Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1839-03-12
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Tcr TIE Rutland Hefd'd
Mn Enron moral, rs well as political changes,
make strange bedfcllows. The uneKampled revolution \
Of public sentiment 10 fepard to the and traffic of
ardent spirits has placed the decided open and
promising enemies Of this evil into a strange and an
amadeus iuKta position to the vendors Of Rom They
are made by this uansposon to be the prop that
supported the sysiem. They are the rum-srers prin
cipa allies They made TO play part land laugh
ed for playing IT, too age, the principal part this
inhunsn tragedy. !, is the position they occupy
this traffic that mainly If not alone, su.tsias 1t Up
their shoulders this world of nquity ray said 10
rest They stand in the strange attitude Of men at
tempting stay, TO roll back tide Of evil, wre'ohed
ness and ruin, and hosting the noodga,es tina. open
these sluiees Of abomnatior upon the land They wod
do any thing stop the progress Of the plague but
the efficient agents in bringing in the restlence They
with one hand attempting 10 arrest the conseqren-
ces of evil aud with the other opening Pandora's Box
from which they flow.
DO you ask, sir, how this isl BY asking few ques
tons will endeaver TO show you. do not say that
they prove 10 demonstration, 10 mathematical certain
ty, with logical correctness what have advanced but
they come near that Temperance men, at least should
look il, And that for two One, to rid them
selves of the loud and repeated charge of nconssen
and the other ask themselves whether they can al
low themselves TO be the apparent if real abeitors
aiders and conductors in this unhoy business whether
they should their hands of all or any partci-
patton in il and whether, If they 10 should do
60, would not do more, than all things else combined
TO hasten the downfall of this Moloch-nay, be the de
struction of this Hydra except perhaps here and there
head that Sh continue to shoot its venom, from
mere spite or from obstnacy insignificant i
would be contemplate. But to the questions
Has not the change in popular feeling been grea,
in regard to the Of all intoxicating drink, that
merchant unless from self toiU, would invest hi
capital in ardent spirits, (wth o;her merchandsej If h
knew that he could only rely upon the patronage q
those who are in the habit of using il
Could he live merely by selling Rum Could he b
. selling Rum and other merchandise to Rum. drinker
} oniyp Would any attempt at this day, suppo
himself and family by selling Rum (whout merchai
dise) if he knew 10 moral certainty that all oppose
TO the and traffic of it, woull, a man, consi
,ently and decline giving him, from principle any pa
of their patronage
If that large, wealthy and influential class Of CT
liens who openly and decidedly opposed TO this ira
= fc should unanimously abstain from giving their inf
ence and patronage TO those engaged in II, won
they not, except perhaps, here and there solitary
Danish KUN win all It's kim ana KIN from their pr
a. misses Would not even those who sell it corcrt
- their Rum barrels into The street and make cle
D" breast of il
What then, sir, supports this business Is it the CT
tom of Rum drinkers No. There is not a rum
. ling merchant in the county that would bring in ev
=. Rum, much less other merchandise, however grea
stcker he may be for constitutional and inherent RICH
merely tor this class of What IS it then that
81 ables rumselling merchants to edo the State
90 service Is it not the patronage of those, who hi
~ vowed to "taste not, touch not handle not - Is it
l., the profits paid by them other merchandise that
abes those engaged in this traffic to continue the We
ing of that which is "the greatest the world =
n under"
:; Axe not the enemies, them TO this traffic made tc
g. its principal supporters. And if the partnership
40 existing between the FRIENDS TEMPERANCE and
,oa RUN SELLING MERCHANTS should be disSolued, VIC
not the main obstacle that obsructs the progres
temperance be overcome' When then shall this 81
,,o ly Alliance" come to a end When will the irie
a. Of temperance present to their Rum Selling colleag
al their only alternative either 10 abandon this uni
,h traffic permit them TO withdraw from the union.
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