.-3.
. Frederick Richards. dcc’sd. Inquire of Samuel
Published Every Wednesday ltljoipning 1, . . -i
. , Y JAMES REED, at Two’ Dollars Per A'en‘i1"u'm in ‘
- J Advanem
NUMBER 275--NEW
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SERIES.
NORWALK,
CT. W‘E:DNEsjDAY,. FEBRUARY: 25, 1845,
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Village btibscribcrs by Carrier—peryear-.. .$2 00 < Gfo -d__ t 7 ex 9 movvs that it destroys reason and self’ modity umo‘ntr us «know fa.” we”. . V we ‘ -1 Th d
nn . control. Fu'll.tvell he knows how it’ s¢au9,, -9 , at e ruukard went home 8 maniac. He
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Carrier’sdistrict, and who call for their pa-
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Companies of 5 or more receiving their pa- N2“. ysork e-r having -W.“ remmiid from
pcrs by mail, ifpaid in advance__ ____ ____. 1 50 ’ '8 now "l’e‘”"g' ‘md '3 We‘
Rates of Advertisin,-,7.
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lmyifble quarterly. The privilege of yearly ad-
vcrtisers is lttuited to their own immediate busi-
H858.
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Casual advertisements sent to this Office, MUST BE
ACCOMPANIJLD in rat: CASH 1'0 INSURI-I INSBRTION
JOB PRINTING,
o F A L L K ’i N D s ,
Executed at the Gazette ofliee.
News for E8
GEREAT AT'E‘ERA®'?E‘d€BN
FOR THREE WEEKS ONLY,
.55 flee Celciwrrlcil
plain and figured Plaids; Ca.-ihtnere, Crape a
iitere. Brocha. French Cubyle, and other Shawls; Blankets; red and White plain I...”
, .
led and domestic Flamiels; Comforters,
in advance do do--.-. 2 00
DRUG STEPRE
pared to offer on iinttsrually inviting terms a
"".V l8’.L’B and well selected assortntent of
DWRS. Medicines. Chemicals. Pertitiiiery,
Bruslies. Dye Woods and Dye Stuffs. The
entire stock ofihisestahlishmeni has been pur-
fl_alters_ himseifthat no one cati compete with
liipi, either in quality or price, EV-my anicle
will meet with the strictest examination. and no
article of an inferior quality will be ei:her
bought or sold.
_Pl|)’Sician’s Prescriptions “ill re-
CHVE the most careful attention at all hours of
the day and night.
To those who have formerly patronized this
establisltmt-tit. the subscriber renders his sin
(‘ere thanks. and thinks from his late arrange-
ment he will be able to render S%l|i.~‘fa(‘llt,iti to
all those who vi Isl] to buy good articles at low
Jntiiv A. \VEl-It).
l A F'U1$tEu.tL,
Feb; 16-‘, 1845,
BY may. ED'WlN F~:At.i'..-
/Le sciirl, I know not .°
/reaper .7
me from the ground.”
The last S -bhulh morning. one of our fel-
low beings was found by the way side,.§ a
corpse; his face blacl.i-ned and hruist-d; his
burden and his bottle ly his side. His liab-
llS. ll]? hillltils in which he hfld Spent the
pruviotis i-v'»-hing, and the ardent Spirits
which were testifi-d to have b.-en sold him
cans»-d by inebrizitioti and subsequent expos-
ore to cold. The exposure alone, was noth-
itig: he was destroyed bv rum.
When called to "alto-nil his font-ral, my
heart was distressed as I looked on the life-
i
Anton}: Wlticll will be
iitl Muslinc tle'L.atnes: Dress Silks; 03.4,. 3-
Gloves, Hosiery : men’s. boys’, and In (
fl
us. who would by one word or |on|,»_ do
i AVING the interests of my friends always al hear,‘ and being dQSi,.o,,g of .
, sint-er.ity by some tangible demonstration. in rettirn for the liberal ialriomz iirzvlnfg "iv
bestowed ttpon the by my numerous customers durino the past year (and fiir vi-hicg i‘.:'||rett-‘Y
this occasion to proffer tlietii my heartfelt lltilnlte) I p’r°npnse J" me ensuing three week ', ta qt:
the remainder of my large slack of Fall and Win(ei"Goo(/3 at cost. _ I S in Se I
l"”"'l ‘Pf B"°3‘1°'°“'5s 3 ltantlsvtne =tI~‘-‘ortme-tit‘: Pilot. and Beaver-Cloths ilain and
fancy Cassimeres; l'anc_v and plain Sattinetts; Merinoes, French ari’tl[Enoligh
lo-ss body, and thottg ht how he was out nfl in
the ntitlst of his days; -his soul, call.-d,.'_bV
such a death,-—intn the prt-sencv of his God
I saw the distress of his kindred, thus railed
suddenly to bi-ar. besides the sorrow of M
common bereav-me-nt, an-additi-tnal anguish
almost too much for the lllltltfin hf‘.'i'l‘l to on.
