Holly Springs gazette., 1845-03-15

to such pitch that nothing but two pairs
of Lawyers and Chancellor can regulate
them; and when, out of these discords
each lawyer, with wizard skill, has evoked
harmony the most delightful in h . ear--a
| tsne OF two, four, or i've hundred dollars
TO what is it ali owingl Ungrateful dog,
ii he doubts, or forgets it! He owes II all TO
drink The husband would have ploddei
on through life, insipidly loving his wife
and doing his duties, (of no use 10 lawy er,
clerk, or sheriff. but for the timely inter>
| vention, of our friend, the bottle. This
made him, generous 10 those who had no
claims on hiin. at the expense ofthose who
| had claims. This has made him negligent
and dashing. in genilemanly way; de-
| ightiul to his tavern companies, though
now and then rough to his wife; made him
contract debts, he knew not how; leave his
house and farm to get out of order; his
family 10 be ill supplied; the womans
heart 10 throb strangely, and cheek to
grow thin and pale; Executions would
come, the scenes, on his midnight retarn
would wax richer in inctcent-more and
more striking, q punser would say-till
she could bear them no longer, and xs
| were called in. Then the fees!
know an attorney Tor the Common
| wealth who swears that he has been con
cerned in dozen cases or more, of wives
| asking surety of the peace against their
husbands; and in all these. save enc, the
wives declared on oath that the violence
they had suffered was only when their
lords were in liquor. Now all these causes
are grist of OUR mill.
Even the planter collecting business
actions Of debt, and open accounts-we
| owe mostly to our ally. Mr.. Barleycorn.-
Gameing, usury, bad bargains, ill thrift,
misunderstanding about contracts, unper
ceived decays of fortune, and many other
causes of difficult law SUITS arise from the
cup of kindness When the farmer lets
his store account run on. unpaid for so ma
ny years that the merchant has TO sue; ten
TO one (if that account is not chiefly for
| liquor) the farmer has a large liquor ac-
count somewhere else.
The liquor sellers themselves-wha in
| sensible customers they are 10 lawyers
How vast proporiloa OF the bonds, notes,
and accounts. annually put in suit, come
| from the desks of those noble patrons of
science and OF ART patrsns OF law snd its
kindred Sciences - Of Distilation and its
affiliated artsl Physic, paper making, the
coffin manufactured, prison building, gall
| lows-making, and all kinds of Penitentiary
| work. not to mention transport navigation.
and The exploring Of new countries, Bota.
| ny Bay, Oregon, &c, are a few of the
| arts that thrive by means of liquor dea lers.
| What lawyer would dare TO offend them,
| or would wish to spoil their business2 Are
| we silly children toquarrel with our bread
and buter2 The loss of their direct Gus
| tom would lose me hundreds a year; and
| their direct agency makes more than malt
my fortune.
| Nay, as man milks the cow and works
the OK while they live, and eats them
when they die, so the good those noble
| patrons do us lawyers In their fall. is well
nigh equal to the good they do US while
they stand. For great New York Judge,
much quoted by the Temperance men,
says, that of the tavern keepers and re-
tailers of ardent spirits in that State du-
ring the last forty years. more than two
thirds have become drunkards aud reduced
their families 10 poverty Now, it is no
doubt so too in Virginia: aud in the slide
of liquor dealer from wealth to poverty,
! is not exhilcrating to think how many
jobs for lawyers occur2 He takes deeds
! of trust which lawyer must draw: he
brings multitude of suits. and multitude
is made against him: throng of credi-
tors scramble with each other for priority
of payment OUT of his effects. The whole
scene. even the description sounds like the
clink of money in my purse.
The temperance men quote another
Judge whose testimony mark how L will
turn against thetnl thank the gentlemen
las We say at the Barr for Introducing such
authorities. Judge Hale sald-SIr Mats
thew-that IL ali the murders. robbeIies,
theits. and other crimes which he had
seen prosecuted for forty years, were diYi-
ded into FIVE parts, four of these pats
would be found traceable TO strong drink.
And this is said to be true here in Virgin
ia.
Now my answer to this is that as every
criminal nearly. employs one or more law
yers. the more criminals there are the bet
ter for rs. So much the better for Sir
Matthew.
We, therefore, are bound to give no
countenaEce TO this Temperance Refor-
mation-' The Total Abstinence principle
on which ii proceeds now days. threat
eGs our slaunchest ally with exlirpaiion.
Let as not aid or abel the cold water fanat-
les IN their crusade against Tho feast OF
reason and the flow Of soul Temperate
Drtnksng IS the thing for If we drink
, 'emperately (being men 'of mark and
likesihood) many others will insensibly
glide into excess; to the great increase ol
our harvest We shall also concaiate the