Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1837-01-31

in,as,raisrg anHts 'T9sssrf, fc'ist ~iftht.
A. a., t.isnd rsw ssid Ai G.. q dscii opvn The
.s.fsA.Anr,. q the psaf iBchnsis airnset' nrf
,Atn ,lase 10 he families re4aeea 10 psSPrfis'n
rr4 S,.sssss; nss 20 DO ssuss Sod hs'th ustimo"i
.hxh ussps plFss eGpcfscnte tom 'hote' ~"e
.AasiA ks thelf nsiafsl pfuiecin" BOT 400 ha'e
ssesss. ,rsan,, ard noustsrs ihtvueh iho "soaon
,,y inaa,a,s q sisonr Jssuk Cssts 'hdeed are Of
sea ocsssftns. ~ shtch ~ases san sA'te SIC NJ
~ saS bfvisil, resies b. "a enps'o'si hSsssho "'
So. ,,J chen We spcst u scslai MARY Proce-
ed \, the nsc ~ iHios'csiiog tnhk'. many begin
~ esrs 90 loot sboe, for some extreme ossss 'nd.
,,.,,oaeh a., sps & easss are aot ecmman they COZ
,ts1. ths, the hsppiness II domestic his ls very
hole ,fs.ti sacetel BY the prselioe. DIT these
,,tr,ne estcs. where desth or where psvPersm
.vJ ~soi sooceed, --,hssc. though they opeo n"lo-
i. .. htsiit.rs Of siolunre tnd trg;sl treatment.
! a., ecnsitote. uhe 81 The misery Which y
eass,d hy the zoe Of .ifnbe dnuk. Suppose The
,aismpefa,r usa does o.; bi.l himself snd thus pre-
,nstufcly Leave be vie = widow Sni his chilaIen
erthsus. -Suppose he does DOT wsiie has property
% a. 20 hnng his family 10 wao'. snrpo'r. too.
be aees not abuse be family bY harshooss. Violence
buy 70 uniformly kud. sjtet,nc add steciionsie.--
r,en 10 sach case, the most is'oTsb'e y"u ca"
sotgusa ]. there no sacrifice 81 earthly hopes and
seticipafed bliss Al. air. domestic hsrP'"""s
fnnBoi exisi smids, tie fumes q alcohol ipSny OF
h. fstfas. Tfue, smsr msy continue and o"'
think wha, whitening Of fond hopes there mns' eei
tb,k shst fearful snticipa,ious Of the future tie
VIE or mother, OF sister. must experience when
the husband or son. OF brother he seen - grow
more fond Of ms glass snd when Tor the fret time,
ne comes home disguised" With liquof. We usu-
uy lake 10 accnnn: II this and yet ofienii'nes the
,ao, inten.9 sncush is secretly endured for years
daring the incipient stages of the tfObhard coursc
.od then When the habit IL more confirmed, and
iutox,cahon is snote frequent think OF The suffering
g. be endured even though the ln'emPe rate has
baud Is hnd aud potcosbie IN hs cups. who that
has trs,eled IN our pubc couyeyanoes hos not seen
The drunkard's wife shrink from her husbands up
preach and hang her head With shane, and turn
sway IN DISCUS, at bis silly iondness Who can
calculate tho depth Other anguish, as she looks up
on The ruins Of what she once loved, and secs the
blnsted eounionance and the IDIOT stare. or hears
tie vulgar OF ineoherant language and the sense
Ices lsughi Many fond wife, ia such cfcum-
stances. pines away isapponod--ashaHcd dis
uss,ed--best broken bound for life TO on object
,he cannot but oaibc; her only deiyerer is death
her only refuge the grave and all this intensity
Of agony. this overwhelming shame and disgrace
and despair ALI this is experienced in thousands
of instances. when the world knows nothing Of 1t.
abuses his family--beais his wife turns her ou'
Of doors and threatens TO take her life. Or Il he
reduces Lis family to beggary, tho world observes
this. Bot We are wont to take no note OF ihes'
ulure decent drunkards, Who still mansge their bu
.ncss provide for their familics and conduct kind
iy towards them. We do not think Of the suffer
ing which such druukafds cSose 10 their families
Cases nf apcn abuse AoJ ehtrome want awake al
tention and excite eommsera,ion. Bot commoI
superficial observation passes over the cases o
those, who msin,sn decent exterior. We taxi
40 account of bhghted hopes and decayod sllcc
ton We make no estimate Of suppressed sighs
and secret tears, and smothcred anguish. II i
stated Of an ancient tyrant that, amongst hts othe
efueltics he once condemned living man to hsv
a dead body firmly bound to him, aud he must car
~ about with him this body Of death till he d.
ed. There was no escape for one moment whe
he Jay down and when he rose up. wherever b
aeot by night and by day, IL was with him aud b
must breathe its putrid exhsla,ions. Oh, horn
death The monster that could devise and exc
cute .och a sentence, by that inhuman oct, fol-
fcited bic title To the name OF man. But still. ho'
rble as this case was. II might have been unspeah
ably more so. Under these dreadful circUms,ar
,es, a man could live bot little time, and the
death would plse him beyond the iyrants pove
or malice. Had that ,ynnt lived since the intro
dueiioD Of ardent spirits rs drink, he nigh, has
Improved greatly upon himself by protraeing III
eouiinusnce. without diminishing the intensity
the SOLDERING. lie should have chosen q female
the object Of his cruelty, spd compelled her
marry habiiusl. confirmed drunSafd, and his woi
would be perfect. The mos; malignant spirit COO
desire no more.
The resolution speaks too Of Intellectual degr
daton," as a result The use Of intoxicating drink
have heard, sir, Continued Mr. c. " tie "insp
ration Of brandy ss though talent neryed E
mgbier efforts. and genius plomed for higher fight
By alcoholic slmulab,. Bot 1t Is sa. 'ins piralioI
fatal 10 those who call Ia it's AID. Sis like Il
Stimulus Of the whip and the spur. II impars
possi. II merely urges 10 over doing, and the
10 the Subsequent depression. the mind is unh,t
10 strengthen itself by snssts nisl nouHshaseni
thus the natural powers ofthe mind are pid'y e
bssssed. need not srPca. o the example Of Il
utter ruin 81 some Of the snest minds "a our ecu
tfy. S3ch examples are familiar 10 every ore.
Once more. The resolution speaks Of ".Mor
DetSssHesf snothef Of the evil results of q
practice under consideration and this ,s The mo
fearful ruin Of oil. The others were merely 1
ruin Of the mind and body and earthly happiness
this contemplate the ruin Of the .oUL. By n