dure. L-teach one try to bring this matter
home ,—lc-t the wife. the child, -the brother.
the sister, try to iniagine how (/1921 would
feel, should they he called to look iipon the
Q .
dead body ofa htisband, it father. or br0ih,.,_ -d town is much worse than the average of
perished under such c'r<~titnst:inc--s. in the-
snow and colil of an inclemeiit night, by the-
wav side. '
endure this, than for that bereaved circle of '
It would he no harder for you to
kindred and friends. _
\V.- all feel for them it kinrl respect, and
deep C0."|')fY|lRPi'flIlOl'l ’l‘h.-ru is no one of
be-
Having endeavoretl, at the fune-
ught to increase the 8nLTl)lSl‘l of thpir
ea vcttient.
ral, to administer the stinporis and cottsola- go-s to pieces or that goes down quick foun-
tinns of the Gospel to (Item, I could not
feel that another duty reiuaint-rl; and that strayed by ruin. falls bv a violent
il
nothr-r funeral sermon was to he preached,
-——not to the mourners. but to the people, of
he community where these things occurt'ed.
It was required of the children of Israel.
Dent. xxi :) that if one wen» fotind slain ly-
fatits’ Cups, and many other articles which I shall make it for the interest of my friends ,,, ing in me fie]d 5, it were um |m,,,..n who hm;
purchase.
Tlierefore. one and all. whether for Polk or for Clay—wlietlier in favor of Texas Amzca: (-
I , ‘
‘alien. or Oregon Immigration), come without (lt:l:1V to the Bfltine 3",... .,,.h,,,,, you “ in
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Find Goods at prices astouistiinvg tti..\mu.r-si¢.~lves, as well, a.-.to- -n.-‘,..‘.,,_.,,,,;,,,,,, 0,,“ ,,m_M.-‘M ,w,," l
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look with wonder upon the success wliich rewards the unliring exertions oi the sit!»-t-rilier fur
the gztud of his t.-tistoniers.
Norwalk, January 8, 1845.
meut received this day at
C"r0‘clwr;t/.
L. Ci.Ai1_t§_’s.
A_FitJt-. assort
. .,- A Farm for sale;
_,_ Containing about 60 acres well pro-
, portioned intotneadow, plow pasture
and tvood land. Also, about 20
acres of wood and pasture land lying about half
a mile from the above. On the first men-
tioned premises; there is a large two story dwel-
ling House. wagon liotlse, barn, and a well of
good water tiear the door. together with a never
failing stream which runs through and waters
the farm. T’hl_s property is situated in the east
part ofNew Canaan. about 5 miles from Nor-
walk, landing, and belongs to the estate of,
L. Richards. liviugon the premises. or of
, DARIUS S1‘. JOHN, Administrator.
New Canaan. Dec. 30. 1344.
FOR SAI.iE—-A_t Public Auction
on Saturday the 15th of February
next. on the premises. at 1 o’clock,
P. M. a House and 6 acres of land,
situated in New Canaan. near the Four Corners
on what is called Clapboard Hill Road, leading
to‘. and about three miles from Norwalk. Said
properly belongs to the estate ofLyman Brown.
DARIUS ST Jena. Trustee.
New Canaan. Dec. 31. 1844.
Valuable Farms !
NE Farm containing about 44 acres, late
the residence of John Jas'. Lambert, with
a good Dwelling House. Barn. Corn House and
other otit bui'.dings,—two wells of -tvatcr—a va-
riety of Fruit Trees. dcc. ,
Also; one Tractofubout 14 acres of Wood
and Pasture Land, _ ' ‘
Also: one Tract of about 21 acres situated
north oftiie Episcopal Church on the east side
of the Danbuiy -Road.
Also; one Farm of about 37 acres south east
oftlie Episcopal burying ground._ . .
L Each ofthe above contain a portion of Wood‘
‘ d.
’ iixnlso; a large Dwelling House with about
two and a halfacres of land near the house of
Dr.vWillard.
For partictila
at
rs, en‘quire ofT. B. Butler Esq.
of Norwalk, or ofihe subscriber near the premi-
ses- . SAMUEL F LAMBERT.
“ Wilton, Nov. 5, I844. 4
For r-7V'cw York.
‘I._\ WINTER Arrangement
. —The sloop Julia, Capt. Grum-
man,will leave the landing at Five
Mile River. on Tuesday Jan. 7th
1845 andagain on Thursday January 17th and
will izontinue to make her Trips in about 10
days until further notice. W C SAMMIS.
