Year: 1866

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which accompanies this accursed traffic
here and everywhere, wherever this
plague is found-it becomes Us to ask
ourselves if we are altogether bameless7
To ask ourselves if we can sit idly by
and see this most damnable robbery and


murder committed before our eyes, with


ont raising finger to prevent it, ard


vet be innocent7 Are we not, my friends,


verify guilty concerning our brother


And is it not high time for US to rouse


ourselves to action7 What, then, shall |


we dol Our text tells the ind'tTdua9


what he is to do. Loot not upon the


wine when it is red, &c, for at the last


it biteth like a serpent and stihgeth


like an adder. And this is wise and


wholesome precept, which, if fully car


ried out by every individual, would ef-


fectualy rid the world Of crime which


alienates more property, destroys more
happiness and ruins more souls than all


other crimes that the race is acquainted


with, put together, Look not thou up


on the intoxicating cup and you are in


dividually safe; for you shall be as free


forever, from the fangs and folds Of this


deadly charmer, as you were in the days


when God gave you milk from your


mothers breasts. And this judge to


be our duty to do-to set an example,


at all times ofthe strictesttotal abstinence


from all intoxicating drinks.


But even this is not enough. 1t was


the doctrine of Cain, the first murderer,


who had already imbrued his hands in


his brothers blood, that he was not his


brothers keeper. We are, all Of us, in


an important sense, our brother keep
er. have no right to stand by and see
my family insulted and murdered, when
. have it in my power to prevent it
You have no right to stand by and see
. a villain set fire to your neighbor's dwell
, ing at midnight, without raising the
r alarm, or exerting yourself to put ou'
t the fire. You have no right, when you
a know that landlord has poisoned the
\ coffee of his guests, TO sit quietly by anc
$ allow him to carry out his dlabolica
scheme of wholesale murder 1or
e would be involved in the guilt Of suci
G transaction, and would justly be liabl
|. to the severest penalty of the law
O Bat are we any the less involved in tn
d guilt Of murderif we sit quietly by anC
a allow score of murders, right betor
If our eyes, to make it their daily buslnes
o to deal out poisons which destro
n both soul and body, while the law put
d it into our power to prevent it! l, to
Is one. nv hearers. have concluded tn.
l. the time has come when we must TAX
d some action, if we would, in the sigt
20 of God. clear ourselves of the gul
ly in which we shall certainly be involve
le if we continue to be the silent spectacle
O. of this accursed and deadly traffic
st What then shall we do! The law


certainly on our side, and this rende
ia US all the more inexcusable, ii we d
Ie not abate these places, every one OF ther
er as we would a public and pestilenti
n nuisance In answer, then, to the que
he ton. What shall we dol | say, LET
en- CARRY our THE LAW. Let us combine
er EyroRcEit For this seems to be the on
,te argument thatwill reach men who a
re mean enough to engage in this dlabollc
to traffic. Letusorganlze, andlet usappoi
ar a special committee whose business
be shall be to prosecute, to the bitter en-
.es every man who persists in followiI
,s- this unholy and murderous business
ed And let us pledge this committee a Fl
Nd conversation for their time, and ba
he them up by furnishing them all the mo
of ey they need to carry on the prosec
er- tions successfully so long as there sh
er- be left any occasion to prosecute
Ter l have talked this matter over vi
de some of our leading citizens, and fl
lls them all of one heart and one mind


it specting it. Andit is agreed, since
fits war has actually begun, as recent de
the onstrations in town go to show, that n
bv is the time for us to strike, for God q
ms humanity; in defense Of the best int
aad ests of society, and the present
dv: eternal interests of our fellow citize
lis The friends of temperance, good or,
nal and humanity in our town and vicinl
nee therefore, may expect soon to be cal
md upon to assemble, en- mGSw, to effect


in organization for this purpose. Not
as make spasmodic effort but to act
his iberately, wisely, prudently, unite
nv and persistently, to rid our town OF
ler- chronic and pestilential curse. AM
life sincerely hope there will be a gen
INTO turn out of our citizens, and that eV
and lover of his kind among us will CHI
vile fully lend the weight Of his intlue
and and the weight of his purse, to acc
l. plish this most desirable object.


eper may add, Mr.. Editor, inasmucI
the the above has been requested for I
lose lieation, that l feel confident of conn
hole success in this undertaking, provi


the only, that we have sufficient none


He defay the expenses Of the battle.
fec We need, and aught to have, a
illial of (S5OOO OO) FIVE thousand dollar
hap this purpose, but I think we can op,
ines with fund of even less than five
vice dred.


: Of The young lady who could
q in the following and not "pity the sor
mess OF poor young man," deserves tc