St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-03-24
'Jhr Temperance Question anil
ne PpcSS.''

N'''"'' -'ipiiilIt leI -Aihlt IL Ill
aliIc'r 10y DIR. Holland, the editor, o.
lhc irmprranccQ question and the Press,
trom Which we quote:
The time for 4 new departure is come
1t Is punciuatcd ly the shifting AMI Nh.
certain movements Of those who hov,
''Ilai their own way for many wears
aud who find themselves us far from tn,
zeal at which they aimed as they wcr,
wien they started. The pres, inlcpend
entity, must take this question in hand
and educate the people TO temperance
hc trulh l. that there is not COuntr,
on the face OF the earth where slimu!amt.
are needed 50 little, and where they ar,
capable Of rroducin" 50 much mischief,
as IN our own. Our sparkling, sunny
atmosphere, and the myriad incentives to
| hope and enterprise i'll our circumstances.
are Hiimu'ants If Gods own appointment
for the AncIican people, This pouring
down OF Intoxicating liquors De ten thous.
and Times wolsa than waStu-it Is essen.
tinl sacri!c9c. This slrainina Of the
nerves, tllis heating Of the blood, thi,
stimulation or >;uperlaciion Of the mind,
this imposition o! cruel burdens upon the
dl@' >tiV2 or%lns, is Il foul wrong upon
Nature. Tens Of Thousands OF valuable
lives aie sacrificed every year to this Mo-
Ioch vi strong drink. The crime, the
bcgsary, the disgrace, the sorrow, the
disappointment, the disaster, the sickness,
the death that lave flowed in Or unin-
terruPtcd stream from the bottle and the
barrel, throughout the length Of the land,
are enough 10 make all thinking and man.
Iy men cuiSe their source and swear ctcr-
nal cnlnity TO it. The American people
need To have it proved 10 them that un-
icr 10 circumstances alc tue various
forms oi Intoxicating drink good for them
lhcy are not yet conS Sinccd Of this, al
though they know, OF course, that the
abuse OF drink brings all the evils that
can be imagined. Every Juvenile period
lcai, every newspaper, every magazine,
every review, owes it 10 the country 10
teach this fact pcrsistcnlly. There has
been something in the way in which the
temperance reform has been pursued
which has brought upon it the stigma OF
tauaticism. That st 5ma ought to be Oh
litcraiel-,o thoroughly obliieratcI, that
the man who weakly yields 10 u dcgrld-
imr appetite, or wanlonly courts such an
appetite, aud the danger and disgrace it
brings, shall feel that he bears 4 stigma
which maIk, his degradation among Il
generation OF clean and healthy mon. In
short, temperance must be made not only
bat fashionable The wine
bibbcr and tie becr-irinkcr, rs we'll as
those of stronger >tomlchS and coarser
tastes, must h, made to feel that they are
socially di>.graycl by their habits. In
the family, i'll the school, everywhere. by
all the ordinary mean, OF approach To
yourg and plastic minds, the virtue Of
should he iucu.catrI. II is !
.a>hionabi1 for the youa" to drink wine
to-day. 1t must not he Tomorrow and |
in order that 1t may not b., the accepted
leaders Of public opinion must tell the
people the truth, anl enforce upon the
people tie obligations of duty. That
Wolll ui HIGH HE which sends down il, |
powerful Influence upon all the life be-
meath II never WIS influenced hv pro!cS- |
-iunll temperance rctormcr>, or 10y tenn
perancr organizations, and is not likely
o b.. The clrrgymcn it listens 10, the
'apcrs. the magazines, and books it |
'eal$, and tlc social authorizes it re
'rcciS, mus; iucu!cate temperance until it
hail h. Il shame 10 place Il winc-bnttlc
, fore friend.
. Heaven for ole generation ui clean
;nl unpollutcd men men whose veins
Ire not fed with fire men lit to be the
of pure women men worthy
c b, the fathers OF children men who
10 not stumble upon the rock OF apuplcxy
II mid age, or 20 b'indly gropn" and
taggcring down into Il drunkard's crave.
'ut who can sit and look upon the faces
# their grandchildren with eyes undim-
,cl, and hearts uucankcrcd. such Il
generation n this is possible in America
md 10 produce such Il generation as this.
he persistent, conscientious work OF the
public pres is entirely competent, as an
n~;rumcn;a.ity. The lJtSs cm do t"Lni
rW; and il It vii faithfully do lis duty,
.lalnc laws will come TO lie things un-
hou2hr Of, and temperance rciormer- and
rmp, rance organizations will become cx-
met