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Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la m6thode. 1 2 3 4 5 6 I ^OVA SCOTJ4 PROVINCE HOUSE -- • ■■^ B -^ I^A ™ ^ I I 1 ^^^^^^^^H^^^m^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^l^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^H^^H HH^B ^ ^ c fl^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^H 1 EA ; -■WII^^BB^^BBi^B^^^Bm .^B"- ' ' '^H^HH 1 I^^^Ih l^^^^bS^ «M^^^^H ^H ^^^^^^^^^^I^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^B^H .^^^^^Hir '^SH wU ^I^^^^^^^H^^^I^^^^^H^H ^^HB ' set a rm 1 |H^H^H ^^hllkk^i al> ike^ M'^H^H^I^fl^^^^^H ■ '^|H|H^^^^HH 1 "^^^^I^^^H^^^^^^^^H^^^^^^^^I^I I" /" '^■■'■WiiliRPi iW miyi ADDRin READ BEFORE THE TEMPERANCE SOCIETIES, ON THK 2Gth FEBRUARY AND 3rd MARCH, 184C ; AND Published at the request of their respective Officei's and Members. BV RHV. RZOHARD KNZOKT WESLEYAN METHODIST MISSIONARY. HALIFAX, N. S. nilNTED 3Y W. CUNIVA..£LL,-MORNING HERALD OFFICE, 1846. lOS I l1^ < Hi T(? li *^ m ^^m a I xn I n d oi i ppHHfll IMii l WIIi l Hi ii p m mmm i^ilS)IDI&Ii£SSo \) I Sir, Friends, and Advocates of Temperance,— havp W,'^^"^ '" ""^ P^^'"^"*^ P^^'^^^"' ^"^ '^ advocate the cause I have long since espoused, requires no apology. The sacrednesa of my ofRcia^ connexion with the church of Christ, jusUfies m^^^^^^^ pe "al";^^^^^^^^^^^^ T r"" ^"r^e '' ^"--itV which eTsenllaU? flkl hnv. fh-« ^ ' '""f ' ^""^^^^ ^"^ "^"^^^« unassailable the task 1 have this evening undertaken. The vice with which I onenlv Lfi ! P-^rt^cs concerned in its commission, that unerring w^d awards fearful condemnation. Its tone of disapproval echoes Sh gua.e^'cr''""^'' ^V'"^-"-tory, and as fe'aWul as ll^man lat guflge can convey. To the parties who prepare, and present the maddenmg rea^on-dethroning and soul-pollutbg ^Iraughr H say^^ "Woe unto lam that giveth his neighbour drink, that pu tte t Tv bottle to him and makest him drunken." When it wo ukl describe asks Who hath woe ? V^ ho hath sorrow ? Who hath conten- ds ? WhQ hath babbling ? Who hath wounds without ca^ise an adder." Alas ! how ,rue to the life are these results ! ISd vet bindinfri '-"P'r 7.«"lCE ADDRESS. pially in its mural influence upon the various grades of human so- ciety—and the most af all upon c'le youny—iXm expectant materiel, to which alone hope can cleave, as the physical, mental, and moral stamma of the future generation ? If then the above he fact and not Jallaci/—tmdfact it is, as proved by the most indubitable testimony, —to shnnk from temperance advocacy is both cowardly and crhni- nal— to oppose temperance principles, is to wage warfare with the cause of humanity, good order, and religion— to paralyze if not to destroy the most effectual ajjpliance, under the blessing of God, for • the removal or mitigation of domestic miseiy, and individual dis- grace. And equally clear it is, that to throw ourselves in the breach and to use all we have of ability and influence in the j.rogress and estabhshment of these principles— is to act the true and laudable part pt the man— the/newrf,— the patriot, and the Christian. Sir, and friends of temperance,—" Our cause is good, let us act the bnive." In the name of humanity, consistency, reason, religion, aiidot God! let us lift op our banners and lower them not; but transfer them to the hands of our children, and others, who may survive us, unstained,^iind proudly floating in the breeze of Hea- ven — until distilleries, dramshops, and drunkenness, shall be among the evil things which have been— that when found upon the pa'^es of the past, they shall but serve to remind them of the fearful precipice, to whose crumbling edge custom had brought society— and by the contrast, to gladden their hearts, ihat by the prevalence of temperance pnnciples, they are placed in a position of proportionate safety. There are five classes of persons necessarily eoncerned in the countenance, and march of intemperance. These are the manufac- turers, the importers, the wholesale dealers, the retailers, and the con- sumers of the intoxicating draught. These are all engaged in an oc- cupation whose tei dency is pernicious to the interests of society— aH, are in their measure guilty, verily guilty, in the sight of God. They bring into use a liquid, as inevitably productive of evil, as ever was cause productive of effect. At least, as such I view the subject, m connexion with that information which has of late years been wide- ly circulated among society, in almost every part of the world. I may, without being chargeable with an improper application of scripture, ^ay of the parties above stated, as Paul, when at Athens, said of the proud philosophers, and other inhabitants of that city, " At the times of this ignorance God winked at, but now He com- mandeth all men every where to repent." When Paul planted his foot in Athens and there proclaimed the doctrines of the gospel, a new era became constituted within that seat of philosophy and the sciences, A new light then shone upon their path, and now God would no longer wink at, or seem to pass over as though He took no notice of their superstition and idolatry. / I [ •fif^H!-"- ■™iiJr wm TEMPERANCE ADDUESS. K Ami time was when the manufadure, the impovtetion, the sale and tlie consumption of ardent spirits were winked at. The oon.^' mna usages of society prevented such notice of the evil m woSki lead to Us condemnation. Almost the whole world wm coneemTKl n he dehnquencj. The prevalence of custom threw a net ork ove" tlu. whole fabnc The sound of the still grated inhari oniously oi no one^H ear. The vessel arriv A in our ports, laden with the pern" dous beverage-the cargo was landed, ga'zed npon, and scored with out one painful emotion. No thrill of disappriva wrought up it uqiiois sold here. All helped, ihe private christian, and even the . Clergyman not excepted, to drain the puncheon, and thus keep the till in perpetual motion-to refreight the stately vessel-to rein" h the dramscller's spirit vault, and to keep the int(>xica in^ cud in II hut incessant contact with the tipler's lip.' But noTa"!