Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1847-02-13

To he People ofthc Commonwealth Of Penn
I 'ylran'o, relative TO the License question.
Ats meeting of the Board Of Manage ers Of the
Pennsylvania State Temperance Society, held
October 22d, ls46, Dr.. II. Gibbons. from the
Committee TO draw up an address, &C.. present
the following Report. which was adopted, and
ordered to be printed for distribution through.
out the State. ....- .......-..s 81,
~ .-., THOMAS FLEMING, Pres't
j.. BukHLrR, Secretary.
APPEAL.
Fellow CITIZENS:
For the sake Of yourselves. your families. and
your country, we address you. We desire you
to give us a patient and impartial hearing. and
then to exercise the free and independent jujg.
inent which is the righ, OF every American.
The subject OF Intemperance is closely inter-
woven with our dearest interest. as individuals
and as members Of this great Commonwealth.
No one who rightly appreciates the duties of n
citizen will hesitate to acknowledge the mag.
ntude of the subject. We appeal to you, fel.
low citizens. to enlist your thoughts and feel.
ings Tor the general welfare, and to press on
your solemn consideration the momentous en-.
quiry What shall be done TO remove or pal.
linte the evil
LOOK AT THE EXTENT OF THE EVIL.
II is alleged that ;he use Of strong drink has
cost this Nation, in the las, ten years, iuelre
hundred millions of faol'n-s
That i, has killed three hundred thousand Of
our citizens
That it hos sent one hundred and .fhy tho;i-
sand victims to our poor houses,
That it has made one thousand m.niacs!
That it has made tuo hnnd, ed houscnd wi.
dows!
That il has made four hundred thousand
Orphans
That i, has caused one thousand five hun.
dred murders!
| That il has caused fro thonsdnd suicides
We believe these estimates are not exsgger
ated. They are made from actual data, and
will bear the most rigid scrutiny. II drunken.
ness has increased in the last twenty years iu
proportion to the population, they are far with.
| in the bounds OF truth. ....-a.,r
LOOK AT THE WASTE OF MONEY.
One hundred and fifty millions of dollars
epent every yenr, and for what' For sensua
indulgence Togrsti:y animal appetite! tt
injure the body, weaken the mind, corrupt tho
morals And all without my compromising ad
vantages! There is no plea for necessity o.
even Of utility. The concurrent testimony o
physicians all over the world is against the us,
of alcoholic beverages. The concurrent expe
rience Of tetolars is equally decided. If th'
testimony ofgreat men has any weight, rea'
the following certificate, which spplies as wei
to nll kinds ofintoxica,ing drinks as to arden
spirits. ..
Being satisfied from observation and ex
perience as well as from medical testimony
that arden, spirit as drink il, not only needles
but hurtful. and the entire disuse of it woul
. tend to promote the health. the virtue, and th
happiness Ct the community, we hereby expres
our conviction that. should the citizens of tn
United States, and especially the young mer
discontinue entirely the use of it, they woul
no, only promote their own personal benefit, bu
the good Of our coun,Iy,s snd the world.
4 JANIS MADISON.
hpREw JACKSON.
JoHS Quincy ADAMS.
NJ. VAN BunrS.
1.I.r JoBS TYLER.
.- aa.t JAMES X. POLK"
: LOOK AT THE TAXES ''
o. A man drinks at tavern, snd under the il
fluence of the liquor. commits crime. He 4
arrested, imprisoned. tried, and lodged in tn
penitentisry. For all this you must pay. Th
tavern keeper gets the profit, but you pay tn
! cost. In this way 10 made up great part
your taxes, .-. f..,.. .r ,.s. 90 fa arr r...s, e-
( A committee of the New York Legisla,ul
, stated, in a report made BY them to the Senat
J, y tha, the supervisors Of the county Of Sar,toQ
= had msdes careful eslimste in 1888. the resu
Of which was, that, OF the county tax Of fit,ee
,haursnd dollars for that year, thirteen ,housar
was trscesble directly and indirectly to the n
suits Of fintelDpersnce. s.N
We will admit that this proportion is e
= high 10 be sdopted as the general standar
!; But It may be safely reckoned that niue.,enil
OF the poor tax, and four. .hf,hs Of the prlron Ia
!, including the expenses Of the trial OF criminal
u .re chargesbls to the sale and us Of stror
e drink.
/ Ats,~s nvonortion nj the rnonev .n.n, n, (;