Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1867-07-05
The Rum Power must be Dethronod,

~ uo'isu AGENCIES now at work, re.
peat The Rum Power must be over
THROWN John Wesley characterize
slavery as the=sum of all villainies
but the little finger Of the Rum Colo.
sus, is thicker Than the loins Of slave
~. Terrible as is the condition If
manrobbed- of his liberty, his fam;lv
his all, there is a deeper degradation
an intensely more bitter boDdage
Oppression may make a wise man
mad it may impose restrictions mon
mental efforts, may divide friends Int
there the SORROW ceases. It can KIN
the body, but it has 10 power over t5a
soul. At the graves mouth the curss
ends-no lash fourishes, no iron heel
brushes the heart beyond the seppl.
cher. But the Rum Power, after rob.
berry of property, of friends, of char.
acter, of body, and of mind, strikes
deep into the soul and kills beyond
the tomb. We say Rum power, be.
cause those who by this craft have
their wealth. are directly the authors
of all this compound and intensified
misery Not only do they cause this
personal loss and wretchedness, they
also open the foodgateS of vice, and
pour a stream Of villainy through all
the arteries of the Republic. Around
the saloons as a pivotal centre reVOlve
all the cycles AMI epicyeles Of guilt,
from thieving to murder. The histo.
ry- of our criminal courts is but the
index table to the bloody volume Of
the rum traffic. Rags futtering from
the paneless windows of poverty
squalor and want, are its appropriate
ensigns. The blood of the suicide
and homicide its. sign manual. The
Rum power, (his mark)-the cross
sharpened into dagger Reckless.
soulless, deaf to appeals that would
move heart of adamant, unmoved b.
sights that would make ordinary tel.
'ons SILVER, they wrap themselves il
the triple folds Of pride, ARROGANCE,
accused lust of gold, and mock at all
Justice, human and Divine. Not that
apart from their business they are sin
ners above all others, for in their fam,
lilies they are as afectionate as eagles
who feed their young Oh lambkins and
kids. Their drawing rooms are cham
bers of luxury and artistic refinement;
. the harp and the VOL are in Their
feasts," they sit in the gateway8 Of
honor; and even in the house of God
they often appear with the ostenta,
tious piety Of Judas, and carry the
bag as deity as he. Outside of their
business, men are not aware of them.
The dead mems bones are covered by
a glossy exterior, the rottenness is
lveiled by the conventiouatities Of 50,
cial life. Meek as the toad in Eden,
they squat at the public ear and whis-
1 per blasphemous thoughts. 0ni-
/ when some Ithuriel touches them with
the spear point of truth, does the dis
guised spirit Of evil stand forth con
fessed. pug -l~ea
/ BY this craft they have their wealth
wealth gives them responsibility, open;
/ palatiaI doors, which mere virtue and
lsoulhood could never unlock; gives
them power to surround themselve,
with the safeguards of legislation, VI
til they can override all the claims Of
humanity and set at defiance the laws
of Heaveni E..-
"Gold, gold, beaten and hammered, bought and
sold,
Chased to the verge of the graveyard mold"
"Give = though every home but
their -osea, becomes a wailing place Of
woes too deep for tears!" Give
give!" though every field but Their
own becomes a field of blood Give
give, give !" though all the furies o
sin be turned loose in one wild carni
val and uproar of crime and death
: With our eye on the army of the faith
Ierless; gazing through the grated
! windows where the blessed sunligh
touches the heart of no prisoner o
!. hope; looking into yon yawnin.
! graves awaiting their daily meal
: hearing the fatal thud of the fallin!
. platform, that launches the insan
i murderer into eternity thrilled b
: the despairing cry Of the young ma
I who already afflicted with deliriun
has but just fled to our chamber 70
some help, some unknown agency
e sufficient power to save him from Ii
e fiery abyss toward which he is whir
a ing; a sea of agonies and tears, so
/ bing and signing all around-on ben
ed knee and hand uplifted to heaven
we pray:
t. Oh, God, curse the destroyer!
IS Break thou the teeth of the IN
L. godly!
III Shoot out thy lightnings and dis
t. comft them!
haln upon ITEM SnafeS anu an HUI
! rible tempest!
y Though they build their nest hggL
= as the eagle,
70 Pluck them down thence!
re Chase them as stubble before t5i
~ winds!
" Smite and deliver
This is no personal imprecation,
to is the indignant outburst Of grer
m, against cruelty to the poor, agal1S'
or robbery, against crimes too black 10
lie name! Our readers will understan.
ow that we are regarding this incaral
OIL ton of evil in its impersonal organ'
capacity alone. Its place falls und ID,
the Biblical classification of "la
so wicked, who shall be turned into bel
IT. with all the nations that forget God.
ni- No prayer can be acceptable to to-
~ tha+ e.. br0N