Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-04-22
Vine. Hyacinthe.LOysOn Oh the Crusade.

The following letter from Mime. Hya-
.,-rthe-T DYSON is addressed to the ladies
.no,oedin the temperance crusade, through
rbr columns of the New York Herald:
GENEVA. Switzerland. March %, 1874.
VIII vou permit me to use the columns
If vour journal to give word OF appre-
..i,fion. counsel and encouragement to the
,,-,,,,on of America who have enlisted in
tine temperance war? There Is no doubt
that intemperance is the greatest evil in
onr beloved republic, and destroys what Is
dearer than government, wealth, education
or libertv-the happiness, prosperity, the
live. and souls of her people. 1t Is enough
fo fill the mind of every thinking person,
.urelv of all who love their fellow-men or
their country. with alarm at the thought
that an entire army Of American youth go
trooping into pcrditiOn every year by the
nsp of Intoxicating liquors. More heaflS
and beartbs are made desolate, to-day,
throuohout the land by drink than by our
late war: for every wife who lost her nus
band. and every mother who lost her son
in that struggle for national lie, Is cohsoleo
in her loss and proud in her grief; but the
wife or mother who follows her dear ones
to the drunkard's grave, or sits WITH 'n'
ghoul bv the freside, suffers and Weeps II
shame which no mourning veil or YesIheh
can hide.
Dear Sisters, it is hard but holy wal
,ou have inau0urated; may 1t end IN VIC
tory. If vcu cannot do all you "ouiu
rpnnrnber Won will be blessed II some are
saved The evil is so great that IL Will
take q generation, at least, to cure 1t. Bu'
,.ou n,iist succeed. for your cause Is God :
iu.firr and your arms divine; only let youl
nrayers be Intelligent. executlve-for pray
r.,Ionn will not suffice-it must be fol
lowed bv GOOD works. Search out the
c,usp Of your sorrow, which is not alone
with the seller of intoxicating drinks, but
with the appetite that demands 1t.
The Great American malady is the NAL
,dv Of fhe stomach. Conscientious people
become dvspeptics; non-consclentious peo
nile become drinkers. Bear in mind thE
fact. that the appetite for drink is not nee
c.-arilv made by drinking, but in nine
case, ont of ten it is created and cultivated
at vour tables-in Your children-by the
use of coffee. tea, pepper, pickles, mustard
snires too much salt, hot bread and pastry
raw meat and grease, and, above all, by
tLeu,eo of tobacco. The crv of a depraveC
annette. an inhamGd stomach. IS alway
for something stronger. The use OF soup
milk and salad, prepared with good oil
should be cultivated. In short, reform
vour tables ifyou would reform your drunk
.,r,I. and save YOUR sons. Cure the causes
and the effect will be but natural Stol
the demand by preventing manufacture
Anv legislator who does not see and ac
knowledge the Use Of poisonous drinks. a
i'm England and America, is not Il publ
evil, "A corruption of society and civi
danger. that should be dealt with by law
is unworthy Of the place that the intelligen
people of America give him. Instead Q
rye for whiskey,raise grapes, that pure ma
tive wine may be used when needed, Dis
tillcries are slaughter houses of men, an
should bc dealt with as such, and none
cained from selling liquors is blood money
and should never touch the palm of Al
honest man,
BE not dismayed by insult nor discour
a9cd bv defeat; but, with charity for tn
,IIlprit and pity for the victim, 60 on, pra,,
an work on. God will bless you.
Yours, most sincerely.
EMILE j. LOYsON.