Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1837-07-04

ARGUMENTS ron TEErorAlIsn.

mi. Il % certain sls aud the vine "a Common ice
t's inictca,ag for ,nsn~sfc iuiotiosiee by them
z I,.,.l.s esft,ia that Drunkenness was prev
.leai sasors tho Js~. ssd On the continent, enc
80 est o~s country. before sP'ri. Sefs e's,'iled
and sspecsily sefors lhey seis s,ls 10 be drunk.
3. ia. certain alec. that b, fsr the greater part
of drunkenness. 10 many part. Il England. !. ow
lns ~ NAH bq0ofs and vines and that, II oil spir'
q. ~efe destroyed io-monor. Il nothing more
~~rs dene, drunkenness would sti be prevailing
e. tie eensin thu, IL oil Intoxicating drinks
we're abandoned. drunkenness ~ooId cease at once,
and that % long as sbsiincnee should be observed,
Il never coOld prevail sgsin.
3. Il 's esritia ,ha, toy nghi be generally A.
bss6obsd. without danger or inconvenience FOR
persons Of all sga, oallings constitutions. aud pre-
,ioos habits have abandoned llon BY thousands
snhout an, cul results.
6. Iku certain. and ibaso Who plcsd Cor ale and
siBe IN moderation sckDo~ ledge u, thst drunken
psss generally. Ifnot uuNerssly must either be
rsfoi med by abstinence, or not at all aud no one
10 hkcy 10 prevail with drunksrds to abstain, but
iboss who set the example.
T. Moderate drinkers. therefore, disqualify them
,el,es for bene6ting and retaining drunkstds. be-
,,dss increasing the difficulty OF abstinence to those
~bo hs,e been rcfc<med in many csses, aud in moi
few causing ihef spos,aey.
8. Many moderate drinkers become drunksrds
Themselves. for all The ncw-iEsdo drunkards are
such q were the day before bot modafAts drink
ere.
.. All the present drunssrds became such in
consequence Of using intoxicating drinks Of some
Kind moderately, and chiefly drinks Of the weaker
hind.
10. All the sane miscbiefs spring from drunk
-. g.. 4. L..
dent spirits; and. judging from observation and
common sense, whatever bad things mny be said
ofspri,s may be said Of intoxicating drinks gener-
ally.
H. Many have been reformed by tectotslfsm,
and have continued steady now for many months,
and some for several years /; and not few of the
reclaimed have begun to attend places Of worship,
TO unite with Christian churches, and TO give proofs
Of q true conversion.
IL. Many families have thus been delivered
from want. and discard. and guilt. and misery. and
their homes changed into little heavens.
ID. No man that drinks ale and wine moderate
ly, can be sure that he shall not be drunk to- NOR
row for the wiscs, and the best, and the highest
an station, have been deceived by them, and their
equals may be deceived again while it is impos.
sibe for ,hosc who drink no Intoxicating drink to
be o,trcomc' Of drunkenness.
IL. Tce,oiallsm 10 therefore a security from one
Get Of dangers 10 the souls Of men, by which more
Christians and ministers have been overtaken and
oBdone than by any other dangers and when We
feel ourselves 50 weak, and know ourselves so in
secure, even after all our efior,s,aud when we pray
each day not TO be led into temptation it seems to
be the vices, plan oil must grant is the safest
10 sbstsin.
Is. Abstinence from intoxicating drinks is not a
am far M Art nT E,df ord IN a. sa
Intoxicating drinks. nor does any passage either
sy. or in any way insnuate, that TO Sustain is
wrong.
10. Abstinence from ale and wine is not like
monksh or Pagan schemes Of modification, the
tendency OF which s,,o exilnguish the human race,
or TO render men useless TO each other.
IL. Teetotslism is not the dimiputlve of mems
pleasures, but, in many ways, an augmentation and
improvement Of oil the best erjoyments ol the body
and the soul.
le. There are few who might not be instrumen
tel in rccaiming drunksrds, and IN placing Others
out Of serious dangers. by practising and adsoca-
ting abstinence. and that without sbstracting from,
their usefulness IN ether Ways.
10. No man can tell TO what extent he msy dc
mischief, by countenancing the use OF drinks which
ere 60 dangerous and mischeyous to families, ant
churches, and commun,iies,If We are TO Judge from
The experiments ihat nave Dteb
90. Any man may discontinue the use Of drinks
without either danger TO his health or comfort.
81. If oil moderste drinkers we're to become
tsetotslere. the manufacture OF drunksrds woul'
stop al once for all the new drunkards. ma kin,
at the present rate about an hundred THOUSAND
year for our country, are made out Of moderat,
drinkers.
%. If moderate drinkers were 20 give over drink
ing, drunkenness would become more hateful, an
drunkards would be shsmed out Of their sins b.
thouss Dds.
%. II ell the moderate drinkers should beeom
teetOtsers, the ale houses and sp,rit-sh woUl
all be closed an less than eighteen uonihs III
drinking trade. and all the temptations TO drunken
ness would disappear drunksfds would be force
TO abstain and the drinking system would alto
rether pass away, They are the moderate pee
pie that keep drunksrds and drunksfd-mskers
eoon,ensoce. and find them with work and wage
a. veil as make each following race Of drunkar,
90 the old once die.
"a. Ifs'l we're ieeioislers orr country vou
cave one hundred millions Of pounds yearly, wh,c
weuld make about FIVE pounds each for every ma
woman, and child IN Great Britain and ireland
from fOu. 10 fifty pounds year to every po
family