The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-05-21
THE DAILY GLOBE THURSDAY MORNING. MAY a. 1874

moral decency, vice that Injuries the pub
lie rs well az individuals, and the cause of
more misery and sorrow than all other evils,
for strong drink to prevail as at present,
then there is no such thing as crime.
The moderate drinker, the self estimated
gentleman, will assure us that rum-drink-
ing is terrible evil, curse to all mankind
through the peryerseness of portion who
do not control themselves, and that a mod
crate indulgence is not only harmless but
beneficial How grossly inconsistent As
though that which is criminal in the weak
minded becomes innocent IN men who are |
capable of self-control and as though the |
exact limits of their controlling power |
could be known beforehand The example |
of moderate drinker is false and decep- |
tive. 1t persuades those of a weaker ma
turc that they, too. can partake of the slim |
uating draught without danger, leading |
them beyond their depth of sclf-contro.
"And thousands whom our labors cannot save, |
Go trembling, lettering, reclng to the grave" |
Both excessive and moderate drinking
being so injurious and even criminal who |
shall be found to argue the cause of free
liquor or restriction license ? The very
principle of license is wrong. Imagine the
licensing of murder or theft But they
tell us we cant accomplish prohibition.
Is that q good reason why we should not
endeavor to do it
Good templarism is indeed fortunate in
its choice of principles and its plans of ac-
ton. To pledge ourselves to the practice
of total abstinence, binding us with a two
fold stronger power on the side of right,
and offering additional resistance to evil, is
well worth the consideration of all To
meet in social converse, encouraging the
fallen, strengthening the weak, inspiring all
with enthusiasm, is to su stain home of
of temperancc-a house cherished by con-
genial spirits, where the unfortunate can
find friends to help them forward 1t can
not reasonably be argued that subscribing
to n temperance slcdse is an interference
with our liberties, for we have no neral
right to do wrong, nor to practise ourselves
what in some would cultivate a taste for
wrong doing Liberty is freedom
from bondage of an evil nature, and we are
endowed with liberty in jun the same ratio
ms we are inciced to do right. Ofall bond
age, that of Il wilful kind is the most de-
grading, for if n man will not pledge himself
to abstain from vice for fear of giving up
some privilege, he cannot be in the enjoy
mcnt of II very pure morality. Liberty in
doedl Is Il man perfectly free who can not
abstain even from moderate drinking! Such
frcemen You will see early in the morning
and late at night day after day for years
and wears, sitting in the luxurious Offices of
| hotei Dy0grjetoys. talking politics and re-
lirion, virtue and vice. praise and SANDER,
industry and gambling-perhaps cursing
some poor victim of rum, so unfortunate,
pcrchancc. ar so foolish as they term it,
ms to wander upon the track before the ap-
proachinr midnight train, and occasionally
Won will see them step into back room to
see particular friend!
This. then. is orr work: To ple ce our
selves bv word and exnmnle: to teach the
principlcs of total abstinence; to reform
The fallen: to enforce the law; and as sem
tinols to be always found at the post of du-
tv. Scatter widely your temperance pub
lications. if Won would cnliphten the peo-
pie and arouse them to reflection. Have
lectures in every town. able and frequent.
if YOU would excite an enthusiasm among
the workers. or n belief among the doubt
full. Hold meetings cvcrywhere-in pub
lie for the public rood. and in private for
| individual Improvement. Our order Is Il
refuge for the reforming incbriate. n head
| uuortors for tho ,vorkin,, rnfnrmors n homo
| - V Wy ~ y " a.
ioI an pul uocs hot, IL eau not, rcuch 'ic
| masses extensively except through the me-
dium nj nuhIic ,nnntinus and thnso ouoht
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