Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1846-02-19

rlginating points of an agent which deva.
tates sOciety-the fifty barrels of whisky
day. The law does mot interfere, to be sur,
1t does not touch the matter at all.
leaves it to public sentiment and to the in
dividual conscience, just as it leaves
hundred other evils. A man may lie, swear
commit fornication, get drunk, fine dis
turbs no one by it, violate the Sabbath
scatter infdel books from house to house
and the law will not touch him. And eve
ry reprobate who steers his debauched cOurs,
just within the verge of the law, NAV tax,
the language Of Mr.. Comegys and saw: II
these things are wrong, let the law accoun,
for such wrong; ifthese things carry ruiz
o weak men, let the law answer for it,!
The law never gave nor refused permits.
sion to bald and conduct a distillery. /,
simply refuses to interfere, and prevent the
man from doing the wrong which he has a
natural power TO do. e.... g -.a.s s.z..sss
The law spUrns the partnership. 1t is
the unaided work, wholly and thoroughly
of Mr.. Comegys. Rebuilt it; he conducts
it; he sells the whisky; he pockets the
money; and then he writes an article to
justify himself in this language I must
adopt it or suffer the loss ofmy property and
standing as man of business. These are
powerful considerations His reputation
as temperance man, his character as a
humane man, his standing as public pro-
fessor Of religion in church that has al
ways been in the forefront Of the temper
ance reformation, it seems did not occur to
him. His business character and profits
were at stake. He put in pawn his Chris
tian reputation to redeem them! And in q
cool deliberate, carefully written article, he
puts off all personal responsibility, and
grossly insults the law of the land by, char.
ging the whole crime upon it! sIf it car
ries ruin to weak men, let the law answer
tor it, ID - q e. .a. .. .-f.a..:-.
/ appeal to every good and true man,
whether it was not time for somebody to
speak out about these things2 Whether a
a Minister Of the Gospel has violated his
duty, or gone down from his sphere, when
he exposes such monstrous denominations
in professor of religion?
Icharge upon this professor of religion,
G. G. w .Comegys, the regular and habitu-
al making Of an agent, for the purpose of
gain, which, by the accordant and unani-
nous consent of all intelligent physioio-
gists and physicians, carries physical in
jury and mischief to every organ, tissue,
and fibre of the human body. .....t ...
I charge him with manufacturing an a
gent, which the awful experience of mil
lions has shown to be destructive of every
pure and social feeling; engendering feuds,
and quarrels, dismembering families, anIl
wherever it comes domestic wrs Oh
,dness and anguish in their most aSf,,
orms. ~ -.
charge him with manufacturing tna3 a.
gent, which is the disclosed and acknowl-
edged enemy of every industrial pursuit of
PiaT dasAaE asst1qyeE of Industry
he ship, behind the counter, in the Office,
and wherever there are hands to work or
work to be done. 80
I charge him with habitually and regu-
arly manufacturing that agent, therefore
which is declared to be, by the common
consent of civilized society, the foe of agri-
culture, of manufactures, of commerce, of
lrt, and of learning. ...'...
Icharge him with making and vending
or money, an agent which destroys every
moral sensibility, paralyzes the conscience,
orestalls religion, and dethrones its author
ty.
! charge him with manufacturing an a
,ent, whose legitimate effects are to be seen
n loathsome excuses, in the brutal wal
owings of animalized men, in the shameful
'pueings of drunkenness, in the turbulence
If mobs, in the abominations ofthe brothel;
An agent whose fell effects are to be read
IN the records Of the Hospital, in the books
Of the Insane Retreat, in the annals Of the
Poor House, in the calendars Of Jails and
Penitentiaries, in the history ofthe Gallows
and in the uninscribed, disgraced graves Of
villainous culprits.
charge him with manufacturing an a.
gent which, causing all these evils, ruins
lis victims, even more utterly for the other
world destroying together both body and
soul. " f.."
And now, what shall be thought of a man,
Who, in view of these disastrous consequent.
,es of his business, can imagine no other
motive ip'my remarks, except q malicious
lesire of vexing most esteemed body Of
christians Such, Mr.. C. affects to think
iS my motive! OIL. ID ...I
Ifyou openly renounce your temperance
pledge. and as openly renounce your
allegiance to n Christian church, you
will then stand upon the common level Of
Ill distillers, and i shall no longer disturb
1ou. Butbe assured, solong as God spares
ny reason and my courage, there shall not
De wanting one to stand up for religion, and
publicly TO defepd it from the imputation
pf winking at such infamoas traffic.
Oh! sir, do you ever allow yourself tore
dectr Do you ever follow with your eyes
The boat that daily takes its cargo Of whisky
at your landing, and imagine the unuttera-
Bile woes that it is bearing from your hand
upon your fellow men? While you sleep,
some miserable wretch reels under the in
fiuence of the liquor made by you. While,
every morning round che family altar, you
breathe Chrissian's thanksgiving, and
utter q suppliant's prayer, your whisky
is busy at work opening hundreds OF
mouths with hitter curses. On the Sab
bath day, thank God. that long, broad.
gloomy stream Of upward smoke from
your dis,illery, which reminds men that
pass By your town Of the smoke Of the
torment Of the pit. is allowed to rest, and
Lawrenceburgh has a pure atmosphere
for one day 10 the week. On this bless