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of th e claimed portion of liberty which the made out it must be something or somewhere
L IV IN G S T O N .
signer
Wpuld resign hy the proposed ex­ thereabout.
T h e first Society formed in this town upon
'Devoted exclusively to the Temperance cause.
1 would here rem ark that in the tedious
change? And again, is (Iiis claimed portion
'Is published every Thursday morning, J>y the E x­ the W ashingtonian plan, was organized on o flib erty sustained by evidence of legal title labor of duly assigning causes to their .appro­
ecutive Committee of the Columbia County'Washing­ T hursday last, in. Jam es Richmond’s D is­ alone? Or can the claim ant show any good priate effects, man m ay be liable to err,
ton Temperance Society, under the immediate super­
vision of a Sub-committee, composed of the following trict. T he following are the officers for the title to-this portion of local liberty clearly through lack of ability to fully comprehend
named gentlem en: J a m e s M ’G i f f e r t , J o h n S . ensuirig y e a r :
sanctioned by the law of natural and rea­ the relative influences o f the remote and .ap­
G o u l d , W a r r e n R o c k w e l l , C a r l o G r e e n , and
sonable justice, between man and m a n ? — proximate causes which unitedly protjuce.efJA M E S R IC H M O N D , President.
J . R . S. V an F l e e t .
T h e la^r of natural justice, however d im - , fects. As every event is produced bv a p e ­
T e r m s .—One dollar per annum payable in advance.
D r. T R IM B L E , Vice President.
ly impressed upon the human conscience, ries of causes, it is in m any cases difficult to
A limited number of Advertisements, of an approR e n s . L i v i n g s t o n , R ec. Secretary.
«rd character,,will be inserted at the usual rates.
is, perhaps, a far mote valuable and influ­ select the chief cause frotn its associates, and
Address J . R. S. V a n V l e e t , Hudson, Cplumbia
ential,guide to man than the written statutes we sometimes mistake the disguised aid-deS t e p h e n P o t t s , Cor. Secretary.
•County, N. Y.,ppstage paid.
Upon assuming the - C hair, E sq. R i c h ­ of all civilized nations are, which have been camp forlhe cotntnander-in-chiefof the host.
so often carefully corrected and revised by And it is thus with our affairs, of crim ination
From the N. Y . Temperance Journal.
m o n d made the following rem arks:
the united wisdom of learned and judicious and recrimination, on the use intoxicating li­
SE Q U E L TO T H E RUM MANIAC*
I n meeting the call with which you honor legislate!*,
quor. Though I believe the people are w ell
BY JO SEPH ALLISON.
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me, it is with very agreeable emotions o f re­ ' Legislative enactments that sanction wrongs agreed in opinion that much injustice, m ise­
T he ingrmug.dawned, and there haljyt.
trospection I remark that the fate Gen. S a m ­ which cahnol be prevented hy law, often be­ ry and crim e is evidently produced in the
Upon his couch, calm and peaceful!
Now,no frightful visions lidunt his
uel T en Broeck, was. 1 believe, the first P re ­ come causes o f injustice and crim e; and State by intoxicating liquor, and yet in com ­
Troubled bruin to drive him mad.
sident o f a Tem perance Society ever formed sometimes mislead many who regard statute paring opinions on tbe associate causes there­
No fancied furies lash him with
in tbis town, who like’Satnuel of old w as a law as a valuable standard of right.
of we find a great diversity of sentim ents frT heir scorpion whip, nor demons
“ a good, rnan” and a patriot!—An active
B u t these evils must be expected, and in m ongus.
Hold their fearful revela, round
H is peaceful bed.
patriot, who in the vigor o f manhood led his m aov cases are unavoidable, legislative wis­
F or one says it is the Clergy who ate .the
They gathered
patriotic band to the field o f victory in the day dom and power cannot ptevent men, in some cause, by giving winc io their church m em ­
In th at silent room, one by ono,
of his country’s danger— he, iri honored old cases lf.o(rt overrating, and in other cases bers.
