Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1836-10-19

49, TEMPERANCE. - .a
The following is understood 70, be from
the pep Ell. HOugh, professor Oflanguag.s
b Middlebory College. This individual
deserves he gratitude Of every philanthro.
pist jer the course he has al along pursued
inshis cause. When he breaches rigA-
feossn<sS' ss faithfully as he does "Gm-
psrssce," he will be still more deserving.
- MEMORIAL ~,
n shs osnsralI A.sembly OF the State 81
ysrnpns % - convened % Hfontpeliw,
Opssbsr 1885, \. a. ..-ra tg
The Subscribers inhabitants OF the town
Of $500, Ia the county Of -, re-
presents that in their view, the vending
ofardsnt spirits, for the purpose Of being
u,ed as . drink, Is immoral, As such,
instead Of being sanctioned by receiving a
hcense from public authority, it ought to
be subjected to an entire and effectual pro-
hibition.s The tendency of the traffic to
perpetnate and extend . vice Of so gross
nature as incompetence, and SO mis-
chievons in eli It's bearings 50 utterly at
war with individual happiness and the
public good, eyinces, that such, as we
have described Il, Is It's character.
This view Of the subject is taken in all
kindred cases. Gaming IS vice; and
The keeping Of gaming house Is, on
al banda, regarded as immoral. Lewd,
4 ness Is attended with guilt; aud the keep
ing Of house Of i'll famc is invariably
deemed sinful. But, drunkenness is as
-undeniably sin as either gaming or de-
bauchery; and there j. the same affinity
between the vending Of spirituous liquors
ana drunkenness, which exists between
opening gaming house or brothel. and
the vices which they are suited to foster
and disseminate. 80, .,.y.--..... o..
lnthe view OF your mcmorialists It Is ar
anomaly in Legislation 10 license vice. i
IL on tho contrary the rightfpl subject o
complefc and rigid in.erdiction. TO j.
ccnse Il, in any OF lis forms, is TO shield j
fromrdessrved odium and infamy, aRd 81
facts amply and decidedly atiest, instead o
suppyessing or restraining il, to yield j
encouragement and help on It's diffusion.
Your mesnorialists beg leave further I
represent, that this irsfic is directly at va
with all the leading objects. which SCUM,
poliiical economy would foster, and whicl
\ wise system Of legislation will aim 4
secure. The grand ends Of q correct sys
TEN Of plitical economy, and Of ju1icisu
course Of legislation are to augment III
population Of a community, to put all Il
members Ia possession Of q competenc
md % reader them allyituouS But, Ii
trmpenn,e, the direct. and certain ofsprn
Jf the traffic, Is the parent Of disease
manifold forms, Il aggravates maladies,
Whieh 4 nav not give birth, unl i. rer
dsrs powerless the remedies employed id
their edre; and BY il, as ample data prov
not les than $4,000 individuals in OF
country are, every year, sunk in the DRUM
f. ards crave. The cholera recently carrie
terror through the land. Rat, twas
slight and passing visitation, while Il
tslnperance Is q wide spread and an endu
RI inr affection. The first was a haii-stor
VI or ! tornado, making It's narrow cour'
with friehtful desolation; the other 10
hli0hting mildew settling on the who
iace Of the land. and blasting and destro
ing all, On which Il falls. - 49,.
To intemperance is owing large pr
portion OF the panperism and the Grim
which prevail IN the community. NJ
mute anA extcn lei examinations make Il
amount from three fourths TO hing tent
ofboth. Il i adverse in various Ways
the productive industry Of the public |;
, generafes habits ofimpfoyilence and pr
fdsion, and hence leads on 10 poverty.
tends % dethrone reason and conscienc
it exasperafes and often goads TO madnt
thc base passions ofour nature, and her
aprepon1erdiice of the acts Of outra
and vi6lence, @and especially Of vioieu
done 70 life, are perpetrated under an I
element derived from ardent spirits. +
other species Of felony, men are train
by habits Of intelnperance. ,o.o
d strikes your mefnorialists as a 50
cism in Legislation. 10 enact statutes p
hibiing ana furnishing crimes. and. a !,
same time. to legaliEe the promin
means Of ensuring violation OF tn
tstatutes and 70 provide for the erect
Of PRISONS 70 punish offences, and sill
gitstk sanction ofiaw TO the prime az
"a filing those prisons with convicts Z
thus wandering necessaryth the infection:
Dcnal iuslice aosrss
III kksuld 4 be said that iheaIe.is
o,.. Ias nothing todo with public vim
elo0| mcmorialists 6eE leave TO fema
tI|,< N their view, the aifst inquiry 70
made, By Al enlightened and aconsci
tiohs legislature, with reference to .
Insasufe, viii be, is bearing. on pat