The Woodstock age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1844-1845, 1844-12-19
"RUM OR NO RUM"

il the people are called on to vote on the
question of prohibiting the importation of
alcohol into the State, altogether. Al
,ohol is necessary for certain uses-it
will always be found in the community
The question is upon the use o. alcohol
IF you vote the destructive ticket you DO
not vote to crtingt.ish alcoholic eSlerml-
nate il from the Slaie--to stop the traffic
in the article, because, so long as it is nee
essary for medicinal, mechanical and manu-
purposes, it will always be traffic.
ed in more or less. The question, then, is
not rum or no Rum" The question is
apon taking The best means to disco'nie-
nance The UNNECESSARY USE Of Rum!-that
is the question, when stripped Of the dis
guises that ere attempted TO be wrapped
about it. Can you ever eXterminae pois-
on from The State! Not is necessary
for thousand purposes. But many peo-
pie destroy themselves by The use ofpoison.
What then is to be done! Poison you must
haye-and yet people will destroy them
selves by 1t. What then IS to be done?-
What he's been done? People are taught
that sclI-muyder is 4 crime, atcrrible crime.
All oar moral and intellectual powers, from
their first dawning, are made to recoil at
the idea Of self-mnrdcr. That is the way
in which people are kept from self destruc-
ton by poison to great extent, though
not entirely, All the laws that have been
made to guard deadly poison from the PEG.
pie have never prevented and never can
proven, its improper use
Can you ever eXlerminate alcohol from
the community Not is necessary for
many purposes. What then is to be donel
What has been done? A few years since,
almost every body, clorgynen included,
used it as q beyeragc-no body thought
much about it any way. 1t was popular
to use 1T: was no, considered a Crimc.-
| The minds Of the community were aron3'
ed to the subject. 1t was investigated. Its
unnecessary use was found TO be terrible
evil, TWAS preached about-pr0yed over,
till very large portion Of the community
now think, and think rightly, that se'l-mnr-
der BIZ the use Of alcohol is as great crime
in the sight Of God and man as sei-murder
by any other means. The rising genera
ton are taught this; taught that it is a crime
to use alcohol uuneccssariIy-rnnous to
soul and body This feeling is abroad
in the communicate is ginning ground,
every day, thinks be to God and chris
tan community. So strong has become
lho voice Of the public on the actual Grim
lnaI,y Of the unnecessary use Of alcohol,
that its appearance in private families is
nearly or entirely discontinued and where,
a lie" years ago. h"e Ill 'e" nsed H. 10"
not one IN ten % So IeoPie nave moi
been, and are not and never N'I' Dc deter
rcd from the use oil alcohol by mere force
oflaw any more than they are, have been
or will be deferred from the use OF poison
by mere force Of LAW. They are, have
been and are to be deferred from one
as from the other by JORGE o Ei"lIT,-by
inducing them to believe that the unneces'
sary use of either is crime, in the eyes of
God and man; BY awakening their moral
feelings to The subjcc.--hy Christianity, by
christian preaching and christian practice.
What has been done, has no! been
done By Tart 1t has been done by preach-
ing. What is still further To be done is
no, TO be done by Lar. 1t is to be done
by preaching, In this way people have
been taught to shun the Unnecessary use Of
rum as they are taught to shun the unncc-
og,rv ,,sa n ,,y o,Ior InIntn,iouc licuiI