Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-02-18
The Temperance Question,

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,r,,,irc,, !, A., cfro,t 10 procur, more
| STRINGENT cxcis,. b,w for the CITY of New
yorl, o,,J -, ,,,o,,,,r;,,, IN repress drunken
,a.s =, ,,,,, Ia. s,ric,e- ,,f,rcomi.ct of
,I. a. ,,.. .,,,,o ,i,,,, la. I.s vowed
,....,.,,t.,. ,,;.t. ,I,. nro-
| ..ss;,...t ,.,,,,,,r,,o.. r.s,rn,,r. .,n,I with
,,,,., ,.s tho ,,a,,,o.Is or ,r,jern t.,nprrauce
r,forp He tooL tbr occasj,u of his lecture
:, p,s,,,,, ., ,r,s,.,,, Iii. v;,ys an the e,I,i,ct
-, l,r,th IJ;s discourse WAS - mixture Of
,ru,hs anil f,Ilocies IL. insisted 90 ih, lis
,,,c,inn betvyecp temper,uc,. and total ab-
s,ipepce lie CHARGED tb,. ultra rri0rmers
with bind,.r;n,, the nroor,ss of true reform
bv their f,n,,;c;sp, intolerance and iu,:is-
crip,in,,e ,Iuse of all win, can moi 90 the
lcnrthe that they do and who will not ailvO-
cate ,ho game m,tho,is thai they do in about
tbe same terms lie ieiaed almost all Bible
sc,.,I,rs of ant, emi,.nce in scouiin.- the nj
tcrn, IN evode the sanction for the occa-
sional usa of wine afforded by the example
,r Christ anal Ills APOSTLES by the invention
| or the potion that al. the wine, the use Of
| vh;cI, - coum.,ded in tL,. Bible, was non
fer,ror,ed and nor Intoxicating, lie opposed
a rrf,rm based on pledges. signed in mo-
ment If excitement. rather than ON principle,
ON contracts, rather than on the neral sense.
| He set forth the system he would have tenn
| noronca mon ,dont-our quotation is froman
ahs,rac, of his Iectrre-as ga discriminating
-,.,., ,,,;i. ,,o,lJ practically recornize
,I,, ,,;,r,ronoo ,...,,v.en exces- and mcdera-
| ,,o,. AMI ,,a,vsee, iniurious and harmless
drinks m honest system. which would
de,I fairly with history. science AMI Scrip
,rro na,.Iv sve,em which would have
| M cant and no faolery of orders or nib
hons decradinq a matter Of high principle
,o the hocus.pocus Of child's play
! svs,em which would exclude distilled liquors
| from, commo, use as n beverage, both by
| nr,,;c oninion and by law. and would regu-
late the use of vinous and malt liquors
| ,rh;o,, ,rorld chm, ON, from society the drink
;rc us,rcs which lend 10 excess, and reduce
| ,,,, rcerse Iavv the liouor shops 10 not over
| ono IN every ,housand inhabitants which
| ,-or,J mako conviction of the w-breaker
| oosv ond the nnnisbment imprisnnment as
we'll ne fine On such a system the union of
| oil ,,o,I mo, could lac secured in an effort 10
| s,on drunkenness and It's attendant crimes
| and misery ~
Views like these, of course, have nc; been
| narmitted To pass unauestIoned. Mr.. Wen
| dell Phillips was set at DR.. Crosby and
| dressed him down in a lecture which eNem-
| nlif;ed NIL Of the intolerance. unfairness and
| obrs;ve ;n,ennerance of spcech that Dr.
| crosh,. bod ,,tr;bnted to the fauatical re-
| fo-r,ors and Mr. Phillips WAS sharply re-
,,, :, ia. nevs,oner. bv one
| IL, s;,,rod Lin, Golf "a Rostop Clerrvman.'
| There have been in various papers, secular
| ,, .,,;,,;o,,, so,,o calm, anil f,ir travers,nrs
| Of sor,o Of Dr Crosbv's uosi,ions. and some
i'll. so,,;rrs fortl, nf noints ntial 10 an
aaoo,,a,o v;.,v os tho question which were
| ,rboI,, ;,,nored or made Iiebt of hy Dr.
| C,s,,,, W;,ho,, a,,e,nt;na ,o reproeluce 81
1;so,,ss;o,, a reror, oe which woull exceed
| o,,r r;,,;,od O,,c. We rote the fact that DIR.
| C-os,,,. ,ros 10 so,,o extep, lame in his dis
o,,.,;,,,, os ,,r;u.;rl.o anil tb., be conceded
,,;a,, ,,,,;.,,,,,. load In corclreinns
-. .,:r..,, s., ,hoso dr,,v, bv him
| n :r.-,,., ,.;,,soIf ro, . little
| Of a.. Irritation, and want. Of fair
| ,;,o.;,,,;,a,;o, ,,l;cb he cbarreI unon others.
| WI, ho aoc,.roJ that he did not oppose
| =, ,..,, l. -;