Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1826-10-20
Ft@n the Ntw Iors. Enquig-y.

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IttRpelunce-tt certainly does not prove ann thing
IN favor OF our temperance when hear Of bars and
"o'eis producing immense rents-thero DC cor
responding custom to warrant such extrayagarcs and
ms must ARISE from the constant and destructive habit
OF drinking which is carried great excess in this
city. We issue something like tocni,J fire hundred
licenses TO sell liquors, aud there hundreds
VINO eVaue The laws by selling without licenses If thus
evil Is to increase without lnitatiun-f public spirited
le WI" not endeavour TO check its progress we know
not the extent TO which the evil may reach
IL Is particularly melancholy TO see so D,nnv very
Young men of gentee appearance Lanrinr abnut the
oars oi inns city. y lad OF lG 10 years, who should
I!' hothn% out water, takes his gin twist and wine
oUeIs "Ilh the AIR OF veteran, and thrustiuv his
Spanish cigar in the corner OF his mouth walks afr
WIN hnnitc gravity Such course of life for younr
man is forever barrier TO his advancement If he in.
merits orune.It is squandered destinations and if
ne has 10 earn is living, VIII trust him
II altogether strange state of things and has OIL
ginaed within these last few years. Formerly men
wen advanced III lie would indulge themselves in spend
ing an evening at respectable tavern smol1in nine
and taking mug of beer glass Of punch in passn
an tour IN conversation, and returning to their families
IN due season. Ia such days the Younger branches of
families were all at home, engaged in study or rational
ain1semcnts. No,v, the old men stay at home and
boys patronze the ale house aud tavern They are the
constant patrons Of the third tier of the theatres and
seem TO have lost all sense of shame I'D their unblushns-
intercourse with the lewd and unfortunate tenants who
frequent those places. What in the first instance
mere curiosity, becomes in time habit difficult to
snake oh.-Employment, and nothing hut close en-
ployment, viii eradicate tins evil will substitute sobr;
ETY. and industry for ideness and profIgacy we were
led 10 these reflections, BY reading the following ar
tIco:--
IE~Frr"nce'--Ihe numerous, wealthy, and highly
Respectable society of Friends throughout the United
States and England have exertcd Praaeworthy infjn
thce ~ preventing the vice of niemperaDce from con-
terminating the habits Of their members Instances of
'hese habits must be extremely rare we think not re-
collecting TO have seen single case of the kind
Among the Moravan brethren the effects OF their rules
and regulations equally manifest preserving their
ienhefs from contracting tins vice. The Shaker fam
Hes IN this county distinguished for their ingenuity
industry, the neatnes and comfort OF their ,g clIpgs
and The Improvement of their lands, are alike disn
guished for their temperate habits And it was sub
Ject OF remark by an intelligent physician who lived in
The vicinity OF tho family Enfield, N H. composed OF
several hundred, aud who had good opportunity 10
ascertain the fact, that there had net been case or
tlIus fever for fifteen years, while the nha htapfs O,
the neGhboring towns bad been repeatedly visited T.,
what could this be imputed but their temperate
habits their exemplary cleanliness the quicudc oftIe;,
MINDS and regularity between The seasons of abonr
and rcPose? And we believe this exemption from
disease viii apply TO the Society Friends and Mora
Viahs' [.Nafio,m IhiianthrODia