^^^^^^^^ sed change has come over the "spirit of the dream" of societv Down wi h the manufacture-away with the importation-shut Tp the dramshops, refom the taverns, and thereby make them an ore way-worn retreat for the travcller-and bring into univerSl desue erlul plea, of all who really wish well to society. And thus what 7ZZTf'"'' ""^' ^*^"."t«"'-««<^d by but little less than uni'v^rsa custom thirty years ago, is now strenuously opi .sed. The ranks of he consumers of ardent spirits have been deserted by myriads who have taken up the position of aggressive warfare mn; w«« then deemed an expression of hostHUy is now vfw d as a teLT tion to, If not even a participation in a grievous e^Hnd theTan who was then considered as engaged in a proper and lawful callTn" IS now deemed but little better than a swindler of Sve^^L^^^^^^ Hence, Sir, and f nends of Temperance, I return to a former position- hat to make, import, retail, or consume Ardent SpS 1' an evil unless justified by circumstances of the most rigid character^ circumstances mdeed, which but ve»-y seldom exk W^Tfif I f ' ZTt'^' i"^?'^" I^-lp-ch«TartebeSrn^w^^^^^^ he Athenians lived, moved, and had their ex stence-and^ChrTst S the only Saviour, their idolatrv, and superstition become Snfffv absurd-so, now, as the champions of temperance baveXfn "S upon line, and precept upon percept" upon the evils of in^Pmnl? =lt^^aS z;:^i^^ri--^ :.:^\.^:: J: .-.■u-.r-; Q TEMPERANCE ADDRESS. trZ. yf IraaSne. ...her *» Hgh^ — J- ^^^^^ ^, evil"-and w th ■'''S"* ^X ^1^1^ U si your « should be reproved"— moreover Itcaricssiy aim I, " „cnt of the be'fcund a P™«P'« f/'^f '"^^'j.f ^u amldS it not, «hull be world " he that knoweth his masters wm, »"^* " ,^ niittpth the TLn with -^J'tts" wiu'^;4%*^ to C*at a cup to his ncgUbpnrt hr^» ^iibXe J"'"™ » l""! "P f"^ •'»'>' The advocate of Temperance *e ^•^^^'^ ^^:'Z:%Xb^, discrimination, may "'g""'"''^'};! »"t out theT-ravTtIng assoeia- employ this faculty, -J'^Xlm'ed k °cB±and thel striking lions of each one of the ."J""^^" ,„„.•.,, ,,f those classes must bo the baUmce d^l^rf , ?.'of 'S« "eue^ I .fave sometimes yielded awarded the highest debt of lehnqueucy. ^ award— "^r Ze :^UITZ °,o"fr'wh:rrdram.sel.er holds r m^r^P^uT place in <^3j^^^^^ some measure Indden from ,!'», ™J. '^ jfX L lid, "-d *« '«'''- by the material from which he ''''^^ f ^^^X™^es gradua'ly pre- oisp^eessofitsprepa^Uon^^^^a^^^^^^ pared for the result, by ""/ o^SatT n the soil, to the pentuig up L cause which innocuously vege«'tes ^n ^e ^^', P „ ^^he of the destructive beverage m the puncheon v ;, ^ears vessel which freights '' f ."^ '"^"^'^^V "XrfVis the conveyancer along the deadly draught, .s 3XC"o Tyet c-mmenced their of an agency whose deadly ^oj^Yestmetive ^weapons verily, she pernicious infl««™':~'»'.'^f^ ° old tS---a magazine of mischief is, but as yet there .s no hmd ^ J'^ld 'hm „_^^_^^j^^^ ^^ ^^^ it is true, a depot of deathly material, u j ,^^ spark which elicits its fP^^^^^ f^' ^U a vessel laden with br4:r:t|S"S';rfSe:nft;.mercewiU say^ u Speed to the ship, but let her bear No marchandize of sin, No groaning cargo of despair, Her roomy hold wubin, 1 . ; I 1 a u SI 1( g MHii fEMPERANCE ADDRElSS. 7 No loathsome drug for oaatern lands, Nor p jigon drausbt for ours, But honest fruit, of loiliqg hands And natures sun, and /lowers." The whulesalc dealer, too, is not placer! in circumstances to be ab.e to see the fearful doings of the article he vends in so atrocious a light as IS he who divides the puncheon into smaller metisurea, rom the gallon to the diam-glass, that he may meet the more or less replemshed purses, or Ann or shattered constitutions of his customers. The consuuior, though he may weU be said to stand toreraost m the rank of folly, cannot on that account be aUowed to nn^\"T", ^^'''^.^'l ^' '^""^^ "g'""^* society, his own soul, and his God. Yet is he the only one among the whole fraternity tlm claims our sympathy. And this he shall have ; aye i and our ettoi oo, for his reformation. At the same time, w... ViU not, we aarf .- ^, wrthhold from his practice our most unqualified condemna- tion, i^ut for the manufacturer, and the importer, a true friend of temperance can cherish no sympathy whatever; and as for the re- taiJer he is the mtm who is the ainncr, in mrj viev' of the onse, aoove aL others concerned m this unholy traf«. : he deserves, and he must Have, the deepest reprobation, whUe he -esolves against lighL and remonstrance, and conscience, to vc : ^.e intoxicating draught, fb. ln.Tr ^^"^ l^^ ^anufP..um-, because he is not iSd on by nrn^r^ • '"^^^^ T"^ 1^ *^^ ^"''*^^g ^^^g^ of the preparatory Cf k' *V' ""T" *^^./^" ^Vovi-^v, because his mind is not di- 3 ft ^h/j"? ^^^"^»g«^^l'tl^e wafting breeze, the stately vessel, makes W^flr ^^'^' ^^ ''• ^^ ' '^"^ *^^ ''^^^^'^^^ ^^^ler, for he Wrnunoh^on f '''"?/'^^' in the minutest details, with the hiatory of ?unf,Tw T *^^/'"'^ \^ *"™' '^ ^" fi"e^' to that in which he T^lol Z/T'^' 1^^'* ''^'^' ^"^i"^^^« fro^ *he wholesale dealer one act, and, it may be, ore accusation of his conscience, furnishing to him one reproor, provides for the retailer employment for a week tldrr*>~" w^^''^"^^"^^*^^ ^y ^^' fammaH.y withSsSn^ Gut Fnwkp? both conviction and reproof, in abundLce. He k thS the do^r of ti. ^:!^l ^ '""^ \ ^V' '^' d^^Perado, who bursts open the door of the deadly arsenal, exhausts it to the lasi weapon, inmct- inj wounds upon individuals and frmilies, oft, alas ! so deep as t dtt^ the lapse of tmie, or even the length of Eternity, to heal! m^ioV ^^^""^^^turer may not know, with certaintv, to what shore the u SatvTr/^''^'^ T^-^' transported. A portion of the same 7vZtTl l3hTi' '^' '"'P^^'f • ^' "^^y ^^ consumed by the SSe f nr^U^ ^ the enemy, and though in their case, this cinnot ^nerX kZft^^^^ conduct yet, the fact that the retailer genei ally knows that he deals out the woe- working ^otio^ to Li 3 .Ji 6 TEMPERANCE ADDRESS. neighbours, to his friend, and his acquaintances, stamps liis conduct with ten-fold atrocity Oh ! sir, it is not Fiction, but Fact, that in thegreat majority of cases, in a country where the population so thinly exists, and the interchange of civilities is so coirfmon as in this hospitable Province, the retailer knows the countenance, if not the name, and also the relation and circumstances of every visitor ,^j^^J^ g^oggery, with but little less than indubitable certainty This admitted, and admitted it must be, the following exhibitions must not be ranked among the mere imaginings of the mind. Such as, there comes a man, he calls for a glass, he obtains it ; he requires Its replenishment, it is done, and so glass succeeds to glass until the man is transformed into the brute. And the hand that deals it out, knows, m cases not a few, that he to whom it is given hi;is a family !? ?T^''?® "^^ ' .?