Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1858-07-23
STATE TICKET.
Orleans Co. Temperance Society.

tions passed at the society meeting a.
Derby on the 9th inst, together with one
that the report said was laid on the Ia
Die, and we may here add that it would
have been better for the cause of tenn
perance If the whole batch had shared
the same fate and been tabled also; not
that there were none of them good, but
because we should prefer to sec them all
voted down, than to have such ultraism
find an abiding place in the temperance
army of Orleans County, for it is by
such acts and declarations as these, out
stretching the bounds of common sense,
that the cause Of total abstinence is scri-
ously retarded and will, we fear, be ulti-.
mately ruined. We love the cause of
temperance. We are as fast a friend Of
the present prohibitory liquor law as any
man can be, and it is because we are al
true friend Of the cause and the law that
we oppose the following sweeping reso-I
luton -
Resolred, That in the opinion Of this
Convention, the sale of alcohol in any of
its forms ought not to be sanctioned for
any purpose whatever.
The above comprehends nothing less
than that alcohol shall not even be-
distilled, or sold d" for any purpose
whatever" 1t does not allow the ply
sician to deal it out as medicine, nor
the mechanic to use it in his business.
Why not? Our Derby friends answer:
If it is distilled and sold somebody viii
make bad use Of it, therefore it is
best to Danish it entirely from the world.
We think this is worse than nonsense.
If everything in the world is to be de-
stroyed because it is used imprudently
VIC opine there would be but little left
upon it. With the same degree of pro-
priety they might tell US to kill all the
kline in the land, because some of them
are wont to push with the horn" Yet
should this be done, we should lose one
of our greatest blessings. Shall we de-
strOy everything good because it may be
perverted to bad uses? If so it is best
to plant the stilletlo in every mans
breast and put an end to the whole hu-
man race, for since Adam was created
they have done more evil than good
The common pocket knife is very good
thing in its way, and in some instances
is almost an indispensable-especially to
a Yankee-but because a few hundred
people have taken life with it, shall the
manufacture or use of such cutlery be
forbidden? Any rational man would at
once answer no. But suppose more evil
than good results from their use, ought
not their manufacture TO be stopped
No, if one makes a wrong use Of it or
anything else, we say talk to them, per-
suade them TO do better, teach them that
they are doing great wrong; teach the
inebriate 10 deny himself, and the assassin
to reform, and then their conversion viii
be worth recording; but if they resist
all entreaties, use force-eUec1He the ialg
both upon the temPter and upon the vic.
tim. There is no need of taking sucl
stringent measures as the resolution il
question recommends. Lett be sold fol
all necessary purposes. and if the friend
of temperance fear its uDholy traffic, le
them use their best endeavors to have
good prohibitory law passed, and thel
letthem use all due diligence to see tina
it is faithfully visited upon offenders, anc
there will be no need of such ultraism a
was exhibited at the meeting in Derb,
on the 9th inst.
We think there is more danger to b
feared from radical temperance men
such as defended the resoIution-w
think they will work greater injury t
the cause by such counsels as obtaine,
at Derby, than all the opposers of tn
law can accomplish. We can fight a
the hosts of rum and come off conquer
ors, but if we are to be attacked in fror
by our INSCRIPTIONS enemies, and in tn
rear by a band of jealous but misguide
friends, who encourage Us to do ras
things, the cause of temperance, whic
has for years been steadily advancin
under the guidance of prudent men, Wi
take a retrograde movement, and th
enemies of sObriety who have been graz
ually yielding before the power Of publ
opinion, will gather new strength froi
our indiscreet action, and roll back upo
US their waves of liquid hell, till we fin
ourselves where we started at the con
meneement of the reformation. W
counsel the temperance men of 0rlear
County to use caution. The cause
temperance is onward. til useless f