Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1841-06-09
MASS. TEMPERANCE UNION.

This Society held IFS annual meeting
al the Odeon, on Tuesday evening, May !
18th. The meeting was opened oy pray
err by Rev. Mr.. Fowler, of Fall River.
The President of the Union, John Tap
pan. ESQ.,. followed with few introduce
tory remarks. It is now. said ne, fifteen
wears since the American Temperance
Society was formed. 1t has been sustain
ed by continued prayers. We have taught
one Waterloo battle, but did not retreat
one inch. We have had hard battle,
and now the reformed inebriates are car
rying off the spoils We are willing they
should. Rev. Mr.. May, offered the fol-
) lowing resolution, which he accompanied
with remarks.
RssoIced, That all the efforts that have
yet been put forth, and much greater ef-
forts are called for In The cause we have |
espoused; and there is no danger that we
shall 90 TOO fast, or too far, in persuading
our fellow-citizens, one and all. high and |
low, rich and poor, wise and ignorant, |
young and old, to adopt the principles of
tee-totalism.
Men-were engaged in conflict short
time since, for the purpose of removing
evils which they believe 10 exist in gov
eminent. But there exists in community
slavery which is the worst of evils, and
intemperance which destroys its thousands.
This requires US to make moral earth
quake if we can do it. Who will COM
pare the monetary with the moral, social,
domestic and religious state ofthe countryq
There was a season of darkness in the
of hor
this time no loss of interest. During the
past winter more has been done than dur
ing the same period In any previous year
The greatest obstacle to the advance of
this cause has been public insensibility.
When, few years since, ths alarm Of
cholera was raised, how quickly did men
= take the alarm and fly to the remedy |;
but what epidemic has produced so much
ruin as that to stop which we have COM
bined2 Who will say, Let me die by any
other disease than the drunkards2 Would
YOU not rather follow a son to the grave
covered with plague spots, than follow
him as deceased inebriate? Whenc,
has arisen the frightful number of thos,
who are addicted to this vice2 We turr
from the statement thatthere are thousands
but such a statement is proved by facts
Should mandate go forth for iEebriate
to appear, we should see them springins
up, not only from the novels and garret
Of the poor, but also from the sofas of tn,
rich. We are not more opposed to th,
sellers of brandy than to the sellers o
wine, nor to either of these more than t
any others who are spreading abroad tina
which is injurious to the community
The temperance cause advances as fas
only as the tee-total principle is adopted
One cannot induce another to leave th,
Z. use of one kind of intoxicating drink if h,
himself INDUCES in the use of another
The late VIM. Ladd became what was
called temperance man and continues
the use of his wine. He went to New
York to purchase the wine so that b,
might get that which was not enforced
He obtained it, for there are sellers enough
who can draw wine with alcohol, anC
wine without alcohol, from the same cash
to accommodate customers. He attended
temperance meeting and made an address
He was congi atulating himself that h,
had made the best speech he ever attempt
ed upon that subject, and felt that thos
who were not moved by his speech mus
nave nuIQ ucAItS AuuCCu Al tAIo LuOtlCl
little crusty old man at the other end o
the hall rose and said, I" If the Squire will
give us some Of his good wine, we viii
not drink the nasty rum neither" From
this time he denounced the use of every
thing that intoxicates. He only speaks
with power who speaks with confidence
The meeting was then addressed b.
the President Of the Washington Tota
Abstinence Society, Mr.. s. F. Holdbrook
Mr.. Johnson gave short history of hi
own course as drinker, and Of the sue
cess of his efforts since he embraced til,
principle of total abstinence three month
ago. A few days since, he lectured il
Georgetown. Col. Savary who keeps
hotel in that place. went home between
nins and ten in the evening. ordered ever,
thing that would intoxicaie out of his bar
and declared he would sell no more.
Mr. Coliyer. of Boston followed. Fl,
regretted that he was found there, for h,
must repeat his account of his former deg
radiation. He commenced drinking 5,
the advice Of a physician, who prescribed
the use Of a little brandy after he bad re-
covered from fever. There were ad
dresses BY number of others Tn,
meeting was very fully attended and til,
interest wss exceedingly well maintained
From the Christian Reflector
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