Litchfield enquirer., 1829-05-14

they compelled tO go 70 some oher place t0 pHf- chase their spirits they will go to the place for all the goods they want. If they enemies to the cause of temperance and to the of humanity, | perhaps they will do it. and are you not willing they should? Ifthcy are not, they will never leave you that account, but will remain with irmer pUrpose.-l And if they cannot, their view, do without spirits, they will send with reluctance 10 some other place, mucli less, anl soon tipd that they do not want any. Besides wienr freed from your worthless cus- toners, yul, dO business on better er,ns than your nes shborS wiio exposed to many aosses! ifso, you have another advantage. feeble hold on Il mans purSc is a strong hold on him; and would not man, who arc among ihe best melnhefs o society gather around you, and, from principle, support you by their influence and their business, who Have hth ero bought their goodsof some other merchanlsl Is it not expedient, then, wetaer you have the co-ol e. ration oi other members u your professions or not, exclude spirits from your store And wall you not dU it? Ifyou say, we cannot, | would make another re- quest. Will you stop giving offering them to your customers The practice pt ''Weasing'' those who trade with you holds no ordinary rank anong the in- struments for promoting iniernpesrace. You have received the propery yout custoaer and, spre-7 sumed, given him an equivalent. You are therefore under obligation to give him any thing tarther.- But do you say he will feel himself ms,sed if some thing is not offered him to drink., He has reason to feel misused if any thing offered: forhy this you plainly say to your customer, Fl suppose you love rum and will driak you can get i,, especially if you can get it without paying for it."
 > We have been accustomed from our infancy to the use of spirits. We have>been told, that they would warm Us when cold, and cool us when warm, dry us when wet, and wet us when dry. They have been presented mIxed with water and With sugar, with spi- and with fruits, until we all love their taste, and the qualification of that taste that forms the drunk. ard. Every indulgence strengthens their appetite, and renders ruin more certain.
 By offering man spirits, we virtually advise him to drink The offer is entirely grat0ilous, and pro fessedy in friendship, and who would suspect freud under such circumstances, Of making offers he did not think it best to accept
 When we consider the standing and character that merchants sustain in society, shall doubtless feel this a temptation of no ordinary kind. There are some men who will drink freely if,hoy do it at the expense of others. Others will drink freely when it offered who would be ashamed ask for 1t at the store, purchase and drink the There are many persons who regular in their business, when at home, who rarely go to store and return sober. And taking glass at the store prepares the | way for two at the tavern. E
 As for those grog shops where liquor is peddled by the dram, the chosen and constant haunt Of vice o every kind, they arc, and ought to be, considered public nuisance, which the strong of the law ought to bear with all it's power. Every friend ofhls social crce e, of society," of his couny, ot ;s Erhasar eaght ahs.Ai.. Esas iasssvourss- tft 1 them. Yea more, he ought to look upon them with feelings of indignation, and on, their authors, while they continue in them, as pests to society. We are all interested. No man can say, that his own family and friends will not be made victims. Every man is
 personally endangered and not only so, he is actually injured; for can live uninfucnced by those around him. His standard of moral feeling Is lower. ed by familiarity with vice. But these establishments have not designedto notice In the above remarks. It is with regular and honorable dealers that mn con. versing. Your customs you have received from your fathers. They were the customs ol the times. But the times have changed, and demand change in GUS. toms. And do not your own interests, and the best
 interests of society require, that you abstain from of iering the bottle to your customers? Ifyou again an- swer, we are not willing, have one request more- will you abstain from drinking spirits yourselves?
 As friend of society," have nothing to say of spi- rts as a medicine. If the physician thinks them, on the whole, sometimes of service, he will put them with arsenic and opium, and them all his judgment dictates. doubt whether antimoniaI spirit. or tinc- ture of blood root, will ever make man love rum. . c.