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Jcffcrsozsiaii Republican.
At a public meeting, held in the borough ol
Siroinlsburg, on Thursday evening the 22nd
for i lift purpose of considering the propriet
jf petitioning the venders of intoxicating liquors
)f .Monroe county, to abandon their business, a
Lronmnitee of nine was appointed to prepare and
ireseni such petition. Alter which the meet-
in" adjourned, to meet at ihe same place, on
Monday evening ihe 2Gih islt., at which lime
ihe said cominitleo reporied the following peli-
hoii, which was read, and unanimously adopted.
li'ht1 meeting was respcciable for numbers and
intelligence.
It was farther resolved by lhat meeting, lhat
fine petition be published in each of the papers
jnl tlie borough ol blrondsburg. At the sug-
jgesuon of several individuals, after the closo ol
the meeting, it was concluded to request ihe
Editors of the respeeihe papers, to give it at
least iwo insertions.
To Use venders of Intoxicating ILr-
Qtior, of the County of Jon roe.
Fhllow-Citize.vs: Being fully persuaded
that the ale of intoxicating liquors, as a drink,
lis inconsistent witn a due regard lo the wellare
l-of our fellow men, in all res-pects; that it in-
fringes as well that law which requires us to
do those tilings which urejust and equal, as lhat
i higher and nobler law ol love, which should
bind the family of man in one great brotherhood
of peace and good will; we venture respectfully
to address to you the following petition.
To shew the propriety of the course we pro
pose to lake in ihis matter, allow us to state a
few principles, which we trust will commend
themselves lo vour good sense. All the mem
bers of a community, as they jointly bear its
burdens for the support of law and order, are
equally entitled to its protection. No one has
a moral right, and, were human laws what they
should be, no one would have a civil right, to
prosecuie a business,' tending to private emolu
ment, at the expense of public good. When
ever a portion of society becomes convinced
ilia! anv of their feiiow citizens are en paced in
j o o i
a business, whose known and certain tendency
is to destroy ihe peace, the property, and the
hves of their fellow men, it is right and expe
dieut that the) should petition those men to tie
fcist from that business. That il is morally
right, no one will deny: and lhat it is a civil
right, may be inferred from that declaration in
our na'ional constitution, of "ihe right of the
people peaceably lo assemble, and 10 petition
government for a redress of grievances;" and if
we may petition our superiors, then we may our
niials. That it is exoedient. let anv one who
doubts, examine our reasons. "We speak as
unto wise men judge yc what we say.
We pray you to desist from the sale of in
toxicating liquors because you are taking, in
the course of your business, that for which no
valuable consideration is returned. Is intoxi
canng drink, we ask, an equivalent for ihe pro-i'u-c,
the labor or the money that is paid lor il.
(Jo to the family of the diunkard, and theques
'i"n is answered.
2. Because the use of those drinks tends, as
all observation teaches, to induce idle and va
grant habits; thereby drawing off a portion of
wjcieiv, from ihe useful and honorable class of
prodi.cer.s, and turning them over lo the worth
ies class of' mere consumer?; and ultimately
throw tii ihem a burden o the thriftv and iri-
d -bi r iijLis. i tin sITioti of Manners. he'art?:i7il
, ... - i 1 I
'!!. h.a!s. That three-ftntr ihs oPair the pau
Ptristn in our whole country is due tolntgxica-
'g drinks, directly or mdirecUy, is Believed
' be wiihin the irtnh, a-s facts abundantly testi
and thai at leasrht the 'same proportion, wo
"fii taxed from the same cause, for the prose
' ii'itui and support of ciiminals, is equally
torijun. This is no random assertion. Ex
I't'tiac has been incuned, and "great pains have
''fi taken to collect fads on this subject, from
w'bich safe deductions might be drawn. Se
Clubman's Report on the Stale of New York.
3. Because of ,iho domestic, wretchedness re
ibing from the use Those vdrjuks. Families
?re tliolexnls.of ivilizidfiind -especially, of
STEOUDSB URG. MONROE COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOJ3ER 12, 1842.
Christian society. How important ihe relations
which grow out of the family constitution.
How important, then, thai the duties arising
Irom ihose relations, should be sacredly ob
served On this most vital subject, how full
and explicit is that Revelation which God has
given of his mind and will. Break up the fam
ily, and you break up society. Whatever lends,
therefore, to loosen the family bond, tends in
!..-!- . .1 . fin
us uegree 10 overinrow society, i ins is a con
sideration for the conscientious legislator; while
he that has a heart to weep wilh those lhat
weep, will yield his sympathies to those who
sorrow in no common sort. Ransack the world
for wretchedness in iis worst forms, and we
believe it would be found, ordinarily, not at ihe
home of ihe drunkard, for home he cannot be
said lo have but at the comfortless abode of
the victim of strong drink.
