The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1867-01-29
Temperance Reading
SpTTrH OF TuE nos. HENRY
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'rhprc S very fen drunken s.ember IN
iha, body Nearly all ihe members are
temperate in tho c3mmun ace platlau
II iiai word. and many are pledged To-
"a abstinence men ! believe The next
ZION win r. more temperate than The
present HOUSE.
Perhaps. sir. Il does NOT become me
10 epeat II the Senate 81 the United
Sfases latitis i matter ~ tie widest
po'uF5pty that we haye some pretty hard
fasea - flat body speak u Il wiih
profound sorrow, for | San say that
ihoso senator's. who thus bring reg
proael4 u8an iAe Senate aud dishonor
upou themselves by Tie habitual and
excessive use q Intoxicating drinks are
ia 9th respects excellent gentlemen,
and have the sympathy and pity too. Of
their associates Before the Rebellion
the night sessions were often disturbed
and dsshonorcd by drunkenness The
retiring rebel Senators took out with
thcm a large measure Of whiskey II IS
Ia be hoped that returning Senators
rom tia rebel states viii leave their
whiskey ations behind them. Sir /
derived from my experience in the Cap-
tai u Tie Nation this lesson Hard as
il the ssgagle with drunkenness, slow
Us Is The progress Of the Gauss Of tenn
pcrcnee still there u progress sure and
nnnastakable progress. Public men
generally Indicate the progress ,ol the
p4aases, generally reflect the public
sentiment Within the past three
weeks / have Travelled three thousand
miles in the West. and addressed six
ngotiBg upon public affairs. and ! saw
but one drunken man among the many
thousands chat made up these meetings.
The other day attended an immense
nssumblaeV at Rock Island on The banks
If the Mississippi Thousands Of the
men 81 Illinois and Iowa were there,
hundreds II returned heroes with their
battle hags were there, and during that
day sad ogening ! saw not Que man
drunk. So mueh for tie West Three
years ago addressed fifteen public
meetings IN Maine, and / saw at All Of
hose gatherings Of thousands, but one
intoxicated man Ii has been my for
une dnriug the past twenty-five years
to travel thousands Of miles, attend
hundreds Of political assemblages and
zee hundreds of thousands Of people.
md say to YOU to-day, and ! say It
or yom encouragement that there Isl
a marked Improvement ia the country
il regard % drunkenness now than
formerly
This Convention Of the men Of New
England il assembled 70 advance the
he cause Of temperance here and
throughout the Republic. have no
dvico 10 give relating to modes Of me-
ion There is one thing however, in
which We can al agree, and that is that
every man and every woman too, can be
living example BY being total a1dl-
enoe man and woman. Before ! was
taenty years Of ago took the total ab-
nneaec pledge and / have kept il for
moro than third Of a century. /
honglli when a young man that when
should be fifty years of age ! might
Sc spintuous liquors with safety to
alysclf aud without detriment 10 others
/ have passed that age, and | clearly sec
row that | can not use Intoxicating
auors as beverage with safety to my
eli nor without detriment to others
Yes. Sir, | realize more than ever before
he necessity and the duty Of maintain
NJ the character Of strictly temperate
man i see young men in the bloom Of
south, Il SEQ men in the pride Of ma
iaro manhood equaudcring talents t.me
ssxessions, everything, blasting rep
talions and the hopes IF kindred and
riends, and / would not have upon
NV soul the consciousness that / had BY
j RECEIPT or example lured any young
man to drn nkenness, for al the
unors q the universe The sorrows 81
runkcnness glare upon as from the
radle 10 the grave From childhood l
ave seen. aye and felt too the mes
rloss evils of intemperancc Kindred
nd friends / tenderly love, and whose
memories / shall ever fondly cherish
have been it's victims AnXietics for the
near and loved. burden our lives. In
view q these great SORROWS that rest
Hpon Us, We should be willing 70 make
the p<9oaai saer3ec, 4 il be a dee
Ito put aside the cup II iutoxication .
II have never I'll il 70 be . sacTafce.
In 1916. I went 70 Washington Is
carry petitinas stoned b& SIXTY thoaesl-