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VOLUME
We clip the following communica
tion from the Cincinnati Gazette. I
is plain, irresistable logic, and. will be
repudiated by none but those who
"'having eyes see not, and having ears
hearnot" the glorious truth: ' , '
For the Clnclmti Gaictte.
The Maine law-Shall It be En"
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ThatDemeriua, the silversmith, and those
who made shrines for the goddess Diana,
ihould oppose the Apostle Paul , was quite
natural what ever might be the real merit
of the question. They supposed their bread,
and butter was at stake and perhaps it was.
In the same manner, the whisky-makers,
beer-makers, wine-sellera, dram-sellers,
coffee-house owners and renters, and their
dependants, oppose any law which tends to
diminish the sale of liquor and the manu
facture of drunkards. Their vocation la in
danger. I cannot say that this is more un
natural in them, than the same conduct was
in Pemerlus. .The motive is the same. I
may even have some respect for those who
seem to be acting in self-defense:. But not
so for those who advocate their cause, with
out having any personal Interest in the prof
its of destroying the human intellect, and de
basing the human character: What ' can
they object to being treated as the volunteer
Attorneys of ceime and vice? If (here be any
such, who really value a good reputation,
let them .remember that "a man it known by
tin company he kerpt." ' If there be any
christian man who opposes the suppression
of intemperance, let hint Imagine a picture
of himself draws between two supporters
'on one aide a grog shop keeper ami on the
oilier, a German iitfidclt If he likes the
; ;t, Uvvsr .takes .by the cause of
iraiB-8clling,hould know that there are two
' parties; to the question ;' tha Cincinnati is
not the only tribunal in which it is to ba
triei i A great majority of the people of
0hio derive no profits from the sale of liquor,
. and have no interest In" its continuance.
On tha flontrarv. thev are taxed foi' its Sup
port, and daily pained by feeing their friends
hurmd by it to the prim or grave! Is that
.such an interest as is 1 kily to mase tnem
defenders of its iniquilieB? I think not. I
.' Hhlnk they will hardly sympathize with
what pi'isi and taxes them or with what
-feeds tli the gibbet, and the grave. It
was but the other day that even a poor soap
'boiling establishment was decided a nui
sancejand with what front can the commu
nity tolerate drunkard makers,' when they
denounce soap-boilers? ' The last is inno
cence itself compared with the formerl
No! There are (via parties to this ques
tion; and the makers and sellers of liquors
may be assured, that though, like Demerius
and tfie worshippers of Piana, they; should
make a great noise, or evena riot, they
will not prevent the discussion and the
proper decision of this question. In fact, the
great majority of the people admit the ne
cessity of some legal barrier against the con
tinuaily rising tide of intemperance, which,
in the fastfiveveara, has been more destruc
tive to the best interests of Cincinnati, than
all other visitations of evil, three thoutand
grog-shops continully sending forth bloated
subjects for the almshouse, noisy geutlemen
fer the watch house, reeling merchants
and attorneys,, brawling bullies, insulters of
females and howling victims of delirium
tremens, certainly plead loudly for tolera
tioa and protection! Why, what better plea
' ' can be put in by the bawd or the blackleg?
it is doubtftlwheiher either can claim such
valuable services to society. .
It is said that all cities are so Is there
any other reason, than, that citizen$ volun
tarily permit them? volunterily stand by,
with folded arms, while fire and pestilence
are vomited forth at every corner, by will
full incendiaries? I think it was Jefferson
who said, that cities were 'eoret upon the
bodv politic." Must they always remain so?
Is there no surgery for the cancer? no heal
ing for the ulcers?,
The majority of this State are In favor of
torn prohibitory law; but, a part of thut ma-
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? f CINCINNATI, FRIDAY, SEPT. 2, 1353.;
jority may not be in favor of the Maine
Law. Why not? The essence of the objec
tion on the part of honest temperance men
is that if may net be enforced. The advo
cates of drunkeimesshave veTy artfully taken
dvantaga of this fueling. In hopes that the
friends of reform may be divide!. I sgree
with them that laws ought not Uf be passed
which cannot be enforced. Law must be
enforced to be respited. But, I hold also,
that a prohibitory law can be enforced with
the utnio! t ease The Object Ion is entirely vn
tetable. A prohibitory Liquor . Law the
Maine Law if you please may be made a
flfenforcing law, which cannot be violated
with impunity." How? By simply withdraw
ing from the traffic all legal protection ' To
the general law I would add these amend
ments, viz: ., ' '
1st. A 11 contracts made or the purchase
or sale of lixnor,(notto be used in the manu
factures or an medicines,) to be void.
