Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-01-27

ever she can and do it well and let her
have the same pay as man receives for
doing the same. Let her do any duty
except depDsiting the ballot, that be-
lieye to be something SO high God never
designed she should do | am thor
listedlso much of my energies as temper
ance.
The speaker then alluded to his own
extended observation on both sides of the
ocean and found that everywhere intem-
perance was the most gigantic evil, every
where some of the brightest intellects are
compromised or ruined by its influence.
Were thase but one drunkard we might
SO enfoldssim with charity that he would
have no wish to return to his former hab-
its, but the one drunkard is only speci-
men of tens of thousands. Were the
drunkard the 49, ,lctim of his vice we
might viii his useless career ended, but
his wife aad children are made the un-
willing g1ferers in common with himself.
The evils of intemperance at the present
time are as great as slavery ever was.
The returns of the internal revenue
show that there is more money spent
for Intoxicating drinks in the United
States annually than would be sufi-
eient ~ pay the national debt,
enough in the State of New York alone
to pay the expenses of the government
and the interest on the whole of the debt.
What will cure this monster evil. Nothing
but determined, concerted, united re-
form,s At the opening Of the rebellion
all united, without regard to previous
opinion, to preserve the nations life, SO
now must all unite in this temperance re-
form, The first duty of all is to allay
themselves to the cause and sign the
pledge No matter what ones former
opinion may have been, if moderate
drinkertheduty becomes more imperative.
The more respectable man may be, the
greater his influence and responsibility
The moderate drinkers are the drunkard
makers, boys know that they control their
appetites, they commence moderately and
end draukards. A drunkard never made
Il dralkard. Another duty is to ally
yourself to some temperance organization.
A maiI may be temperance nan and not
II tempersnce worker. Many a man who
is a church member does not think OF
working, SO it is in temperance. 1t is the
duty of all ministers to uphold temper
ance the people should ustain him in it,
but he ought to do it if every man desert
him. Parents should inculcate temperance
principles in the minds of their children.
Sabbath school teachers should do ii also.
The speaker then sketched briefly the
histo, of the temperance movement
since sSo3 that when secret societies
wers E.rst organized hU wculd not ally
hins -ssse with them because he had the
same soruplos against them as Masons
and Odd Fellows. That however much
good they might accomplish he could not
join them. But the rum interest so in-
creased iu power that the time came to
set scruples aside, and joined the Sons
OF Temperance Since then / joined the
Good Templars, joined tremblingly and
with the predetermination that if there
was anything that compromised my ideas
of my standing and responsibility l would
cut myself loose instantly. On the con-
trary | was all the way impressed with
the beauty and simplicity of the cere-
monies. The Church of Christ as an
agency for good can never be supplanted,
but the order of Good Templars is its
and a powerful organization
for good. The speaker then paid high
tribute to the Grand Lodge of Vermont,
To its doings during the past
year, and said he never felt so proud of
the order as since he attended the late
session of the Grand Lodge at Rutland,
and saw the members of whom it was
1t would be vain to attempt to convey
a just idea of. the lecture by the above
abstract The speakers positions
were well sustained and his arguments
in easy and appropriate language,
and seemed to give as universal satisfac-
tion az any thing on the subject of tenn
perance could be expected to. Itis hoped
that the lecture and the efforts of the
Lodge of Good Templars in this place, by
whom Mr.. Mills was engaged may not be
wholly unproductive of good. EXP.