Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-03-29
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From address on constitutional prohibition in
fremont Temple. Boston. Mass. February Ish, by
Mrs. J. Ellen Fo,tsrl
All re(ormers have endured as seeing
him who is invisible" Columbus looke,i
across waste of waters and saw IL tha,
was invisible TO those around him. Luther
AMI Wesley saw churches unseen 10 others.
Oar fathers saw a government grander
han any that the world had ever known.
The universe is Gods. Man, his last, best
"pik walks ont in this universe q king.
Ever, where around him he sees law, law,
Law, he pats himself in harmony with
il, and 50 commands the physical forces.
Ino same holds tine in the domain of
morals -.t hr revealed law Of tho same
i.d Because God is God, his laws are
,iw.ya Executed, tIl ir violation Is always
t'uni>h,d.
In" ef ct. Il Intoxicating liquors upon
hc BuEan system are we'll known; they
tsnl lroHI the violation of law of God.
Their manufacture and sale ought to be
..rohlbitcd by the siato and nation. Dig
.itled and almost s,eied in your eyes as is
ne constitution of Massachusetts. this
.l"!Iihitory cial:c i. yet proper one to
,ti 10 it. Proper, because ii is broad
r"u'r'I ihc liquor traffic affects
very ir:cgps. %. 'ate; il Is indicted
IS AN outlaw by cye5y ..,., !.rJ o which
;e bring it.
The miserable criminal at Washington
!mSphepUu IS asserts that he committed
lis horrible deHd iy inspiration; that he
i'll it u save the MAJ ill 5 life. | SAW
,iquor seller take the Bible in his polluted
rtnds, and heard him Say: This book
approves our work." aud then proceed TO
pcrvrtt every possible text therefrom to
uil his c.se. " We save the nations life
hey say, "Lcclase without the revenue
which We pay the government could not
be supported.'
'hief Of the ,ation; he liquor traffic Stays
is one hundred thousand every year.
Some one asks: " Why not put the
Whale mural code into Ike constitution"
Because only such subjects go into the
constitution AS have becn distinctly settled
ailcr long dis ;ussicn; hence, for cxsmplc.
til" clause prohibiting imprisonment for
debt in tn, c0niiitl!i9u 1f ,ssachuactts-
q do u,umant which WAS based upon the
laws OF other n,'1ns.
There is no peace un Inirt ANY hero
until 4 mluor is settled right.
Many Il man who jares uot say pruhi-
btion is wrong, yet vo.es 10 apply the
money received f,r license to educational
purposes To cJujale one womans child
with the m9noy obtained from the ruin Of
tho child Of another.
Another otsctor says "You can't
mako men moral by law We 10 not
try to do it. Tha; is tbs business of the
church and thr school B3t tbs Iiquor
seller docs not come uB,ier these religious
and educational intIpeHc2s; hg can on'y hc
reached by the b.'lot. BY righteous loSjS-
lation In regard 10 the traffic.
at is an invasion OF the p,rsonaI lib
erty of citizen ,trS inothor. So Is a
prison.
at is wrong 10 'I',' o. 80 ~ lcA prop.
erty and throw So many people ont Ut
employment" A laiiyraI tnn, ,Lrough
your farm and damages arr pad ~ the
railroad company acting under the law of
the state. But for th dos raoton of dis
easel fruit, rotten Vt y,.;tAles ur anything
which is injurious. no in-pniIy is paid,
or should be paid liu: if less liquor
were sold, more shoes aEi .Core clothes
would be wanted, anu Ii, nee MOI c employ
ment woul,! be furnished. Besides, as
matter of economy we cputi better afford
to pension the five hundred thousand
liquor sellers than to allow them TO con-
tinue their vile traffic.
| During the prevalence Of tile yellow
fever in one Of our southern cities, the
supply of collins was exhausted, and n
long train laden with them W t: sent from
the north. What would you think Of Il
ooker-on who should say as tie GAYS with
their ghastly freight novel by, yellow
fever is good for business
The prohibitory law cant be enfurc-
ed" No moral law can be absolutely en-
forced until the whole world bow. 10 the
scepter Of Jesus Christ. Yet, for all that,
men legislate against murder and theft.
The cities are the obstacles to lis en-
forcement." If it was right for The
United States to coerce South Caruins
during the civil war, it is right for M4s-a.
chusetts to coerce Boston in this war.
"It is an attempt to put into the consi.
tuition tue fanaticism of few women."
The whole constitution is a bundle OF IA
naticiSm from beginning to cad.
i What will you do about it. you men
who make the laws which foster and inIin
ence the liquor trafiice Remember there
is no peace nor quiet anywhere until q
matter is settled right.