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H n, ? : ic." Tot lh Tp in Orgm. ;
Mr, EorfOar Allow toe to jcftlt, the
''attention 'of tha.'. temperance women
ef the State", to the, propriety1 of in
mediately organizing women's conn-
temperance, ', sodetfeJC'3Yft'. flsiiro
to see the various temperance women
;of the Statavefl represented,' al our
f next State temperance convention. ' A
.little.7, energy, and - self -denial,! prere
quisites ( for, those, , .who, battle1 with
I'wrorg, will enable them to fulfill the
objects' of',' one!, of," tbej . resolutions
. adopted at the late women's State
Temperance convention, namely: i
"' 1 Resolved, Th'at epuvention
earnestly recommend the formation of
County and township ' fejnale; temper--ance
socities, throughout' the State;
"arid that all 'ucij societies, Iseoome
- auxiliaries to the State society,. ' and
' report '.the' namesof tielr '.officers to
v its president, for the purpose of faclli
i tating the circulation of petitions,
Tnd other temperance papers.1 :,o I
" 'I find some temperance peopje, so
. eangiune and .hopeful pf , a stringent
I, prohibitary lawr that they apparently
think it not worth the white to labor
much jusf 'tow, 'on ' the ere of, this
j triumph of ( the i temperance, reform.
But such should remember that intern
, peranceia the enemy of mankind
1 yes an enemy,' that one ' or, to legal
- enactments, will not wholly subdue.
' We shall be in danger of a," return of
' this odious and desolating vice, as
long as the appetite for a, surfeit
) of food and drink-, remain in the con
stitution of the race, s This both to
gether, with our present tai, taotiyes
.of obeying the Jaws of physical and
mora heal tidiness,; render, the ter
mination of the" period .of. danger
rather doubtful. , Then letua, be vig
ilant,' faithful, and . enduring, ever
hoping for the good time coming.
In Medina county, we do not talk
anything about a failure of a prohi
bitory law; a bona tide Maine Law.
We consider this as 6ure as that the
next election time; and another ses
sion of the .legislature eome; along
in their season. ; " ,
. ' We are quite proud of Mr. Pardee
of, the Senate, and Johnson, Speaker
of the House, as known friendspf
a prohibitary law, . whose names ap
pear ,on the right side of the lbt.
And we are quite certain that many
other counties on the Reserve, are de
, termined that the next minutes, of the
legislature, shall tell , the people
through the action of their Represen
tatives, what is the state of public
sentiment among their people,, , ,-. ,
' The' following resolution goes well
here:";" ' '' '
"JUdee4, . That , we ' regard the
Maine Law,' as an enactment calcula
ted to confer lasting benefit upon
those coining tinder its influence,
and we further' declare it to be our
fixed determination, to support no
man for Senator, or Representative,
who is hot known to be decidedly In
favor of itsj passage, by our Legisla
ture." : ' i
The most opposition that you can
raise to thjs among temperance peo
ple here, is, that it should embrace
town, county and all State officers.
But 1 forbear, fearing to frighten some
of your, good- temperance readers,
who stand aghast at the bare sugges
tion of)tofinectingr tempelrance with
politics? As though intemperance had
' not alwajs beeit, connected with poli
tics; as n-any a 'sober ( defeated can
didate' can testify, to, his own sorrow,
This handling the temperance ques
tion atrants length, Vis not the',, very
best way under existing circumstan
ces. The longer there is this ineffi
cient dablling in the, subject, the far
ther we are off from the goal of ouf
desires.. , v. .. ' ..-i !
, " One reason why we succeeded .well
TUEiOIlIQl ORGANi;OI!rTIIElfrEMPERANCE ItEFORMIT
in thw.'seption U, that nearly 'all; the
principal papers published iupon the
Reserto; are edited by staunch tern-
. . Til . , it i
perance men. ) i strutes me .torn we
should be more certain of a prohibi
tary law,- had we mends of the Maine
Law in the chair editorial at the capi
ta i The, following' jeitract ia copied
froia a city paper. f recent date . ,f
;!i YBut send us Up a set of excited
men, who conceive, themseve preg
nant with a mission, their brains, fitted
only with catch-words,. desperetqly
bent', upon immortalizing. themselves
by doing' something to,; astonish, the
natives; upon, forcing don the popular
gullet, some magnificent reformatory
pill; upon publishing theij pldjectures
in the shape 0$ legislative, speeches,
and Diavinff off the phvrotechnica of
patneuQ eipcunou, anu wq suuuit
more, hopes, of a, millenmm than pi, a
reform thus attempted. ,-, .At, any rate,
,we regard, the Maine taw or aqything
similar ' to. it. as totally, out of the
question. ,h. The sponer, tle, friends of
temperance abandon h9f project w,e
less, time they will loose, and the more
certainly avpid shipwreck,l'.,(.( ,,., .
. " It may be a conceit of ;mine, but it
strikes, me , that . our , . Rearesentajti ves
wouJd, . act ; less indepenaenuy . ajrer
reading thej! above extract,' upon an
ina'igested.iibreakfast,; At any, rate
we would if possible avoid the, risk.