For - ’t.N'cui’7 York. I
, Tho 5|oops Nlary A. Selleck
, and Domestic, viqll leave the dock
‘@ ‘y. West side the Bridge. alternately-
every ,p,,e3day, and New York
every Thursday or Friday,.u_ntil further notice»
N.irwalk..Dét-.1844, ' ,N-,SE,LL|"ICK-
]-)»ERI:‘_U1lI,BBY.—The chcapiest lot of
perfumery fancy articles écc. ever before 2
c'tioi.wuLt. J. GRUMAN.
N. Y. & Harlem Railroad.
THIS Road was opened for travel on the
28th ofOctober to White Plains.a dis-
tauce of 2651, miles. The \Vesicliester trains
Leaving City Hall for Harlem, (l25th street)
Morrisana. Fortllia:n,\Nilliain’s Bridge, Under.
hill’s Road,Tuckahoe. Hart's Corners. A-.\Vhite
Plains—7g. A M 10,} A M 1 P M 3; P t\'l.’
Leave White Plains for City Hall—3 A M
11AMl._l,Pl\l4P.M.
The Westchestertrains will stop only after
leaving the City Hall at the corner of Broome
st. and the Bowery. Vauxhall Garden and 27th
st. An extra car will precede each train 10
minutes before the time ofstarting from the City
Ilalland will take tip passengers alongthe line.
IIa'rlcm.—-Extra trains for Harlem and inter-
mediate places: .
L’ve Cityi-lall for Harlem-Harlem for CityHa|l
9 A M S A M
10 A M 10 A M.
2, I’ M II A M
4 30 P M 3' P M
5 30? M
White Plains‘ Nov. 12 1844. 46
ENTAL Surgery.-—A. H ill, Dental
Surgeon, tillers his services to the public
in every departmentof'Dciital Surgerv.
Office as heretofore, in l3urrall'sBuiltlings.
Referencss-—J A. M'Lean. M.D; Ira Greg
lry, M. D; lion. '1‘. B. Butler; Hon.Ben_j.
nstiacs; Kev.Dr Mead; Rev Edwin Hall; Rev
G N. Siitith.Norzcalk. Nehcmi:thPcrry,M.D.
Ridgcficld. R . B. Bottsfo rd , M. D..Da‘n.l)u.'r:t/i.
tMr.Howolfl't3.ritlg'c-rs Colchcster. Wm Witter,
M. D . flllflflllaflllc. C t . .
Farms, For Sale.
NE Farm coutaiiiitig about 36 acres with
a dwelling house, tnilk house. two barns
and a well ofexcelletit water.
Also. one farm north ofthe above-,containing
about 60 acres.
The above farms are about 5 miles from
Nortvalk, west of the river. and divided from
each other by the road leading from \Vilton to
5 New Canaan. On each is a large proportion
of \Vuorl Land. , _
Also, about 10 acres of Land on which is a
fine growth of Maples, situated in the great
Swamp, near the house ef Mrs Hannah Brown
Also. about 3 acres of ext.-llent Land north
of ihelate Zatlock Raymond de/ceased.
Enquire of SAM'1. F. LAMBERT, Executor..
Wilton, September 17. 1544. 3
Childrens’ Trusses. for sale at BISSELLS.
—-
bariel or at retail by STREET 66 CAMP.
I1
lttin him, then the elders and judges.._§_h_otild
ome forth and measure to see what city iv.-is
II
GENESIS iv: ' ix--x._..__--A-nd the Lord said
unto Cain, where is Abel thy blrol/tier? And
Am I my b-rol}ie’r’.i"
Aml He said. wlmt /last t/‘tow. done ?
The voice of thy b7'ollter’s blood criellt. unto
in violation ol_law.—-all these circuiitstanc.-s [3 lids. in 8 dtttnltttn (lrbttuch On the Sttb‘
|.,{i no mum {or doubt “,3, his d,.,,.h ,,.,,s bah: one perish.-d near his boat, with his
ho le by his side: one drunken. fell from
but deting in the waves. So, not every man de-
d4"3Ih -
You may see one with stoopin¢_r,' shuffling
P°ll°"Y- dis‘-Tt:'SS. sickness, and crinte around
it: how it fills the aims-houses and pris-
"'“.~i._... knlf,.lnlI?SLr. - . .
- . - I 1‘ .
t’S'l.lpOll‘ the innocent. wie.e5.."l.Ii;i.’ng;s.,l,’, ""5305
' " run
lftl'l'3t‘i3'1’t'ea, how it indirectly cuts short this
do of thousands tipon thous-tnds, and how
it ,i_t‘in=gs thousands more to a violent end.
