The Hillsborough recorder., 1846-04-16

lett Oi llic ltaAenuOn 70 d uctu " AAhts-
borough on the 2Ist day Of this month.
The object Of the Convention j. worthy
the attention Of every man. woman, and
child in The world. and claims the aiien-
lion Of every one who loves good order.
II is 10 discourage iile practice of huying
votes and paying for them with intoxicasr
iae liquor or, inolher words, giving in
ioIicating liquor and taking votes in~re-
tnrs Permit me, sir, 10 call-the allen-
ton Of ihose 0f souf readers who feefun-
concerned about this matter. 10 The fol-
lowing objections to the practice.
We object 10 lhe practice, first, because
il encourages drinking. While il il GER
tain that there are temperate drinkers who !,
would seorn the man who should offer 10 .
buy their voIes with glass Of gFog, It is
equally ceriain that there are many who /.
are glad to getit without money and with |
out prize. But il not only has ienden-
CIV TO encourage those who are in the ha-
bit Of drinking, but 10 seduce unsnspeet-
ing youth, who have been taught, by So
Der and industrious fathers, TO "lOok not
upon the wine when il is red, when il CIV
eth its colour in the cup" TO " touch not.
taste not, and ha1dle not the unclean
thing" Il is easy TO see how temperate
drinking leads .o inlemperance; and "ihe
effects of iniemperance upon the patrl-
lo;ism Of nation is neither obscure nor
doubtful. When excess has dcspoiled the
man of the natural affections of husband,
father, brother. and friend, and ,hiusi him
down TO the condition .of an animal, we
are not to expect Of him comprehensive
J views. aud a disinieresied regard for his
. country. Ills patriotism may serve as a
! theme OF sinister profession, or inebriaIe
l bsastfng. but what is that patriotism
. which loves only in word and in general,
and violates in detail all the relative dates
on which the welfare ofcounlry depends v
r Much nigh. be said oflhc effects Of iniem'
, perance upon the patriotism OF nation
I but enough has been said TO attract the
, attention OF your readers to this important
. matter: One has very properly remark
: ed, that "upon national industry, the ef
=! fec,s Of iniemperance are manifest ans
Il mischeivous. The results Of national in
= dusty depend on the amount Of well-dl
$ rected intellectual aud physical power
i But iniemperauce paralyzes and prevents
e both these springs Of human action" Ma
}. nv pages might be written showing how
h the practice of treating leads to temperate
h drinking, temperate drinking 10 drunken
d ness. and drunkenness TO Incidence, dis
ease, crime, and, death; but we will leave
this part of the subject, and proceed to tn
" next.
n We eobject TO the practice secondly, be
= cause it has tendency 10 place in office
d Of honor and responsibility, men who ar
"a destitute of butii. In order to prove this
% we need only inquire, first, who are the,
e whose votes may be bought with glass Q
e grog; secondly, what character of candl
re dates are apt TO give the heaviest treat. /
g answer to the first inquiry, would say
y that they are men who have no minds @
Is their own, but vote as the spirits NOV
in them. In answer to eae second inquiry
| would say, that il is evidently that ma
who has least TO expect from the sobe
e, community, who vii! lay out hundreds {
f. dollars for liquor 10 secure the favor c
q those persons who vote by steam. Me
is who are best qualified to fiji our offices wi
A not condescend to such degrading mean
l. to secure their election; consequently, me
r who would not be departing from their con
mon course by using such means, woul
get the vote of this class. Thus if ther
b. were a sufficient number Of them in th
he county, and the principle carried out, W
IL should have elected TO our offices of he
m nor and responsibility, men who Or
se neither honorable or responsible. Bu
re some will doubtless ask how we shall pr
!. down the practice. We answer, let a
m the good citizens Of Orange, who are OF
ID posed to the practice, speak out, as the,
at have now an opportunity of doing; let thel
o, attend the convention, and such voic
'e will be heard from different parts of ih
I'd county as will render that course Of ,elet
=. tioneering so unpopular, that self-inteies
I" VI uo DetteI piHNipios WIN P'o'uP' y"o
u candidates to abandon the practice.
d. conclusion, permit me 10 say to you, pei
Of pie of Orange, if you would keep up oil
he free institutions you must keep intelligel
a voters, and keep them in their right mind
and il you would keep them in their rigl
minds you must remove all inducement
he the abominable practice Of furnishing thel
TX with that which is known to destroy the
NJ, senses. Then if you would see yol
Of fellow countrymen at the polls clolhe
ne and in their right minds, attend the col
is yentien, and lc. US have a full and frt
N. expression public opinion on this all in
ed portant subject. Let our watch-word b
On Union; one shall chase thousand var
nd two, by nniting their efforts, shah put te
o. thousand to flight. ENoE.
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