Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1871-12-05
Is not This an Honest Rumseller.

FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS. Having recent
ly opened commodious establishment for the
sale of all the choicest liquors, including ''la-
ger beer, Iembrace this opportunity of inform
ing you that have begun the business OF ma
king drunkards, paupers, and beggars, for the
sober, Industrious and respectable to support.
shall deal in such spirits as will excite men
to riot, robbery, and bloodshed and by SO doing
diminish the comforts, increase the expenses,
and endanger the welfare of the community
l will undertake, at short notice, for small
sum, and with considerable expense on my part,
to prepare inmates for the almshouse, the pris-
on and gallows. l will furnish an article war
ranted to increase the amount of fatal accidents,
and multiply the number Of distressing dis
eases among men.
| will supply drink calculated to deprive
some of life, many of reason, most of proper
ty, and all of peace; which will make fathers
to act as madmen wives to be made worse
than widows; children to become double or
phans-to grow up in ignorance, and prove
burden and a curse to the nation. | will OBJ
struct the progress of religion, defle the puri-
ty OF the church, and cause temporal, spiritual
and eternal death,
And II any are so impertinent as to ask why
| bring such accumulated misery upon CON-
paratlvely happy people, my honest reply Is,
that | have license given under the laws of
the right to ruin the character, impair the
health, shorten the lives, and destroy both the
souls and bodies of men.
know it is written, Thou shalt not kill ;"
that woe is pronounced upon him that giveth
strong drink to his neighbor, and that no drunk
ard shall enter the kingdom Of heaven and
do not expect that |, drunkard- maker, will
share better fate. But what can [ do? l
must have money, even at the expense of my
soul. Do you not think | offer enough in re-
turn for my money? Many times it will be more
than my customers can conveniently carry.
PARTICULAR NoTICE,-I most affectionate-
temperance men-such as Sons of Temperance,
Good TEN pIars, members of the Temple of
Honor, aud all other teetotalers by whatever
name they are known, as they will persuade
you to sign the pledge, save your money, and
with it support your family in comfort and res
pectabllity, thus cheating me out of what you
would spend at my establishment. | know
what they have done and what hey will do. -
Look out for them.
COMMON SCHOOLS Our Southern people
were deeply prejudiced against the Public
School system at first, although we believe it is
now popular. Many arguments were adduced
to show the superiority of private schools over
public schools; but, concedng this, it does not
meet the the case The ground on which the
Common School system is rested is not that the
schools are the best that can be conceived; not
that they are as good as private schools, OF as
UNCONVENTIONAL schools; but that they do what
the..o,hers do not do, apd cannot do-that they
educate The masses OF the people. a gentle
man of fortune may believe that it is best to
educate his children at home, under his own
eye or number of gentlemen may prefer to
employ teacher and have select school OF
an Episcopaan may prefer to have Church
School, where the Bible and the Thirty-nne
| articles are taught or a Presbyterian may pre-
| fer church school, where the Bible and the
| Shorter Catechism are used: but after all these
| special schools are established-what is to be
done for the rest of the children? The poor
cannot afford to pay the tuition fees, and the
establishment of four or five denominations
| schools in small town or in the country, tC
represent all the denominations, would be an
| impossibih,y because they could not be sup
| ported. The consequence is, the denominations
in order to secure good school, must meet OF
some common ground, Another popular OBJ
lection against public school system is, tha
it occasions a. fearful Increase of taxes. o.
course it does; but the amount previously palC
| In tuition fees by the parents is saved and WI
| have little doubt that it costs no more to rur
the public schools than to support the private
ones. The amount collected is the same, tho
it is collected in different manner; and the
number of children educated is doubled.
The fact that the Germans are the best edu
Gated people in Europe is complete reply te
the common remark that public schools do mo-
furnish the best instruction. The public schoo
system is universal in Germany, and education
is not only more generally diffused than in 9th
er countries where the system does not prevail
but the standard of learning is higher than il
any part of Europe.
We hear that in our Virginia cities, and tt
great extent in the country, the common
and they are spoken of as excellent institutions
Richmond Enquirer.
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