.I tiow distinctly call to mind ez';.«,r/it victims
Ofllltls l=‘SlCl=1SS. in Norwalk, tvil.hin——if I
mistake not,—the lastseven years. You will
call the iustiinct-s to mind by this dvscription :
Poe burnt to death: one fallen into a well
inn drunken debauch on the Sabbath, and
hi! blood spatte-red over the stones: one
_u to in his in-briation ti-stroyi-d by fire:
on who b--longed lrtt-re and who obtained his
run l'N‘l‘€-—lU a fit of flt'lit‘llln) threw him-
svf into a well in aucighboring town," and
died: one perish-_-d in-the water’ near the
know that if that traffic is contintierl, in all
probability as many lives will be (Inst;-oped
Ellie next seven years, as there have been? in
eseven years past: it not so many violent
f {l,$,§ll),,Sn,}’,gt_,a§,g‘r3at a destruction of life on
brief anticipation gt9i.'f.".."i'3',,‘,Ei,,‘l.,e",'E,l'_!,,,l§:9lnl.Y. it
Nttw lf there be any (l’Lf(-"rice against the
moral guilt of{iti'Uiu')r:R, it cannot T-1ra.\,_]st in
the f:l£ll:ll)lt§SSflPSS of the C0Illlf.I0llIl!S_\’: — rrioi-.‘24j.
tot e igtioren-ce"ofthe vcrrdcr, at i anti”
ivhere-J,_th:it defence mus‘. lie in the voluntari-
ness 0 the victim ,' in the fact that the ven-
d+'-r do--s not compel him to buy. nor compel
him to drink; nor ‘d_oi-she destgn o_t' deszre
ll1t";dPlll.ll ol the victitn. All this is true.
Still he knows the iionsequences. and-never
thelcss (lO('S that for money, which he knows
will produce thes:-. results, ‘What principle
of the Law of God holds hitn l‘eSp0nS}lJl("
now ? ' ~
I. At the very least, he is a partner in the
hié boat into the river and pr-risherlnt-ar the
Vll-'t$.!'t'Z and this last, after having his fam-
blrclcr.-ned, and other ltldiglfllllt-‘S inflicted
uplin him which notie are apt to inflict I‘pon
.-i f_;llotv man save when they know him to b»-
drtnk, sent offto pt-risli by the liighwtiv.
’l'l‘.'l)$ we average, here in ‘Nora-alk.i more
tliiin one such violent death by drtinkenness,
:i year! If we allow. 400,0, "inhabitants to
Nltrwalk, (it is sortie-thing less sitit'r-'thPt'=rPc-
'lo._fl nfiltte new town of \tVt-stport.) and stip-
pofte twenty millions of people in the Utiite-d
Stéttcs, this would give 57l4 instances of Tl/J
Ierlt «leaf/L from inlorvicltliizg rlrim’i's in these-
United States, every year. Ifthts old lavor-
tho whole cotintry,it is indeed a cause oflatii-
entgttion and Slmrne! yet it is said-—
—-and said l.l'Uly—-llial tho Qrt‘-alPr part of
be business of our .S‘f;72f(’(!7l. bnrnitgh groc-
lzops comes from abroad! If so, they S('fl(l
abroad also the greater part of the tTilSCl'll"-l-
But these violont (it-alhs are a small mat-
ter in the PSl.i.'1l8l.P of the rit-sriuctinn of life
bv this cause. It is no’. everv ship lost at
sea that breakskvioli-ntly on the rocks and
.\
gai[,——\vilh swollen cheeks and blood-shot
(-I\'ir'S,——I'llS mind and body both rt-dticcd to
imbecilitv--his substatcc gone to fPf’d his
apt .-tiia.'.. wending his way to the grog shop,
with difficulty hearing some httrden of what
hotild have furnished him with d tily bread.
You may see another with pltI1|tl6‘f'I,C“ll'l’.)Ul1'
Q
fore the more guilty of Hie two.
crime. It the other isijxgutlty of st-If-murder,
this man has sold hitnselfto aid in the pro-
curetiient of that end. N»-iilter intendcd the
murder directly: bith knew the consequen-
ces: the one did it to quench his burning
appetite-; the other more cool and ca_lculati‘ug
.lid it for g-till. If the dtunliard is innoct-ht
in SP” tnurd--r. so isthe veuder lllnflcelll.‘-i
At the very low:-st estiipate, the guilt is the
sitiie. If the drtinktitdshall not inherit the
kingdom ofGod, what pl Ice and portion must’
lie expo-ct who for mom-y—for a paltry three
cents. or six cents gain, put his bottle to his
broth-2: and'ttiade hitu drunlgt-n_? A
i’ 2. T/re -rumsel/er is the tem,pte7.+uid there
~. The rum-
sell--r thinks it a (It‘ft‘fICt' to inquire like Cain
‘Am I my lJl'0l/l€7"S /seeper .7’ in the p_t't:'senl
lflFl.tHlC(.‘. you are, so far as to be responsible
at the bar of God, lst, God requires of you
a duty, which in the present instance you.
fl'O'l‘ iiere mercenary motives, forbear to
render; and 2f you take advantage of your
tie-i,glibor's folly or app:-tile, or infirmity, to
tempt him to evil, and to,_otish him into de
struction.
