Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1841-05-05

IT In day. 81. |.I vile sUppoIIed me. /
,he said hon on, hold 90, Next day / | \
en- 81 N. Monday wanted 10 godown !
md see my old associates who had joined
he Washington Society," l went and /
felt Ike a Ieeman. What /;
was now TO dol TO regain my char !,
,cter My friends took me by the hand.
They encouraged me. They did right. I
Y here is man on earth who deserves
Tie sympathy Of The world. it's he poor
drnnkard. He is poisoned, degraded, cast
out; knows not what TO do, and must Oe
helped or he is lost. We have saved
more than thousand drunkards iE 6altI-
more.
Mr.. n. said. time permitted ne could
give a history Of bis whole course, he
became drunkard on an article which /
the law makesright. What said he, should
We do with man who sold bad meat in
The market, or baker dishonest in his
bread2 Put him 10 the penitentiary. The
law allows man to rectify. What does
he dol Reduces his liquor so that a
drunkard would not touch it. If liquor
will not intoxicate, il is bad liquor; and
when be gets il so low that it is just good
for nothing. then be puts in his poisonous
drugs that it kills men This is rectifying
BY la,t. see the distiller in his distille-
ny, sitting ID his comfortable chair watch
ing his distilled damnation as it oozes out
of his pipe. As it goes into the world,
whit fill my pockets2 Will it make my
family comfortable2 Is there being on.
earth whom it will bless? No. he knows
there is not one. have suffered from it,
ten thousand deaths They have trusted
me FOR whiskey,when they would not trust
me for bread. Off hell could be opened,
and the distiller and vender could see the
miserable lost wretches there, they would
see there was no blessing in their cup.
feel for drunkards / want them to come
and sign the pledge and be saved.
Here the speaker was Interrupted by a
faltering voice in the gallery, exclaiming,
"CaD be saved2 / ANA poor drunk
ard. would give the world if was as
Z You are,''--accompaEied with several in
Z coherent expressions
i You can my friend, said the speaker.
! Come down and sign the pledge and you'll
Ebe man. Come, and we will take you
by the hand.
With a little solicitation the man came
up to the altar, and signed the pledge,
amid the deaiening applause of the audi
. ence. The victory was now gained. The
work Of redemption among poor drunk
ards commenced Another uttered forth
the feelings Of his heart from the gallery,
and was led TO come down and sign the
pledge. Five or six others of this miser-
able class followed and some thirty or
forty others of this miserable class follow
ed, and some thirty or forty others we'll
known as hard drinkers and drunkards.
The animation and zeal impaired to the
speakers became great. They felt that
they had come to New Y ork to do great
work.
Is there man, said Mr.. Hawkins, as
the poor fellow signed the pledge, who
does not rejoice in lbis2 What does all
this promise to him and his family. if he
has one? In Baltimore we got ninety-six
In one night The axe is laid at the root
of the tree. Numerous families among
US are rejoicing. One man, who year
last February, had not for himself and
family the least comfort, scarce q rag to
cIothe him. owned in November a small
house, and had plenty Of comforts. Little
children are rejoicing. Al little boy in
going down one Of our streets was hailed
BY another: Ho, you've gotta new pair o
shoes. 0 yes, said the boy, Father ha!
joined the Washington Temperance Soci
ETY.. On the 9Th Of April, we are going
to finish up the work, in our city, and pu
an end to The traffic. We shall have Is.
600 men in the procession. God is or
our side. and he who puts his trust II
God can moi fail Mr.. Hawkins was very
modest and impressive in his address. gn
showed be was in earnest in all he said
He sat down amid deafening applause.
2 Mr.. Casey, second delegate, was mex
introduced to the audience.
stand before you, said Mr.. Casey,
redeemed, regeneraled drunkard. It j
got easy for me to rise and make this dec
laration. Yet if can be the means :
saving one man, am willing to do it,
have known the bitter fruits of drink
ing. [ am thankful know now til
3 effects Of quitting. | have spent my las
mite for drink and returned to my famil
perfectly destitute. l have gone hon
Z late at night drunk. and thrown myse
upon my bed like brute. and woke !
the morning without particle of food fc
nv family, or any means Of getting an,
now know that the drunkard can
saved. Ihopethat the leaven will spread
until the whole community is reclaime
i am new man, my health, my reput'
ton, my property are all restored. Nor
now fear and Ioathe me. feel confidel
shall never violate my pledge. n
other pl.l-- but that Of total abstinens