The Litchfield County post., 1827-07-26
SIGNS or INTEMrERANcE.

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 2. A disposition to mullIp lhe circe'na.anee. which fprnish the occasions and opportnii.es lor drek,ng may justly create alnfm thai tlle habt q begun. When yUu nhd occasions tor drinking 10 all the sariaons ot fhe weather because it hot or 60 cold-so wet or co dry-and in all the different states of the system wheay you vigorous, that you need pot ure, and when iired that your vgor may be restored, you have Approached near that state ofntemperanee in which YOU will drink in a states of the weather, and condl- lions of the body, and will drink with these prcteXts, and drink without them whenever their frequency may not suffice. In kemanner if on your farm, orInyOur stone workshop, or on board your vessa you love to multiply the catchesand occasions of drinking, m the forms of treats for new comers-for misakesiOr new articles of dressor furniture-unt m some Pia- scarcelyswear an article of dress, or re- ccive of equipage furniture which has n0tbeen "wet' you may rely it that all these usages, and ruIes and laws are devices to gratify an nordnate and dangerous love of strong drink and though the master of the shop should not himself come down to such little measures, yet fine permits things to be done, if he hears, and sees, andsmies and sometimes sips little of the forfeited beverage his heart IS m the thing, and he is under the influence of dangerous love of that hilarity which is produced by strong drink. ..,<t ,
 3. Whoever finds the desire of drinking ardent spirits returning daily at stated tmes is warned to deny himself instantly, if he intends to escape conlr- med intemperance.
 It is infllibe evidence that you have already done violence to natnre-that theundermnng process be. gun--that the overworked organ begins to flag, and 
 ifindulged, will become more deep toned, and lmpor- tlnate, and irresistible, until the power of sedenaI is gone, and you are ruined man. It IS the vortex begun, which, if not checked, becomes more capa- cous and deep, and loud, until the interests of time and eternity are enguifed.
 Itis here then--beside this commencing vortex that would take my stand to warn of the needless navigator from destruction. To all who do but heave in sight and with voice that should rise above the winds and waves, I would cry" stand off!!!'- spread the saiI ply the oar, for death is here-and could command the elements--the backness ot darkness should gather this gateway to hell-- and loud thunders should utter their voces-and lurid fires should blaze and the groans of unearhiy voices should be heard-inspiring consternation and Ight m ali wIo came near. For this is the parting point be- tween those who forsake danger and hide themselves, and the foolish who pass and are punished. lie
 who escapes this periodical thirst of times and sea- sons, will not be a drunkard, as he who comes within the reach of this powerful attraction will be sure to perish It may not be certain that every one will be- come sot; but it is certain that every one will enee- be his body, generate disease and shorten his days It may be certain that every will sacrifice his reputation, squander his property and die in the alms-house buts certain that large proportion will poverty and infamy, of those who yield daily the periodical appetite for ardent spirits Here IS the stopping place, and though beyond 1t men may struggle and retard and modify their progress, none, comparatively who go by it, will return again to pur- ty and enjoyment, and the sweets of temperate ber- ty. The servant has become the master, and, with rod of iron and whip of scorpions, he will torment before their time, the candidates for misery in future state.