M, A. BRONSON
uoO r.
USUI
iiC;PotthtOryin.
Wist JwrtasoKO., Feb. 16, '53
11 Lecture of Dr. Van Epps, ' .
flovel! jposilion 'assumed t National
. Cqpartnershtp-jVuty oj Lml (Jov-
eminent to protect itself- Children
ike fassive Eecipients, dc.--JiJaine
Law the Polar Star. . ;j..i..
Ma. 1 EniTORt-Wishing to report
ourselves occasionally to the tempej1-
P . I i I
ance menus oi unto, pernapa we
cannot dp so more ' advantageously
than through the Organ.
. We invited Dr. J. Fayson YattJipps,
of Columbus, to address our citizens
on the' 31st ult. He complied; and
assuming a novel position in the die
cussion, our people were taken by
surprise, ana there was. but one, leel
ms and a unanimous vote for . the
Maine prohibition. 'r "r
The speaker asked the right of
claiming every voter aa a political
partner in a ereat national firm. The
people were the principals; the legis
lators and all those fillins offices
were clerks oi the firm: consequent
ly the people had a right to demand
the execution of their own. will in 11
matters appertaining to the happiness
fend prosperity Of the: copartnership,
, It was the duty of civil govern
ment to protect itself. Thousands of
those associated with us in this na
tional firm, were willing to barter the
sacred right of voting for less than a
mess of pottage---the. ballot-box was
in danger of becoming the blighting
curse of the nation. ' ; 1
.'! No nim. seller had a right to en
danger the happiness and lives of the
millions of innocent ones, merely to
advance his individual wealth. ' He
would hot do bo if a truq patriot
. j. It is the duty' of men now on.the
Btage to do for .posterity what our
fathers 1 did for us, , ' This rich legacy
must be preserved and increased for
a behest to our children. The infants
iq our cradles are. to be the future
fathers and mothers of this republic-
as passive recipients' 'our individual
and collective childhood - have, no
oower to determine , the character of
their homes, no winga; to fly from
strife, from evil, from contamination.
God hands down tfcpsejnfant angels,
with minds to sweep the circle olTthe
universe,,; And entrusts, them, to man'
care and woman' love. " 1 ;'
1 :Man'8,duty '.to the (hUd detnands'a
law that will remoye every hindrance
to, a proper-education of the children
I pf . hinati'"ViOT sejling qpii-
seoueBtlYTWinldrtiikins wetelhe gi
ant evils,, and more than any others
chfldren. nThe;savinff of sit cents a
day td the1 laborer amounts t di4
lars and 90 eenta a year, a capital of
oyer .900, dollar at 7, per cent, , Jow
"many comforts this, six cents saved
'would' secure' wife' and children.-!
With this ; sii cehts. a day saved, a
iman aged twnty-bi yeara could, (if
pledged to. total abstinanoe) have a
policy of "assurance on bisj bfe, (with
' the Washington. Life Insurance Com
pany "6f Cincinnati), to the amount of
1900 dollarsa sum sufficient to edu
cate a family should the provider be
removed by death.,-; oJ lUw
; A Mtd lecturt .."being caed for,
"Dr. Van. ,Eppes addressed us, again
last evening: jplaik of ! discussion,
mtich1 the same as; before interest
increased. .ri!.:ilrt- ol ;
I -The. importance of anbacribing for
the Orgaq of, the ".Temperance Re
form'' was urged; also the forming
'Of County: 'Alliances ', ' pledging ' bur
Belves' to j vote for norte but Maine
lawmen." This is our determination,
o.ur, pplart.8tar..' ...f?
!' , V' FoHOrr.;
Hornble. . .Mr,-;
. Cixvm,March 9, 1653.
Fbiesr Cabv: Perhaps , a more
revolting scene was never known than
, was enacted a few nights ago at North
-,Bend.-,ff' J: 't .ti imU '.rn
j , , 0a , Mr.; Cloud, distiller in Ilarri
sondaily , wagons , whisky from that
place ' to the Ohio river, to be taken
thencer' by- the "Forest Queen" to
Cincinnati On laat Saturday, aboht
one hundred and (brty. barrels of "the
., fluid", were, placed upon , the bank,
to await transportation on the follow
ing' day. 'It being 'ah 'article not
much in demand in the neighborhood,
the owner did" hot care to keep a
watch; and in the night of the same
day, a poor unfortunate womanwho
lived near by, stole down to the bar
rels, opened the bung of one and
drank freely .of its Contents.- .While
yet sober she returned to the house.
