Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1849-04-30
An Appeal 10 Eavvvers,

AGAINST The TEMPERANCE SOCIETY.
DEAR BRETHREN :-Looking over nv fee book The
other and recalling the that had brought me the
ters, was wonder struck find that fully thrce-furths
Of my earnings lad sprung fruniwEat think ytul?-whv
from those pleasant beverages which the Temperance
folks would Danish from use
Neatly all nv latest fees have been in cases that grew
out of liquor. Every suit for divorce or for separate
maintenance, that have been concerned in-half the
actions ofsander -nine-tenhs Of the
cases.and uurhfthS of those best paid and most in
esting cases, criminal prosecutions come from that
source
When those delicate Jars arise which the vulgar deem
discords, between and wife-growing at length Ia
such pitch, that il takes two pair If lawyers ana chan
Gerry Judge o regulate them and when of these dis
cords, each lawyer with wizard skill has evoked harmony
the most delightful to what is it all owing Ungrltefu
dog. if he doubts Or fgets it he it all to drink
The husband would have pudde on through life nspidy
loving his wife and doing his duties (afno use to lawyer
clerk OF sherr) bat for the intervention Of our friend
the Bottle. lie bottle made him generous those who
had no claims Oh him. at ne expense uf those who had
claims. The Bottle made him negligent and dasag in
genemanly way delightful t. lis tavern companions
though now then rough to his wife made him contract
debts, he hardly knew how: made his house and farm
get out Of order his family be -suppled the woman's
heart to throb strange and her cheek grow thin and
pale.
Execur would come The scenes, en- Ills midnioht-
y return, would wax richer and richer in accdent-.nore
and more Stlking-ll she could bear them no longer
and-wE were called in. Then the fees
know an attorney for the Commonwealth who says
that he has been concerned in dozen cases or more
wives asking surety OF peace against their husbands in
all Of which one the wv7s declared on oa that the
violence they suffered only ,rhen their lords ,cere IN
liquor. Now all these cases grist for our mill
Even the plain collecting busness-acons Of debt and
upon acconns-we owe mostly 10 ally, Mr.. Barley
corn. He makes debtors get behind hand neglect the
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BARGAINS i'll thrift misunderstanding about contracts, anc
many other of law SUITS arise Of ths cup OF
Kindness When the farmer lets his store account rnr
on long. that the merchant has TO sue-ten TO one Il
that account is not chiefly for lquo) the farmer has ii
qnor account some where else.
/ The liquor sellers themseves-what inestmable Gus
TONERS they are. 10 lawyers How proportion 0
the bonds, notes and accounts annually put suit CONT
from the desks Of those noble patrons Patrons indeed
they of Law and lis Kindred sciences: ofdisatior
and its affiliated arts.-physic pauper-makng. prison
building gaows-naking, the coffin manufacture and al
kinds Of peniteniiary work. What lawyer would dars
to offend them. would wish to spoil their business 2?
Are we silly children, to quarrel with our bread and but
ter Their direct Gus ON brings hundreds wear
and their Indirect agency has made than half my
fortune.
Nay,as the man milks the COW and works the OK Will,
they and eats them when dead 50 the good that those
noble patrons do in their fall is well nigh equal to thu
good they do US while they stand. For great New
York judge says that of the tavern keepers and retailers
Of ardent spirits in that State during the last ry-years
more that cotrds have become drunkards, and reduce,
their families to povery." The proportion of those VIII,
break in Virginia is probably greater and in the tran
sit Of large lquor-dealer rum wealth poverty is i
not eliminating TO think how many good jobs for LAWYERS
occur He takes deeds of trust and he makes deeds o.
trust, which lawyers must draw he brings multitude
Of suits. and amuude is brought against him: throne
# creditors scramble with each other for his effects, and
almost every creditor must ha We law yers-
The whole scene, as think sounds like the chink
money in my purse
Inc Temperance quote another judge whose esli
nony mark how will tun against them ! thank the
gentlemen Gas we say at the barr for citing such author
ties. Judge Hale (o Mathew Hae) said that il all The
&Blach says she sciences SCOTLAND flourish best
zach others neghboThooo" And Cicero says "Al arts
have and all held together by scrt Of kin.
ship'-ha5s1t Grod lam commune pireiun, &c