Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1847-08-05

FANATICIsN.-If rclOrmers and anti-reformers al
WAYS knew what they about, the world would
be blessed with much less anatlcsm and cOnsequenl
ly with much less violation of all rights reformer
starts with the position, that every wrong is sinful,
that all liberation of wrong is an additional sIn and
therefore, that all wrongs must be abolished at once,
without regard to consequences. He says that
must do right, and leave consequences TO themselves.
The anli-reormer SAYS that this doctrine interieres
with has vested rights, that whatever has always been
done, cannot be- very sinful that If it be, people are
al liberty adopt avoid 1t at pleasure. and
sponsibe alone for their choice and that all who OPP
pose it are fanatics and hypocrites. And between
them these two choieSale parties keep the world IN
commotion.
Massachusetts is now fermentng with the contest
between the ''tetotallers'' and the rum sellers"
We wish that either of them knew anything about
the physical and moral constitution of man. bill to
prohibit under penalties the sale of ale beer, cider,
and other forms of alcohol lately defeated in the
Senate of that State. We know .he details Of the
bill. But suppose it SreeDing we rejoice In lis de-
feat victory of temperance. A temperance meet
ing lately held in Faueull Hall, and disturbed,
according To custom. by mob of rum sellers. No
in favor of legal restraint could be heard, while
several in favor of ''mora suasion," and especially
''etotaller' who keeps bar, were heard patiently.
What does all this prove! Purely the folly and ig-
norance of all concerned and the reckless contempt of
chuses is the land of the Purans and consequently
the land where any anaticSm will take root and flou
IRISH for tifnc For exemption from the inquiSltion
it mag thank the common law of England and the
British crown in the days Of the Studrts than
the spirit of Puriianlsm. For lis present liberties
all New England is more indebted to Charles H.,
''The hlng of the Commons, than to all It's Cotton
Maihers and other saints, who whipped and hanged
Quakers and drove Roger Williams into Rhode Is
land for w"rsbp?Ing quietly according to conscience.
The ''iet0iallers'' OF Massachusetts, would hang al
the rum Sellers and prohibit their trade and the rum
sellers would hang all the etotallers, and make the
least interference with their vested rights unconSllu-
tional. Neither party that 1t acts III total
blindness of what it ought 10 understand, physical
and moral laws. lntemperance is always physical,
never moral infrmity. and therefore be- sud
denly eradicated from n community. Rum selling is
no natural right. and if rested by bad laws, may be
dreSted by better laws without injury the diuestee
The dvestiture deprves him of nothing which he
claim As a right, when public good requires Its sur
render, and therefore niicts injury. The proper
then, is to make haste slowly IN reform the
mode most expeditions in the end. The reformer is
bound to consider consequences, and therefore has
right to leave them to themselves. He has right
To shoot mad dog with cannon loaded with grape
and canister shot, in a populous thorOughfare be-
cause the dog is nuisance, and the least federation
of it is a sin. The mad dog should be killed to pre-
vent from Oy that VIII
dozen men.
Our remedy for intemperance would be, first, in
struction to the public upon the physical character of
the disease; secondly, prohibition of rum selling in
modes designed for aud directly producing intempe-
rance among those who suffer most by it, the poor.
We would con6ne all drinking TO the dwelling of the
drinker He should not drink out of doors; away
/ from home. any public house. Therefore we
would close every grog shop. and permit no public
bar I'm anv tavern We would leave the wholesale
dealer to his frade, taxing him heavily for license.
We would leave the importer apd distiler to their
trades, taxing them with heavy duties and excuses.
We would make all distilled spirits dear, and all light
wines cheap, and deprive every person of all facii-
ties for drinking, excepting at his own domic, or at
that of his friends. These laws would sweep away
nine tenths of the present facilities for intemperance
and IN few years, or the next generation, public
opinion abroad aud domestic influence at home would
do nearly all the rest In few generations, the pro-
pensily would be conquered.-Pa. Ledger.