^* *^^^^ ^^"^^y ^^ ^" ^^ost starving circumstances : that he has a wife, and that wife's heart is almost broken. And yet, with this knowledge, he takes the last morsel from the child's mouth and snaps asunder an additional cord (it may be, the last), of that woman s heart, whom his deluded victim pledged himself before God, and m the presence of many witnesses, " to love, comfort, honour, and l^f' \ ^^""^^ ^^^"^ '^°"^'^ P^^-" ^ second person comes to his unhallowed mart m the person of a fine young man, whose father It may be, had been victimized before him. Upon the character and industry of this young man depends the comfort of a widowed mother, and a train of fatherless brothers and sisters. lie, too ('.e- mands the deadly potion ; and he obtains it, while the dramseller knows that he is on the highroad to personal ruin ; that he is bowing down the head of her who bore liim, and nursed him at her i ,soniJ to the dust of the grave; and withdrawing the arm of protection trom those dependant upon him, and to whom he should become a second and abetter father than was he who bore and had dishonored that hallowed name. And the imagination, sir, without the charge oi extravagance, may yet paint another. He is talented, respected, aPd to the present time, has held some respectable station in society ; but aias ! he has commenced a course towards intemperance, though fipon his own sobriety depends his all of reputation. This the ava- ricious vender of the subtle poison knows! He has plainly before him this man's downfall— the wreck, the total wreck, of talent, trust, places, and profit ; and yet he pampers his vitiated growing appetite until the cup of his misery is filled to overflowing. "Habit on taste its trembling tie makes fast, "The conscience guarded rubicon is past; ' f '^ ^^^^^ **®' destroys each power to save, ' And prematurely opes the insatiate grave." r'Hi'iii 'iii!i|..iiiiiiinwjni. '> W^ \ >- ■: ■• ■.. = . '.' X i' 1 .,;:::::::," :-'- ■^-- ^ ---■ \ ---^--'^ - ----- ------ V7 TEMPERANCE ADDRESS. ^' Ana once more We may present to our minds a man who, alas \ has been for so long a time under the influence of intemperate habits that he bears upon his person all the sickening insignia of the confirm- ed drunkard: the whole of his frame is shattered by his vicious draughts ; the eye is livid, the lips are of deep empurpled hue, the lace IS blotched and carbuncled, and the hand which lifts the glass is palsied. A day or two ago, he might have attempted to t&e fiis "Za] % l^"" bear longer the goading of his own conscience, and to thns rush uncalled, and m the highest degree unprepared, into the api^ing presence of his Judge ; or, he may have just recovered from that fearful disease " delirium tremens/' whenVg^ilty'oL science acting upon a diseased imagination, surrounded the hapiess' Jilw-nl '''^P' ^^«"PP?^^i"fernal sj. its. He stands upon the crumbling precipice of the drunkard's Hell ! one or two more glasses will effect the hbrr d deed, put the fiiiishing stroke to the tragic scene.; And these last glasses, have the retailers o^ ardent snmts' been known to give ! From these indubitable faod, sir, I come to the conclusion that the retailer of ardent spirits is the foremost in crime of all concerned in this unholy traffic. To show the dangers of intemperance, the Catholic legends tef us of a certam hermit to Whom Satan gave the choice of tliree crimes. 1 wo of these were of an atrocious character, and the other to be drunk. The poor hermit chose the last, supposing it to be the most W^'t f ^^' ^if.'' ^"* 7^^ ^^^ ^^^™d his reason, and lost the balaiicc of his moral rectitude by intomperance, he readily committed the other two, whose atrocity he T7as now unable to see, or seeing, to resist. The moral of this legend a child may under- stand. Many a sober man, nay, every one such, must look upon the murderer with horror and detestation. But stubborn fact, alas ! too oft has proved that under the maddening influence of intoxication, the ' imh^Jf • ^f *^^f I«» l^^y^ disappeared, and the once sober man has nnbrued his hands m the blood of his wife, his child, or his friend Many a man has revered things sacred, and honored his God, who' m the hour of intemperance, has poured desecration upon reli-ion and heaped blasphemy upon the name of his Maker. Thus decefved by the first appearance of the fatal vice, and the imposing character of K3 votaries, thousands become deserters from the banners of true religion, and volunteers in the service of sin. But while the poor hermit represents his fellow victims, who is to represent the agency by which he was tempted CO his fall? Sir, you need no Lml\ answer ! Yet the Prophet's woe is pronounced ; he lifts up his voice nVX'drink '!"'' '^' '"^ '^''^ " ^'^ ""^•^ ^"^ '^^' S^^^"^ ^' Ere I conclude my address, sir, I must crave permission to direct attention a little more pointedly to this fearful denunciation. It in ft io' TEMPERANCE ADDRESS. I naturally enough to be expected that the persons to whom this woe is referred, should wish to neutralize its application. And this they have had thefoolish daring to efFect, by saying, that this passage is to be taken in a figurative sense. That is to say, in plain terms, that God, so far as this passage is concerned, says one thing, and means another. That the scriptures sometimes mean by the term, that which is not literal, the friends of temperance most cheerfully con- cede. As when God says " I will make them drunk in my fury ; and represents the tempest-tossed mariner as " reelmg to and fro like a drunken man." But when you retire to your habitations » of the Prophet's " w6e" earefuUy, and you will be satisfied that literally strong drink, the intoxicating draught, is what the Prophet means, and that the term " drunken" means, without a figure, the being under its pernicious influence. Now we must observe that previous to the institution of temper- ance societies, the preparing and the giving of strong drink had as- sumed a most fearful ascendancy ; and even at the present time, after all the advocacy and success of temperance principles, com- paratively many there are who adhere to these ruinous practices. The thought is tremendous, that any man should seek to obtain subsistence even, leaving the accumulation of riches out of a the question, by a traffic so pernicious—by an occupation whose success and prosperity must exist in the same ratio as it produces the adversity and wretchedness of his fellow men. In what does the dram-seller traffic ? In that which has the tendency to strength- en and perpetuate the happiness, health, reputation, morality, and by consequence, the advantage, of human society ? Alas ! no, — but of all these, the entire reverse. In that, rather, which aims at human happiness, of all blows, the one most dfeadly. And if physiologists give to health a correct definition, when they tell us it consists of a " sound mind m a sound body,"— then, as the article sold by the spu-it-retailer, whose conduct, the Word of God, and