1. Go/l req-ui-res of ginu a. dutygw/ticlt you ,
lorbear (0 retailer; and _/brbectr from base,
rrzercg/2a.ry -nwlivcs.
'Fhe forbearance of such acts of love, kind-
ness. or compassion, cannot be punished by
human laws. It would not be safe for hu-
man laws to attempt to exact (l_|.ll.lt'S,0l' impose
penalties wliich they cannot pr~(‘lS=fl_V Cl:'f‘lllP
and limit. But the forbearance ufsttcb du.
ties is rendered criminal by the law of God,
and if so, than doubtless criminal accotding
to the 8g_‘Zl'aVdll(Hl of the case.
ll?-'5 be-fin wont to do so.
3;. .::;::t’: :::-:1‘. *::,": ‘<:=.:-it
furiate he ‘re-W Him) ‘ mi. ' 9 mm’? m
irot.—--slam?-ted it etiieiiel-I * "’°‘T”’*" °‘
whey? $‘h;u<ldLn(r)JW?1:;eS his wife as_sha stood
'-.---- ---- ~ _ I , 'iBc v9i’t‘n mntitfncg
you do not strike me with that, it will kill
mel“ I mean to kill you, cried the monster.
The blow broke first one arm. then the other,
‘I1-they were raised for her def. ncib, ~Blow
‘=““-"c9,¢dt‘-<1 b_low;.till she fell crushed and
blreding on the floor.‘ V-Vho was the litur-
-deter ?_ Was the —gi'oé'et‘ innocent, who saw
-that nergbbor fallen into thisiidestructive vice :-
W_l‘0 lftlrw the d ~riger to which it exposed
his wife: and did him n-ot the mercy that he
would have done to an ox or an ass,—but shel-
“"'”'g hlmst-‘lfunderthe plt-athathis neigh-
l?0t',,tVas coliuilary,/, coolly Scl‘api—‘d- his three
cents into his til:, and sent him i.-,-,me a: ma.-
niac to the comttiission of murder?
But it is more than neglect of duty'o-n the
part of the tuniseller; for
2d. He acts the part of the (em-pler: He
takes advantage of his neighbor's fully or in-
fit-tnity, or appetite to tempt -him to evil, and
to push ‘him to destruction.
Au unnatural appetite has st-izi=tl'tho drunk-'
‘-3 rd. His stomach. his brain, his whole body
is diseased. A raging uncontrolible thirst
overpowers his reason. He will do-What
uo whole sane man will do. He will sell
hisylast rag of clothing: he has been l(nOW[':
to sell the amputated limb of his own parent.
nay the very grave cloth?-S of his child for
rum. The grocer knows it all. That poor
maniac hasperhaps at l'err<_,t,tii signed [ho rem.
petflgpe pt’et‘lgP. His wife and chidreii,
_thoii,_'_th yet in want. have begun once more
lo smile. But the rum s"ller has marked
his victim. He ptirpusr-l_v_ti=mpts his appe-
tite: flwtters ltitn :- provokcs him: assails
now his weakness, ttow his pride: falsi-ly
tnsinuates suspicions ofthe regard entertain-
ed for him by his new temperance friends,
till at last, the poor victim in whose. stbtnach
and veins the burning fever still lingers, is‘
prevailed upon to taste. His vi hole svstettt
is on fire: his mind is phretiziud .1 he is un-
done,
Shall I he told as I '.l‘z]CP that man home
to his death bed, as I have l.f'f.Cf’d another and
itlIttil1t’l' here in Noi'tvall.'-—-that he who
tempted him is not by the _i)ivi.'ie Law, a.
murderer? Who was it. that was ‘:1 mar-
(lerer from the begiiiiting,’ if not the serpent,-
who drd not compel our first parents to an
unwilling sin—-—wlto ruined thetn——not asin~
eoluiitary being, but who seduced them to
The grocer -know .
Thus (Di-tit. xxit)
‘Their shrill not. sen their own destruction.
