Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-08-19
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In certain parts of the United States. ROC
ular war appears TO have been commenced
against this foe OF the human race. In sew
eral OF the cities, societies nave been form
ed, composed OF active philanthropists. the
best efforts ot which'arc directed to the dis
enlargement OF the Incorporate use OF ar
dent spirits; and In the anniversary 'discour-
ses which are delivered, the excuses OF the
wee are presented in the most odious and
appalling colours. The following is one
among the numerous missiles which have
been leveited mt "he eaemy."-It is at least
a good parody of a noble original.
NEW DECLARATIoN of I-NDErEypEycg.
When III the course Of human events if
become necessary for one people to dissolve
the incorporate bonds which bind them with
another, and to assume the sober station to
which the laws Of nature and of natures
God entitle. them, a decent respect to the
opinions of mankind requires that they
should declare the causes which lmpel them
TO the separation.
We. hold these truths To be selfcyidcnt:!
That all men arc created sober; that they are
endowed by their Creator with certain una
Eena5le rights-thGt among these are life,
Liberty, and the purity of health; that when
ever any habits become destructive to these
ends, 1t IS the right of the people to alter
them. Prudence indeed will dictate that
hdbtts long established should not be chang
cd tor hight or transient causes, 81 according
ly mankind are more disposed to suffer than
to right themselves, by altering the habits to
which they have been accustomed. But
when a long course of indulgence in luxury
and IntoXication ~evinces a design TO reduce
men 20 absolute beGsHiness, il is their duty to
provide new liquors for their future security.
The history of rum is a history OF repeated
reveIs and ipcbriatioaS. To prove this let
facts be submitted to a caDdid world.
1t has called together men at places unu-
sual and uncomfortable, and distant from
the depository Of their fanliiy record, for the
sole purpose of reducing them into com
pliance with gill and haJ pint measures; it
has cndeavourcd to prevent the population
Of these States; it has made JUICES depend
upon its excitement alone; it has erected a
multitude of grog-Shops, and sent among us
swarms Of drones to eat our substance:
1t has kept amongst US in time Of tenn
perG1ce standing dpI iUeries; and in some
cases, 1T has rendered the military su-'
periOr 70 the civil power-it has subjcc-
ted us to a jurisdiction foreign to our can.
stfldioHj II has cut off our Responsibility with
all the world; it has imposed imJeciLtv on us
without our consent; it has transported US
kaf seas ovty, to be tried for pretended So
briefly; it has token away our appctites, and
altered fundamentally our former ha5its: IL
has invested Itself with power to rule us n
al cases whatcytr; it has plundered our
barns, rayaged our land, burnt our tiroats.
and destroyed the lives Of our people; at this
tiUae large casks Of foreign liquors are trans.
ported to complete the work Of death, desc
lation and drunkenness, n thing totally IN
worthy a ciUH Equor; it has excited domestic
JrOils amongst Us, and has brought OIL us tho
mcrciless lbertinc, whose known mode Of.
warfare Is an u-ndisiinguished destruction of
happiness among all conditions Of people
y H7oOr which IS thus marked by every act
dat c1n dcire 70 tyraHt, is unfit to be the ru-
Ter o. any people. Nor rave we been wan
ting in attention 10 Brandy and WAiskcy.
We have warned them from time to time of
attempts o extend an unwarrantablc iuris-
diction over us; but they too have bees deaf
80 the voice o. reason. We mist therefore
acquicscc in the necessity which dcnounccs
our separation, and hold them as we held all
Iluors--cncmios in cxccss-in mod l%yation
friends.
Il smoke was lately shotat Miramichi. E. g. which,
mcoaurcn 10 iet 7 haics ~ length. Fyea .olo pi-i
geoas were iOuGd ia is stomach.