Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1840-06-03
u ~ ~ ~ me proprletors of this house for its
use on the present occasion ~ 40
voted TO adjourn sine de
GENERAL Intelligence.
TEMPERANCE cars.

.n 0F-Ihe Temperance movansr
:; 70 SUI: ;. onward in Ireland, and the in,rre.
- H. instead OF diminishing is rapidly n
creaslng, and spreading over ,bs hi -
. country From a Dublin olner ms, =.
celved, we learn that Falber Ma,,h 80 =
continued to go from place to place ad
hlnls'eflngthe pledge, and that the peonl
dpPedr ready en- masse to promise ever
icate. - ''i"' can in'ox
IN the city of Dublin, 10000 took III.
p'eoge IN one week. L,uobrea am
nelghborhood 81, 400. In Ponnma co 20,
oou took the pledge the first day Of Mr.
Mathews visit, and $4,000 in the second
making In all $4,000; many of the higb
CT classes protestant as well rs ca,b,J;c
united. AS Mr.. Matthew was 10 I.a 20
tnls place at half past 6 A. NJ. he was on.
gagged from daylight of the third dav MI
the time OF his departure, 10 admin;s,srin
the pledge to thousands who had moi talss'
It on the two previous DAYS. The naner
states that between Galway and Louob-
rea, and the road to Fortuna, from in
ooo 10 10000 persons took the pledoe J"
! La these vast assemblages, not a sinola
accident OF any kind occurred. nor was ).
drunken man seen. The plan for admin.
lstering the pledge and ascertainipo the
number OF those who received j, was. 10
assemble them IN regular ranks. Saws
40 eye witness at one ofthese places, As
rather Matthew recited the words of The
pledge, | was at loss, whether to admire
more the morality of the sight or its So
lemnIty for the pledge was at the same
time repeated by the lips of, $50 on their
knees - '''> :"
Of the 100000 persons TO whom F,-
ther Matthew has administered the nIedos
within few months, not one has 70, bseo
known 10 have broken it, or TO have besn
Drought before tribunal of Justice for
any crimlnal offence. Whenever this ex.
traordinary man administers the pledue
ne admonlshes the people of the na,nr,s
OF the promise they are about to mike
and the inyiolabiity with which it shoud
De observed. He exhorls them While
casting off the yoke of intemperance to
abandon also eOery other cace. such as ri.
oting' tac:lon lighting, private combina-
TONS illegal oaths. taking of fire arms
serving threatening notices. &c, &c. He
exhorts them also 10 forget religious ami.
mosltles, to live in peace with all. to oh.
serve the laws Of God and man, to r, sopct
the powers that be, not from ftar, hut for
conscience sake
The following petition has been present.
ed e. to the House of Commons by Daniel
OConnell The people of Grea, Brit
ain begin TO tremLle In view of their re-
sPonslbllltIes In raising a revenue. bv
commissioning abou: 100000 individuals
throughout the kingdom to bring crime
pauperism and untold burlhens nnon he
whole community. 1t has been estimated
that the three kin gdoms of Grca, britain
suffer yearly loss directly or in directly
of at least 9200,OOO,OOO, OF abou, 600. |
O0O,OOO of dollars from the traffic in, and
use OF Intoxicating drinks:
+" To the Hon. and Right Honorable the Commons |
oi Great Britain, in Parliament assembled -
Respectfully Prayett-
That your honorable house will be |
pleased to take into immediate and Serious !
consideration the proprietv of a complete
REIMBURSEMENT of all duties arising from !
intoxicating drinks. The use ofthese ar
ticles is confessedly productive of an i'm
menSe amount OF crime, misery, disease
and restitution. In fact it is only neces-
sary to refer TO your police. magistrates,
governors OF prisons, &c. in order to be |
satisfied thot very large proportion of
the crime committed in the Uniled K;no.
dom is owing TO the use of these drinks.
The deep misery and deplorable dtstilu-
ton which they cause, can never be known
except by the SOVEREIGN LORD OF ALL
Your petitioners, therefore, implore YOUR
honorable house no longer to raise any
revenue for the support of the British EN-.
pire from this polluted source. Bv re-
tusing to touch such unhoIy proceeds you
would brand the traffic in Intoxicating
drinks as too disgraceful to receive profit
from it. 1t would in consequence soon
be given up by honorable men, and the
noble efforts now making by the people |
to get free from their drinking customs,
would receive such encouragement from
your honorable house as would strength
en- them in their virtuous resolves Your
petitioners respectfully pray that no con-
sideratlon of loss of revenue may induce
you to refuse granting this prayer. Your
honorable house can readily devise other
sources from which any loss can be sup |
piled, and which will not be stained by |
the blood and tears of thousands, who are
annually destroyed by drinking customs"
1t is the social drinking usage of Ire
land that has done so much to ;niure the
people. Solitary drunkenness is hardly
known in the country. But not to treat.
and be treated. has heretofore been CON
sidered as showing want of kind and lib
eral feelings. 1t is from this great mis-