The doom pronoun-'
.-are-st to him that was slain: the elders of (1
led iac,e,_reelitig and Sl'r'_l_£_f_g,P_t‘ilfL(!'., hnrm-ward
0-‘The AflIlcted.—Hulls’ Double-and
Single Trusses. also a very neat article of
AIVIP 0iI.—Purc bleached Sperm
Winter Oli, believed to be equal to any
ever offered in this market,for sale by the
ough valley which was neither cared or
own, and strike oil the neck of the heifer
herein the valley. Then all the elders of
bat city were to wash their hands over the
heiler, and answer and say, ‘Our hands have
not slierl this blood. 'nez'llt.e:° /I(1'l.'e our eyes seen
it. Be merciful O Lord unto thy people,
and lay not innocent blood unto thy people
of Israel's charge. And the blood shall be
forgiven them. So shalt thou ptit away thi-
guilt of innocent blood from among _vou.’
t\Ve need not measure to see what Vlllflgp
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M” "m r‘”” limes 9 day 93”“ Wayv "5 r"”°“'9‘ is nearest; the cause ofihat death was found a
be-re. The civil inqucst has been held.
There is not, under human laws, any indict-
ment to be preferred for murder; and using
terms in their common and legal sense. it
would not be right to say that man was ntur-
dercd.
’ The (Ir.'f'iltlll0l'lS of crime by human laws;
of those laws; belong not to the ptilpit to dis-
cuss—further titan they involve questions of
moral or religious ditty; the great princi-
ples of right and wrong; the principles of
that Divine-‘law by which we must all be
judged in the last day. In this last poitit of
view, it certainly becomes us to inquire of
ourselves. as tnr-tubers of a community for
whose policy and acts we sustain our share of
responsibility; whether our brother's bloorl
crieth unto the Lord from the ground,
against the community in which such things
are done; and whether. by the Divine law
I] guilt similar to that of murder, rests upon
people, who lmozving the habits ofan int-bri-
ate, furnish hirn withthe poison under cir-
cumstanccs which hazard his life, and which.
as might naturally be expected result in his
death.
How does the Law of God bear on these
questions? . The Jewish law (Exodus xxi.)
provided, if an ox gore a man or woman. tin-
der any ordinary circumstances, that they
die, than a horror of violent destruction of hu-
man life was to he testified by stoning the ow,
and his flesh was not to be eaten: but the
owner should he quit.
“But if the ox were wont to push with his
horn in time past, and it hath been testified
to his owiicr, and he hath not kept him in,
but that he hath killed a man or a woman,
the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also
shall be put to death.”
This was not only the enactment of Jeho-
vah, but an enactment on a grvatqtie-stion of
inoocense or guilt: aquestion limited to no
of guilt; but of permanent and universal
guilt. I do not say that legislators are bound
8 to exact this precise penalty: that is another
affair, but I see no room~for doubt, that the
moral question is here decided outhe highest
°f ""3327. rests upon that man
ification, when both
to h‘i§'_bioig'pée', which results
her is still agent for the sale ofiliis val,iz,s-
otfiired in blorwalk can be found at l}_,i,ssu,.i_.s.
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i,1.,1§a,diErzi,fl¢_i'.,f gfijk.
RANDRE DTH PILLS.—Tiie subscri-
.But. this tn_odifica_tion _ _
‘the vender'of«' ‘ardent spirits
lbeast. is \;vortN0_P“9_h, ‘.'.“h lb...‘ h°"_‘;
ilmowsi that th
htit"ci’ty' were to tiring'a"'netter‘ti’owri‘1tirti”“fi"\t-revrifiir-‘*+-‘v;-..--day. Fe".-in .~lv‘—i-‘ta wlinse kt-ope-rs - ,_ _ , _
lhide thysrlf from tlit.-tn; thou shill i‘£lf!',8fl}7 settles the question of every tempt:-r_’s guilt.-
or the proper province, policy. and penalties '
Jewish policy so far as relates to the matter hp
authority. I say, as concerns the question of
authority in the universe;-t_!;:, moral guilt
The question indeit-.‘t'l‘under;,_gI'o38t¢'1‘tgI(:x"‘a‘:;l(; . _n°_ fl@inmxica,,ng. d,.;,,ks are “nee”.
8 own _ a '
the person gored know his propensities. and
when both concur in that voluntary exposure g
' in‘ death.
'l‘lia‘t modifi’c‘a't__ion I will ‘presently examine-
aside for the present ;-—
E'.°l‘,.
know his infirmitv. and who seem willing to
murder hint by inches for the poor remnants
of pension money t\hi('l) his cotintry gives
him’ for services and wotijfids long ago ran-
dered or receivetl. The community pities
such inebriates, but are long thinks little it.
bout them, and when they finally drop away,
the-v are buried and forgotten.
