Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1836-08-25

was reformed. He might say, my
drunkenness did not disqualify me from
Judging correctly, for have judged ana
am reformed" The man who taxes
lAsle 1t weddings, to save notifying MS
pride by refusing. is mqsEed' Is oecsi'eu
byit. He has the appearance OF evil
Dr. BemGn did not think there couiu Uo
40 much debate rs there had been on tnls
resolution, but he rcjoiced in It, for whe"
he convention so unanimously passed the
resolution condemning all intoxicating H.
ouors. he felt alarmed, for he thought thus
apparent unanimity in 50 extensive an as
sembl ', could not Be rs deep and settled as
Is necessary for practical temperance pur-
poses. And therefore he relolced that
now we were to fad out how far individ-
uals intended to 90 in carrying out that
vote into the practical details, For his
part, he could not regard it as an objection
TO the present resolution. that it hits y
somehody, rs his venerable brother from
Ohio lDr Beecher) had urged. That
brother. whom he loved and honored, had
published what he might call the pioneer
sermons Of the temperance cause. Did
they not "hitF 1t hit every body. II
was by such grand hits, repeated and fol-
lowed up, such as none know better how
to give than he, that the cause was built
up And l say, said Dr. Beman, the more
such hits we have the better Irejoice in
their recent conversions, and have no
doubt our brethren themselves have been
somewhat affected by the circumstance
that they received more hits than they
liked, while they continued 70 drink their
wine and beer and cider.
NV brother said we must march all to-
gether. like the figure am glad he
said " march," and I hope we will not
stand still with any body. Let us keep
marching. 1t is good word for one
who goes. forth to do good among man
kind, keep marching" I do not be
lieve any Of our men will skulk behind
because we 60 forward. have heard
this same prophecy of evil ever since the
cause began, but it never came to pass
When we commenced. people said, " Y OF
must not call good old jamaica spirit poi
son, If you do, it will offend such a man. {
good temperance man, who buys and sells
rum" But we hit them, and hit then
hard, and we reformed them. And so
will be again. do not say that this hit
any body here, but there are minister
who take a little at weddings, and the,
"come under the influence do nc
say how much, but just so far as they dc
they are deceived by this mocker. TIL
resolution holds true on two grounds
One is the ground of self-indulgence. N
man is well qualified to Judge ola habit t
which he is attached. Is a man with
bride in his hand impartiall Suppose h
is not at all intoxicated, or under tn
Intoxicating influence sof what he drinks
yetif he submits to the habit, he is not III
partial La the same degree as he love
his cherished habit, he is disqualified
And no habit is naturally so loved, as ii
habit Of exhiliaration.
But there is another ground Only Ii
real temperance men, who have rowed u
TO high water mark, are capable Of juds
ING Of both sides, for only they hare trit
both sides. Sir, if we would advance
thiscause, we must swim up stream, ar
show that, we are live fishes, not des
ones. If had case for jury, that tur
ed on a question involving the temperate
principle, l would insist that the iurym'
should be kept three months from all u
toxicating liquors and drink only Pu
cold watet.
.sAEcdn Stewart was satisfied that tn
timid spirit, this appalling ghost of ultr
ism, which had soHIong stood before mi
ofhiVh standing in the temperance rank
had been the cause Of all our misfortune
II made our leaders set so low mark
the outset, that hundreds, yea thousan
had been deceived by it and destroyed
Had the original founders Of the Tempe
ance Society marked high, and taken Ii
only true ground at first, Of abstinen
from all that can intoxicate, should '
have Witnessed these melancholy defe
tions2 As the case was, every step tn
we have advanced has been in the face
this stale charge Of SIIrGism. Every pr
suing out Of the question to its conseque
ces, that has been successfully grated
TO the cause, has been carried in the ia
ofths cry. And when hear this char
from men who stand high in the ranks
temperance, and whose words fall fro
ahcight and sink deep, am alarmed
Sir, the ground we now occupy was mar
ed out BY men who were then called I
fraists That noble band Of ultraists sto
forth as the fuglemen Of this noble cau'
while your men Of high standing, clos
belied, calculating. and willy, stood bae
saying, 1T will be time enough for q
to come in with my weight Of charact'
when they have broken the ground"
Whereas, ifthese men had taken the rig
ground al hrst, have no doubt that tho
sandswho are now lettering on the bril-
+. Of perdition might have been saved 81
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