Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1845-03-06

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trade IS So sacred tia, it may not 10
restrained when that trade proves Oh.
noS'uus 10 the public welfare For
THIS reason The night " prohibiting hou
sos OF lll-iSmc and gambling vcrr nov
or doubted. The sale of unwholcsumc
provisions - cniolned upon the same
htn ~ ground No one ever 80 much
as thought otcrnSut.u. i.c law cI'ch
forbade supplying ardent spirits 10 tho
posted ncbrintc. WHY No, merely
because II destroyed hum, hut threaten.
cd the public with The burihcn Of sup
porting his family. Yet why are not
the liberties of such man ms sacred ns
those of other drinkers II @n hate
no business to thwart the appetite that
is partially dcpravcd, how can we de.
ny the impctiouS craving Of the con
frncd drunkard The mischief to
the pubic oi the traffic nj large is lust
as certain and severe rs ihnt nf selling ld
any one mau. IL then you interfere
with the liberty of your citizens TO pre-.
vent pauperlsn IN individuals, II you
shut up the broihcl aud the he'll IN
ordcrto save your youth from their
deadly snarcs how much rnthcr should
/ you lntcrdic, the grog shop and the
bot which are So much more r,uuuoy
and tcnlold more lmpoverishing, cor.
ruptIng and destructive.
There is however n gravcr reason
for prohibiting the traffic II, is innor-
at and criminal IN itself II IS IN fact
the occasion Of nearly all tho offences
committed against the law. Whcrev
or carried on II rs certainly productive
Of crime. No dcr'cr ~ arden, ~r.-''S
but must know that ms business has
IN more than one instance proved nm
incentive to II. How can ne defend
himself from the charge of participa
ting IN II, # he knows that whit H.
does willlcad totl II he hires nn-
other To commit murder he IS himself
condemned as IA manslaycr. Why is
he less guilty If he administer any 9th.
er stimulus to the decd 7 Is it because
b" docs il, not out Of mnlice, but from
motives of gain so does the hired
assassin. Is it because he does not
know where the blow will fall 7 He
knows 1t must fall somewhere, and is
just as culpable ms man who fires II
gun among n crowd, or pcrsIot Is
another 10 do so. In short. he is fully
aware that hIs career necessarily draws
after 1t want, misery, death nuG guilt
and he must be taken 10 intend all
these necessary consequences OF his
pcrSlStng. With what face can hc
pretend that he has night, which no
legislature may Interfere with, TO carry
ON n business so lraugh, with Calamity
and crime!
We have been told however, with
an air OF defiance, that the prohibition
oi the trniIic has always lbccn follow
cd, and VIII hr nynin bv\an increased
, consumption OF intoxicating hcycra-
| gee. SO children have been known 10
keep n weak nurse IN awe, by threats
| OF doing themselves mischief Bot
, ms new thing for those Who call
, themselves men, Ia resort TO such pa
Grille considerations, aud httrays Il
cause lancntab'y deficient in Soundcr
T. arguments. We will not pause to in
qurc how close an affinity Is thus cs-
tabIIShed between the traffic, and that
sln, which "taklng occasion bv the
. comlnandm mi, wrought IA me all man
ncr of concuplsccncc." We do say
that you will have the same induce
, ment for dispensing with the divine
, law and all law whatever if you listen
. 10 mcnaccs like these When they
, deter the legislature from providing
due punishment for transgrcssors, or
, the executive from prosecuting them
with vigor, then shall We have the ADM
q rob'c spectacle Of a government, where
criminals dictate tire measure Of Justice
e 10 be mctcd out TO them, under the Grnr-
$ iul p"nalty Of multiplying their cnor.
, mites.
s. II. IIonors, Conn. orRu, Co..
+ OBJ 3. I fnTlN' TEN. Society
. Rutland, Feb. 90, i-tJ.