Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-03-02

proval of heaven, and shonld not po u'e-
couraeed if you do not triumph in 1871,
for 1872 will come, and perseverance
should be the motto. The advocacy OF
the use Of the weaker wines was danger
GUS doctrine, for it created appetites. he
would as soon undertake to wean child
from sugar by giving it molasses as to re-
form a man with an appetite thus Great
ed. The doctrine of wine drinking was
fallacious. He discussed the doctrine
that hotels should be allowed to sell liquor
TO travellers and not to residents OF the
town, for the young men of neighboring
towns were travellers and they would get
drunk. This doctrine was fallacious also.
This was nation of travellers, probably
200, 900 were on the move to-day, and five
hundred at least might be made inebriates
by procuring of it at hotels as travellers.
1t was miserable arrangement. 1t was
the result of an avaricious spirit. The
number bound together in all our COM
munities as a wiskey ring to make money
out Of rum was immense.
The appetites of the men as rule
among the drinking classes was strong
one, and as q rule these drinkers were
undetermined and eood-hearted men.
They were many of them kind and tai
ented, but they fall just as surely as the
Irishman with the spade in his hand-the
Senator as we'll as the farmer. This APP
petite was a disease which oftentimes
leads them to sacrifice home, wife and
children to crafty it. Think of this ap.
petite and how many are under its sway.
There were great number of habitual
drunkards in Rutland but perhaps not as
many as in Burlington, where there was
over a thousand and so it was in other
towns of the State. The only safe motto
was total abstinence. Moderate drinking
leads to drunkenness. Total abstinence
never. The public mind is under con.
viction on this subject and forward
movement was being made. He conolu-
ded his address with an earnest exhort-
alton to the ladies to continue their labors
having put their hands to the pillow they
should not look back and become dis.
couraged
He was followed by that veteran of the
the temperance reform, Deacon james
Barrett, who spoke earnestly upon the
subject, in which be has taken such q
deep interest for more than forty years.
Mr.. Nahum Green then related bis ex-
perience in rum drinking. Although alb
sent at the moment, we are informed that
he took the occasion to belle and scandal.
ize the HERALD by Misrepresentation
and had we been present, even at the
risk of violating the courtesies of the oc
casion, should have replied to his base
and false insinuations. The principle Of
villifyipg the press and malicious vitu.
peration of individuals, is an outrage that
should not be endorsed by so respectable
an association as the Ladies' Temperance
Association of Rutland. 1t can do them
individually no good, but retard the
cause. If they do not appreciate it now,
time will bring them to do so. Black
guardism from public speaker is lily
suited to be endorsed by respectable
ladies, even in the advocacy of good
cause.
Mr.. Edward Southwick was the next
speaker. He, in feeling manner, re-
lated his experienes in the use of ardent
spirits and as rumseller. He appears to
be an earnest man who has gone through
a great struggle and come out conquerer.
Such earnest appeals as he made. are cal.
culated to reach the conscience and
hearts of men, and his oouusels of exper.
fence cannot have failed to do good. Such
truthful utteranoes from one who is ear
nest and sincere in his own reformation
WILL keep the life long pledge which he
has made for himself. God speed to
him in his noble resolution, and may be
often utter his warning voice to the in
temperate. His simple telling speech
was in wide contrast with that of Mr..
0r6eu. w utle We nave no uOuBt
Green is earnest and sincere in his reform
and resolutions, he will hardly succeed in
carrying conviction to the hearts of men
by villifcation and falsehood of his neigh.
bors. ......
After another brief speech from Deacon
James Barrett, and song the exercises Of
the evening were closed.
The occasion was one of inttrest and
calculated to inspire the workers in the
| temperance cause, and promote good
works, and it is more in sorrow than in
anger that we feel called upon to criticize
one of its speakers, but public duty as
we'll as personal right to justify Us in re-
polling base insinuations in reference to
ourselves or the HERALD, from whatever
source they come. While we have labor.
ed and are willing to work with any and
all in advancing the progress of the cause
Of temperance in any direction, we are
not willing to submit to unjust and nn-
warranted personal attacks.