Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1838-09-27

Tiny ,,eu oyetefawn With ilorts ,-neitlcs arr
covering the face thereof aud the sldne wills
thereof are broken down The hand and the mihd
af ,Ie cuIti,sior arc struek with the pals, OF intern
perance. A great portion ri The corn which the
land frratefnl Tor even b~lRrafdlv cnliure1 pours INTO
he husbandin7u's bosom. Is snatehed from his ehil-
dfen's mouths for the craving NAV Of the disi,llels.
aud when that. which God gave ns the supporter
of life. has been converted iuto is destroyer, TIE
vessels that carry destruction to the nations on The
Balhe. tbs Mediterranean and the Black Sea, bfing
back irSm those nations, aud at then own pfIce. ne
very nlra1 of Which We have FIST robbed ourselves
IN s,tdcr that we may ruin them. -
Nor docs the temperate aud industrious queen
who sees the execution oi these la~s OF " righteous
God, escape his fail slare Of then penal
ties for wlnlc las heart Is made 10 bleed 81 the sym
OF the suffering winch the demon OF incompetence
is scattering broadcast around hlin "Nllc ne lees
/ himself discouraged and BUNDLED lh1t while ms own
hand and voice are Lied up Against the destroyer.
they are lifted up ia VAIN, for that the destroyer Is
snll upheld by tho Laws: his purse IL made TO bleed
As freely n. hs heart, IN The Torn oil poor rates
and augmented prices he must iced a drunken
neighbours family, and At the same time pay donpic
mie- ior the bread that feeds his own.
Your mcmortalisls feel that on this subject, IT : not
more then right ttan IT Is t4lctf duty Ia demonstrate
Would those who throw tins stumbling block III tlfH
brothers way. take care 81 such as-l'iIo'ef h-of
1 could he curse OF dtuukcness be confined tons own
nnks. and The dead be made 10 buly thelrd dead the e'ii
might he bpfue-though borne otcn then, VAN pro
ionnd SORROW. u divine pity, Tor those who had ial-
len under the curse. Even then, phtlantfol''.
Which Is hutanother name i9fa CHRISTIAN stiti'' WOMB
n,onnt Us 10 ini.Iccdr ioronr suffering brethren, anu
ia MEAD with those who leelslate lof the common
wealth, entfcatine them Ia intcrpose all The barriers
IN their power to keep b1ek the waves OF i'lis ne
sinetion. But. 50 II Is nj, $" It eahhol De. II 'he
body polItic." II one member suffer, al The members
suffer wih H." II the Laws Of christian state VIII
oper those sen,narles of poverty wee aud sorrow
the same Laws must open near them, To receive tleIi
graduates, aims houses, CRIMINAL counts, lehleh'la
r,rs. misnns and srpulclres. Aud "hIlr these hle
flung mp, aud filing up. lie calnlngs al me 'hdua-
uious. the earnings OF the prudent, must be taken
fton, their pockets, by the Land Of the same laws,
to guard and support them.
Isi1 necessary " for The public good" that these
Gaihomless fountains Of sin aud misery should be eV-
c,l,stinrIy kept open : that the few should ialtcn by
p,c,lur ON The man, : Ihat the whole head OF tie
STATE should be kept SICK ,nthc paralysis oil us indus
tty. fs whnle heart faint II the corruption ol lis
,n.ot,ts,-thai the whole body should grow lcprons,
though IT may lwel i the lite winch would be
left IN the body OF this commonwfalll'' amer 'hioh-
ic,rne drinks aliall have done Then work upon II, III
rklpp IFS strength y soul. such allie rs God breath
ed INTO IT nj IT'S biul, aud designed lorh At us ms,
turily Wocaunot but thInk that The sovereign II an
States dc4pncd Ion Them il nohlei lhr 'l'n '1'ehi
pea,ancc aided h., law, aud Will lrafe II . hiGh'' d's
tiny tlnn such u destroyer, WIN su' s'Il'''' W.
ever allow II 10 iulhl.
Your menoralsls ARE aware 1--WE use Tue WORDS
ol the clnet magistrate oi a sister sla'c) that " the
cause OF trn1priaucr. and that phlan'llfoll'c move
ment winch has already done 50 much 10 CHECK
the rayapcs Of tint tcll destroyer al individual
health aud Ipp'uess, ard the iro'aic source .; crime
a"'l misery, interference. depend mainly for then
ultimate aud perfect success upon moral causes but
they may yotfcccisc AID and support from legal enact
ments." Your mpmotalists believe that such enact
menls would now be regarded ~; .t"our by the
great mass Of this ommuuiiy and even # they ae
81. - 4 aaaa. A.,M1 Yl.I tlyu ,,,,tII at 10
much to check the evil winch all good men dcplore.
Your mcmotoitss, therefore pray that all LAVISH
ccusiug the sale of intoxicating drinks, may be
repealed, and that such sale may he made pc
nal, with such exceptions and under such conditions,
AS 10 your honorable body may seem good. And
yuuf petitioners shall ever pay.