You I'P.lTlPml1(’l' it man of ntlil-tic limbs
and of naturallv strong inte-llet-tnal powers:
it man nattirally ofa kind and humnnehiaarl
You have seen him often at night, res-lint:
nil brawling l‘lOmP\V«'ll‘fI, followed by it lit-
tlechiltl, whom the careful mother had sent
day a‘ter (lav, to watch ovri‘ the steps nfthat
inc-‘briate father. lest heshotild fall and perish
in some ditch. The rum sellers knew the
danger too, but they never sent even it boy to
qiizird his life-. I saw that man laid, by
anjvxcessive dt-‘hunch upon a bed ofdistress
in sickness, No rum-seller went to visit
hit there, He was sober. I talked with
him abouthis soul. I warned hitn that this
was probably the last fit of intoxication into
wllich he could fall and live. I-lis neigh-
hols knew it,the rtimsell.-rs know it. They
sail! his haggard, tleath-like counts-nan‘ci=,
wlten.a week alterwards.ht= crawled down to
thii Bridgp nncetttorc for rum. They knew
—i hov could notbttt knotv—when they ga ve
hilt the bottle,-—-that they were giving him a
p ion that would probably finishthe work of
do th. Butthey gave it; & as they gathered
hi scanty coppers iutothe-ir till,thv-_p~or (rem.
blng maniac swallowed the fatal draught:
w h difficulty crawled homP.——an'd died.
H5 wife, 5) poor meek, suffering uncom-
p ining Christain.——thmigh long supported
b faith and prayer-—at last worn‘ otit with
so rows and a broken heart. stink tinder her
Vaiictions, and followed him to the grave. In
t f name ofjustice and of Heaven I declttrv.
1 H00, -was a 7nu,7'de'red man; though I
h ve note-nuumetated him on the catalogue of
"v lent deaths.
‘Many-_ many cases like this has my ‘call-
itg COtllpPlle(i me to witness. The simple
nirrative in detail, of the woesl have wit-
néssed, would me-thinks, curdle the blood.
aid cause the ears of them to tingle, who lit-
|‘ dreagn what sci-nc-s_0f horror aretratispir-
g at their very doors. _ ‘
Probably few would think it an extrava-
(gént estimate, considering the accidents by
s a and land, explosions. burnings. sicknfss.
i troduced by inteitiperatebnbtts. find Sick‘
n,'esses rendered fatal, which but for well
‘ bits might have resulted favorably,—that
lly de-
The
vices
i
i
am 30,000 to 50.000 lives are annua
. royedin this country by this cause.
i riltlessness, pauportsm. Sl1fli¢l'1“g5-
nd crimes resulting from the same cause,
its not now to be taken into the account.
deem it no extravagant comparison to_su p-
d ruthless war with a
’ose that a constant an
9 could -scarcely be
the beast is furious
‘ardent spirits knows that .
he is wont. to push
'and’ destructive? that _
with the horn .?-—and that t
2
lilet loose he will.
but certainly destroy
thv broth:-r’s ox or his sheep go astray, ‘and
case bring them to thy brother.’ If thy broth-
er were not ntgh,then he who found the-stray
should take care of it, till it could be restor-
ed. The same was required of an article of
rairitent, or utensil, or other property. ‘Thou.
shalt not hide llzg/self.’ ‘Thou shall not soc
thy brother's ox or his ass fall down by
the way. and hide thyself from them; thou
shalt stircly help him to lift them up again
In Exodus xxiii, the same is required _in
case the ox or ass belong to ones ‘enemy/.’
ldo not suppose that this law required one to
suffer more loss than his neighbor would, by
attending to his neighbors aflitirs, but 1 do
atippose that this law settle-s it great mat-
ter of duty: a duty which the law of God
will enforce . It f.Iel.(:l’lltin_t*S this general
principle ofthe law of God, that he, who
cm-elesslgz/',or 1ieg'ligcnzl_z,—tnuch more,-—who
through base mercenary motives suffers his
neighbor to come to harm; brings himself
under the anitiiadversion of the law of God,
according to the aggravation ofthe tvrong.
lf ii man see a neighbor struggling in the
water, and not through want of self possess-
ion, or courage,0r means of rescue; but
through indifference, or hatred, or through
the sinister desire of gain. neglects to shove
hitn the plank that may save his life-—can
we doubt that that than is in the estimation
of the law of _God, guilty of murder? Sup-
pose he is heir to an estate-’—'—lie sees the pos-
sessor drowning; and that he may come at
the inheritance sooner, lets him drown: and
then coolly answers, ‘Am 2 my brother's
keeper 7’ I-'fum'-in faws might‘ not [hang
him, but would not all men instinctively
shrink from him as front contact with a mur-
derer ? Or ifone sees a neighborshouse in
flames, and gives no alarm —not because he
wishes the destruction of the inmates, but be-
cause he can secure some gain by suffering
the fire to burn on—is he not it murderer ?
It may be said that the owner consents to
have his ex or ass fall into the ditch——or rath-
er bargains with his neighbor to do that
which will result in driving them in,that both
consented that the tuna shntild drown in the
water; and that the family should burn with
the dwelling’-—or rather that both ‘consented
together to do that which they knew would
probably result in the drowning. and In the
destruction by‘ fire.
