The Litchfield County post. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1826-1829, 1827-08-30

lay." There can lle no such reasons. What
Is duty, y rrrsent duty, and no reason con ex-
cuse the DELAY of il. "No, but have my
eve on one or two temperate men, that
think can induce to come with me by delay
ing and making their coming condition Of
nv own" Now | can read the English of
this. II is thus have one or two drunk
ards in my eye that know never will come,
and am willing 10 engage TO come IT they
will" And thus you keep on sure ground,
and tantilize us with the hope of your coming
strong handed, and hull your own conscience.
But we know too well how to value such pro-
misses as these.
But some case their conscences in stand
ing inactive by finding fault with the plan
which we pursue. To such would say.
that experience has proved this plan good
one. And if you have better, pursue it,
prove that it is better by putting it to the test,
and not use it as a damper on ours. But for
our part, the case is too urgent to waste time
and defeat the object in disputatiOn about the
modus OperGs,di. Sit not in your easy chair,
and raise objections, and talk of better ways
to the discredit of this, merely to excuse in
action. Something must be done, and we
call on you to do it. Choose your own way;
hut in the name of religion and humanity, do
something. We suspect your motive, when
YOU talk of better methods and pursue none.
Do misunderstood you? Do you wish us
to abandon the direct attack entirely! You
say. then, go to work and make men Chris
tians, and they will be temperate of course.
Abandon all this talk about triAes, preach
Christ and him crucified, and the cause of
temperance will take care of itself. This is
very specious. But will drunken man profit
by the preaching Of Christ, till he becomes
sober? No; and no more will drunken COM
munity. The general use of supplying H.
quors, is the greatest hindrance in the world
to the effect of the Gospel. And, if you will
have us prophesy over drunkards, you have
set us a hopeless task. Again, you tell US the
church must be washed Of its scandal, before
sinners will be converted. And will you not
commend our zeal, in influencing Christians
to come out from this sin and be separate,
when the name of Christ suffers more from
this than from all others And those very
Christians, who by their intemperance cruel
fy the Saviour, are the very ones to tell US to
attend to experimental religion, and let these
trihes alone. And the deep feelings which
some of them manifest, when they speak of
| the subject, seems to whisper that their ap-
petites have been crossed, and almost tempts
us to say, Thou art the man.
Messrs. Editors, thus have in my usual
abrupt manner attempted to meet some COM
mon faacious reasonings on this subject.
And if any new arguments of this description
come to my ears, you shall hear from me
again. TIMoTHEUs.
| Singuldr.-An occurrence took place in a
Justice Court in this village, few days since,
calculated to impress spectators with the deep
solemnity of an oath, and Of the power of
conscience, when permitted to perform its
office. A person was arraigned for theft al
| legged to have been committed upon the cash
of landlords bar, to an amount sufficient, if
proved to consisn the accused to States
| Prison. A neighbour with whom the accu-
sed had been engaged in litigation, reported
that the person suspected had acknowledged
to him the theft, and stated that he was will
| ling to testify in court against him. Upon
the strength of this, warrant was issued,
and the prisoner brought into court to plead
his guilt or innocence of the charge. The
witness was brough. upon the stand, the oath
administered, and he proceeded apparently
with much confidence 10 testify when he
! was seen suddenly to tremble. falter, and in
stantly fell to the floor, helpless. speeches. &
apparently lifeless. CONSERVATION appeared
in the countenance of the court and specta-
tors. The witness, however, recovered-but
instead of proceeding to testify against the
prisoner, frankly admitted that he might have
been merely in sport in his acknowledgment.
The prisoner was discharged. Whether the
witness was taken in fit, or overcome by
the accusation of guilty conscience. we do
not pretend to determine. Either, or both
might have been the case.--Mont. Watch.