Litchfield enquirer., 1830-01-07

iNce are aehlom seen lN the house of God, whose praise would l accord with the barehaRaaa sonrs of hts rIeeOUs NghIs, and tho pFaycrS OC that Iemnlo would hardly agree with the ribaldy, oalhs Nnd bWs. phemy of his orgies There ls bat lIlc hope or tho conversion of the confirmed incorporate. All hia habits draw him out oc the reach 0f the meRns of SAlVaIloN and have n dheCl tendency to uupiIS bis conscience NRd harden hlS heart. should he be professor Of religion, and believe himself to hc Christian, this habit will, more than any other, Dre. Vem sclssSamna,iON Nnl blind the delu,l,s eyes of ts victim until tt is too late for reformation. The cx. ciIemont produced by the bottle will be mistaken for religious Noal tho tears and meWdiN seNsbillty ere. Ales, for the genuine sorrow or true repentance, and
 the deceived wretch will talk of tue love Or God and
 tue joys of heaven, while the perfume of his brra,h and the Quvrrins of his tongue show the Iac,irou, cause of all his Ecal aud his excitement aud drlude no one but himself.
 Such Rrc some of the evils ofNlemperancc. They are not highly coOrcd. Darker and more lurd shadru might be added to tho picture, aud yet would give but faint representation of the dread reality; and
 these instances are nO. here and there few dark spots on the sun of our repWlatOM 1Airy thoGsamd or the population of this land every year n chains, mud "grinding in tho prisWN house" of this mons,cr.-- What shall be done to stay this evil to bring back sobrc,y and health and responsibility and happiness to so many of our fellow citRensi Nothing-say the opponents "f Temperance SOoieeies; you will Obrge their liberty. NOthing-say the impoverished drunk. "rks; for we wish to become the majority, and oon- tro' your elections and make your ruer and regulate your taxes. No.hmg-says the vSUder or arden, spi. rsi for you will diminish my pro6t--in tho blood or Ina nf k.l, will destroy our kingdom and dcpopUlN,c our reams.
 But shall nothing be donei With the confirmed incorporate, but te ifany thing can be done. They have made their dreadful choice; the appetite is too strong to be broken by the feeble resolutions they w put iorh the dseaso has spread too far in their sys. 'em for tue power of medicine ,o reach, and there nothing before them but tho pa,ry pleasure of mo. men.asy excitement horo, with i,s accompanying rags and poverty and degradation nnd disease and hcrca(. ter, "shame and everlasting contempt" But this generation of drUnkards will De soon ro.tinV tn the grave; and to prevent another from rising and filling their places, and thus pcrpctuRng this contamination, Is the object of all those benevolent Oxertions hN, are making Ut the prcsen. day by individuals nod socic. 'ies It IS this object that has collected us Ut this me and that leads us hope that these powerful and mo. mcn,ous considerations may induce others to join us in this lHudable undertaking.
 Entire abstinence from distilled spirits is an eirec.
 N remrdy to the spread of the wide wasting evils of in'empcrNncc. 1.-the temperate now will keep them. selves sober, md banish the incentive to temptation
 from their houses and tho sight of their children the next generation will grow up with as much principle against drunkenness as they now do against stealing. We call upon the moderate drinkor to refrain from the indulgence Of his appetite and ,Ojon us, not only
 to save himsc hut to Rss us h soving others by his example. The testimony of many respectable and trustworthy farmers and mechanics through the Uni.
 ted States, has proved to you that spirits are no, ne- cessary to lnbor. Men Of talents and worth in every profession, have declared that they arc not useful as relief from iatiRue and physicians of note and emi- hence have showed thu. they not needed as me. dicine.
 The moderate drnkcr has no excuse but appetite : and shall the qualification of appetite be put n com. petition, tn the minds Of ra,ional sober, and virtuous men, with the ruin Of others by their moderate exam. pie Grant. that the dreadful evils resulting from in'cmperance may not be the consequence of your drinking lntle. That very moderate use or arden, spirits, onco day, seen by one who looks up to you as pattern, may lead to his IWmoderaie use once an hour; and when the of all hearts shall be made manilcs. in the great day Of account, may be then seen, that that very may have been the cause of his decision not to renquish the beginning ofthe ha. bi, which ruined him. We call upon the temperate drinker to give the weight of his influence and ex ample and the side of entire abstinence, he values the welfare of his children brought up to temperance intemperance by his decd as he values Ihc ruin the salvation of immortal soul destroy ed or rescued by h;s decision.
 We cali upon the young farmer Of h;s town to show to the next generation of aboring men rising around him, that he needs excitement in his arduous cm. ploymen hut the useful stimuli o sleep and food and the consideration of the independence utility respcc tabty and health Ot his Occupaton that the deter mined activity of his mind and the vigor and muscle Of his body require not
 "The morning bitter, and the forenoon dram,
 "The noon.tde cordial and the evening bowl" to aid him n his exerons for his children and his country.
 We call upon the young mechanics of this village, rising, they are, in responsibility and usefulness mong US, powerful by their numbers and valuable by their empIoymenls, to give us the weight Of their n Aucnce on the side of entire abstinence. We ask them to enumera,e the money expended in their nightly drinking, however moderate; Ofits amount in year or many years; of the time lost, which might be better employed gaining that instruction useful n ,h.,r in ,he prac,ce o( after lfe or that heathfu