpless
ward of the law, or of public charity. He
must be taught to be man. The dog
gery-keeper is brute, devil; there is
nothing good in him, of him, or about
him. Crush him ont, and destroy his
business, if possible but at the same time,
without removing any of the blame from
the devil who keeps the den, let honest
prayerful effort be turned toward keep
ing men away from his den. That's the
way to cut off his rations, and set him to
work at honest labor.