The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1851-05-28

BY RkQUEsT-
Sons Of Temperance.
The erim'naiiiy Of the manufacture. er trof.
fck IN iaioricafIne Liquors.

eneN Tue tbfItO dNu 'esuHs ~
c.r,siu ana Known Consequences from the
business Of The manufacture, or sale, al III.
toxlcsilng drinks, as h beverage. IL may be
found impossible to present the subject IN
proper light without speaking "u, plainly OF
the man, who fellows II as a livelihood TO fur.
nlsh 10 his fellows the sparkling bowl with
ITS ,usld,"us, tempting aud poisonous coz
tents. Willis, suhjscimg the svoca,lons OF
tie man Ia ihe mos, rigid iuvtslig'si"n, point
i,g I" It's CERTAIN conse qu'nces, aud It's crim.
inanN, II shall be- our rud-a,or Ia guard n
gsin>I the use al any unmeasured terms OF
,iiupers',on against the man himself. But
If he should find himself resting under
weight of cIiminaiity and guilt, open hearted
candor aud down right honesty demand, that
h- sh uld impuie II, not 20 the writer but TO
his avocaiion.
A. some Of The great principles Of govern
ment and constitutional law are now, and
have been OF the space Of q year past, sub
j-cied To investigation, II may be spiopltious
lime To compare the business which men oil.
low as II livelihood with the Inoulable Prin-
ciples Of righteousness which should govern
men in all thrIr dolngs. And as The temper
auce reform Is rolling onward with q com
manding majesty, daily swelling us army OF
4" Sons" BY The addition of new recruits, II
may be proper to march up iesrlessly TO The
sutjec, and boldly expose to public gaze the
crim,nsllty OF those who are daily dong what
they can, which, in point OF fact. # not by Ia.
teR,,on. 10 swelling the army OF drunkards,
aud opening the fountains whence more evils
hnw upon our people than we're contained 10
The tabled box Of Pandora or than famine,
pes,ilence. aud the sword combined, have IN
f,c'ed upon our lsllen race. II IS here rs.
sumed a. a Truth well known shd read of all
men, tina, The manufacture and sale Of fer.
menled and intoxicating liquors 10 be used as
q Beverage, ~ the fountain Inch supplies
the streams, the rivers, and the mighty ocean
Of drunkenness. The man who opens aud
manages these founisins, is the occasion of
more destruction, wretchedness and death,
than The ,uceud,ary who lights The match,
k,udies the fire aud lays he cry IN ashes.
Dy The good providence Of our God, VEN
this land Of "ihe free and home OF The brave"
are living under The banner OF the mos, lib
eral institutions TO be found up.n earth. IL
is tho blood bought legacy Of our patriot rev.
olu, ,onary fathers. Under our instl,ulions
aud laws meo are left perfectly a, their dis
pursuing II, observing tina, they trespsss not
upon the rights and privilege Of o'hers.-
The manufacture and trsffick in intoxicating
drinks may not trsspsss upon others IN u 10.
ga point Of view, and yet that pursuit may
serve as The occasion Of lofliciIog upon maa
an amount Of evil, wretch-dness and distress
which no figures can calculate. A pursuI,
may be Legally right; IN other words, It may
violate 40 State Statute, and ysta contiuu.
ance Of the same may involve an immense a.
mount o. gull, and be productive Il miser,
and death. he lime VAS when ~ exact &C
cordancs with legal enactmenis, men were
subjected to bardsh'ps, pflvsi,on and death II.
sell, tor the supposed crime Of being a CHRIS
tan, or Of being . reputed hereto. Men
haze supposed they were dong God service
when acting IN accordance with wicked and
nnhlng lae fumes Of the inebusltng bowl,
with It's inaammatory poison Concealed, act
with 40 view To Gods service, but with an
exclusive view 10 their own aggrsndI cement
IN gam. Wh"n 50 acting ~th legal Ii.
cens. N their pocket, they may be dfaslng
the wrath of high heaven upon heir own
sou, aud plugging others TO AFFECT poverty,
degradation aud death.
The manufacturer or irafhcker, in inebri.
atm. dr.nks as beverage, Is an accessory 10
ali me cf,nes oscasinued by the feason.de.
thrnnlng. man degrading, and soul destroy
ing atlice of his traffick. TINS grave and
solemn charge will nov b. proved 10 he con.
siclIon Il every unbiased Jpdgment.
Oar first sou roe Of augmentation shall be
the highest legal authority ~ the English
tongue Blackstone and SIR Mathew Hale
Finm these writers We obtain IN" d, hnlllon
of an aecenory. la the words of Blackstone
An accessory Is he Who IS MOI the chief &C
tor N the ufsnce, nor present al its perform.
ance, but IN some way concerned therein, ell
ther before or nfter the fact committed. Ia
the ~ords of SIR Matthew Hale, a. quoted BY
Blackstone, an accessory before the fact, Is
one, who being absent at the lime of thu
crime committed, doth yel procure, Counsel
or command another to commit crime. -
The fact - so notorious, that II Will readily
br ADMITTED By all jurlsls and others, thai
very large proportion OF prosecutions for
murder, man slaughter, assault, and assault
and battery brought into courts OF Justice,
take their origin 10 the excitement produced
by strong drink. the man who lrsfficks 10
the article well knows that such results are
common aud may be expected. lie knows
also hat his Office is The work shop ef drunk
enaess, and The mighty evil. following 10 It's
train. Though he may not kno. which bar.
rel, gallon. OF haf.pini NAV excite bis fellow
TO tho evil deed yet he knows these evils
and results follow the article Of his lrafiick,
~ilh as much certainty as 1t IS known that u
shower Of grape shot properly IeseIed agsinsl