Litchfield enquirer., 1832-05-17

and property undor the lava, must bs permitted Co uay thu am not as secure sths magistrate can (and may nOt say is bound tOl make me, from being as- saulted in the one, and deprived of the other. But may be said, behoId what change even in this com muny It is not long since there were i've or six fountains of sorrow, ion which the scorching streams were gladly let forlh and now there is but one. Will any one say, that if all oUr msrchsss, and twenty mOre had applied the last year for license, that would have been denied them Hasany respectable man been denied tho privilege of engaging in this abOmiuabe traffic that has applied fSriti Not one. As long as there single place where ardent spirits may be purchased drink, no man is safe. It may be said, do magistrates conniye at crimef Are not offenders punished prompdya But what consolation would 1t be to when writhing under fatal wound received from in itofiniOxicaOn brought on by means of liquor purchased at that single store, to be told that if died, the offender would suffer on gib- bet Would that be a comfort to the widow, or dry up the tears of the fa,herles I may perhaps through mercy, escape this end but will notbe because there IS no, sufficient ardent spirit soDd even here, to infse rage, and malce and partial Arrangement enough, to destroy many lives mo.e valuable than mine. The person then is not safe. But this is not al.-
 
 So long as single sping ef porerty isopen in any community, so long will that community be saddled with expenses two thirds greater for the support of Paupers, than it otherwise would be. This oppres- sion might be prevented if licenses were not granted, ard also in one way, they were. A law is said to have been recently passed at tho South 10 prevent dueng and it is enacted that f man kills another in duel, the survivor shall pay the others deb.s Now let law be passed, equally just by the Legsla tures of the several States that all who become pau pers, maniIesy through intemperance, shall be sup ported by those who receive licenses to sell ardent spirits, and would not ask the interference of the magisraethere could De no arde si,its to 6e sold. The drunkard would then become sober through ne. cessity.
 "Why would it not be just that the man who re. ceves day by day the earnings of poor wretch, and in exchange gives him the glass sfpovery that if he becomes a town charge, the merchant who sold the poison should support him Perhaps the reason why many ofour excellent magistrates do not give their names and pledges is, that they perceive the manifest inconsistency of uniting with Temperance Society, and yet recommending to the Court from year to year grant licenses to sell the perncioas ,cle. To do so, they may feel constrained by public opinion"
 The speaker then called upon all who wish well to the temporal and eternal interests of man come for. ward and enrol lheir namcs--to create wholesome public sentiment that shall sustain the magistrates in refusing approve of any man retailer of ardent spirits. After the address concluded, the follow ing resolutions were unanimously adopted.
 Resoiued That in view of the importance of virtu- ous principles and temperate habits to the coMmunty, and of the benefits which he rising generoson espe cally will receive from their prevalence parents and guardians be requested 10 enlist the children under their control at proper age, n the cause of Tempe. rance.
 Resoiued, That we acknowledge, with gratitude to Cad, the success which has attended the cause of Temperance in this country; and to promote Hs in. teress in our immediate yeinity, it be recommended the several Branch Societies in this county, 10 ap- point comm in every school district, whose duty
 shall be io present the Temperance Constitution to every family within their respective limits.
 The several local associations throughout the " earnestly requested to carry he foregoing reso' lutons into immediate and complete effect. The friends of the must be more active and efficient thousands will yet perish in the terrible graspoi int~mperance. t#S
 The county society numbers, es2s-increass since lhe last meeting 653.
 The societies tn Northfeld, Salisbury, and Wash ingon were admitted auxiliary to the county society.
 Ths Society adiour"ed to meet in Ncrthfeid, on
 RICHARD SMITH. Sseretay.
 Sharon, April 2sth, 1882.
 Case Of Houston. Monday, of last week, Hous- ton addressed the House of Representative hours