Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1860-03-10


|, ou have noble aud mos iahle advocates Of
Temperance and opponents of lnpmPer-
ance. We look upon Mtemperance as
The CAPITAL Uice Of the .Age, not only a
"thousand miscries in one hame'-ln-
ttmperonce-but hhe Hyira with lis hun
dred heads multiplied by hundreds, is
a more terrific monster than that myih-
TIE Il} dfa Of Classic Story. Tue Hydra
o( the age is an ac,ual monster bred llr all
be hundreds Of thousands Of Receptacles
kepI for lis rule and IpIn from the gamb-
leg saioen, all tiUsel. show and -seduc-
ZION, 10 The subterranean pit where achea-
p. per liquid FIRE is, sold surcharged with sub
lie poison, undermining health ship
] wrecked character, ipliaming the worst
land hasest passion Of ouE fallen nature, es-
IiraIrgIng lie Hearts best love from family,
kindred, friends and fair name. Oh ii
lis a fearful thing for, atay one from the
sleek merchant bQastlpg OF a fair name de
crying iniempefahce yet willing TO cen
sure his clerk for drinking, al the same
;!me employing THAT clerk TO sell and
praise THE. THING above all other articles
he vendS, productive OF untold evils,
thereby placing lis store on the
same road TO ruin with the low FL
Thy y.doggery where the red-eyea Covyphe-
US; rather let us style both the CharonS to
ferry their victims across this modern styp
tofhe place wheTeSalan holds''his realms
of fire. In passing flom This subject OF
such grave ,impoft We must copy brIei
extract from a sermon on the "saIe OF
IliQuor,'I for the benefit of those who fol-
How the Trade. The lext was "What l.
That TO US See Thou TO That" The
veuder of Intoxicating Liquors compared
to Judas, who. when he betrayed the
t Master, conscience stricken and appalled,
at the enormily Of lis guilt, saying lie had
: betrayed innocent blood. What is that 10
us was the tsunting reply. See thou to
. shat. just so the Run,.seller hoks upon
the ruin he has wrought and shirks the re,
s 5ponsibli,y as the Jews attempted to shirk
theirs. Let the vender Of the death deal
: ing cup 10 body and soul ponder over
tlese truths and lei him learn that "nC
D drunkard can inherit the Kingdom OF
Heaven" and by spirit of reason the
a man who aids The Inebriae in his way &c
He'll must go there TOO. as accessory be-
I ore or after an act Of lawIessness are
alike guilty with the principal this is Law
and Reason, who dareS deny ii.
e We werer oiced TO learn the 22d nll.
was crowned 81 is close win the "no6is'
+. and encyclopaedia address OF that Luthe1
of dle Temperance Reform and Prohibl
b tory Lar movement, DR.. Andrews :; bis
"qaarfel IS just" in opposing THE eUH oj
0 Intem perance and hence is he "doably
armed" .4Nhonor 10 our noble friend.
r One of the Signs Of The Times" i:
the MOemaker'S Strike in the Shoe man
5 ufacturipg Towns of Massachusetts. !
is lhe beginning 10 reap the fruits" Ofihe
n abolition doctrines Of these same poor de-
/ lqtled employees, among the Mechanic
Z masses of New England the Arch demons
Of abolition find the food for this vile dog.
ma 10 work on. The Shoe Manufacture
. Of Massachusetts, employs not less than
liIty thousand persons of both sexes young
and Old Hence il is serious movements
look at it either in apolilical or socla
poInt of view. I'VE do not pretend &c
speculate upon the causes of the strike
eyond the mere superficial motive high
| Ter cages Some say the evil hes IN
imperfect education, want OF energy and
| enterprise, or bad speal habits among the
people. or lwhetber itsprines from made
quate legislation for the protection OF Tree
labor, il is moi our, purpose 10 lhqulte
The fact is that the CoEdwains of Lynn
assert Thai they cannot earn more than 81
week with fifteen hours Of daily labor
when the average wages of upskllled la
bor in this County is NOT less than 81 pei
day. 1855 !" H4'S
We agree with the Boston Post Of tho
24h ult., in the suhjoined: The present
epression in the shoe business OF New
England, by which The manufactures are
,iSsbIe to pay~tbcir workmen, ,S'who have
families ta support living wages, is direct
~ trsceable TO tbe- Eaid Tef iie yBfe"ns,
lIelperites and abolitionistS -thepa Iinea!
Black Republican al a'ors being m' re re-
spohsihle thsh all others as we havebefor
said. !. Ours hoe business stoodsup hand
somely through lS57--andJitwss 'notun-
ill quue recently, since the john Brown
affair, aud the aid and syWpstby extended
Eto him ant. Ills followers. succeeded by a
material Iwiihdrswsl OF Southern orders,
ths, we have begun. TO hear OF heavy fail
lures and ,hIestsned strikes. The worst
is YET to come unless our people leave OIL
negro agitation and attend TO buslaessS3
. = 2 4t'-t 10 as5a AMBO.
7 80 = = -7-77- : V.J 1yUn t9.lD