Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1871-12-29
Communications.
wR1rTEr ron THE VERMONT PHGEn.
THE TE.uPRR.sTB DRI.vH BR.

WRITTEN FOR IHE VERMONT PIdiNIx.
THE TE.uPRR.FTB DRINHER.
The subject of temperance is a theme
upon which many of our great phlanthro-
psts have spent their lives, vainly search
ing for the magic wand that should rob
King Alcohol of his power. They have
summoned mathematics to their aid and
shown the inebriate the actual cause of his
poverty. They have called the felon from
his cell TO testify that alcohol was his des-
troyer. They have shown us judges, law
yers, and divinos in the maniacs cell, who
worshipped at the shrine of Bacchus. They
have shown us mothers and hali-naked
children begging from door TO door for
food and raiment yes, we have seen the
demon father plunge the knife TO its very
hilt in the bosom of the wife of his youth,
and for a moment the curtain drops upon
the scene then we behold the horror of re-
turning conscience, and oh what victim
of dispair indeed, We have seen a real liv-
ing, liquid hell. These are but faint pic
lures of the every day scenes Of life; and
from the fact of their being an every day
occurrence, we have learned to look upon
them with sort of stolid indifference, and
TO forget that we temperate drinkers have
any responsibility III inc matter wheh III
truth we have; for a careful survey of the
community shows that the majority of men
belong to what may be called the temperate
drinking fraternity; that is, they take an
occasional glass. CTo any one that doubts
the truth OF this assertion, | would say,
Just traVel one single year, as the writer
mas Tor ten, through the country, stopping
at the hotels, ana you would no longer be
uouDtihg IhomaS')
one taxes glass to warm MN up an
o'her 10 steady MS nerves. ahotner because
al o'u ir'enu asks MIN III anu ne cannot
refuse. In winter we take IL 10 warm
the inner man III spring 10 qu'cheh tNe
p'oou' III SUMMER " s''rt 'ne sweat we
uoh yet u'u"N anu "ouse our litl'iIes'
We car" "ul nio"ey anu pay 'or our ii'luor
50 "n''se ou''ne9S Is II ou' our o"n' we
'aNe "n occa''o'a' ura"i lhuS we reason
WIN ourselves 'hus we move on respect
ap'e ana reSpec'eu members oI soc'e'N'
1et All tilS 'liHe we are uehouhclhg 'he
unfortunate man. VINO cohiuiehceu III llle
WIN u.s. temperate urlhker' anu Is now
anu re"iohS'i"'e WIN 'he young man VINO
- Ju'' '''' '''"5 " s'eP up " ','o va, anu
oioel ho'-si'"s ior one anu "hishey
pune" Ior TWO, "nu "Uat Tue iheVl.aoie
""s"u' HooN d" So''s'ii' s.t iooN az
Do'' H. ohe D, 'ne seicc''neh Vi Tue 'o"h'
io '"N.s us ,O' .o.y 10y Jus' "S '1su
'''' 80 ''9 .',.' ""N ""''o ''I w" ',''"
''lo ono -. IN" 81 ~ 'o""' "a" 'n'"
'Vu '"e"'y " oD' '."1'"s li'''' '''a' .'Ne
s-"' ""c.' my mn" '"0' ~ "'''
oo"S'uo' ~ "ooouy ousi',.Ss' iney arc arc
."e "i'i ''"' P"''''i "''0' C"' y" ''0
's mus '''io"n III our very 'eo'"' We nave
S'ooo "S"'"s, 'nc ''lu'u n'o apparently u"'
s'"'neu' anu ""S ho' Jul yo""s 'o"'P'"
ION ie ''icS anu Is ruineu' we PocAe'
our cohs''ehce anu say we are "o' MS
heePc's :" very pie"s""1 re'iie"y pul "o'
very ehectiNe III curing tne e'iI vi lh'e"h
Per"hcc' lor " Is Ph''osophlcai t'u'h 'nNl
al mon nave an ihliuenoe ioi soou vi eNn'
II Is t"elr coiiioiiieu ihnueHce '"a' cons''-
tutes Pupllc oPlhloh' ana 50 i'r Us each IN
| individual ihhuehce eN'enus, he Is re-
| sPons'o'c' i"eu "s VIZ are cav" o'"'Po-
| heh' P"rtolsoc'c'y Il "c"'su ''liiProFe"nu
eleNate us tone' we must no our ihu'Niuu"'
part 10 h'"Nc Pe!iect ""o'e' IL we '''-
uhue 10 sci eNi' eN"'lp'eS, we must pe 'ou-
tent win 'he results II ''e 'oil lPer"'o
urihker' ""o H's "ot !c' "c'lu''eu All u"-
soNerh'oie "ppe'"e ior 'luor' WIN ho' Ic'
| ir"i" I'o"' "S uN'' A"o"'h| IL "e "oeN '''
consequences now can ne expect Tue
"runkard 10 pass II ny When TINS very
| public opinion OF which he Is an element
Keeps the flowing bowl constantly before
MS eyes
The simple truth Is, II we would stop the
use ol lquor and save our ialleh piethreh'
we VINO nave heretofore useu liquor Us We
say temperateiy' must go one s'eP lurther
ana treat II as an absolute poiSon' 10 ne
taken IKE arsenic or any o'her POISONOUS
remedy not NJ our Whi'n' out ny apsoIu'e
medical authority Inc paiahce OF power
is in our hands. The tototalers and drunk
| ards are each in the minority. So long as
we use tn"' power 10 sr'''iS ou' "'"e"
tdSteS' so long we must expect 'ne uruhk-
ard to follow suit; but let us apply it t."
| be and or the toiotal Iever. and we can say
~, ..o,,,..a...,,, 10
10 the ruhi-se'ior' 'iose your p'I, a"' VIC
| Will OBEY TO the druhkaru' "o nome )
| support your family; the public can no
| 80, ,r buiId nrisons and moor housaS for
| "' ,,,