Litchfield enquirer., 1844-02-22

nv other gospel unto you than that have preach ed, let him be accursed" The, advocates of total abstinence would feign make the people believe that this IS scripture doctrine; but where do they find it! at the marriage feast where Christ made a large quantity of wine to be drank as Common beverage? I think not. Here they come up as bold as if they really believed it, and tell you that this wine possessed no intoxicating quality: thus mak- ing ont that Christ did not do that which he claim ed to do In proof of this they assert that there IS wine made at this time in Palestine which possesses no intoxicating quality. This for aught know
 may be as true as the stories they have published a. bout spontaneous combustion from rum drinkers breath taking fire and consuming them: for Ii un- derstand any thing about the history of Palestine and the surrounding country, there has not been vintage nor wine press there for near two thou years think the speech of the Governor of the feast conveys the idea that this wine something a little stronger than sweetened water or Its equV- alent Again: Christ says " no man putteth new wine into old bottles" Now what danger could there possibly be from new wine which had no In- clination to ferment more than ot old wine wnlch had passed through the state of fermentation: Now this expression must include all sorts of wine, for he expressly says no man doeth tt.
 Christ when accused by the Pharisees of being wine bibber does not excuse himself by saying that the wine which he drank possessed no intoxi- eating quality, but on the contrary ne says Jonn !ne Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and ye say he hath devil; the Son ot man is come eating and drinking, and ye say behold a gluttonous man and wine blbber, friend ot pub Iicans and sinners but wisdom IS justified of all her children Here it is fully shown that John was justified in his abstemious course ana Chrst m eat ing and drinking such the worlds men eat and drink; and this puts it beyond all cavn-no au- thority can be brought to invalidatc this Every man has perfect right to eat or drink that winch seemcth him good, if he doeth 1t temperately, and that without being slandered, as was Christ. Now AA Nr1l pnnfT1 of hnrc have drank to excess and that lntemperance IS re- ouently spoken against in the Old and New Testa- ment All this adds strength to our position for Christ not behoden to the recorders pen for ntor- nation but under a full view of all preterlty-and leave the reader to judge as to futurity-l say with full knowledge of all past time, has set his example, and that not exactly Tn conformity With total abstinence principles neither.
 Ii is said that Daniel and others drank no wine. Daniel was equally justified with David (2d Samuel vi 19) when moving the ark of the Lord he gave all Israel, both men and women two quarts of wine apiece for wisdom is justified of all her chll- dren" But from what portion of sacred writ do you justify your wholesale islander m charging up- on all who buv sell, give drink any intoxicating drinks with being thieves robbers and murderers God gave the wine to the children of Israel as a blessing, and Christ net only made tt and gave It to his friends, but he drank it himself. To such au- thoritv as this every knee must bow in submission.
 It is said that rum drinking fills our prisons with copyicts. This in a certain sense may be true. never knew honest man made dishonest by becom- ing incorporate; but dishonest intemperate man blunlers into detection at every step he takes Rum drinking has ferreted out more crime than all the police officers in the country would that all the infamous might take of the intoxicating cup freely.
 We have it from their own showing that hun dred of thousands of dollars worth of poison in the form of spirits and wine annually sold to com- n,l.iity to be drank, and when drank 1t produces drunkenness, delirium trcmens, dlsease, poverty, wretchedness and death to an alarming eXtent.- Thirty years ago this horrible disease delirium tre- mens was scarcely if ever known, when foreign spl- rit not mixed with poisonous drugs paid tax pro- portonate to other foreign articles. How happens all this misery? We take their own word for it. it Is from poison drank in the form of spirits. How happens this noxious poison to be thus introduced If the reader wishes to know will tell him: It IS by an under influence exertcd by the cold water so ciety upon Congress, who through their influence have taxed all foreign spirits more than hundred per cent. thus dcsignedy putting that article which k wholesome out of the reach o the laborng class of community and at the time indirectly for ciny upon them noctous deadly poison by protec- ting those who make and vend the same. shame where is thy blush? Protect them that make and vend poison, and then mock the afflicted by public ly exposing the miserable condition of their scorch- ed stomachs. NEw- ENGLAND FARhER