Another says the Clergy adm in­
His wronged,yet uncomplaining
age deemed it expedient to sign the tem per­ from underrating the utility, wisdom and ef­ ister wine as a sacrament and npt.as a bever­
F am ily; witn fairy step they
ance pledge and serve as President of a T e m ­ ficacy of natural laws. Now it is not pre­ age ; but. our Legislators are the cause-r-they
Trod the darkened chamber, lest
Perchance, they might wake him from Ids
perance Society in the town of Livingston. tended thSt the nominal liberty of using in­ allow intoxicating liquot to be made and sold
Calm, sweet sleep, and rouse once more the
At the first meeting, among other tilings lie toxicating liquors to excess is unauthorized in the State. Another says pur Legislators
R avingsof histroubled bruin.
sa id : I think the signers o f the declaration by la w ; for one, I fully admit that the exer­ in this,leave the citizens free to decide w heth­
The sun had slowly crept to bis
of independence acted very efficiently in sub­ cise of this, nominal liberty of using intoxica­ er it is good to use it or not. B ut our distil­
Meridian height, ahd shone
W ith peerless splendor on the world beneath:.
scribing tbeir names to it—it was an act of ting liquorto excess Is fu lly authorized by tlte lers, merchants, and retailers are the cause,
One golden my, darting across
exem plary decision which subsequently had laws oi’the State,.and that we have tt legal for they sell this liquor to their customers.—
T h e sleeper's lace awoke him from
a very beneficial effect throughout the Union a'nd nominal liberty to thus use intoxicating Another says some of these compel custom­
H is calm repose, to-conseiousaess
and during the period o f our revolutionary liquor; aod it m ay be further admitted that ers to buy or use it, B u i freeholders and
And reason.
struggle.
we hove a nominal and legal liberty in the employers are the cause they buy and giye
There stood his anxious
Wife, gazing in sorrow on the
- The-rem oie consequences of experimental S late of New-York to entice, nnd artfully it to persons in their employment and thus
W reck ofbim her heart once loved,
measures are seldom clearly foreseen by man. and wilfully influence the confiding, free and effectually cultivate a fatal thirst for the use
Yes loved him still, though lie had
In conformity to custom* I have long witnes­ intelligent citizens or inhabitants of litis of intoxicating liquor. Another says thesa
Fallen from his high estate,
sed in silence the general effecls of the use S late to use'Intoxicating liquor, to watch its employers only provide the liquor for their
Had blasted ail her early hopes,
And oft had .caused the blush o f shame
of spirituous liquors, even for m any years af­ effects from tim e to time, and on perceiving men because ibey expect and require it.—
, To mantle.on her pallid cheek.
ter I became satisfied that the custom was thiist for liquor to increase, we have this lib­ But temperate drinkers are the cause; ternSupporting that pale mother, with ’
dangerously and importantly wrong, I silent­ erty to persuade them to use more, to assure perte drinkers guide the wholeband ofdrunkH er fond circling arms, was there
ly complied to the then feeble custom of the them it will do them good and no harm ; we ards on the road to misery, mischief and
H isOnlydaughter: health,beauty
Play upon her rosy cheek,and
tim es.
have the nominal and legal liberty to contin­ crime. Tem perate drinkers, who by exam ­
On her high and noble forehead
Iu my younger days it w as made by Af­ ue such peisuasions until we w ilfully bring ple, of all others have the most influence over
P art the flaxen ringlets, curling
rican slaves and administeied to them care­ them to an e a rly and an untim ely grave. 1 the feelings and actions of the intem perate
A stheyfall:' H er dark blue eyes
fu lly; and lo ihe natives it was sold without adm it all tbis because I deem it true. I, as in the work of encouraging them in their caT urned meekly up to heaven,
Look such ufand look,of holy
,
any restrictions by^trjtders who werq _c,o„ve^ ^oAwJiatiMKL (lo—njlow.lhal we-aU-breve a lec^of trsirrg-TTrttJX'icating liquor until all con­
. .-.TcaderneriaAtMiove,'aii-.thm>gfa >bc r’d>>?reerA, loiis ’hretiT 'an^^ho iia’d more regatd for theit
nominal and' legal liberty to do any act or trol over them is utterly lost. Another says
Pierce the very throne of God. His
own dividends or profits, than for the w el­ series of acts which the law does not either temperate drinkers, so long as they continqe
Mother too was there: aged and
fare or lives ofthe Indians to whom they sold directly or indirectly forbid. Now as I un­ so, set the example not to use liquorto ex­
Feeble, yet she had watched with
Sleepless eye, nor once would leave his
ihe liquors.
derstand our Stare Law s, they leave the cess, but drunkards do no follow it. I t is
Couch, but through the silent vigils
I have seen enough of the effects of liquor nominal liberty of using intoxicating liquor drunkards who are the cause. I t is drunk­
O f the night, and wakeful hours of
during tny long life to convince me that spir­ (or o f not using it) to be exercised according ards who are the real perpetrators of nearly
D ay,a faithful sentinel; she
H ad never left her post,but there
ituous liquors ate generally very injurious in to the discretion ofihe people of the Slate, re­ all the actual crimes committed throughout
Had watched while others slept, and
their effects upon the constitutions of those spectively. and our laws do not decide for us the State. It is tbeir feloneous act? which
T here had prayed while others wept.
