The Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1852-1855, 1853-02-05

.a.ne. . pfcmsae the siriue of .enperzDoe
BY hw--s sis1r wh,eA can fs@Ily be pro
saoted. ut b. any rusirisisoa,s imposed from
Sal,oas,. bss oais by moral Incans and inGu-
enoes cprrA,1sg directly upon ,hr mind and
thr heart. 7, viii BE- sncn tbs, the ublec-
,icn does ns lie again. any one fauh oi
ci.scinfns ia gaifae liaf, bot against sli leg
iraiion upon tbs sshjeei. And 10 masi
Il, We nscsi 10 have distinctly before Us ,ae
proper province and object u hunssn gov
c-ns,sn,s, and also the end arrived Al BY
laws prohibiting The traffic IN Intoxicating
aIrss
IS to The fret Of thesa, we DAD Il briefly
bai clearly stated Ia The preamble - ihe
Constitution Il the Tinted States IN which
iAe cnasregatcd wisdom Of our land thus
ui,crs iiaclfs
awe. The people Of tho United States, in
ordT 70 form a fnuTc perfect UuioR, esiah-
list Justice, erssar d3mtftic Tranquility,
provide for the cosnuon Defence, proHiof,
~ gruca9 Bs'fays, and secure The hless-
Z in-s ~ liberty % ourselves snd our pos
,eriiy, do orlsin and essblish this cunsti-
/ tasiaa for tho United States Of Amenes.'
ouz goycruurut Mea we1 Instituted, for
tbs, among other things to ensure do
nestle tranquility and 70 "pTonoto the
general wclhre.r Of course, ! properly
l.Aa 10 da with everything which dis,ufbs
s. domestic tranquility" or inpairs the "een-
ersl welfare" lis design and province is
10 afford protection to all citizens in The
possession and enjoy u.sn; OF all their nights.
| As.d in doing this, II can properly put no
r~s'raini upgn the manner IN which any
one shall use bis own powers cf body or oi
nnnd, has property or posssssions only this;
that il shall mol be 10 The wfoneing or in
iiurg Of others. But if Il would alosi pro-
lection 20 all, j, must OF eouHe Restrain It's
citizens Ia each and every cass where a
manifest INJURY is being DONG 10 in4iyid-
uas, or 70 the community. 4 governmsnl
which does no, 10 this, is false 20 the thus
icpmmitted 70 il. II fliis, in very essen
! ual tidng, 10 faldl ,hs duties involved in its
very existence az government.
Upon tais pinciple our government has
always need. When convinced that lot
tefies were n,iurions 10 the morals and gen
cral weil-beirg Of the community, our Leg
I Ain,ois proh,hiiei them. Circnses and
I theatrical exhibitions are fohidaan on tht
salae plineihci and nov %. the last few
yelrs, the question has been sgitated wheih'
lor the business Of selling intoxicating
drinks ought not TO be classeh among those
things ths, disturb domestic tranquility
ana are Injurious 10 the general welfare
And asnong thoughtful persons, who are
! no, blinded by the stpngth Of ,hsir owl
appetite fer strong drins, or by some pccu-
niary in.ores, In tbs sale OF i, ! suppose
there IL now but ons opinion upon tins
nuini. /, Is now well understood 4
was npt when iha temperance reformation
frs, conmaucei intoxicating liquor
arc never neediul, excep. as other medi
cines are, to be ussd pFu1enily in cases o
injury or discase on the Other hand, tha
when taken hy persons in health, they arr
always hurtful that therefore the good o
the community DOGS not require their sale
except ms antimony, cslonnl, end arsenic
arc sold to be used uudsr the direction o
a physieisn and perhaps, even then, thl
less Of them the better. While therefor
tho hquor traffic does no good-makes N
man, Ia health, any wiser, or better, or, u
the long run, any happier, there arc non
$50 blind as ispt To see that 1t Is prodnctiv'
, OF Immense mischief In calculating tn
c6nseqncnees of this traffic, there can b.
. no mistake. II has been long tried, an
!. tried almost everywhere and cyerywher
the results are ai the same nature. 1t rnS,
. require some years 10 devclope fully th'
influence Of particular tippiing shop. w
arc rot ablo % tell at frs; who the victim
! viii be; but We know with certainty tha
the streams which 90 out from il will de
stroy the boass end souls OF laen. As th
direct result Of this traffic, in tbs Stale, u
: years gone by. thousands have been bro
to an un,inely grave; and thousands nor
ihase been brought into such a condition
: that il would have been beiterfor the CON
nuaiiy-~buiicT for their own famalies---hai
they been in their graves. Thousands Q
dwellings, who're the comforts and ENJOY
lnsa,s Of lic NIGH, have abounded, haY'
been converted into the abodes Of poyert
:, ami v a1t,---yea, more, otcn times Of th
/. most intepse suffering and wretchednes'
a TA.lk, "a an example, Of the case wlIie
recently occurred al Pswlet,--the fathe
an1 husband, converted into monster b
strong dnnk returning to his home, brl
tally beating his s0n--a young nan Oh III
bed sick with The consnmp,ion-and th
wife and mother interfering 10 save the III
of her son, almost killing her own husban'
Sach thugs are the legitimate results ,
the Liquor traffic. We cannos ten bef,T
7 hanI 4Arrs scenes Of this kind sill occur
: but in whateYer place liquor Is sold A.
: beverage, We my confidently expect then
q Here sBi there Will be found also yout
we eannos tell hcthc II will be fibl
! Ana0.,s oar eh.larea, " The children of og
: nslglhsfs--vhn vii SIP occasionally 9th
y iAiaI.ea.ias cap anil hPPais become
sinaAs snA Instead VI accomplishing !
!" his lie shat his eogaig bad rgh, ~ "a
Z p,ci Il hin. Or wAs, his parents had fonl
y y hoped. he gradually falls oai of =,
Y rgeciAh.e soe.e,y into hs boatrn Faih ,
- the dranksTl be bFlngs soHDw anu ses
p ness 70 kis ovA hrc-siSe, si.A % even ci
\ cls which be gislis, eKeeP ihs'Slrcls whis
~ gsiheFs Fuani the bar u tie issam eeilc
= and l1s sllars career is one of sniaIay---
v Iusol1 pevoasl wfriehedEess--hId, Pc
y haps VI enms. Aha By the process VI
= ,ss rsnis a the drunkAsd~-ggkwiiilss
- ing thr trtIs enusssptiv made up9n the