The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1849-02-24
Temperance Department
The Argument ON this License
Question.

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waiting diiulr,
l. Apiom spir IL poison, oud1la drink
ing Of q nsn beverage, h NOT needhll ar hru
rfrml a. men. Even the moderate ne on
- Nmmduuty shawn 10 hn a. inplinu nf llt'
laws Of liiu Hud positively hUHhll, No n.Bu
'hnrrpre, bHs right "a furnish facilities Dut
frHtptlunHT ~ ile u-n 81 ii llnl iHi % b. mol
figt, Ia nsrG dr giiy man 10 do ~, hnraust
Il "a injurious a. health nud la, while there
is 40 beneh 10 cnItHurhauurr tlH injury
And a. lrgtlilg or 20 do under The authority
nfluW, 'NhIi h. WfOlT 40 ITSELF u WrOuF
GIynruiErgi Inns 40 more fl-'bt lhtu mo- iudi
Nidusl, 10 iln, ~ Go n.nhOTi2o, what ~ lu h.
self wrong, bu ilie~rJutury II isH diy of
llp FGvefiHioHt--in tliH c8Eg 0fthC approach.
ing 'ur, llle duty Of Inc proplr-tn net ~
c0nsenaiors ofihc public health, mud grurr-
Ally oflhe public well bring
I, T., authorize IueH l.y i+sg ~ -tfHllls- H.,
ardent pirf b. iucfVglgIrnt win tho Temper
nueo Vlilig community, Temperance - n
rn1dcrnle use oflhlngs lrbcut,7l, and GhH-
ntaee Gou tlug1 hurhl " Ardent suidI,y,lou
'iueI beverage hguF hurfil, temperance
"a regard 90 ia fHiOs ab'finfHrf Now uo
Argument T. needed ~ show Tint 90 lconro
the Uhilr b. in luor Zoe uSe Of the article, io
cplurulnce lia ne Gs ut lri-t sometimes iu-
uocout Lave ought, ~ Coz 80 possible, be
90 framed tint peG,'le h,lsll generally feel lhnt
''yhsl " lrgii9 alto right A.! 40 II is l"f.
tlo most pan u Vermont Ao make tlp
spirit undo loyal, h o. c0uueganc0 the no,
ton dat it IN right mad thus ~ cfcmlrago Ito
lrrAunls one ol The greatest obstacles 20 the |
Temperance Reform, Vendors aud drink.
-. ers'shleld llirmsclv Ives lphiud tie lle, uH,l
'E0N6py,t npruas made % reason AID con. .
Wtt. But for lle rAlupnrls which lupis-
/S'lon i.g thrown around Tho traffic thu pres-
r'lru Of !HIhllg Indignation, ~ light aud virtue .
Increase aud facts hrc Developed would
sweep II away
But hero Ia Vermont infer lhc experience
vi The last imo yours and tho opportunity we
have md 10 make tho comparsou We need
,,Ud argument Ia allow whether tho licensed
sale Z, consistent with the temperance nf the
cuuUIunily Our courts OF Justice, Our Iuilr,
our poor houses, lllu 'ilrIuken uprpAr Iai wn
-h0nT, and thousand nbnhrs Of poverty mud
wreichedness, of lilighrd hopes aud hlred.
Ing enthusiastically To la iiiturnccs during thc b
intt uiue months. II
- Laws or vutcs which authorize tho II. IA
rdnsing of mtu - irnlir la nrdvpt spirit M %
beverage, voinlGlho irrt principle Of puliti. 4
cal ECONOMY, pudurc Injurious "a lhn ~onlih
"r The community Tho M0Alih Ola comuu-
ujry consists of Tho wealth of iho individuals.
ihnt compose IL. The sulrcos OF wealth are
labor, land, hnd capital. Whatever lessons
either these, or their pr6lueIiyruSss. less
Gus the wealth of tho community. Capital
tnay bc employed either To nroduce hew cup
1ual, or merely TO afford grnfcntion, hud in
Vho production at that BrntfcnIiLn be con,
snnod, without replacing It's value. 4 man
fond OF noise, pays u dollar Tor guupSwdfr
mud sets fire to II. Hero IL tho entire de.
much capital 10 Tho community. But thjC
we may call, Tor the occasion, mere innocrn,
indulgencc--A mere loss sc the dollar audi
Uo,hing mure. 1t isan absolute ussnoiwijh.
standing the fact Hin tho seller gets the dol
lar. Before the sale, the buyer had the dol /
arnnd the seller the grnpowderas n part of
lis stock Now, only the dollar cXiss,--is TO
be found in the possession ofuny ono.
Now let ua apply il to the spir-jgadr. FOR
lis dollars worth 0f rum the seller gets his
90. dollar; but tho rum, like the powder,is con-
slImed and lost from the inventory orproprr.i
~ which * the basis of taxation. Bat this il +
uor NIL. Tho buycr looses not only what lrr |
gal for hia dollar equal 10 the telimate 10 I
abe dollar sell) bm no loses time spent Ia
obtaining and dri0king II. Ito loscs and the /
commupity losos, what 1t is equal 10 -ull ~
deieriorniInF affects upon hishody und mintl'
upon LIS family, upon all WHO come uuFar
his influence. His laud becomes less pro. Z
ductiyc Ills labor is worth less md in all /
ways the tendency IA to diminish all the .
sources of The public wealth
And hot ouly so--hut for tho traffic, tho .
rnpitnl employed IN it hy The seller, including /
his p'vr lneor.- 4.ig!1t Rld, would he employ
cd in away 70 increase, instead Of diminish /
ing the amount of wealth in community
So lhai-the community loses on both sides.
"Oh!' said merchant in large country
store, "it IL a horrible business. When Il
-sGi- up my slnEa-, III this carHer-there- were
wlIna mile, II great number of able, thriv-
iug TURNER'S. Now, about half OF them arc |
ruined at my store. There is not n store IN /
the country that sells nrdcnt spirit, bur villa,
tends 10 pEndurc similar results Il any aE.
gument needed to show That such things are
injurious TO the pccuninry interests ola com
munuy? Not only were those farmers ruin
cd; bri in most such tho children nrc
ruiued and Tho community not oHly loses
more ihan generation orihriving cilizeus
but finds some of Moro than one generation 4
thrown upon il for support puuprrl.
And the licensed vcn,er HIMSELF or hs
ehiilruu after him, shnre the loss sc fhe com.
nnbity. We appeal 70 anyruerehnnt IN Yer
lnout to-sny which is worth the most for his
business, II ueighhorhood If rum ruined Gus
toVners, or mel ghprhood OF cooperate hriv- /
e ing, productive ones. "When YOU shut mp
grog.slIoph sniu merchant, ''or Teur II I
+ieFvB and build Upon tina spot -reeIaeeial.lo /
STORE, it is surprising how rapidly property
iptits neighborhood bcsins ninedia,oy 10
rise" This was in the city. Ban the priuci-
PIC s the same everywhere.
Lrt ~ put together the iieps OF loss to the
community.
The amount pnid for nri0nt spirits.
The loss of time occasioned 10y tho traffic
and consumption.
The diminished producliveuess Of land, la
Dor and Capital.
TISa loss qfhenih aud reasoni sih The er
iY-Hsrs incident thnteto.
I',l cnsJ 3fPaupfrism and crime occasion