who use them to any perceptible, extent. I whether we ought or ought not to provide or overflow our stales prisons—it is their m is­
There, he lay,and yet how altered;
am now far advanced in years and cannot use intoxicating liquor as a beverage; and deeds which fill our poor-houses with in­
Yon who had known him in his youth
W ould scarce have known him now, , "
expect to be with you long, or to say much the legal right to do good or'evil being thus mates and the eyes of afflicted innocence w ith
A s fiercely he gazed aronnd him.
or do much in the cause, but I believe it will left on our hands, what shall we do with this tears. Another says, jn all this, drunkards
W ild and tumultuous thoughts came
be successful, and that the friends of it need portion of assumed liberty? Our legislators act only in obedience to the inherent and con­
Rushing o’erhitn. The memory
not be discouraged; il must be success­ will not take it into their charge, though at trolling influences of liquor by the powers of
O f the past, of what he once was,
And what he was now. T hat deathless
ful, because in whatever light its merits ore Albany Iasi winter about three fourths of the which they ate absolutely governed. T h eiePassion, that not e’en the struggles
im partially viewed, it is seen to be inherent­ legislative members of both houses signed fore, intoxicating liquor is the active and effi-*
O f the previous night cottldconquer,
ly, a just and righteous cause; and though the temperance pledge as citizens, but as L e ­ cient cause of a large portion ofthe iniquity,
Awoke again and kindled once
the number of the professed friends of the gislators they would have nothing to do with injustice, crime, suffering and misfortune
More, the fire of hell within him;
Again he cried aloud for rum ;
cause seem but small at present,, yet'w hen the nominal liberty of using intoxicating li­ which of late years have occurred in the re ­
Again he shrieked from very
am ple means for diffusing correct sentiments quor. But had they deemed it very pre­ forming State of New York. T he fact is inA gonv; “ Wliv am I thuacast.
through the community on th is subject shall cious to themselves, likely so many of them controvertibly sustained by the authority o f
Off o f God 1 W hy does not heaven
be extensively employed, I have no doubt would nol have signed Ilie pledge. Be that an abundance of the mosl credible and a u ­
In mercy spare trie ofthis pain ?
W hy muck at my dread sufferings f
•he custom of using spiritous liquor will soon as it m ay, it is evident that that portion of thentic evidences and official reportson coun­
And can there be another hell ?”
become unpopular, so far as to be generally liberty is still left in our charge. How should ty and stale prison affairs, from which it a p ­
H e paused and with a mighty
discontinued throughout the. State. In thus vve, the inhabitants of old Colum bia, regard pears in proof, that at least nine-tenths o fth e
Effort curbed the rising passion t
citing the opinionsof the old General, I think the practical influence of using intoxicating felonious and other crim es which of late
Q uick “ Bring to me the Pledge,’’ he cried—
’’1’was brought—with frantic eagerness
the substance of this citation is nearly cor­ liquors? At the capitol it is shunned as a years have been committed in the S tate
He grasped the pen, as though his life
rect : though it is now impossible to do justice mortal pestilence that moveth in darkness! have been perpetrated through tho influence
Depended on the net—he wrote
to th e e.xact term s in which he exptessed and which cannot be arrested by the combi­ of intoxicating liquor.
With trembling hand his name—-then fell
them, or to remember all he said upon the ned powets of legislative action! And how
E xhaust d on his pillow. They
On comparing the diversities of opinions
Who gathered round him spoke n o t;
subject. T he meeling was held at ihe 2d dis­ is it disposed of by our very numerous, social, entertained on the subject, we m ay feel a t a
W ords could not tell of linff they felt;
trict school Ijouse of the town as. much,as ten political, religious, moral, commercial, lite­ loss, in seeking to duly conjecture whioh o f
T he scalding tenr, the deep sigh, the
or tw elve years ago; and though for a v ari­ rary, or beneyolent societies throughout the them are the most correct. Y e tis il not clear­
Heaving of the. anxious.bosom
,
ety o f reasons not much has since been done Slate. I believe a 11these societies, in major- ly evident thal if alcohol is indeed the com­
Tell ol their warm, heartfelt rupture.
At length Iiis mother’s voice broke on
in the town for the cause; yet (I believe) ly, have signed the. pledge and thus relin­ manding general of the inleroperele host,
The. stillness of tiie scene,’1He’s saved.
about 400(000 inhabitants of this state have quished the liberty of doing extensive and ir- gettetal alcohol ought to be arrested forthwith
H e’s saved,” with tlirjbbing joy she cried;
subsequently signed the pledge, sim ilar in retrieveable injiretice.throughout the commu­ fot manifest ingratitude in allowing so-many'
Then round iiis bed they knelt and prayed,
substance and in language to the pledge nity by the use of intoxicating liquor; gothou obedient followers, to take op with little else
*As such fond hearts alone can pray.
