The Delaware herald., 1854-05-10

let. 1t is my desire to secure tenant who car
and will pay promptly for the use andoccupattol
tOf my premises A family lives in the vicinity
consisting of man, his wife and several children
He is addicted to the use of intoxicating liquor
i When sober he is peaceable and industrious
nian-drunken, he is useless to his family and
a nuisance to the neighborhood. He has been
warned out of the house in which he lives and
comes to me to rent,--knowing his character |
refuse him. He sends his wife, "they have no
place." she says, {" in which to find shelter"
am compelled by humanity, for the sake of his
wife and children, to let him have my house and
after he gets there, must not only lose my
rent but half support his family. The money
which l ought to receive goes to the grog-shop.
Yet il is none of my busness -. .....
am a farmer. I depend, for the tillage of
my lands on those whom employ. | secure.
as suppose, hands enough to carry on my farm
properly-to plough--to sow--to reap in due
season. My hands are excellent workmen.
competent in every respect to perform all the
duties required of them. Unfortunately some
OF them are accustomed TO the use of ardent
spirits, and there is rum store near my farm
In the busiest season--when everything is on
the strain-when every hour is ecious--I am
in constant apprehension lest they may be found
untitled for service. | have lost more in one
summer from bad tlllage and saving of nv
crops, than. would half pay the wages of my
laborers Yet it is none Of my business
am merchant. | keep no rum for sale: |
have good stock of merchandise. In nv
neighborhood are several small retailers who
keep little else except whiskey, tobacco, and a
few low-prlceddry goods and groceries. These
they sell at extravagant prices and take all the
ready money and articles of trade-wood, bark,
slaves, and such other commodities of traffic
that their customers bring. Their principle is
to deal for cash or its equivalent When their
customers have cash, they go to them; when
they want credit, they come to me. must
trust them, or their families will suffer- Were
it not for these rum stores, those who now deal
at them would be enabled to come and buy bet
ter goods at lower prices, but the consequence
of dealing at them is such as to prevent me
from having a good customer, and when bal
ance my books | find | have made more bad
debts with them than with all my regular Gus
toners together. Yet it is none of my busi-
ness! .-...
am physician. BY the custom of my pro-
tesson, much more by the dictates of humanity,
am compelled to minister to the sick, be they
poor or rich There lives near me an individual
whose Indulgence in the use of intoxicating
liquors keeps in poverty and compels him to live
in wretched hovel insufficient to afford proper
shelter 10 his family. Exposed to the inclemef-
cy of the weather, by residence in this misera-
BILE hut, his vito is prostrated by lingering dis
ease. ] know that it is attributable to no other
cause. | know that the man, by refraining from
| the use of rum, would be enabled to procure for
her comfortable home and the conveniences of
life. | have demonstrated with him on his
course-he has promised, again and again, to
retorm-but there is grog-Shop close by and
he cannot resist the temptation. / aul compeIl-
ed, week after week, to attend and furnish u.edi-
cal assistance to his family. Yet it is none oi
my business! -.a
These few examples, drawn from common
lite, illustrate the truth of my position. They
might be extended so as TO embrace every con-
ditlon and occupation. We are all directly in.
terested-the pernicious influence of the liquor
traffic extends to -all-!it affects the business o.
all and it is every mans business TO see that q
stop sput, to it in the only way in which it car
be reached--legal prohibition with adequate
penalties. 5t ia. ..-,S .-+ j.