Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1845-03-27

,b,m.rly-. sni ths,r sps ,cis,cs A eel.
,brs,ed Eng l,,hD Divine 10 srestins Of sooi-
81, e., tie suppression of vice existing in
ENGLAND forty yssrs sye--feh himbel' con-
strained 10 use the following Language lie
ays
Il, !. hardly possible ,hn society for the
suppression OF wee can ever be keep, within
the bounds Of good sense and moderation -
II there are many members who have really
become so from . feeling Of duty. there nee
essarily will he some who enter the seci.',
to hide a bad character, aud o,hers whose
ob,ec, IL Is 10 recommend fhemseires 70 fheu
better, by a sedulous end busiling inquisi'ion
into the inmoral,ies of others The nc'fesi
and loud,,s supprspor' will always carry II a
Rsinst the more pr udent part OF community,
tie nost violent will be considered a. the
mox, moral, and those who see the sbsurdny
will from the fear Of being though, to en-
courage vice, be reluc,sn, to oppose H."
In view then Of the above, when connect.
cd with the course pursued by Mrw and his
friends at Clarendon Sprlngs--i' would seem
that human nature, is now. precisely what
I, was forty years ago. lirrquircd no 81
ant then 10 carry an odious measure through
a convention Of reformers--and 1t would ap
pear tina, II does not now.
A. i, regards the application to Us OF the
genteman's borrowed nil IN reference 10
his sudden conversion to the belief Of the
pos tive existence ofthe Dive hive
only TO saw that 1t proves altogether toe
much for himself We have brought no
accusation against him but have simply
stated wha, erery member of the Conven-
ton, with whom We have convcrscd, said
OF b is oc,ons there. So We do no, see bu,
The gentleman will have 10 admit the
existence Of, no, only one D--l-but many
moro, we imagine, than lie will find Il.
Crecablc in his mag nnry Heaven Blu,
our limits will no, allow us to say more in
reference to this een!lemans reply;-bcsdrs
it is getting late and the game is hardly
! worth the candle We have said that We
should have no. controversy with him on
the subject of his Religious creed and there.
fore we will not ask him to explain how he
islo ee2 even, drunkarl, on. Of Hesv.
en- that is open to all.
To our friends who arc the sincere n1
voca,es oftempcrnnce and temperance rrin
cples we beg to say tina, in the foregoing
remarks we have aImed,o sepernic the gen
llemnn alluded to, from all others of what,
ever sec, or socloy, Our object Inns been
in nlludlng to lh. subjcc, from the begin
nlng to lend our feeble aid in snppres,inc
the arrogance OF suppressors-nnd in
the language of nno,hcr-to keep them
do goodreqnires little more talent md re
Election than they are aware of,.-und above
all 10 impress upon them tina, true zeal for
virtue knows no disiinc ton between 'clnsscs'
and Tint the eoirardIy and the mean, con
never be the true friends of morality md
the promoters of human happiness"
The end TO be desired BY every temper
nncc man, can never in our opinion, be
obtained, but by course Of gcn,leness md
moderation, and The jujicious action orihe
temperance people II such an action
should here be energeically and vigorously
KEEP, up by the friends OF the cnuse--we re
card their ultimate success as certain and
we should not be surprised to witness i, a
a very early day. But, on the other hand
il The cause is to be trusted to the manage
men, f,hosc who run headlong into everj
cxccs,--wh no are at al times for the ndop
ton OF The most stringent and proseriptiv,
measures who, by their acts an,
language msnif s, toward. all whom the,
eoneeire to be their opponents. the spirit o
him who cxclaimed-Give their roofs tC
the flames and their flesh to the Eagles !
ii requires no spiri, ofprophccy TO forcsr'
their utter defeut, and the ruin Of thIl
cause and party,
European Annexation The Pari
correspondent, OF the Boston Alias, says lhn