Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1843-07-19
Woodstock, July Is, 1913.
b. other Murray:

b other Murray:
Il seems to me that our general reform
ers DO not suffi :iently realiz4 the import
ance OF detetic habits. II is true they
ore themselves, almost without exception,
physiological refcrmers, and perhaps
think example is better than precept
But even admitting il to be SC, il does not
prove precept useless. Ii is all abSurdily
10 my mind to attempt 20 reform a MAI
mcualIy, until after his physiological re-
generation hos OF least begun, for his rea :
son, land all allow the principle,) tina. be-
fore We can act truly, we must think anC
reason correctly. And how, ask, is il
possible for US 10 think or reason truly, so
long as we are shrouded in grease and
buried in the pit Of gluttony! II seems
nearly as useful to talk TO street lamI
post, as 10 a real gormlnllzer, after he
has dned upon "a litle hog" stuffed
turkey, or any thing Of The kind.
It this view cf The sub pct is phiIosphi:
al, then surely dielelic reform is the chiei
corner stone in the vast cGifice we are
hoping to raise. Does not over.ealing
produce dyspepsia Can a dysFeptc
Ihink His brain may indeed perform a
sort Of mechanical operation, which he
may call thought; but it will no more re.
@mble the pure workings Of the minI Of
hin who lives on simple vegetables, than
The filthy waters of western canal 10 the
pure. transparent liquid that bounds aud
dances on the pebbly bed Of a New Eng
land river. Il is absolutely impossible for
such minds 10 lathom the depths and
search out the beauties comprised in the
great scheme OF humanity which has been
named the COMMUNITY System Being
convinced Of the excellency of this sys-
TEN, the frs. thought which naturally ~
! rises il, a wish that every one could see i:
advantage over the present system OF So
ciely. Aud with this thought comes de-
sire to enighien all those with whom we
associate. BuI how is it 10 be donc2 A.
temrt The task with one who on other &C
casions would scorn the idea Of being
coarse aid vulgar, aud you Will be con
slanty discouraged aud repulsed by eX
pressious like the following swell, how
is it, they say every thing IS common
wives and aIl,-lhink t. at must be very
fine. "-Tell them that such things neve
enter the Thoughts tIpuie minds, and the!
will re,orl,-'uh, know better than thal
human nature is hCmln ma ure, The WORE
over, and if il was not for the restraint Q
good, wholesome laws, | would not Civ
Gs for all the virtue AMI honesty Their
would be ia III. land" Speak OF tn
Colleen rule, and the olher sublime teach
iags Of Christ, as being laws sufficient 1
restrain within proper bounds, all the sci
sh passions Of our nature; and II is all
dead letter. la fact, ii is impossible +
them 10 understand such things at al
Now The Inquiry comes uP,-way all %
binGness2 Does no, the -regeneraIe
spirit see at once tina: it has lis origin
our gluuonous system Of diel, by whlc
all the base Of the brain is stimulated al
kept under constant exciieme ut, at the e.
pense Of all the moral and Intellectual O
gans2 Some will deny this position f
such will present II in another fort
Does not the most ignorant farmer kno
that she condition Of the soil on which
plaLts his grain is Of the first imponuu
in the culture Of his crops2 Does not
that ial.ens Tor diseases) meat f,r,he mar
ct, know that the colcr. texture, &c. of
flesh is greatly affected by The differ,
substances which are presented as loo
and yet, (strange inconsistency they c,
not. without great effort. be made To-
how ills possible for man TO be afecle,
ali by different kinds Of food. do
marvel that such persons SHOULD bel
that man is governed by arbitrary IA