The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1867-03-12

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rned and vigorously deienfitd
Iat IN tl5em al none is ~ di0eul' a
assignment 81 50 muca Ia the say q
esf saeas. - Tie sentiments ard al.
Sod - the pfmerts holding. socally
elevated moral aaa religious portions
- ii.e people II could mot bear the
ueel.i "a ,is onn .ligaites RESIST ihe
His irarine DO upon - deep dark.
nss by h0la Up q bead ii the faer q
the esg 1a3ign and Christianity a the
ate. ( i dsl nos receira a moral sup.
81, outside e t direct patrons II i
S. asresscd ID $3.50. ~ connected with
CRISIS. Disorder. and general dcmorali-
PATTON. domestic and personal sorrow,
isaF rs ard tax, that IL could not pos
milv ueutaia iisclf apart from outside
encouragement and help Who afford
la6w Legislator by whom tho iraf-
f Il rendered isrfaf Grantors u Ii
ecDsa and agncrs u petitions Tor them.
Iltosa wh0 admit vendors 10 equal
tetass ~ soeial intercourse With them
selves Those Who provide OF use al
eyhuI ID any form on public occasions
IN ia eial life TIE physicians who
b. the ffea and frequent prescription
nfH ia their practice, or giving the
weight ~ their great influence 10 the
misleading ofthc uniformed into be-
lioi ~ Is barmlessness. And last but
nsit least. those who refuse 10 give their
naiaes, efforts, aud inAuenso IN opposi-
iisu 10 lle great evil
n all who profess 10 hate drunken
ness would earnestly act together in op
position to what leads 10 Il who can
d3ubt tho rcsult2 II, for example,
Ncndera could be made 10 feel that the
indignant frowns Of all who so earnest
u insist that they arc opposed to in
temperance we're turned against them,
hundreds would doubtless abandon the
.la business. Then, after this, To take
care III the motley, constituencies crew
tia. would be left, would not be 80 diff
fcult task And III these same frowns
were turned vigorously against the use
rs we'll as the sale Of these beverages,
thousands would desist from IT, With
vast mullitndcs, to be ON the popular
side weighs moro than logical argu-
monts, telling facts, imprisoned APP
psals, or even sight Of danger to in
ierests or person. Every one, there
ioro, who takes an open stand aud joins
IN active efforts, helps TO transfer this
popular expression from the wrong to
the right mde.
Nor Is there any neutral ground on
Which for one 10 stand "He that is
not with me is against me, said the
great Teacher, Math. 1890. This
principle runs through the whole sys-
tenn u morals. One may be more or
less actively for or against but each is
rcully on one side or the other Of this
question And is il not startling to re-
fleet, that those who are not against
arc with; those who do not help pull
down, help sustain this great iniquity,
and arc hence responsible TO the extent
II their influence for the evils and
wrongs produced by it, Is it not so
If | should see a house in flames while
the inmates were locked in sleep, and
should fail to give the alarm, would
not be held guilty Of their death, moral
II no legally2 Thousands believe
here is no danger in drinking, are
asleep on that subject, and remain thus
insensible till tho fires Of drunkenness
burn ont all power to resist the goad-
ings Of a depraycd appetite, Are not
they who look on without lifting hand
or voice, as guilty as one who fails to
alarm the sleeping inmates Of q burn
ing house
The arch rebel, who sorely pressed,
cried Justify, "Ltt rs alone p That is
precisely what the ram power most 81
al desires. If il can have the active
support Of friends and be let alone by
Ill others, il viii attend to the rest
But ia that case who has guarantee
Tor escape from its ravages? Who can
teel that his son is safe or that his
daughter win not be linked to walk
ing posiilenceg What wife can feel
snre that the companion Of her bosom,
her sworn protector, viii not become
her tortnentor; or, as the world now
ways, what husband can be sure that
his own loved wife viii not become a
poor driveling sot
Some five or six years ago active efforts
Il behalf Of our cause were nearly sus-
Tended The present, as compared
With then. tells fearful story. Ten, al
east are drinking now where one did
hen, and drunkenness, with all its con-
oniianis, il increasing in like proper
len And what is especially notewor-
ghy is the victims for immolation upon
ihe alter Of Bacchus are beng selected
tlom al classes 81 society, from high
and low from rich and poor alike
Hecatombs Of young men and large
hoss are being prepared sor the slaugh-
CT, and tho vile drugs with which the
iquoTs q the dag are impregnated,
eader their maddning power and de-
strpctlye cfilcts greater than ever be-
fore Unless the reform is speedily
rendered 50 effective as to break up OF
at least largely remove the present
drinking usages, and thus preserve the
exposed, II il docs not rescue tho fallen,
Tie prospect IN the near future is APP
pAlling 10 contemplate But il this il
nai done, and the sipplers of to-day be-
come the drunkards 81 the few Years to
come, o. shall have gene 10 tho etorni-