2d.. All CONTRACTS, deeds, or LIASES for
the sale or occupation, (other thn Apothe
caries shnp,)for the retail of spirituous li
quors, to be void. "'. ' .
3d. The commissions of a'l executive and
municipal officer to be forfeited if they fail
to complain of offenses prohibited by law.
. 4th. The mtates of command runkards,
after trial by an examining jury, to be placed
the hand or Trustees ' for the benefit of their
families, till the drunkard shall, after sim
ilar trial by jury, be declared cured. , . .
5th. .Asylums for Dsunkasds to be es
tablished by law, and all cdmmon drunk
ards to be sent and kept there undtr medi
cal treatment till cured. '. - i Vi
With the Irst three of these provisions,
the liquor traffic cannot be carried on thirty
days. The fourth provision Is one which
the unhappy families of drunkards have a
right to demand of the State. , The fifth is
fotin led on the well known fact that habitu-
,r diiuking is oftm-a ititmee for which-ibe
drunkard is not accountab'e; and which Is,
like lunacy, curable if taken in time There
is tne same need fer a Vrunkanrs . Asylum
that there is of one for lunatics. It is one
which humanity demands; and so long us
tnese unrortunate beings exist, and so long
as they shall be the cause of suffering to un
happy families, the State Is under obliga
tion to furnish this relief to the diseased and
the suffering. .
; In what I have said I have not prounuue
ed the Maine Law the best and wisest.
The dicision of that 1 leave to the calm de
liberation of the public mind. I certainly
would not adopt it by an ephemeral excite
ment. But I do say the law can be enforced ;
and if the people of this State adopt it I
have full faith that it will be enforced. .
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How Temperance can be kept out
of Politics.
, We do not meet an intelligent citi
zen not engaged in the Liquor Traffic
who will not in conversation admit
that, whether for good : or evil, the
Maine Law (in substance and purpose)
is morally sure to become a law of
New York, and that any postpone
ment of the passage only serves to di-
minisn me prospect ot its repeal.
Why then is its passage resisted.
1 One says, 4,I am not opposed to the
Maine Law -I only obiect to any Po
litical upheaval and disruption to carry
it. I must stick to my party." But
we, who are for the Maine Law first
and our respective narties next, are
not the real disorganizers, as we have
already shown. We have repeatedly
proffered and urged plans calculated
to take tne question entirely out of pol
itics, by allowing the people to settle
it by a direct Popular Vote at a Spe
cial Election. Had that been permit
ted, no rupture of party affinities or dis
regard of party fealty would have fol
lowed. If the public mind is not yet
ripe for the Maine Law, we dont want
it enacted; but we say it is ripe, and
dare our adversaries, to submit it to
their decision. They recoil from the
ordeal, and thus admit, not merely
the fact that the People are with us
and against them,, but their conscious
ness of it. , . They would like nothing
better than to beat us on a direct
popular vote; they would not grudge
the labor and expense of a successful
canvass; but they know they would be
defeated, and so refuse to toe the mark.
We can get no Maine Law from any
other than a Maine Law Legislature
decidedly, thoroughly so; and thus
we are obliged to elect one. We trust
November will see the work accom
plished. ' ''
But why need this caused a disrup
tion of parties? We stand on our af
firmation that a majority of the Legal
Voters of our State desire the . Legal
Prohibition of the Liquor Traffic, and
would so vote; our adversaries in ef
fect clearly admit it. Then why have
we not a right to say to our respective
parties, "Put up Maine Law candi
dates for the Legislature, or we will
defeat your ticket?" Why ought we
not to demand this? Why should
not the politicians concede U?