humanity, condemn, lays successful siege to aU that constitutes the healthy subject, it must inevitably be to the health and happiness of man the most fatal antagonist. And oh ! if we can see, without sick- ening at the sight, the plague-spot, where reputation is ruined, and morality ship-wrecked, we may turn our eye to that man's mart who " putteth the bottle to his neighbor's lips until he is drunken." No! the article he vends is not that which is necessary for the use of man. Few, indeed, of the present day,will have the temerity to affirm this. It is opposed, as I have said, to Christianity and humanity. These would clothe the naked with a garment. The groggery strips them bare— would denude the human form, of its last strip of raiment. These would feed the hungry, but the dramshop would snatch the last morsel from the mouth of her who is worse than widowed, and from the starving • I liis woe lis they ge is to iSj that 1 means 01, that ily con- y fury ; md fro )itations ed that Prophet ure, the temper- had as- tit time, es, com- iractices. obtain out of n whose produces hat does itrength" , and by —but of A human lien they n, as the of God, >nstitutes lappiness tout sick- i ruined, an's mart ten." No! e of man. :m this. It !se would rn bare — 3se would rsel from J starving TEMPERANCE ADDRKSS. jj port they can expect from am fr T^ ^^'' '"^'"^' ^^^^"^ A sup- rather than thTof fTer^^Ch^^^^^^ drunken so^ prove the minds, aL the L.a& ^°"^d im-' underminin-the stronXlT^f men; but the retailer of drams is his victims bejLTa"^^^^^ f '^ corrupting the morals of self time to look at thfZ- «^,?''^^«"^t^on- If he would give him- vends, .' weHas at t Z^Zl Tn7^*^""^T V""' ^^^^^ ^e some hope of his speeVrSali'on. '"''"""' ' ^''^"^^ ^"*-^-" ed hquo^StttidTai"fi^^^ P^^P-*^ °f -" ferment- ish Alchymis l!one^f Thos? tT""'^'- ""^ ^.^P^^^^^hy a Turk- of precioL time in rearcnf T"n"' T'"?"^^' who spent years until the lapse of ««; centuls of tr'''''^/^^ '' ^^ "^t happy ingenuity of a Snan Tpi • ^ '^''''*^ ' existence that the un- ed's^lrits^as armed) Tdt^^^^^^^^^ ^'^ "^.^ '' '''''^' woman in the case of man ! St ^ "^^""^ "^^ sometimes say of say of the n.ea^flu;tit':::'7C^^^^^ "^. ^^^ namely-that though by woman ni.nf!ii.f f ardent spirits,- man he rises-and thou^b o .Wo^ • ?' ^^^' ^^ *^^ ^^^^^ ^f the wo- ardent spirits incases of d'^-''-'''" ^^st suggested the necessity of card all such nece sL «n? "'' ""cV^^ ^^^"^*:>^' generally, dis- • rank of il^e^Z^TZ^XcZZ/ ''^" "^^^^ ^" *^^ ^-^-^ the popX^re^'sSs^^^^^^^^^ ''f^^^"^"* *° *^^ ^b«-e date, that discovered in the co^ntrf of IS^ ' ^'T"«f ^" '^^^^^^^ ^hus Sir, ed an universal impo" J ' anf h«rf ' ""^'^^ ^^^•^^^' ^^ ^^^ P^^^: Introduced to the mteria meL. n "!"'5 'Z ^°^'* «^ ^*« ^^'^th. , ffi^-, it ha. h^:^:. tt5?iCi::,i-ii^:^-^ fathers unfortunately bclieved^hn. mS* "'/"•' "^1^^ ''»"« ""' ted-n,u8onlar power inSed n.ji ^^T? ''* mnocently proi.>o- tual vigour ,„iS.eTedi4rmet;eS'*?anH^r"°"^^^^^^^^ ib ^A TEMPERANCE ADDRESS. Jiemlockj oi»iiiin, and various other poisons. From these observa- tions, it may be perceived, the distiller is the man that gives it to the world— and the retailer, he that lifts the lid of ihis pandora's box and scatters its evils over the face of society. And, Sir, I must agam be allowed to say, he deals this deadly beverage forth un- shielded by Hny plea of justification whatever— that he is vending a necessary at tide. IJe cannot^ avail himself of the plea to which the Turkish Aliymist, may liave had plausible recourse, that he fell upon it in his pursuit of science. He cannot defend hims§lf, as might have done the Spanish physician, for he professes not to sell it as a medl<5ine. He cannot avail himself of the ignorance of its deleterious :;ffects, as our forefathers might have done, for he hus been told, plainly, pointedly, repeatedly, told that is a.i evil of the most pernicious kind. He has probably seen the victim fall into a premature grave, or he at least has heard of many such instances. Scai'cely can he read a newspaper, without falling upon the record of some drunkard's death or disgrace, and how, after this, he can continue his unholy calling, I confess I am at a loss to know I These are, verily, the men who strive to amass wealth at the ex- p jnse of their fellow men's happiness, and lives. ' I believe. Sir, if we could see things connected with these grog- geries in the light of eternity, that justifiably there might be inscrib- ed over the door of every such dwelling — man's temporal and eter- nal ruin is accelerated here ! I use strong language — let the im- portance of the subject, and my desire for t^he real welfare, both of the retailer and the consumer, be my groimd of justification. As a sinner before God, the retailer of ardent spirits calls forth my pity, and desire to rescue him from an employment, which I as much be- lieve to be an insuperable barrier to his salvation— as I believe it to be injurious to the peace and well being of society. But, Sir, his trade demands my undisguised indignation, and from this I will not exempt him ! *. Do you ask nie for a definition of his calling ? In few words I give it. He is then a drunkard-mal;er by profession— or, if he wish a more diplomatic designation, here it is — he is the town or country consul of his satanic majesty — for where is Satan more effi- ciently represented than in a dram shop? And will good and use- ful members of the community respect him in this calling ? No ! they cannot. Every man who loves his child — every man who tru- ly esteems his friend, will burn against him with honest indignation. How desolsiting to every humane and moral feeling must be a traffic wliich shall find an employer who shall deal out day after day the liquid poison to the tottering drunkard — hear of his death without apparent emotion, attend his funeral, assist to lay him in liis graive ==-then go home, post up his books— turn the widow, virtually, out ]. J& TEMPEKANCli ADDRESS. le observa- ves it to the idora's box 3ir, I must e forth ua- s vending a » which the that he fell himself, as ! not to sell ance of its for he hits evil of the . fall into u 1 instances, the recorcl his, he can to know I , at the ex- these grog- 1 be inscrib- 1 and eter- let the ina- ,re, both of on. As a th my pity, s muchbe- [ believe it iut, Sir, his 3 I will not ew words I — or, if he he town or I more effi- d and use- ng^ No! m who tru- ndignatioQ. be a traffic ter day the ,th without n liis grave ■tually, out A^ k f^'iolSt^^ri^:^-^-^ -^ leave hel^.. But moreover such men « r^L To r^""" ^^ *«^^" ^«n P^ owing to the force of^usJnmT? - T^' '" ^'"^^ heretofore have, ed with those X have ^"-^"1"^ ^ ^"^ "^'' ^^ ^^^^ ''^' society. This viewTthe r«.