Oh if there is a scene on earth, On
which he and a few others signed at that and do likewise. O f'm a n y liberties which than hard usage, bad rations and im prison­
W hich angel purity can look,
meeling. Perhaps one of tha causes of our we as a people enjoy, that class of liberties ment, in pay for strict obedience rendered,
N qrblush, nor turn away in loathing
past inactivity may be that some of our towns­ which allow us to do extensive mischief, and hardships endured, and time, m oney and
From the sight, surely it is this.
men seriously apprehend that in sig n in g the injustice, with legal impunity, seem highly health expended strictly according to the a b ­
* The above is not all a 11fancy sketch,” the material •pledge they m ight fa ta lly abridge the limits prized by some who are nevertheless quite
solute orders of tbe G eoeral—A lcohol? .O f
facts as detailed came under the writer’s persouul o f their oion liberty oj action.
economical of any justice which they im ag­ else ought to be arrested for the innum er­
observation.
Now if it is evident that by signing the ine due tolliernselves. T hey can tell us, it is able wrong acts into which veiy m any ot tlja
pledge a man does abridge.his own liberty of quite contrary lo jostiqe for men to spend children of men have been unfortunately
SE E H ERE. D RU N K A RD S!
action to do mischief to him self and others theit own lime and money in frying to reform misled by the fatal influences of Alcohol.—
T here is belonging to the Jeffersonian T e m ­
by the use of intoxicating liquor, is it not e cenain individuals who wiWonly return evil My own opinion is in the affirmative, and is
perance Sociely of W ilmington, an old man
qualiy
evident that ip so doing he extends for good intentions. T hat it is contrary to so expressed by m-y signature on the pledge,
who was a diunknrd till be signed the pledge
justice for temperance lecturers, and otljers, and I believe the most effectual and .eqsy
about five months ago. He formerly suffered the lim its of Itis own liberty and power to
to induce poor laborers lo spend time which known means to remove the custom o f using
much with rheumatism, hut is much relieved benefit himself and others by the practice and
they cannot afioid to loose in hearing arg u ­ intoxicating liquors as a beverage is for us to
by
the
influences
ofthe
exam
ple
of
strict
and
since he left off alcoholic medicine, though he
-continues considerably disabled. T his man scientific temperance? And by the abridge­ ments, on temperance. T h at it is unjust to extensively give the exam ple of signingithe
met us in the street the.other day, and said, ment of his own liberty and power to do evil, wilfully tedttce the gains of industrious and pledge! It was chiefly through the.progres­
“* W hen I signed the pledge, I put aw ay my does he not thereby co-extensively increase honest retailers who desire to make an hon­ sive influences of exam ple that the (u.se pf
his own liberty and power to do good ? Hence est livelihood in business—that iiis unjust to such liquors, in process of time, becam e ,/ex­
•grog money in-silver five and ten cent pieces,
‘and continued to do so until winter cam e on if a m an by signing the pledge extends his interrupt smaii employers who seek to sm art­ tensively mischievous throughout the S ta ie ;
•and I could nol work. Then I began to take .own dominion of desirable liberty -and power en hited men by giving them a little liquor. and it is through the powerful a rg u m e p to f
Now as these ready reckoners have not as counterexam ple that the custpm o f So using
it for m arket money. Il has. lasted me all on the one side as far .as he diminishes it on
winter, qnd Iqst market day I look the last of th® other, does it not of course follow that he yet given their estimate, in sum total, ofthe it can be most effectually subdued. Tlie.qr,the deposit. I have enjoyed more happiness does not thereby ultim ately diminish or de­ injustice which temperance lecturers and gument of signing the pledge Las.W en v e ry
ip the last few months, than I ever did befote preciate bisdominiori bf liberty, either in theit associates have done or caused to be successful in m any parts of the county add
I wouldn’t for any thing go back to m y old Value or .extern? and visa versa. I f the done either here or elsewhere by their labors ofthe State, and 1 know of no -g'ofid reason
•habits.” Come on, drunkards, you that are Uuth ofthis positionds pptdispuied, tlte q u es­ ip the tem perance cause, we adm it the sum why it m ay not also be .successful in the
tion arising frorti it is, w hat is the character m ay be som ething; w henever the sum is
.left,go and do lik e w ise .--Tem p. S tandard
town of Livingston, now or ,at,a m pre conve­
nient season.
The Columbia Washingtonian.