St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-05-30
The Temperance Cause.

At no period of time. for many wears,
has there been 40 much successfully ar-
complishcd for the cause of Temperance
as during the past winter. The revived
feeling upon the subject has been gen
eral in New England. extending more
OF less into other sections of the country.
At the west the cause encounters the
beer drinking element i'll the large Ger
man population. Vet i'll the city OF
Chicago, certain regulations. tending t"
check intemperance. are successfully
carried out. Years past this could not
have been done. In the middle states
the progress of the cause Is less than
what it has been in New England.
Here, too, are scattered abroad many
Germans. no acquired their beerdrlnk-
ing habits i'll their old German homes,
and another generation must arise he
fore there will be hope of full success
in conquering such IA deep rooted ma
tional custom.
Formerly intempcIance prevailed eX-
temsively among the Irish population of
the country but for many years past
they have had organized societies for
the promotion of temperance, and dur
been done among them. OF the many
denominatiOnal clergy men i'll the con-
try noue have done more iii this dircc-
ton than the Priests of the Catholic
Church. They saw the necessity OF
Graduating intemperance from among
their people, and they have actively
entered upon the work of doing it.
But the cause has progressed fal
enough III New England to demonstrat,
the possibility of a more complete sue
cess III the future, if the people give t'
it proper attention. Steady work. in
private and in public. to deliver the
tempted from the use of liquor, and
above all. to establish in the minds OF
the young, and to fix there, the prlnci-
pie of abstinence, will tell largely upon
the future of the cause. 1t may he
made to triumph not every one free
from the evil-but the great living mass
of the people will become temperate.
and hold high the banner and principles
of the cause.
There is now more than usual among
the people, "A disposition to discard the
free Use of liquor. 1t is expensive: ii
is an enemy to health, if not. to Il Ger
tain extent poisonous. Indeed, Il large
part of that sold us liquor, is nothing
less than connection from various
materials, fiery and otherwise: and
which people, if they knew the ingredi
ents, would spurn as fit only to he
poured into the gutter. Recipes for its
manufacture are peddled out to the
trade, and not little of the liquid sold
is manufactured i'll some sly corner of
the premises of the vendor. 1t never
finds its way into Original packages"
other than the >will tubs in which it *
made. Thus brandy. costing. in the
materials entering into its manufacture.
40 or to cents. Is sold for - OF so per
gallon to such as will Use it for their
'stomach's sake" and tirst-rate old rye
and Bourbon whSkey is made for 81
cents per gallon.
No wonder people cschew such stuff
and turn tn the practice of entire all,
stincncc from it, even though they d,
not see great evil i'll the occasional us,
of pure liquors. Not finding that. even
such persons will learn the only SAT,
rule is to abstain from putting any
thing of the name to their lips, for dcatl
is i'll the cup.