The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1867-11-19

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aeals b regafi a. the correctness d
'ka waer@. staicaeats. h. THE
rs 81 etI % appalling Iassnitalg
Not onlF bail = million d~ruukarls
hnt the aumleris constantly inefcas-
ine and uulo@ something Is done 70.
arfrss fhe progress u infemperauoc,
The number Is fyc Or ten years moFe
sal BE- very much greater than i =
nnw.
Now n these 1000 drunkanis
die annually e. d9hA - a drunk
ards @A Z and when We read that no
drubkard shall enter iEc kingdom q
God. i not u.s. a. evil Of such mag
nitnde a. should cali forth The earn
est cforis aud prayers Of every chris
tan, and every citizen a. remove III
That $1,000 die annually i a small
estimate. for the average length q
life offhose who hayeTecoruc drunk
aria. i probably less than ten years,
Some ii Ii true live much longer
than that, but many die ~ less time.
Fifty thousand people in our count
RI, after living lives 81 w%ruichedncs
and crimo aud spreading misery and
dosolafion AL around them, annual
60 down 10 a drunkards grave. De
tartto ihatwoFld Of reckoning where
Il taid ma drunkard shall inherit
the kingdom Of God. This fact alone
certainly OUGHT to awaken us and
lead ~ Is men, as citizens, and al
christians % use the most efficient
measures which NC can 20 remove the
mighty scour@e from the land. (,
Ba tho death of %, 600 irmkafds
does mi by any means, comprise The
whole 81 the eyis resulting from tide
dce. Think oi tie inainenrn tfrse
5o0,u0O dfunkards exert In the com
mf.niig faringthe ten years Of fbeir
sv,rag hfel Nhatwide-spresd moral
de,o'stf6n they caase, how many
families are ruined and made wretl-
chcd, how many wives lie broken
hearted, how many children are led
to follow the steps Of their fathers
down 10 ruin ! Then there are other
species of widespread misery caused
Nv this vice. Two-thirds Of all the
insane, and Of all the criminal, and
OF the raupors, made 50 BY this
vice, Then there is the expenses
by misrepresentation it increases
yOE taxes \
IRON statistics obtained in Mass,
il is aacertaincd that three-fourths o.
the expenses of the criminal courts
in the sta ~ hree-fourths Of all the
expenses OF sfresting and supporting
All the criminals, and three-forths
ofthe expense Of supporting all the
paupers and insane people IA the
State is caused by intemperancefand
that On this way, intemperance costs
the towns III Mass, in the aggregate
eight millions OF dollars annually and
this aside from all private cost occa-
stoned by this evil. 1t increases the
taxes Of the towns in the State So
600, 900. And If il cost Mass. $4,000
600 annuity for intemperance how
much does IL cost Vermont? We
have at hand no statistics in relation
TO the matter; but suppose that il
costs Vermont asum equal TO that 81
Mass. in the ratio of population. il
Vermont has 9 population Of one
fourth that OF Mass, il costs Vermont
one-fourth as much for intemper-
ance.
Are you that are citizens willing tc
have your taxes increased to such en-.
ornlns extent, for that which il At
evil and nothing bat an evil contin.
uaily9
HlsroRY OF A DglsKtSG CLup.-
Some wears ago. in a large town il
the vest Of Scotland, there existed