4. Those engaged in ihis traffic, expose
themselves and their families to imminent danger.
We ask your special attention to this reason.
Il brings the subject home. Many who are en
gaged in ihe liquor business, have aromul them
interesting families, as we well know. For ihe.
welfare of those families you feel, as you should,
lively concern. J hey are lo inherit or to
scalier vour estates they are lo bear un vour
names, wilh honor or wilh lmfainy, when your
heads are laid low in the dust. Now we ask
those of you who can extend your recollection
ackward for twenty, ihiriy, or foriv years, to
inquire and see what has been the history of
those liquor sellers and their families, lhat have
passed under vour observation for that space
of lime. How many strong men have fallen by
ihe insiduous destroyer with which ihey have
been in league; and how have ihe families of
those men, in whole or in part, reaped the sad
but natural consequences to which ihey were
exposed by parental folly! We need noi men
lion name's. Your memories will do thai office.
Now we ask you one question. Can you re
member one family, long engaged in the sale of
intoxicating liquor, that has wholly escaped all
the attendant evils with which a righteous God
has linked it
By what rule then can you !
promise that you and yonrs shall furnish a case j
of singular exemption from a common result,
We are aware of lhat strong principle of human
nature, to maTio exceptions in our own favor.
Bui we bid you beware. All before you have
presumed in like manner. What has come
upon them, tall come upon you. Like causes
produce like effects. Now look upon those
dear children whom God has given you, and
ask yourselves whether, in contempt of ihe
teaching of all history, you will go on in your
present course, with ihe desperate hope that
you and yours shall escape the penalty of a gen
eral law. Look al thai prattling boy, as he is
the witness of the revelry, ihe pollution, and
the blasphemy of the bar-room;--look at lhat
young man, just about lo enter on the stage of
adion for himself, whom you, perhaps, have
slalioned to deal otil that vile and adulterated
cup of death to your deluded customers, and
ask yourselves whether they shall share the sad
doom of the drunkard. No. Your feelings re
volt at the thought. You would rather follow
ihem to an early grave. Will you then expose
them any longer. Again we sav beware
lest
you lay up
but booties;
lor yourselves matter lor pungent
jutoooiicss retleciion and st-ll-accusalion.
KvFinallv You should abandon this business.
-
because God condemns it. Wo slate this rea
son last, because it is most important, and be
cause we want vou to bear n in mind. You
raay esteem il a small matter to strive wiihrival' lle passed by to where the wife of ihe
your fellow man, and to set yourselves in oppo.
sition to their principles, however clear and un
answerable; but ".woe to him that striveth with
his Maker." Without attempting to present
the whole Biblical argument on this point, we
will content ourselves by adducing one solitary
passage from the book of God. "Wo unto him
thai giveth his neighbor drink, lhat puttest thy
bottle to him, and makest him drunken also"
Hab. 2. J 5. Is not this declaration perfectly
plain and simple. If it means any thing at all,
what can il mean but just what it literally im
ports. Can any ingenuity or glossing pervert
il from its direct and obvious sense. Then
any passage of the Bible may be treated in
like manner, and what becomes of our infallible
rule of faith and life. We are thrown out at
sea, without rudder or compass. Bui we en
tertain no such dishonorable opinion of the
Word of God. Its principles to guide our faith
and MS govqrn our actions, are broad, plain and
imple. "TJie wayfaring men, though fools,
slia'l tWfrflTerein." Now we will noi ask
if you a'dtiiiiihe supremo authority of the IVi
ble; for if. we are addressing any who deny
thai, we have no hope of producing conviction
on their minds. But wo take for , granteu that
you admit the Bible for what it claims, to be
Then we' ask you to weigh well tha,'t fearful de
nunciation, which we have cited
We might name many otV.er cogent reasons
as the ground of-our petifon: bocause the sale
of those dunks, by wholesale or retail, is wiong
and tends to evil ffm whatever point you may
view it. Of tliis, we are as firmly persuaded
as of our own existence. "Then-fore-vce sptfak.
The few reasons assiguerWorrirc course we
iako aroo(5cieiil, unless something can be sci
i riiqigi. i.mjihi' mj i m m ui iijiitia-iLi . m i .. . u i.i i N in i i ,' i mi ui iniiaj i amwr BmBa&mt0&fuif'AMK-mii-LMijr&mmmmmnne
over against them as countervailing reasons.