Well, then suppo e they will not
suppose they nominate for Senate and
Assembly-men either openly or se
cretely hostile to the prohibition, while
the- people ar for itl . Are the major
ity to subm.t to any amount of misrep
resentation and iniquity? Have they
not already carried submission to the
utmost' limit consistent .with duty?
Judge ye! ; - . -
. Bear in mind, that' we desire no
special Maine . Law candidates where
both parties, or either of them, will
give us candidates that prohibitionists
can consistently vote for. Let each
party nominate Maine Law candidates,
and we will each vote as our party
prefferences shall dictate; if but one
party does it, we will vote for the can
didate of that party; if each nominate
Prohibitionists in part and License
men in part,' we will take the prohibi
tionists from each ticket, so far a4 they
are not arrayed against each other,
and elect them if we can. But if nei
ther party gives us such Legislative
candidates as will fairly represent us,
or if all the Maine Law men on boti
tickets will not make out a full one,
we must nominate candidates of our
own. There is no other way.
"Ah!" says some expert discoverer
of mare 8 nests, "you mean tnus to
carry a Whiff Legislature, because the
Whigs will much' oftener nominate
Maine Law men than democrats
No, Mr. Sharp! we are not half so
certain as you seem to be that it would
be advantageous either to the Whigs
or the Law to have it passed by a
whig Legislature. We have made
no calculations on the subject, and
shall be glad to see a stringent Pro
hibitory Law passed by any sort of
Legislature; but if we were to choose,
and could feel assured that the bill
would be passed in the right shape,
we would a little rather have the next
Legislature Democratic. There is
more party fealty on that side than
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on the other, and we believe the act
would stand stronger and firmer if
passed by & Democratic than by a
Whig Legislature. That is a point
we do not raise nor la much stress
upon; but if we were compelled to
choose, we would say, Let our next :
Legislature be Democratic, so that it
gives us the best sort of a Prohibitory
Law. , , .v.
AH that we ask, then, is the pre
sentation of Maine Law Legislative
candidates by botkoi'lhe old parties if
posbible; by one of them, with the hear
ty co operation 4)f Temperance men,
where the' other refuses; and by the
friends ot" Temperance, outside of and
against both party organizations,
where neither will do the right thing.
And whenever there is a Legislative
candidate presented who , is against
the Maine Law, all Temperance men
must feel bound by consistency and
honor to vote for whatever candidate
friendly to the Law is most likely to
be elected, , By pursuing this course
uniformly and heartily,' the advocates
of a Prohibition are morally sure of a
triumph. New York Tribune . . ; t
Temperance Nominations. -
The mass of the three political parties of
Pottage County, composing those who are
favorable to the Maine Law, met in coavea-
Hon on the ,18th iastant, ,and nominated
, union temperance ticket. Caleb Brown,
was nominated fur Representative lie in a .
jKreesoiler. , The other offices were divided '
among the parties; to the satisfaction of alL '
James S. Carpenter, Whig, of Akron, was
concurred in as Senator from Portage and
Summit. Th , Portage Whig says the con
vention was fairly managed there was n
union of all good citizens to stay the pro
gress of intemperance, Ac. It says it yields
not one jot of its Wtiig principles, or coun
tenances the idea of dissolving the Whig
party. We presume, from the spirit mani
fested, this ticket will be elected by a lance
majority. Velumbtu Journal. ,, i, '
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Spiritual Facts. That Whisky is
the key by which many gain an . en
trance into our prisons and almshouses.
That Brandy brands the noses' of
all those who cannot govern their ap
petites. '',.!''. I ., ,
That Wine causes ' many to take a
winding way home. ,
That Punch is the cause of many
unfriendly punches. ' ' '
That Ale causes many ailings, while
Beer brings many to the bier.
; That Champagne is the source of
many real pains. , : . v
That Gin Slings have'slewed" more
than the slings of old.,
That the ruputation of being fond
of Cocktails is not a feather in any
mans cap. .
That money spent for Port that is
supplied by portly gents would sup
port many a poor family." Y , ',
That Porter is a weak supporter for
those who are weak in body.
A clererman '. havins exDOstulated
with an Indian for being too fond of
rum, the fellow replied: " Why I
heard you tell the people at church to
annmi da "
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