Milford beacon., 1854-04-07
Communications.
For the Milford Beacon.
Letter From Fox Hole.
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$500 voters, while there are ~, 500 voters
in the State, and that in his judgment
they done quite wrong,-particularly in
republican government" Has there ev-
er been law passed in this State for which
majority of all the voters petitioned p
Or has there ever been other than tenn
perance law for which $500 voters petit
toned | think not; ifso, will the Pres
ident please inform US; if not. does he
then contend that majority Of the people
are opposed to all the laws on the statute
book or at least to all for which 2500 vo-
tiers did not petition. So that to carry out
the principle, hope the President will see
where has judgment would lead him.
Again, he says, "Now here is quota
tion from Holy writ, reader, sec Deuter-
onomy, 4c. and 26v "And thou shalt
bestow tint money for whatsoever thy soul
lusteth after, for oxen or for sheep, or for
wine, or for strong drink, or for whatso-
ever thy soul des;reth and thou shalt eat
thereof before the Lord thy God, and thou
shalt rejoice, thou and thy household. -
In order to properly understand the above
text of scripture, it is necessary to take in
connection with it the two verses preceding
the one which the President quotes, which
informed the Jews that if the way was too
long to carry the tithe of corn, wine and
oil to the place which God should chose,
they might sell these things and turn them
into money, and bind up the money in
their hand, and go unto the place which
the Lord their God should choose, and
carry this money and purchase other arti-
cles which key might desire with that
money.
1t is evident that the above coated verse
onjoined a religious duty on Tie Jews, as
the 26th commands them athat they shall
eat before the Lord their Gods" that is,
in the Lord "and not only thou but thy
household" The tithe, as we are inform
cd in the 9th chapter of Leviticus and
30th verse, "is The Lords, IL is holy unto
The Lord." Wine is also used in one of
the Christian ordinances, not as bever-
age, but in the performance of religious
duty which was enjoined by Christ
Now for the Presidents quotation, and
his Holy writ authority for drinking rum
and whiskey; "And thou shalt bestow
that money" What money The money
arising from the sale of the 1.-THE, which
"is the Lords, and which is holy unto the
Lord !" for the Jews were not authorized
in said verse to buy wine or strong drink
with any other money. Does the Presi-
dent contend that the members of the
Frederick Rum Party have any of that
moRey in hand, and where is the place
that God has appointed for them to 60 up
and eat before him, (not drink and rejoice
in him, they and their household. And if
they have not that money, they have no
authority in the 26th verse to purchase
wine or strong drink with any other mo-
ney; and if the rum party will only con-
fine themselves to the authority contained
in that verse, they have placed themselves
under a temperance law more stringent
than the Maine Law; for it provides for
the sale of wine, &c.. for medicine and the
arts, but the rum party have no Jewish
money to purchase with.
But let us take another view of the case.
The President construes the above verse as
giving full permission and indulgence to
buy and drink wine, and argues that q
man does not act in accordance with the
will of the Divine Law-givcr unless he
avails himself of the privilege thus accor-
ded. 1t is moral duty, incumbant on
every one, says the President, to yield obe-
dience to the commandments contained in
this chapter of Deuteronomy. The Pres
idrnt, no doubt, deems it his duty to act
up to the requii ition.
Now, if one verse of this chapter is bind
ing on the tender conscience Of the worthy
President, then every other verse has of
course the same validity, and | cannot
doubt but that he will yield the same i'm
plicit obedience to the Divine mandate
wherever it may be found.
Permit me to call the attention of the
President to the injunction contained in
the 21st verse in the same chapter: aye
shall not eat of any thing that dieth of it.
self, thou shalt give it unto the stranger
that is in thy gates, that he may eat it, or
thou shalt sell it unto an alien"
What says the President to this COM
mandment? Does he contend for the full
filment of the obligation enjoined by this
text? If he has an OK that has been sci
zod with some disease, and dieth of itself,
does he dress it up daintily and set it on
bis table, and invite the " stranger that is
within his gates" to partake thereof? Does
he skin his old COW, that has died in his
field of old age, and sell it for beef to any
foreigner that happens along to trade in
that commodity Z If he does not these
things, then by his own argument he is
derelict in his duty. He is not consistent
unless he begins Immediately to practice
on this principle. Let the President yield
obedience to the injunctions of the 21st
verso, or let him cease to urge the obliga-
tion of the Goth. We will see which he
viii do; but until he declares openly which
he means to do, ! would advise the stran-
ger to keep outside ''of his gates" and
the foreigner to purchase his beef elsewhere.
Yours, &c, NIMROD.