The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-04-17
Temperance.
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"7he Lord of Hosts is Nth as, the Goa
of Jacob IS our refuqe."
Another Temperance Movement.


IL is that of securing temperance lit
erature in our common schools. History
shows that cas- twig is bent the tree
Inclined" aud to begin with the
Young is to begin the right way.
! This mode of attack on intemperance
commends itself to all kinds of temper
ance workers, whether they be prOhib-
itionists or those favoring high license.
! The philosophy of this plan is simple !;
as Archbishop Hughes once said, "Giyc
me the boys up to twelve, and the men
are mine" IL is said the father of a
family has right to instruct his child.
rem, and the State is the head of IA
great family. If in our public schools,
science and experience could be made
to demonstrate that all the effects of al.
cohoic drinks are bad. we should be-
gin with the hope of permanent sue
cess. Oral teaching III all our common
schools will not cost an additional dol
lar, and textbook setting forth the
true nature of alcohol, by high medical
authority, would go a long way in the
right direction.
A gentleman who mas given his life
to this work has been visiting the vari-
.
our Western States, seeking to enlist
them in movement which shall make
it possible for the majority of citizens
in any community to see to it that tenn
perance principles are taught in our
common schools. DR.. Willard Parker
of New York writes: ave shall new
er control alcohol until we have taught
the people, first, what alcohol is; sec
Ond, what it will do to us if we drink
it and third, what il will make us DO
| can see no way that this can be done
but through the common schools" Elk
President Hayes saws: "Believing that
in the long run, education, using the
word in its broadest sense, will prove
in our country the most effective means
of preventing the evils ofintemperance,
1t follows that the State has right to
give instruction in this important mat
ter in our public schools" We are
glad to notice that this movement has
the hearty support and endorsement of
| Governor James IL. Berry, of Arkan-
sas, and of Governor Click, of Kansas,
who is known as an anti-prohibitionis
| but who says: 81 am not IN favor OF
! prohibition, but Of all else that will de-
crease the drink traffic" We are e adj
TO notice, also, that such men as DR.. A.
A. Miner, of Boston, that lifelong tenn
perance worker, DR.. Goodell, of st.
Louis, and other leading ministers are
committed to this plan. 1t interferes
with no other temperance work. 1t
adds to it. President Noah Porter, OF
Yale college, says:
81 have no doubt that the State in its
public schools ought TO give instruction
in respect to those duties and moral re-
latious which are generally acknowl-
edged to be essential to the welfare OF
the commonwealth. A knowledge OF
the duty of temperance, and the sin
and evil OF intemperance, are both re-
cOgnized as essential to this welfare.
1t follows that the State has the right
and is under the obligation to give such
instruction as may thus promise TO be
useful and effective for good"
Let ministers and churches look into
this subject at once. We must fight
intemperance along the whole line
AdUunce.