Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1844-11-22


reader will perceive that the responsibility which tC
L. w speaks Of as resting on the Legislature, is b
now transferred to the people 1t Is now trans hi
ferred to you, reader, if you are voter tt
THE LICENSE LAW. d
Who that has bestowed any thought upon the
License System cannot its unhappy, It's demor- o
aIzing influence in community. 1t is wrong to re-
plensh our treasury with the price of blood. 1t t
is wrong to take the money that wrests the slghS +
and tears and dying groans OF widows ana oFPh- /
ans to replenish our treasury 1t Is equally wrong
TO legalize crime of any sort. Our Legislature
might with equal propricty license the vending OF
lottery tickets or license gambling houses, or nous
rs Of i'll fame or grant any other lIcentiou5 InduI-
gences, as to license man to deal ont poverty
and ruin to the body and soul Of his fellow men,n
the form of alcuhoc drinks. The license law Is
gross violation of the Law of God which says ex-
pressly Thou shr,. rot Kill. The license law
virtually says, you may virtually XIII as many Oh
YOUR fellow men (and send their souls to hel) as
Won can with acaholic drinks in one whole year,
for the paIry sum Of thirty dollars at most
The license law gives countenance to crime,and
leads people to commit sins Of the deepest dye
For instance, the that pays ten or fifteen doI-
lars for his license must necessarily sell great
MANY more glasses Of liquor to make as much clear
pro6t as he would be obidged to, if he did not
have to paw for his iceuse;and as gain Is his man
object he will be tempted very strangely to get MS
money back and more with it, if possible Hence
he will hold the intoxicating bowl to the lips OF
the moor nebriate as long he has a particle OF
the s6thv lucre' left to compensate hin tor It's
poisonous contents; Notwithstanding the iheDFl-
Htug family may ho actually suffering fVr tho ne
b. cessaries of life aud cause him to 90 home and
of abuse his wife and children and in some instances
I'd murder them; as what is more frequent, to PERISH
is himself in the ditch by the way side In TINS way
he is the instrumental, the procuring cause OF the
as ruin both of the soul and body Of one or more ct
his fellow men for time and eternity. Now this
an ,sr this EXTRA GLASS which he has sold to bin
ITO in consequence Of having had to pay lor tn'S !"
rat cense is what has done the fatal deed, or cauSe'
~ it TO he done. This imnkeeper may deal out a
ley much rs he can of this Liquid fire. this distilled
it. damnatIon' to his fellow men. He may make
md many broken hearted widows and orphan ch'|dfc
lay us many town Iaupers and beggars as he can
m He NAV do all he can towards furnishing Jai's an
viii state prisons with inmates, aud then plead his ow
hat nnocency on the score that it has all been don
Gus according to law therefore it is an honorable bus
in - l,o ,,,Jor m
one sanction of the law, it is morally wrong, 1t Is s'I
i'm ask then, if this innkeeper who has pad Tor h
r license is the only gully person in the case
,m. that legislative body which has by its puic &C
made it lawful and even held ont an encouNg
ON ment to this man to violate the sixth comnan
visit ment of God Thou shalt not kill, free from gu
for in this case Again, ask, are not the freemen
nth Vermont verify guilty before God, while we pc
5 in nit this law to disgrace statutes book sin
n to we have the power to eXpunse it theretrom.
k of This law appears to me to he as nearly relat
pon as half brother to another law authorized by &C
to gress and now in full operation IN the District
the Columbia, under the sanction of which for
one sum Of f. 90 man is authorized to traffic IN
pos bodies and souls Of his fellow men TO any exit
may he peases He is covered by the broad seal
larly the American Congress, while tearing ASSUME
ollie husbands and wives parents and children, y ru
not lessy sunderug the dearest ties that earth Is
,dges mitted to know For these and all S'N''"' Id"
ber- have no fellowship whatever, and earnestly
has sire to sec them repeated nope Tue heSS'"'
" Of will effectualy close up these avenues to the
nt;no these directories to hell. For consider grocer
eous- or more properly speaking, drunkerles ana
They taverns, enphaticaIly such, for while these
tir nm ems afford real comfort to the weary way-W
at is traveller and administer to his real wants ana
cessities, they also present to him the In'oN'c"l
-- cup that foul tempter, that fell DESTROYER ny WI
his estate Is wasted, his reputation lost' anu
body and soul ruined for time and eternity;
- Inv which hundreds and thousands, and tens
m. thousands Of our fellow men in this country
844. annually hurried into drunkards grave, an
ID sor- drunkar,ls hell. Among these are many ross
ce on inc the most brilliant talents and bidding very
essed; in early life for usefulness in society
r0ndy, call these taverns directories to hell; an
scales nroof of this position, let us suppose case,
ngs in one too that is common among us. young
been who is lover of rum is passing through tins
pressed ton of country and calls at one OF these no
,fessed and obtains nights lodging, and other Teti
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