The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-05-21

rum-selling and rum.,lrinking shall become
dsgraceful in the public mind, and then !
the great majority will compel the few in
to strict obedience.
| will make no apology for the cause of |
temperance it needs none. 1t Is not |
necessary TO go far for arguments, living |
testimonials of the curse of intemperance,
for they exist in every town. New York |
has them so, also. has Massachusetts (;
clown east" in Maine, which by its first
action gave its name to prohibitory legisla-
ton, il is not impossible to procure the
"liqud lightning;' and even in Vermont,
we see evidence of temperance need. The
rum-sellcr will admit, If he be endowed
with particle of manhood, that his traffic
is injurious TO society the rum-drinker,
if he possesses any intelligence, will admit
that he is impairing his health, wasting his
money, disgracing himself, perhaps caus-
ing his family to suffer and the families
of drunkards-w of them? Visit any
of them, and get your answer, an answer
which even the eloquence of Cough, or
Jewctt, or Grogan,' cannot represent too
strongly. And the ncighbors do they not
realize the effects of that liquid monster
! Can you not trace nearly every fight al
most every case of dcstluton, nearly cv-
cry wrong 10 its fountain head. and find
| it caused by alcohol? Why is it, then,
that men sell rum, and others drink it,
knowing of the fearful results ? Is 1t not
passion, appetite, evil desires, on the one
hand, and careless. heartcss greed on the
other? Men sell rum to make money
ihey Woulu sen their very Souls lnr casl''
ncighbors' families Men drink rum TO
be merry. manly. generous or important,
anu because 'rcy uIe weuh, ulsS'pu,,,cu' ai,,'
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ncItuu anu "noi'u',,ou, IL Is u''iou'''
II no. illposs'oie' lheie Is constant WA
,aie nctNeeh soou anu c'l anu 'i''e i,iu,i
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,ne aims vi our ociis; ha.' .''ch; Is
iacKihg' 'na' we 90 ho' 90 inc i'Sh'' Whc,'
we know us requirements : III Is iacE
Oh seli-cohtroi' inc parl''ti overthrow VI
reason ana lne triumph Oh eVii passions
low il we rnrl ,he ;nlluonco and cyist-
cnrc of mn unseen Master Power The In
snircd Word is Lett for orr Guidance and
cynmnln rho noetic gcnins of ares in.
enircg nc with a love of virtue
In evrrv wnrl; or noturn we discover m
cvomnlc rho ioftv mountain is 4 monu-
mrnt Of strnnm,h ana tirmnnss the gcntlc
river cycrts an influence mon all around
and thc wide ocean riycs Ms breadth of
vision Occasional oiltbursts of tempest
and flood orc unoyoidnblc. and nrrhons nsc.
fnI I'm, ihnv orc 'o1,vovs snhinrt to control
So Also nosson. the cIicf element Of en-.
orgv. needs only TO he improved and con-
troiled in or,lcrto be u useful mower. Like
overvthinr rlsc il may bo used mr. abused
If Is VOL thai snccess in reform and in
cvcrv,hiur. doncnds unon earnest effort
The cynmnlc Of work las been set ms Inv
NIL WIN ever ACCOMPLISHED anvthinr of i'm
norloncc. and tho results have ever been in
nronortion tn thr amoun, of labor Even
Inc creation was result of work. and This
first of duties is cuioincA upon MS by divine
cyamplc ana scripiural precept. six DAYS
shalt thou labor was not intended merely
TO set apart DAYS in which we are privileged
, to do So. but also TO prescribe our duty for
those DAYS And il is well that ihis duty
, is necessary TO the ACCOMPLISHMENT of
noble purnoscs IF life were not for some
nurnosn If we had nothinr IN do what
, ihnn womb he thc use Of living , In n
mere existence. With no object to alta,n. no
ambition 10 satisfy no field for individual
, dcvelonment not6inr TO excite and expand
, the mind-onr wants nil sunnlied- what
wonld there me in sucb an cyistence to dis.
tinTuisb man from the brute Even if
sucb life were desirable i, certainly is NOT
nrocticoble. and if becomes onr duiv 10 resi-
contentcd With thc conditions imn9scd nm.
on rs and tn strive for thnt sncrcss which
alone comes from active and nerscverino
acro.