Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1832-09-13
ed to you. So say we to the man who

sends his spirit of: 4e % aa
:" Bot if do not make il, somebody
else will" What sin or crime cannot be
excused III this way There is a market
for slaves, aud if | do notg othe coast of
Africa, and steal them, somebody else will.
Il l do not rob or cheat that man, somebo-
dy else will. Is it a privilege TO bear the
responsibility of sending abroad pestilence
and misery and deathgfi is' - ase"@7 I'D
Our cause is going down, said Judas,
and a price is set upon the head Of oar
master; aud If do mol betray him, some-
body else will. And why may not as
well pocket the moneyas another 7" II
you consider it privilege to pocket the
wages Of unrighteonsness, do So. But do
not pretend to be thcrtriendsof God s,or
man, while you counts a privilege to IN
suit the one and ruin the other. This is
the most common excuse for retailing. /
wish it were banished from The earth. But
then what can do What can you do?
You can keep one man clear; you can
wash your hands of this wretched business.
And it you are unwilling to do that, very
little reliance can be placed on your good
wishes. He that is uuiast in the least, is
UNJUST also in much. lean hardly con-
ceive any thing more inconsistent with
every generous feeling, every noble princi-
pie, than retailing ardent spirit at the pre-
sent day. The days of ignorance on this
subject have passed by, every man acts
with his eyes open. Look at the shop
and company of the retailer. His princi-
pal furniture is barrel, two or three bottles,
and half dozen glasses. He has a few
ether things just for show, brooms, carth-
en-ware, tobacco, &c. The inventory is
soon made. say he has a few other
things-for even no is ashamed to appear
as dealer in spirits only. His shop needs
no sign-eyery drunkard knows il as il
were by instinct. And even the blind
might discoverh by infallible tokens, and
company is combination of all the shame-
less and abandoned. And there stands
the fNiailer in the midst ofdissipation, and
human nature, in. its last stages Of earthly
wretchedness, in all its degraded forms
and filthy appearances, surrounding nm.
And his W hole business is to kindle strife,
to encourage profanity, to excite every evil
passion, to destroy all salutary fears, to re-
move every restraint, and to produce
reeklessness, that regards neither, God or
man--and how ofieninl the providence OF
God is he given over TO drink his own poi-
son, and to become The most wretched Of
this wre,ched company. Who can behold
an instance Of this Kind without feeling
that God is just with him !" He sunk
down into the pit which he made, in the
net which he hid is his own foottaken."
When we think of the years ne has
spent In this service. the quantity he has
scaitF ~ abroad, and The misery ~ has
caused, Who eau, calculate the respou lbil-
ityl And who would envy him Zen
though Inc had accumulated a. fortune, IN
who would take his gains, hardened with
say neither make il nor sell IL. But you
drink IL occasionally, and your example
goes to support the use OF il. You see its
tremendous effects, and yet you receive ii
into your houses, and bid il God speed
As far as your influence supports it aud
gives il currency, SO far are you partaker
Of its evil deeds. Ii you lend your ia
fiuence 10 make the path of ruin respecta-
bic, or will not help 10 afix disgrace TO
that path, God will not hold you guililess.
You cannot nnocentiy stand aside and do
nothing. A deadly poison is circulating
over the land, carrying disease and desc
lation and death in its course. The alarm
has been giyen--a hue and u cry has been
raised against il. Its deadly effects have
been described, seen, felt. Itsyictims are
Of every class; and however wide the diff
ference in fortune, education, intellect, Il
brings them TO the same dead level. An
effort has been made II stay the plague |;
and a success surprising all expectation
has crowned the effort. Still the plague
RACES to an immense extent. What will
every good citizen do viii he not clear
lis house, his shop. his premises of it,
Will he not take every precaution to dee
fend himself against il, and use his infld-
ence and his cxertions ~ diminish its cir
cula,ion, aud thus diminish human misery I
| If he fears God or regards man, can be
slop short Of thiss Can he,i in the pleni-
tude of bis sel6shness, stand mp and say I'LL
make no promises--l'lInoi be bound---I
am 10 no. daageri Ifhe can say this and
stand sloof, shall we count lima good cit
izenl speak as unto wise men judge
we what say. ,1., ...s,.s'...s,r; s,+
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