If they intended not the consequences, then
he who received the gain was surely doubly
bound to aid in the rescue :‘ and the neglect.
involved him in double guilt.‘
In the present instance, it is not the ox or
the ass that is fallen into the ‘pit, but it is his
owninebriate—half maniac neighbor. It tsa
being made in the image of God. find the
possessor of an immortal sotil. -It is a fa‘t_l'i-
er, a husband a brother, a son._ Wlt0$8 m'3°
deeds in their mildest yetcerta-in consequen-
ces spreatl sorrow, and W06. and Shame.
Here if both agree.
knows. ,
I remember to
freely, that abardened grocer should ftirn
not probably merely.
life ! Those few meii_who__dea.l itt.lh=_l.i Wm‘,
dmnken husband gave his consent-most they do?
,;_.,i, him with pump Both, were voluntary.
cet§»b_\' Jehovah upon the great arc/t Iempter,
is he who inveigles the young and the uri-
ivary into the gaming house. and engages
him in a eoliznlary wage-r, by which he:
looses property and pP8L‘B-IS he less guilty
than the highway robber? Is the sr.-ducer
free from guilt because his victim is not in-
voluntary .7
I confess my feelings have often been
strongly excited with regard to the atrocities
of rum-selling: and that probably some emo-
tions have mingled with my indignation that
were not right. I have tried to repress these’
feelings, and to cherish nothing in my heart
incotnpable with the spirit of Him who pray‘
ed for his murderers.-‘Father forgfiethemi
they know not what they do.’ Deeply as
rum-sellers may have been stained with this
polluting and murderous traffic, there is not
one of all that class of men whom I could‘
not take by the hand with entire ltindness-—
——nay with almost a phrcnzy of delight,‘
could I hear hitn say, 'Iltave erred. Iwill
do so no moral’ But on the great c‘}tie'st'ion
of right and wrong; when de‘c'lat‘i'ng‘ the‘
principles of revelation and righ‘teonsness,on'
which God will judge the souls 0ftl‘it:'m that
do evil; I should deem /mg/selfalmost a more
deter. should I hesitate to declare the whole‘
Counsel of God. Should I forbear to lift up‘
my voice in behalf of these plundered, injur-’
ed, families and ofthe poor victims of this
unrightcous traffic. I should deem myself
almost a partner in these crimes. And soon-'
er than my tongue should plead for the de-
fence or palliation of these crimes, 1 would
rather that it niiight be palsied into everlas-'
ting silence. ’ VVould that I could. when [_
say ‘Father, forgive them,’ would that Icould"
add, with the full meaning of the words.—
‘they; /mow not what they do.’ They may’
be blinded with regard to the true charater
of their guilt, they may be hardened'tl'i'rough‘
the deceitfulness of sin; and therefore do they,
need the more fervent prayers for mercy’.-
But with regard to the insane appetite of the’
drunkard, with ‘regard to the sufferings tn-‘
flicted on his,fantily and friends. with regard:
to the unrighteous taxes extorted from their
neighbors,_and the burdens laid upon private‘
charity, with regard to the crimes, the blas‘-‘
phemies, the untimely deaths, the murders.
which this traffic, causes.—-it cannot be said,-
‘Thcy know no‘ t what they do.’ They
do know. They know it all. They know it’
well. They see their poor ruined victims”
with bloated visage-s and tottering limbs,-
comiug up to their counters in more and still‘
more miserable babiliments, and in body and‘
in mind less and less human. They know”
how the wife and children must shiver with‘
cold and pine with hunger, as the last cent“
ofthat drunkards scanty earnings is swept"-
into their coders for rum. They know how"
one by one, their customers sink into dishldtii‘
ored and hopeless graves. '1.-‘hr.-_v,. trace th-eifi
to their deaths. in wells, in the flames; o'i‘"i’n
'owerful.foreion nation. ', , d, b. .
gxpt-‘cl-ed l0 P":d“°° 39E"°’"."am°“m of Sufi {’,,’f°’-’.:,l;.iiriii): righntis of others. The one the waters. Not a year passes but sorné'oue
I9“ . . ,h' l d will lie tettiliuraily bereft of reason. and what comps to a violetyt "1’hei'?5ie§31,'_“tl, ’m°V'
jngly causing '“ '3. *1“ - h ‘t, G d onl ital .—I can-—— .wi pray ' ,at'e orgive.
' Can there b9 3- d°“b‘ ‘ha ‘he vandal of crimes he may i ere Comm’ 0 Y them : but ciin Iadd, with reference to the:
have read an instsnée——a results of their traffic,-—"1?lziey"k'now not what.-
Is it possible for me to entertain;
- adoubt concerning their guilt? All. this.-
they do-fort mo.tiey.— There is no j_tmicc.;;
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