There of course she became drank
deadly, madly drunkand the burn
ings of such a draught of raw unrec
tiffed whisky as that; must have been
a very hell within her; but add to
this the torture of the flames which
burnt i the hair from off her head,
destroyed her eyesight and scorched
her body, and you have only the real'
ity! What a spectacle.' lit needs no
words of eloquence, to paint itj : but
the mere recital of the facts, as they
are, is enough, to awaken the, indig
nation oi a people to proclaim, in
thunder tones, death to this, demon of
discord! ' A poor, old ' woman and
she a mother and a' wife ! steal
ing in the night that which alone
' had prepared her for such: an act
that which will destroy the,; im
age of , loveliness and virtue that
which Will rot life's vitals iri the core
that which will : place the body in
flames here, and the lost soul amid
the burnings of a drunkard's hql I
hereafter, . . Yours, oW, H, . U, .
! ,:.: 1 . . . : , : At '
For the Orgin.
!;( Why do we Liyel m '
This should be the daily inquiry of
every descendant of Adam ;:. why it
: s, that, Uoa has spared us, from the
yawning jaws of the grim monster
death 'x While we, almost hourly, see
others called to answer in what way
their time has been spent. i '
,:It is wisely, and we believe, Very
jtruly , saidf that "the dsigna, of , God
' are all just and true." .,
is it not of the utmost importance
then to us. to inquire into His design
1 in leaving us to enjoy the sweet: oom-
i torts and communion of oar friends;
and also His design ia calling those
loved objects ofc. earth from, our em
iJbrac, to which, we should' willingly
l8ubmitiWithout a murmur . ;r-; '.:
.1 Now th great object Cod h W ia giv
ing as Ufa, health aad ft proper use of
a reasoning. faculty ja, that: we msy
spend, them properly i teaching the
vouth of our several bunediate neigh-
borhopds.f, Yes, the greatest, and we
think, principle duty ef UfeU, to direqt
the young and flmjtjuating minda . of
the rising generptipn tp ,the blessings
of Temperance and Yirtue, ,M To whom
dot we Wok for a Cary, a Cough, or a
DOW ? By who will our Legislative
Halls soon be' filled i ( An answer to
these and numerous other such inter
rogatives : readily presents: itself tp
pvnrv- rtnAfTi-Oifr Children.'4 ' Thfin
is it hot highly .imporiant tha't'tjiey
should ust observe the most per
fect example, -ef -especially Temper'
anee;',1 Yes, beloved reader, have you
ever' considered ;what aWeighty in
fluence you Was now1 exerting on the
mind of the youth id ybnfr' village or
town. :
' 'Now it is tt lamentable1" truthj that
we have among lis those Who make
even religious professions Whose in
fluence is being constnhilyput into ac
tion' against the great Temperance
reformation", a reform which5 we con
fidently1 betieve 'has done more to
wards moralizing our village than all
other moral reforms put together.
But :we forbear, simply alleging that
the plague is all around and alt among
'.!:''.; "Xl .'. ii ril -., oil
'. ' None of our son or daughters are
safe; from its effects, however careful
we may guard therri, tilt' we by our
influence on the youth, raise up a Tem
perate world, to cast out tho accursed
plague from among us. Single hands
oan do but little. Nothing but com
bined, concentrated and lovg cbntiiiued
exertion can avert the wide spread and
insidious malady. Come, up and be
doing, every ' lover of his race, every
lovervf hit own dear children.) Even
for their sa)ce, if on.no other account,
gird yourselves to this disagreeable
but indispensible work of philanthropy
and reform, "' ' . ' .
if you are not a Soii or Du hivf
of Temperance yourself, teach yout
own children;, atid the children of oth
ers who may be entrusted to you for
information, that! "our object" in "to
benefit the human race.' 1 Our motto,
Lovk., ;Ppbity and FipiXit.," .'.that
we may, by their assistance, drive this
common evil of , intemperance from
our midst Oh.'oracious God! save
our Vouth for they border on'ruin ;
Must they indeed fall a prey to a vice
sq brutat 7 i ; , l. X, O. J,--t4.
Darbyville, 0., March Jst,;'53..tr
i ) iX
Temperance Came
Tot lh Organ.
in Sharonyille
, A series jOf meetings' are in progress
in this place, held, every Friday even
ing in the Hall, in which the subject of
Temperance is being discussed in all
its length and breadth, and the, doc
trine of the Maine Liquor Law ably
reviewed by arguments on both sides
of the question. 'A spirit is aroused
among the citizens of this place that
nothing can quench, ,nor willit he ob
structed by, trifling obstacles in, its
course, until a . law similar in its pro
visions t6 the Maine Law; shall have
been passed by our Legislature, by
which the fearful ravages of Intem
perance, in our State ay become .ar
rested and, we saved from the expense
and crime, and social contamination of
this terrible evil. " Many men of both
parties have taken the positiort,' that
disregarding party . ties ; and political
considerations,. they will fpr the future
vote for no man, who ia not right on
this Great Question. One of Them. .
':' ShahonviueJ March ?d, '53.
Amos ! Lawrence, the philanthrd
piatk, , petitioned the . go-ernment, of
Boston to enforce the liquor law ; his
brother, Abbot Lawrence, the politi
cian, petitions the Legislature to re
peal it. ri i :.! J,: v) I-hi: 'it". '-) p. oi ijyj