Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1837-02-22

r one, and you can see that liquor is clear
E unqualified injury to that man. So far,
f you 60 with u.s. Now we go two steps
farther We see that the on Y safety for
| that man is to abandon it entirely You
think be ought to drink moderately; and
, we see that YOU are perpetuating drunk
enness in the land, and sealing it's curses
on the community. You think you are
doing very fair business, and have H.
cense for it; what is legally right, cannot
8 be morally wrong and if people choose
to hurt themselves by liquor, it is not your
fault Perhaps you will not hear the
truth, as it lies before our mind. And we
have no desire to injure or treat you harsh
ly. Buttruth is truth, and ids immutab}e
We cannot make it bend to our wishes
or views. You are guilty in the sight of
God Of making drunkards. You are
chargeable before Heavens tribunal with
the crime of their drunkenness, and the
miseries which flow from it. Startle not
at us, but at your horrible business. Be
not angry; or, if you must indulge that
feeling, be angry with yourselves. The
day is past, in which you could carry on
this business without guilt. The blood
of murdered souls must be laid at the door
of the men who supply the tide of death.
Be not deceived now. 1t is not our bust
ness that is horrible, it is in the TRUTH
And with the truth we would pursue you.
In the spirit of kindness, we would pour
light upon your minds and consciences,
that we may save you and the thousands
around you. AS your friends, we ask if
it will console you in your last sickness,
in the hour of death, to review life, and
see what good or evil your business has
done in the world. And by all the hor-
rors that rack the soul and the brain of
the poor drunkard-by all the groans and
tears that alcohol causes his miserable
family-bv your own welfare, and the
welfare of your children in time and eter-
nifty, we say quit, O quit your dreadful
| business.
TO FARMERS.
And can it be that you, engaged IN that
innocent, virtuous, and peaceful employ
ment, cultivating the ground, should be
in any way concerned in this awful bust
ness OF filling up jails and peniteHtiaries,
and grave-yards, with miserable drunk
ards? Alas! from whom does the dis
tiller get the materials Of destruction, but
from you! We beseech you to pause
and look at this subject. Look at the
power now in your hands. You can an
initiate the wbiskey trade with great gain
to yourselves and the country. We re-
Jolce that you are beginning to do it-that
you are looking away from the distiIery,
and giving your coarse grain and apples
to your own stock and swine-that you
are so extensively resolved, no longer, for
momentary gain, to fill up jails and
alms-houses with Wretched drunkards,
whose support must ultimately strip you
of the fruits of your labor. Depend upon
it, the stI!-house is the enemy of the far
mer. And the dram-shop-better have
barbary bushes by your vhe at field, than
this place of cursing and drunkenness in
your neighborhoods.
TO PARENTS.
Parents! We address you on a subject |
of deepest interest to you, as you regard
the temporal and eternal interests of your
beloved offspring. The question is now
pending, shall from 4 to 100000 lovely |
youths, now at your fresides, become
drunkards? This number, at least, will
follow this awful course, unless something
is done to push onward the Temperance |
Reformation. This number, at least, will
result from the moderate drinking now
fashionable, and thought to be right thro'
out our country. And whose sons shall
they be? What parent is willing to lay
his hand upon the head of his son, and
give him up to drunkenness and damna-
ton! Parents we invoke your aid in
our benevolent enterprise. Danish every
thing that intoxIcates from your tabIis,
your houses, your farms, your workshops,
and teach your children and children's
children the beauty and benefits of tenn
perance. Put our journal, or some tenn
perance paper, monthly into the hands of
your children. Fix indelibly on their
minds and hearts the great principles of
truth and duty. Watch the process by
which the character of an immortal spirit
is formed. And while it is forming, put
your plastic hand to it, with solemn
PRAYER for divine assistance. Remember,
that through your fidelity, lntemperance
NAV 90 out of the land with this genera
ton.
TO YOUNG MEN.
You are the hope of our country. The
noble river may have poison cast into its
waters, and every living thing may die,
but if the rivulets and fountains are pure,
all will soon be washed into the ocean.
Young men Of America! You have
your birth iu country of vast resources,
and you are capable of great enterprises.
Hundreds and thousands OF past genera
tons have fallen before -deceitfuI but
dreadful foe. Their morning was bright,
but their hopes were early blasted their
sun went down at noon, amid thick dark
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