CHRISTIAN KEENER, ESQ, OF BAL


TIMORE
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We had occasion, few days ago, to write
10 this distinguished friend, and firm and use.
full advocate Of the temperance cause, who
for years together has spen, money, lime, and
talent in support Of the dearest and best inter
est of the Tace-lor the purpose Of obtaining
a copy of the "Pe,ition Of the Citizens OF
Ohio to the Legislature, in 1887" He could
not lay his hand upon it. but sent us another
valuable Temperance document. for which we
tender our thanks, and with them our best
wishes for our beloved brother. May his heart
be cheered in his last days BY many additional
evidences to those he must have received Of
the great effect Of his labor in behalf of his
race. .s, 4rs n


We take pleasure in presenting the follow
ing extract from the pamphlet received from
our friend.


THa SECRET REvEALED.-'.The secret OF
those who have made efforts 10 STOP the course
Of drunkenness, has now come oUr-lhe Sc
erct SO importan, 10 the worlds happiness has
been eiiclited, Il is this-lha, as the drunken
ness OF the world, has always sprung from The
use Of alcoholic drinks, and that, however
these might differ in name or qualiiy,i was
only difference in degree and MOI kind that
just so long as one kind Of poison is substitu
ted for another, less rapid, but no less fatal in
in its ultimate resulls-just SO long as the pois
onous beuerage is pressed to our lips by the
Wa.
hand Of friendship, with the lying assurance,
1--WE must take a little, it will do US good,''
just SO long will drunkenness exist in this and
in every other country. Total Abstinence is
the secret, then.


TAE GRoG SHoP.-There il is. The little
grog shops! ready to acromodale! yes, in
any quantity, proportoned TO the means Of
the poorest customer, taking in pay the las'
pittance they have for bread, the furniture
from their wretched garrets, the clothes Irt m
their shvering children, and the very beds on
which they are dying inch by inch. And this
cannot be prevented 2! The wretches who
deal cut to these deluded, trendless, helpless
being, the poison OF body and soul I; deslruc
tion for time and eternity, cannot BIZ reach,
by the laws of an intelligent people 2! Preach
1t till you are weary-let all rulers and jude.
of the land declare tive will not believe il
While there is moral force in man-whil.
there is civil government IN the land, and .
God ruling in The heavens-we will not be
lieve it. The grog shops, then, can be puI
down.