Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1845-02-20
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few nomen,, attention. ! will be as biicl a.
possible.
Your correspondent Is very anxious TO
avoid efttemss- downright drunkenness
On one aide, and total abstinence on the
other The medium, between the extremes
he call. Temperance. "ShOuld we, he rays
"look at things as they arc, wa shaI! di''oN'
er that the term temperate, means moue'
rate use of the sriclv. Admit th's dennl'inh'
and there il very lilile difference OF opinion
asio the evils Of intempcrance, or me o'ess
inps that result from temperance NO cano"
man can 10 opposed TO this. ! could wish
10 see moderation in all things from All
other ratt Of IL, sriicls we learn, that ela"
Of brandy or gin day. as a habit /, his nca
sure Of moderation. Now suppose we could
coufne every m,n To glass day, what an
amour, Of taste would IL produce IN shor'
life time. VIII your correspondent have the
goodness TO work out the result Of glass
dsy, atsiy cenis-and IL will often cos, more
than that, including the lost hme-ior say
fifty wears, and calculate the interest from
the end Of each day 10 the end Of my years,
compromising annuslly,and tell your readers
what will be the amount Or IL he is not m
clined To work DOT the sum, let some Of The
schoom,sers set their scholars al II, and let
Us have the result in your paper will bet
a trlfIe that the amount would more than pur-
chase the farm of many man who calls
himsc { ndepcndcnt, and let your corfesPon-
dent or The school boys, tell Us what VIII be
the amount,sr this raie,oi an annual eHpenuii-
uro by all tie population OF Tins STATE above20
years OF sge-ot more properly above Is,
/ for. as your correspondent calls brandy, gin,
&c. the good creatures OF God, they should
be used rs early as the latter age. have not
] a., In tha ali but | "a nj IN
whether It would not build good schoohouse
and supper, a first rate teacher IN every school
dstric, in the state; yes, and pay all The tax
cs necessary for the support OF government,
in the bargain. And let II be remembered
that the whole amount Is absolutely uoJied if
expended evonior The single glass day | your
correspondent denies this, let him show OF
what rnime the intoxicating liquor is TO those
who dri"k it for a beverage. | affirm that II
is utterly Without value. II am mistaken,
let SOMEBODY show me where the mistake is
! But this is DEPRESSION from what iDien-
ded when begun. There !, an infinitely
higher view Of the matter Than This. Your
correspondent, in effect, scouts The idea OF
pledge from all that iniUXicaies, as an eI-
irene and the incubation OF this as du-
,y he affects TO regard as real in,emperance;
about as much to be condemned, if | under
stand him, as what lie could DO willing TO
! cali in,emrerance in ihe use OF Intoxicating
drinks. VIII your correspondent, tell me
how drunkafd can he saved except by to-
j tai abstinence Did he ever see one saved
by attempting to put himself upon an allow
ance Ola glass day :" Is 1t no, fact that
where one drnhkard has been really reclaim
ed by such an attempt Of restriction, hun
bred have, by an almost inevitable law Of ne
cess,y, gone downwards from the glas, a
day to irreclalmable drunkenness' Your
! Correspondent, ! am sure will say that the
/ pledge of total abstinence is. generally at
least, the only way in which the drunkard
can be reclaimed and think that he must
admit hat II is the only way by which hun
drods ond thousands can lie prevented from
becoming druukards and yet he opposes i,
as an exlGeme-as iu'emperanc-- ebecanse he
wishes 10 see moderation in all things =
Bu, admitting, he may say, thai The tetotal
pledge IS necessary for The drunkard. and for
those who are in real danger of sliding from
temperate drinking into Drunkenness, yet IS
II not necessary for those who IRE in no such
danger But what drinkers, let me ask him.
are secure from that danger Who is there
mat can survey group OF half dozen Young
men, who are in the habit Of drinking even
but "A glass day and say that any one OF
Them Is not in danger Of increasing that a.
mount up TO tho point Of habitual intoxica-
ton Some OF Them may escape half Of
them may, or more Than half Bot ,ch;eh
shall escape ! Who can tell, One OF Them
is, perh apps. the son Of yorr correspondent -
Can he look to him without solIc,lude,
while he carries in his bosom. the hear, Of
ia'her And will no, his good sense and
his pat solicilude prompt him to saw
touch no., sdJtt not, handle mott One thing i.
clear-modeIa;c drinking does the young
man no Sood, and the expense is n n absolute
icaJfe, why then should he continue it at =
hazard What dictate Of ordinary prudence
would not urge the father TO present to him
Tor his signature, the pledge OF total absii.
hence And vet your correspondent scouts
/ as u,traism
But perhaps your CORES pondent is some. .
what advanced in life. and frcls that HI Is
quite safe upon his glass day that he .
does not need pledge 10 save hin from |
drunkenness. however important il may ap-
pear to the drunkard, and to the young man
who become one. Blu, how, let me Ak him.
can he make up face 10 urge the drunk.
ard aud the young man who is beginning io
dunk, 10 refrain entirely or totake the pledge
Of io'alsbstlnence, Hhlle he hlmse L INDUCES "a
his glass n dayr II he can do IT, he has more
power OF lace Than most men in this commu-
nlly. No.lhe only way for him to reclaim the
drunkard or save the Young man from the
danger OF becoming such, is to back up his
pTecept OF total abstinence by his own eI-
,mple-else they will apply II him the cut
ting rebuke-physician heal myself
Your correspondent, in condemning-
in Judging others. spesks OF
the law OF Christ, whl-h euJuins that We
6Ilond to orr neighbors the same our,csy
which We could wish them 10 extend to Us
! thank him for advenlng to his golden rule
til = law Of Christ. and beg permission 10 Z
ask him, II thIs law Of love Is not specially 4
applicable to the present case Can look {
upon The drunkatd, or I've young man who ,
has taken The 'hrst step IN ito road to drunk