Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1815-02-13

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10 eIIu>s<rxl< III the vices, which dis-
'1nV6 fociety, slxa psivate happinefs, Or
wonnd religion, Il not impof'oIe, preients
- kan ! task, from which the mott cx-
eenljve ,bisities would illrink AItho'
( have oceafoually hated Al the 'siol5tion
81 sh< Sabhsth, ut my limits preclude
any cenIid<fzfion of the evils refulsing
fsom il. Other reafons unnecefaTy to
.usnsion, have led to ahc felection Of the
Guele vice Of inteEperate drinking, and
Is confederation of the difrcgard, 10
fhc Laws relative 10 drunkeDne3s Escn
shis ticw Of the fnbjcer ccmpvehepds TOO
much. Religion has, therefore, been ex-
cluded from any particular ATTENTION !;
not beanie II was the lealt important
but bfcasfc il is 20 evident to every one,
how completely its precepts are violated,
and Is influence deitroYed BY the exceis
i've ufe Of ardent fpir;ts. 10 arguTneuta-
ton could make this plaiucr no powers
Of eioquence conld excite an emotion 10
flrorg and lively, As the Cbrjsian has OIL
ten cxpcfiehcsd. Ler me then explicit.
n GATE, thar The balstil inqaface d drunks
suneG sbos pyivafs enjoyment and pu6l'ck
p,ntpesify, and The injury to tbs farnser and
danger 70 TIE latfer IF jiferisg The hsr5 on
tks 7uIie7 to be visLafed sUifb immunity, arc
the only two propofions | have under
taken 70 maintain. Every thing ellie
contained in thefe pieces, is deligned Urn
ply tqsacoeItrate reformation Wheth-
er this relticsion oughr not 20 have been
expressly ilated before, II is now too late
to enquire. ! viii oblervc only. that,
when writing the 6rf EBAY, ! had never
expected to write fecond on the tub
Jet.
But return from this digreilicn. miLd
fu4 Of the promite at the cloic OF my
Taft | fear Il will iecm TO iomc ike ioi-
emn moskxry fcriouiy to undertake to
provr. that thofc arc without publication
Or sxcuie, who intentionally and habitu-
ally trangrels the boundaries OF laws, &C
kawledged by all dilintrrrited judges 70
be good. Yet this is necefary tor ma
ny are sally led aitray: not for the want
Of powers Of judging. bur for The want
Of ufing them. Roufe their attention
40 both ices Of the queftion, and, m ca
fcs lik the one be fore US, thelr judgments
vii feldom b. wrong. belldes, thoir
who violate the laws, are often the duPes
Of their own fophifry We ihouid. IN.
deed, hardly be able 70 comprehend, how
! man could deceive bimlsy. did not the
frequency Of the fac, make the proPoh-
ton ineligible. So much influence has
the heart over the understanding. Let
us rhen for he fake Of clearnefs and tlm-
plicisy ulc little formality. Let Us IN
the titit place obferve that every law may,
ard the best laws often do operate to the
hasn,. lois, OF inconvenirncy Of individu-
ais We do not, however, on this account
call them bad. We conEder it mark
Of the ,mperfeetion of all human thlngc.
But the laws now under confederation
are peeuliarlyexcmpt from this exception
They are fcidom violated without indl-
vidusl injury. Let none then DC led a
way BY the weak pretcnce OF the nsceiii
u Of dram in January or july or BIT
.er before breakla.t Nineteen times euf
Of twenry, they are abfolutely injurious;
and phyiiciaDs viii tell you 70. Let i a.
% be remembered. thar prgits, d'rees or
mdi,etl, which are made BY violating laws
do not afford 9adow OF excuie tor 10
doing On the contrary, they rather ag-
crsvste the guilt We ihouid feei much
Z more indignation at rich thief, it one
cculd be found, than we do at q poor
one. Theie two obfervasions ihould be
well confidcrrd for many. who pals tor
very xeafoDable men, have erred here.
ASH the world mutt turn cut for the i'm
.einary halsing Of indisidua!s /; or mon
y could entitlc to abfolution f. crimes !
We will now Gate, and briefly refufe
the arguments in publication OF the prac
tice. 1T Argu The Lazvs fbenffues are
nnn<c<Qary and Jspere Who fays 10 a
parry { concerned They will then be both
party and Judge /: DiGntereffed Perions
think otherwife and they have the belt
claim 10 decide. But fuppofe the laws
are bad is this the way to obtain re
d,tfs lie, thofe, who arc aegrievcd,
bring thsir csufc before the great Coniti
tp,ionaI court of the Commonwealth, the
Iea,fa,ure Of the State. Their deliber