Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-01-15
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fewest mistakes, but he who, when
he had made mistake had the NOR
al courage to say SO. We are trying
to do something towards the suppress
sion of the manufacture and sale of
all alcoholic drinks. Is this all? No;
we are trying to lift the fallen, to
save the young, to elevate society.
Our object in this movement is one
of reform, to better our condition, to
soothe the anguish of the sorrowing,
to bind up the broken hearted, to set
the rum-bound prisoner free, to pro-
claim liberty to the slaves of vice, to
lift out of the mire of wretchedness
and poverty the widow and the or
phan; to clothe the naked, to give
bread to the hungry, to raise degrad-
ed humanity from the very gutter of
debauchery and sin, and place it
upon the pertinent rock of purity.
Yea, 1t is an enterprise of moral
reform, involving the sacred princi-
Piles of our common christianity and
the dearest rights of religious liberty,
individual happiness and personal
security. Who, then, can withhold
his hand? Who will lift his voice to
oppose its progress? Will the Chris
tian? No. his religion forbids it, if
it be the religion of Jesus. Will the
philanthropist? No; his love of hui
manity enters solemn protest against
it. Will the maker of law or its eX-
ecutor? No; his solemn oath pre-
vents it. Faint not, turn not back.
We are on the side of truth, of right,
of humanity, philanthropy and So
briefly, and there is a divinity which
shapes our ends. The very princi-
pies we advocate carrying within
themselves a regenerating power, an
overcoming faith and a glorious vic
tory.
We do not rely so much upon our
own strength as upon the purity of
our motives, the righteousness of our
cause. We are engaged to abolish
this old citadel of rum which has
quartered for ruin so many of oul
promising youth.
We know we are not pursuing q
phantom the foe has established
himself within our very gates, anG
we see his trail of rum and deves,
tation through the length and breadth
of our beloved land. / repeat it
we are not pursuing phantom
This old demon, intemperance, is eat
ing out the souls and substance OF
our American people; and we wan
} to see him dethroned, and his min
ions stormed out of their entrench
ments.
If you had a friend weak and plos
trate, yea, powerless, by some dis
! ease, that was preying on his life
r would you dare delay in procuring
help? Intemperance is bane and :
curse to the nation, and every perso:
: suffers from its effects. Strong drinl
benumbs and destroys the facultie
q of those who use it, and has the pow
e er to enlist its victims not only 70
the use of intoXicants, but it make
E them champions for intemperance
Hence the temperance work must b
, sustained by the women, who do nc
a use alcoholic beverages. We mus
" preach it in our homes, practice it i
. our lives. We mourn over the prev
alence of the crying evil of intempel
sr ance. We see the awful ruin it
!. bringing upon its victims and til
is danger with which it threatens til
h young. We cannot be indifferen
h and have any love for humanity an
right in our hearts. We must regal
"a the liquor traffic as sin again
81 God, and crime against humanit,
We believe the strong arm of tt
y law should come down on these deaf
dealing saloons and rum holes al
at close them up forever. We feel SUI
a as the lar ought to prohibit this traffi
The question to the people is virtua
on ly this: Do you want liquor saloon
~ ~ closed, the sale of this poison sto
ng ped and the manufacture of drum
r' ards and criminals prohibited? The
,e don't be afraid to say so.
ns Every principle of righteousne
- demands that we should express o
he minds in favor of right, when
ri comes before us IN so plain and sill
It pie form as this. Let rs remel
ion Der that temperance is no small pa
0io of Christianity. Ladies, gre
to responsibility rests upon as
IAN no person church or organic
''' ton protesting to be guided
rh, the principles of religion can excu
tify itself from doing valiant work for t
A. cause of temperance. The w. c.
lys Z. has a great work to do, and VIII
=. :" it suffers from want of zeal on
ser. part of some of its members, and {
counters the same obstacles that
edy
inn temperance organizations meets,
any must, nevertheless, meet and ov
has,
Y. come opposition and let its good
that fuence be felt Women, we b;
one much to encourage us; the satisf
SUBJ
til ton of trying to do right, and the
ward of conscience here and
neal greater reward hereafter.
Mrs. L