^f ;f^ H^'' "^^ P'«^i^ble business to thmug\ the irviltndTnfl LT^'Z^^^^^ '^^ ^r« ^-^«^^ I would advise for thp fuu!z HI ^\ ^"^Perance advocacy, be caUed tolrdtVu;^^^^^^^^^ commu„i^„,,y i-octed toward the inhuman dram ^^ Z h! ^^^^ one solemn look into the erave of fK .w ^^-^ *^"«^ ^^^^ turn to the pursuit of Us Slliy^tch!^^^^^^^^ ^■ results, let the voice of hit Wfi, . • ^ ^ produce such satl ground Oiidthe S'-nLof hki^^^^^ f>^ "»*« hi«» from the beaiwinUl hrshalTKmLt^"!?!"? '^f .S^^f^' <^an he can Is the worm of thrstT^f 1. • Z^^",^''" ^"' unholy calhng. the bodies of met tdlf U^satS^ 'T^Y' ^" ' ^^^^^ "P^> able meanness to their TpSs'S L±fil^??^^^ ^«^ * meanness to their ^petiJ^sZ;^ W;:^;:^ ^^T^SrSl: ', and a premature ^e//? Then is it thpSn; " t that never dieth, and the fir? S^f. .1^^"^"? he quenched. Is the grogTon li£ fL^ kj I ^^ ^^ '^'^^^^ «^a" sage to the infernal regS 'Then tJ^l'^ ^^''^L ^^^ ^^^^^^ P^' But, Sir wilfyouTnd7fislS];;.::LpT^^ mVwitL'ni the dramseller's pandemonium -^TwouTdtonftf^"" il upontJi.uphapDvinebr,W f.™/J!?"^_^ ^^'P,^ '^ ^^. cincts of the can prevail unonTr nX P"»?emonmm..^nd I would hope if'we talismanic influence ovlr him *^ ^^'^'^^' "^^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^<^ diJ5^s'rse^:frr:gi^:f ^^^^^ ^«.^^^- ^^ ^-««? He abidfng-place, into Sns 'SacG^^P^ ^^^^^^^^ 'r ^^^. ^*^^«^ conducting Infldelis through tee^ aTk dlE'' "^. k"'^^^' ^ brings him to what he calls his rovalSn^^^^ T^ f ^ ^^ »*>^e thus describes as divided in^ fw?ti of drunkards, which he which is inhaWted iy sots 1^^^^ ^'^^^ ^T'^^^ '^^ ^^'^ «f companions. The soinli^t"!?^ '^T'^ ^^ *''^ <^l^s of merry as though some o? Sdr a^nc^ftorr L?"?T^^^^. ^"^^' ^^« «^«^ are a swinish set of pSe alwlvs VZ' ^ f ', ^"'^^^ ^^^^ •' they the cup, unless it Ja7l^\^tZ fT^'^^f T^^^^ ^^^''' %« ^re iL ««d ridi them till LJlf-palt t?^,?f ^ T""*" '^^™ ^"^ <*« «»^«i»g. of dinner, and the eLerSe v^^^^^^^^ ^ "^« «»Me till they are lame. The enZ of hV.t^ r '*^^? *"^ "^«« 'h««» Pipe and greasy fo.brearo1\f:tri.^^^^^^^^ 44 TEMPERANCE ADDRESS. with them, he would do well to wait upon them in the morning, be- fore the calf dismounts, for after that they can do nothing but grunt till sleep dismounts the pig again : thus are tney ridden alternately by the calf and the pig. The sots drink solely for the sake of the liquor, and in pix)cess of time their blood becomes so inflamed that they carry the arms of the company on tlieir faces, which are dyed in a kind of bastard-scarlet colour and grown as rough as the skin of a shark, witli preternatuml pimples. The second division, said Impiator, is that of merry companions, or good fellows. They abhor the name, yet love the company of drunkards. Were you to ask them their reason for visiting the dramshop, they would tell you it was not for the love of the liquor bi?t they go there merely for the sake of good company. In short, says Impiator to Infidelis, if yoa were to go through my canton of drunkards, when my men are all at work, you would hear as great a noise as if Vul ian with his Cyclops were forging thunder- bolts for Jupiter ; and would certainly imagine that hell had burst its belly and poured out its entrails among us, on account of the hideous cursing and swearing, scolding and bawling , tearing and fighting, which you would there witness. This, adds Impiator, as he finishes his picture, is my royal canton ! out of which I choose all my princi- pal men, for if ever I get a man to become a drunkard, I can cause him to commit what wickedness I please. Thus much, sir, for MacGowan, who you will admit is no bad painter of a groggery and its inmates. But, sir, I will try to cast a few more shades upon the canvas. I consider that the dramshop is the resort of the lazy, the turbulent, the scoffer at religion, and the tlie dishonest ; and as the unfeeling husband, the cruel father, the prodigal child, and the recreant of every clqss, make this the place of fheir daily haunt — so, if it were to assume its true character, its sign shoild exhibit a house with broken windows, stuffed with rags and old hats, a garden full of weeds, a horse tied to a post, foodless, and shivering with cold, a man dying in despair and a fiend grinning with satisfaction ; — in the background I would have painted flames, aud if it were possible to effect the personification, a lost spirit, curs- ing the day it paid its first visit to a dramshop. On the bottom of the sign there should be this motto, " No drunkard shall inherit the kingdom of heaven," and on the top in large characters, the Pro- phet's " Woe unto him that giveth his neighbor drink, that putteth his bottle unto h'm till he is drunken." — But, sir, I would have the interior of the building show its true character also : every spirit- cask should be painted black, and on the head of each I would have the word " ruin" written in large white letters ; human skulls should be the drinking-goblets, the counter formed by a row of coffins rest- ing on three biers, and winding sheets should be the curtains for the windows, and thus would I pourtray the temporal and eternal conso- "-"fMmiftMm rj5MPER.iNCE AI/DRESS. he liot must LZ TcX^TsI^t^'T ' '^^'^^P ' ^«"W endui-e the most pmehinTpriv^^^^^^ (hTh '^^r^^'^^' J^bor, and tive,) in preference to hofdin Ja Sln^ r? ""* ""^^^f P'^P^'* *^t^™«- • complish the physical menS Jnfln ? T ^'^^ ^^"^ ^^ ^'""^^^^^ to ac- meter is desolated, not unfrC^^^^^^ oftalentblasted-the orator orthpnit ^'''^^^/'*«— ^^^ openmg gertn becoming a sot,-a dure^Ik'^^diS^^ '"^'''"^^^ !» ^^^lyo, gi:ogshop, sir, is the place wherTtheexam'2 of T"' *^ "^"^^^^ ' ^he- wiUsoon ceane to be emuIat^T ^^ ^P t''^^*'^^^®^**"'^ thegood «oon loose its imprLs frm the "^^r^^^^^ ^^u'i "^ *^^ family will soon wither-and the X whZ 7^^^^ ^^'^ ^**P«« «^ Pa^ente will ranks of her o JaristoZcy ^S ZnL '"*'o''^ T"^ ^^^^ *»»« low society. On such a m/n Thin ^''''T ^^'^ ^oathesome pest of ates all thTs degra^rtL^Tm Lt;', ^^a^wt^^'S ^"f T"^"" nghteously pronounce its malediction 'nnSiJ;?. ^1 ^°'^' '^^"' «n^h»'«an life and may and efe>.