Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-03-04

REGISTER for publication.
CHARLES ALLEN, Sec.
New Haven, VT, Feb. II, 1898.
TWO VIEWS.
Temperance has at last expired.
Never again shall we see 1t closing the
doors of our accursed saloons never again
shall we see it, benefactor of mankind,
lifting our hayward sons and daughters
from the depths of Satan's recesses and
placing them upon the fair footings
of potent soil; never more can we cherish
it within our bosOms as one of the COM
ponent elements of the staff of our exist
ence; never again can we appeal to it as
the goddess of virtue when the tempter
is putting forth his most strenuous
efforts to wreak our ruin and disgrace {;
never more shall we behold its radient
orb beaming out its eilluent lustre upon
the glOries of the orient. 1t is no more {;
it is dead: its influence is waning {;
strong drink is raging. Satan poises in
mid-air and in his ever relentless grasp
he bangles the sparkling Intoxicating
cup. Institutions and republics are at
his merciless command. He looks down
into the sanctuary and chuckles in sci
fish iollity, a drop into this will po!lute
congregations. He glances at the pro-
fessional bar and eXclaims "a drop here
will corrupt legality" lie peers into
the polls of the voting precinct and de-
clares a drop in there will faint repub.
lies. He CLEANS into the printing press
and prides himself that drop here will
cripple thought and corrupt language.
He looks down upon the monarchs
throne and remarks drop spilled here
will overthrow Kingdoms. dissatisfied
with this he gives the powerful, de-
structive decanter a circumfleX sweep
and shouts in decisive hilarty. The
spray from this will contaminate the
world.
Intemperance is in the ar; north
south, east, west, to the uttermost eX
tremity of the earth, its infectious, dead
ly bacteria is running epidemic. Like
wild fire it sweeps the broad plain like
the volcano and the earthquake it reaches
the high mountains, and like smooth
transparent petroleum it streams out in
gentle colOrless waves and taints the
mighty deep.
The wild animals of the forest, the
birds of the air and the beasts of the
fields cannot but witness its mighty
destruction. FronI the crags of the
huge Rockies the wild buck trembles
horror stricken. at the riot and derisior
in the gulch below. From the lofty
peaks of the continuous Andes the con
dor scars down into the valley to feet
upon the nOXiOus remains of the victim.
of this deadly foe. From the grea
basin, the Great Central Plain, the
Llanos, the Selvas, the Pampas, the
wild horse, the OK, the wolf, the coyote
all flee to the unknown before tn,
piercing fangs of this venOmous serpen
that stngeth like an adder and who's,
sting is death.
All grades of humanity alike sufle
the perils of its terrible inficton. w,
see the distinguished clergyman, II
drunken stupor, fall PROSTATE in tn,
pulpit; we see the able lawyer lying un
conscious behind the bar. The eyes OF
the gifted poet are red and smartins
from long tarrying at the deceitful cup
and the beautiful song of the musician
has been invariably supplanted by
blasphemOus curse. Oh nature canno
close her eyes to the villainous working
of her tremendous enemy. She sees tn,
dutiful camel totterlng under the burden
of his leather flask in Africa; she see
the mighty elephant staggering unde
the ayoirdupois of his nicked cask il
Malaysia; she sees the kingly lion, hi
majesty in powerless emotion from tn
Odors of the tainted atmosphere of hi
native Jungle in India, and she sees tn
screaming stork bearing alOOf in mid
sky TO avert the odlous fumes of China
The whole world Is in an acme of indie
) scribable tumult. The pen of a Dant
can ne'er depict its chaos, nor can tina
of Shakespeare portray its misery
Heaven looks down In sadness to behol,
the monstrOus reptile of perdition en-
circllng it within his treacherous coils
t the holy grail forgotten-and weeps t.
hear the husky voice of Beelzebub crying
out between the echos of drunken MIN
:ckry, ~ have overcome the world
| Satan has won.'
r All! my friends, we permit our imag
ination to penetrate beyond the vale o
: its mortal conception, and suffer our
1 selves to be deceived. Temperance
not dead; it will never die! "TrutI
? crushed to earth shall rise again
Legates of corruption can never crusl
T virtue ordained by OmnipOtence.
$ In 1916 there was born in Central New
York little organization christened tn
Cadets of Temperance. That little arm,