« proTthaH mfsrmeffr''^P 1^»/^"g i" «^^^^^^ spectable man will make a^irhnn /h ^"^P^^^^^i «»' »^ truly r£ does prove that respecSem^^L^L place of his resortf It courtesies of life, allured hi S f^ ^""^ *^™^' f«>m the mere lose all respJ'^72ll^VZf::^::^^^^^^ presence and patronac^e can sanctifv fL ^ v "^''^'' ^"' *^*<^ *heir ture and evil of its tendencies and r X'^'T^' '*'*"^^ *^^ ««' manifestly ill-gotten, 'ZoTe^r^t t ^1^ *^'^ ^^'" ^Wch is so ful vocation. ^ ' ""^ P''^^"^* ^^^" honest, uprighfc,and use- cauS'jr^t!J^S^CtP^°P- "-^^ -dthus led;! obtained for makEenX^lli''^^ ^^ »^«« »>«;« abuse their wives, St so^rows'^^^^^^^^^ ''^'^^ their children, dearest friends ; and even wLnh^ and deepening ,n the hearts of these fearful resultTarert^fmivr" ^^^\^^'- And though believe they are no :.5he fruits ofl^^^^ ''"*P^^« »« *« uie irmts ot deliberate intention, still such they 16 fEMPEEANCE ADDRESS. I are by cont-jquence ; and with consequences, in this chsc, it is GUI' province to deal Is the grogseller a man who has hoarded up money as the profit of his employment ? Then has he many a doUar in his coffer, stamped with the curse of the widow and tlie ruin of the drunk- ard ; and though he may continue thus to hoard it for the present, the great probability, is that by the profligate child, or the occurrence of other drcumstances, it will be scjtttered to thp four winds of heaven. But again, it frequently happens that this kind of accumulated wealth flies from its owner as soon as it is obtained ; and although his profits are great, (especially when the spring replenishes the pun- cheons,) he is seldom a penny in advance of the be^ar. And why ? because the Curse of God is on his occupation. To the nimsellers we may apply the words of the Prophet Haggai, « Ye have sown much, and bring in little : ye eat, but ye have not enough ; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink ; ye clothe ye but there is none warm, and h« that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes." As regards the gain of his calling, we will suppose that his pumshment goes not "beforehand," but that he shall be successfiil in laymg up his treasure, that he shall deposit his hundreds or his thous- ands, shall have added bouse to house and field to field," yet shall his punishment « follow after," for on this subject we may borrow with feffect the denunciatary laitfguage of St. James upon ill-gotten gain ; we have only to change one term in thfe text to make the application complete, that is to put in grogsellers, in the stead of men. And then will Hie passage read thus. " Go to, now, ye rich grogsellers, weep and howl for the miseries that shall come upon you ! your riches are cor- rupted and ycmr garments moth-eaten, your gold and silver is canker- ed, and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire ; ye have heaped treasure together for the last days ; ye hafie lif ed in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton ye have nourished your hearts as in the day of slaughter." Sir, my mind is not so constructed as to jpve much eftect by deli^** neataott^ I must therefore fail, to set tlings forth in a very graphi- cal form. Yet wiU I attempt the drawing a pair of pictures, that yoa may look "on this, and on that" for the purpose of in- ference by contrast. My first shall be that of an honest day-laborer, or mechanic. Blest witn health and vigor, the scarcely-ever-failing fruits of temperance. lie has a wife and family to care for. He goes, forth in the morning to his labor -, he leaves his house as the ha- bitation, though of limited comfort, yet of sweet contentment. The smile of his wife follows him as he passes over the threshold of his humble cottage ; and the cheerful, chubby faces of his little ones, dim^ pled with smiles, and enlivened by innocent prattle, compel him W' feel that though he is a poor tnan, he is both a happg husband, and A father. With light heart and Jinn step, he goes to his field, or f T TEMrOlANCli ADDRESS.' 17 ^orkshop. His day's labor done, he returns to another edition o£ domestic comfort. Though weary with his toil, he enters wfL^i^ T: ^ ^'I'^'J^'^^ ^^l^J^^dependant in his mind, aa a monarch-^ ZrLl't. '^^^\^'''%^omestic empire. The same conjugal metZl%^ f '^-'"'^ ^'"^ °" ^'' d'P^^'i'^re, and theime mtle tonguefi9d, interesting group are around him. His fruaal meal STt J:^,r^'''' 'T *'^ '"°' f^^'' «^-^--' and . "o^Xwhfct ot hemselves impart a zest and sweetness to his humble fare His ^b^e IS not spread with the "delicacies of the season ''Z-buttf it be no more than a dinnei^ of herbs, or a crust of W he. looks upon k 7H^^ef'lT'S:f1 -^^-^-- of an honest, te4t'!:a:a7n7u^. trims man. He feeds upon the labour of his own hand. He snaHies Tmaltarf ^7" '"^l^'P^^f --other , his cottage comfits though small, are purely, righteously, his own. He feeds with a trood rL science; and like the three holy children of scri^re Sy Ws" yulse andtoater>' shall make :l countenance apS "Sand i-^Tntif ^ w- u^^^ «"^cumstances-circumstances, too, by no means n?Jh?nf .^\^.^"^^ "i^y ^a^e b«^en the scene, through the " Uve W' night, of dnnkmg and dissipation. This must denend too unnntL fXs^^T.'^ 'r ^~^''' '^ keeplSfu'ns^S^^^^^^ lentto wf LS^'^K^' ""^'tl^'^^ ^^ ha. consumed others. Or if h^ sTature Si nn' V? "^'^^^ ^'^^ ^one thither in the er^ct form of manly process Bf'{Tt "^^ T" '"'^ "^^-degrading form of physic^ riXandthat i'wtr ^^V^T'' ^^^ ^" these" matters all was iThaSt on no 1^ %?. hn ^^^ '^'"^r'' ^^*^^« ^^'^^^^"^ ^^ ^^^hin "IS naoitation no lacic. His house may be a stately edifice «tifl h;« apartments splendidly furnished. He may be " cloXdln p^rl^d fine Imen, and fare sumptuously every day." He mav look W. ^ dxstanceof futurity, and^anticipate no^va^t ; and cS mttSs Ves? dfi^TTT.*^" ""^r ^ ^^e^^^^al' without reflection or co^^^^^^^^^ a^s ociated from aU of immateriality, and immortaUty^SZsi' St ^K .ffr^l' ^' ^^"^^ ^^* matter much. B^hTsXus: of theTaJl"^d\'X^^^^ ?^ J"r"^"^' "^^- «^^-« shaU ly o^? ot tne wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it "—and tl ttrP^^^''^?' " ^^^ *« ^^ thatbuildeth a houle with bW and stabishes an habitation by iniquity." His costly ra^ii?!?S' the Set of 'r'"" "^- *'t, ^*-^« '^ ^ vocati^n'wMc&s'^^^^^^ ifheSl! heir covering," and has rendered bedless aud ungarn- inn ^he apartments of the wretched. How different from theS- Sousnlfth"^'/ the honest labourer! The honesty, theclearfon- scfousness, the mdependauce, aod the peacQ pf this mm, are mxlbZ^ r '"T*"tiaifcidiiriMt- iflf TEMPERANCE^ ADDRESS* with which the rumseller cannot clothe himself. For he cats t!ic bread of the hungry, he wears the rai"ient of the naked, and he oc- cuDies the habitation of the houselcBS— i/ so 6«,that these appendages, arc the fruits obtaivied from the sale of ardent spirits, to those of soci- ety, whose earnings, had they been properly applied, would have fur- nished their own families with the necessaries or comforts of life ; but^ being spent in the dramshop, doomed those dependant upon them tof wretchedness and want. , Sir, did you ever know these dramshop-keepers observe faimly prayAr ? and thus to pray for the blessing of God upon their employ- ment! You might as well look for acceptable prayer m the Court of the Inquisition— I had as well say in the place where the rich glutton prayed, but prayed to no saving effectr-for though you may find many a grogseller who knows he ought to pray, yet his daily checks of conscience, and his daily perseverance m his impro- ner caUing deter him from the performance of this duty. How can he pray while he has his banner hoisted for the purpose of decoying the unwary? o n ^ • a ^^.a ;« The Apostle says that « every creature cf God is good, and is to be received with thanksgiving and prayer." But on this injunc- tion I found a case. I suppose that a drunkard maker, receives to day, enough of cash, to furnish his family with necessaries for to morrow, and which is a supposition by no means isolated or remon- tic, that he knows that cash has been received from hands, which should have either transferred it, for the purpose of paying honest debts, or supplying the pressing wants of his own fam»ly;-;*»^«;^**"^ cash should have gone to purchase food for the man's children, or some article of clothing for his wife-yet with tnis cash tjje rumsel- ler spreads his table with some of th- good creatures of God which are fit for food. Cati he,.-ye9, Sir, I ^k, can ^e partake of them either with scriptural thanksgiving or prayer ? He cannot •' WhJ^ Sir, in such a case he must thank God that he is eating the very morsel which leaves another to starve-pray that the providence of God may incUne customers to perpetuate their visits to h« dram shop, as the husbandman prays that the Lord would « reserve to him the appointed weeks of the harvesf'-.for when the employment is a lawful one to pray for prosperity, is a duty bindmg on man. But for a rumseller to pray is to implore the Deity to interpose for the spread of drunkenness over the land-to aid m the violation of lua oVn laws-to send down His blessing upon that, on which He has stamped, the weight of the prophetic "woe." Hence a d^^^elter can n^er with Scriptural consistency, offer up that comprehensive petition whioh our blessed Lord has taught us « give us day by day our daily bread." ^ ^ t. ii.„- «,a odi We M-e commanded, Sir, that whatever we do *' whether we e^ I 1 T I TEMPERANCE ADDRESS. If ov (Iriuk, we are to do uU to the glory of God." I remember, Sir, in the courc j of my life hearing the following anecdote. It was of « lady, who hod said that she would never believe there w.'w any hann in playing cards. A pious minister said to her, madam, you should deliberately and advisedly do nothing tliat is not for tho glory of God — and what is for the glory of God you may well desire to be found doing and praying over on your dying pillow. Could you .then, think you, make up your mind to be found by death with a pack of cards in your hands — and can you suppose Uiat in such so^ lemn circumstances you could lift up your heart ( » God in prayer, ftnd thank Him that you were Uiereby bringing glory to His name ? His appeal, it is said, led to that lady's conviction, ^at time, to say the least, might be much better employed, Sir, I am no advocate for card playing — I view it as an evil in its consequences, if not in itself; but if the conscience of that lady would not admit of the pos- sibility of playing a hand of cards for the glory of God— how can the rum seller ask a blessing over the foe' which spreads his table, when that food is obtained under the circumstances ab-^ve stated ? Who then can wonder that the Lord should pronounce His woe upon such as these. The woe of God often resta upon the person of the unholy traf- ficker. The man that deals in the retail of rum has much reason to fear that the monster will turn upon himself. A gentleman who has the means of knowing stated at a temperance meeting in this town- ship, that of six rumsellers he knew but one who had gone, to his account, that had not been slain by his own weapon, or in other words had not died an intemperate man. The other five had fallen victims to their own traffic. Sir, it is said, that when by the dire decree of the King of Babylon, the three holy children were cast into the burning fiery furnace, " Because the King's commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the fl^me of the fire slew those n^en that took up Shadrach, Meshacb, and Abednego." And it often happens— yes, it often happens, that so urgent are the appliance^ of the rumseller for the purpose of bringing victims tq his not less fiery ftirnace— and because this liquid furnace is so rag- ing hot with the fires of alcohol, that the vender is Jiiniself not merely singed, and badly toq, but utterly consumed. Sir, have you never known a grogseller die a drunkard ? I might with a greater show of reason ask, did you ever know a dramseller die a sober man ? They walk u^wn the train themselves, which they have laid for others— and often the mine explodes (though they had not designed it) beneath their feet— and they are wafted into the vortex of intemperance, and thus, in them is fulfilled that scripture " They have sank down into the pit which they have made, in the net which they hid, is their own foot taken,, the wicked is gnar^d in the works of his own hands." iiWihite i w,tf_*? ««W|P«i*a^MifMpw« mm9t$t m -m l"- »e TEUPERANVE AbPTtf^flS. I oft, Sir, feci pity for the family of the retailer of ardent spirits. I have no doubt but tliat the wives and the families of many of them would hail with gladness the day in which the head rf tho fannly . abundoned his unhallowed avocation. The keen eye of the wife al ready sees, and her sensitive heart fe^ls too, that domestic misery, as well as persor.al ruin, falling upon her husband, and by his ex- ample on her sons, is advancing from the distance in fearful, omin- ous haste. She knows too, that her husbartti as a grogseller, has not that respect from the most valuable jjortions of society, to which he would be entitled, and wo ild receive, did he follow a more laudable calling. She feels herself lowered, by his standing, beneath her pro- per level — and her sensitive and right feeling bosom pants with strong desire to have the cause removed. Children too, in many instances feel it— and Sir, well they may, for I eould, as bearing on this subject many "a tale unfold, whose lightest word would harrow up their soul, and make tlioir young blood freeze." I will mention one,— it came under my own observation, with re- fard to the consequences upon thechildrti—and all besides, I have card from good autiiorliy. A rumsellcr in * * * * * had amassed a considerable sum of money by his unholy employment. He thought he had rais- ed himself above want for all time to come, and would have i com- petency for his family. He retired from his vocation, not because he saw its evil, but more probably gratified by what he deemed his good fortune. The only thing connected with his billing which bore tho semblr ice of good, was, he gave his two sons a.? excellent edu- cation. But even this, as the sequel proved, was under the denoun- cing^ woe of God. Their education was the prieo of ill-gotten gain, ancT it was therefore unsanctlfied. His eldest son was sent to the parent country to study for the medical profession. He^was talent- ed, as a man, and also as one of the healing art. But, Sir, he had imbibed the love of ardent spirits. I have myself seen that man,— bland and open in his manner,— gentlemanly in his deportment, who, had he had sobriety of habits, might have mingled with the first class of society,— without a shoe on his feet, or scarcely a stocking on his leg-'-a raving maniac. I have been melted to tears, and carried n way Irresistibly by laughter, when I have heard that man playing OU t'iit?. pr«ssions of an auditory (gathered aro\ind him in the public vti-' ,-.) \y highe^u bursts of eloquence in his moments of hallucina- tion— azid their those intellectual powers which he had impaired by the use of strong drink would at once fail him, and he would stare as vacantly as an idiot. His flight of intellect on the one hand showing what nature and education had designed him for, and his semblance on the other band to idiocy, proving that strong drink demolishes the citadel of reason,— and levels the proud distinction of TEMPERANCE ADI>RESS. %\ »iian-~interpose3 an impaspible barrier in his onward way to fume-^r- scatters ever)* comfort which habitn of temperance secure— and ef- fects the feiuful gulherbg of all that can embitter life, around the destiny of man 1 ! The second son of the above grogscller was also a young man of no ordinary ability ; but rum seized iuni too as its victim. He also through the mere effect of liquor, became deranged in his mind, and at last with all his taleut was unable to obtain a situation. Ab- staining tor a time from the use of ardent spirits, the balance of roason was restored— but still, ho had so sunk in public estimation, that he could find no em.ployment. All confidence in him was losi. Driven by the lashings of lii.-^ conscience; and suffering under extreme destitutioa of circumstances he had reached tlie very precipice of suicide. I have, sir, the happiness to reflect that from this fearful crisis I had the opportunity of Moving him. I received a note from him one morning, beautifully written, and neatly expressed, the ob- ject of which wn4, to induce me to use my influence with the princi- pal merchant of the place, for a situation. I kne>v that merchant would oblige .inc in any way he consistently could, yet in tliis case I feared my application would be a failure. Contrary to my expecta- tion however, I succet d«'d ; and on apprising the unfortunate young man of the result, he wrott> me a second , tote, telling me, after many expressicii^ of gratitude, that goaded by desperation, Jiad I failed, hi" purpose was fixed, to take his own life! and thus, undei circum- stances the most appalling to leave a world in which, by his habits of inebriety, he had made himself wretched. The father died, a poor man, and thus rested the "woe," upon his person, property, and pos- terity. This is but one cas'j, among many of the same kind, furnish- ed on the page of l;uman life. I have named this, because of its having passed under mv own observation. Many instances of do- mestic, and personal ruin I could name : but the one above speaks volumes, and may well be the representative of others. This is one awful proof that the consequences, of rumselling, extend far, and sink deep. Sir, I come now to the conclusion. I am aware that I have us«d strong expression, but the awful nature of the case requires it. I wish to be undei-stood, as drawing a line of distinction between the grogseller, and his occupation. No one personal case has b^en se- lected for the purpose of individual exposure. By no motive, aside from that of sincere desire for the welfare of those, following the o( cupation have I assailed, have been actuated. Neither would I be understood, as supposing that in all cases, where the pernicious beverage is vended, there is merited the same amount of consui* Yet, in^no case can the sale of ardent spirits be justified. The arti- cle' itself is not ncceg';ary, to say the least, as a liquid for common use. ■n^X S2 TEMPERANCE ADDRESS. Wherever it is sold, there is danger, both to the retailer and the con- sumer. If necessary as a medicine, to medicinal purposes, let it be restricted—if not even in this use of it, required— let it be banished from the land. Taverns, or places for the accommodation, and refresh- ment of travellers, cannot be well dispensed with, but the sale of aMent spirits is not needed for their support. Tavern keepers should be generally, and well supported, but let them be sustained on temperance principles. No traveller should avail hunself of the shelter of an inn, and the use of its fire, without laying out some- thmg, as a remuneration. It is easy to say, you must keep a temperance inn, but this will not suffice, thp money used to be expended in grog should be expended in tea, coffee, or something else, which shall enable the proprietor to keep up a respectable estabhshment. If not else to be accomplished, let the pr>e for beds and breakfasts, &c. ^ 3 doubled rather than sell the ar ,icle that intoxicates, and even then the traveller would be benefitted, while the tavern keeper would be subject to less fatigue, and what is in- finitely better, would be exempted from those accusations of con- science which, unless he be destitute of the feelings of humanity he must sometimes painfully feel. Things would soon find their proper level, a competent number of taverns would be sustained ^nd those groggeries against which I principally aim my condem- nation, those nuisances, and nurseries of vice, which spread a mo- ral pestilence around them, would disappear as ^ilague spots from the bnd. My view is this, if taverns cannot be supported unless by the sale of ardent spirits— presenting a perpetual temptation to the traveUer and society located near them— let them fall— for no evils can result equal to drunkenness from their extinction. But this need not be, they should be kept up, they can be kept up— and no traveller can justifiably complain when called upon to pay |}is portion for that purpose. • • s ■ I