And wc ask kindly but earnestly arc there any
such reasons. If there are, you are bound to
produce them, if you would make even a show
of justice for your cause. If there is any thing
in or about your tralhc to relieve it of its char
acter of unmitigated deformity, in self-defence,
produce, it but wc are persuaded there is noi.
Public houses for ihe sale of ixtoxicaiirig drinks
are as unnecessary for the 'public good', as hou
ses for gambling would be. Wc speak atlvis
edl) We know that law sanctions them, and
so has law sanctioned ihe slave trade, the lot
tery system, and many other abominations; but
that never made those things right or good.
Fellow ciiizens Wu address you as reason
ble men, and we reason wilh vou. We address
you also as men possessed of consciences; and
wc tell you, il you would consult vour happi
ness as moral beings, you must do no violence
lo your moral nature. Listen lo the voice of
conscience, though il be still and small. If you
slight her gentle warnings, take care, lesi,
armed with terror, she awake at Jcngth, as
awake she will, and you shall learn your folly
wnen it is too late. We prav vou therefore
s you regard ihe peace and order of society,
is you regard public prosperity, and the perpe
tuity of our free institutions, endangered by a
corrupt constituency as you would reverence
the authority, and as vou would regard the hon
or of that God, whose laws and institutions are
trampled under foot, and whose sacred name is
blasphemed, in consequence of intemperance
more than from any other vice as you would
see society rid of one of its sorest curses, from
one of its most prolific sources ol poverty, crime,
and wretchedness we pray you as fathers,
as brothers, and as sons; we pray you as phi
lanthropists, as patriots, and as Christians, to
close up those fountains of misery, to abandon
at once and forever that business which does
no good, bin which does immense injury to the
bodies and souls of men; injury which, not con
fined to this world, goes on with its dire influ
ence, down ihe iraci of interminable ages; in-
jury, which if not repaired in this life, by refor
maiion and repentance, as alas it seldom is, is
irreparable and final ! May you be guided bv
that wisdom which is from above. Take coun
sel, not from passion, but from sober reflection,
and acl accordingly.
DANIEL STROUD,
MICHAEL BROWN,
J. W. BURNETT, ESQ.
DR. SAMUEL STOKES,
.WILLIAM VAN BUSK1RK,
JOSEPH V. WILSON,
LEONARD LABAR, .
STROUD 13URS0N,
DR. WILLIAM P. VAIL,
Committee.
Up on ianciy.
A good anecdote is told by a Methodist cir
cuit rider, w ho not long since called at the
house of a Mr. , living somewhere near
the head waters of Sandy river, in Virginia, to
stay all night. Every body knows the charac
ter of the citizens of this region of country, and
that il has been for a number of years gone b
and in all probability for a number of years to
come will continue to be, on account of its
mountain fatnesses, the home of a most ignor
ant and debased population. Our parson, a
man of great simplicity of character, on enter
ing, found four men sealed on the floor playing
cards. These seemed scarcely to note his ar-
proprietor of the mansion was silting, who very
soon engaged him in conversation. Among
oilier questions usually propounded, she asked,
"What mount your business in these parts
be, stranger?'
'I am hunting ihe lost sheep of the house of
Israel,' replied the parson
Old man! old man!' cried the woman to her
husband, 'old man, 1 say, I'll lay anthing thai
old ram thai was here the other day belongs to
this man.'
The minister was forced lo explain, where
upon, gazing at him wilh an air of curiosity and
astonishment, she rose to her feet and cxlaimed
a 'preacher! well, you're the first critter of that
sort, as was cvor in these parts afore, as l'vo
seen bin may by you'd like to take a drain,
stranger V
'No madam, I never drink.'
'Never drink? well ralyt'
'The men, uuring ihis dialogue, continued
their game at cards, but as if suddenly struck
wi'it iUo impropriety of such conduct before a
minister of the gospel, (a species of animal of
which she had heard, but never before seen,)
ihe woman addressed the card players wilh the
air of one accustomed 10 command. 'Look
here, men, ain't you a d d nice set lo lei a
preacher come here .and catch you a pla'iu
cards? Movp ii, every one you, or I'll break
this pine knot oyer your cursed pates.' It is
hardly necessary to add. that the room was'
speedily cleared. '
The anecdote above related is literally true,
and affords but a fair sample of the character
of ihe settlers on Sandv. Knox Post.
"Yon can't come it!" as the thief said to the
chained bull dog.
From the Tribune.
" The same Old Coon."
Am: " Sillm on a rail."
" The Whigs are recommencing all their old de
vices ol 1810. The same Old Coon-is in the field
again." Loco Foco Paper.
As I walked out, dis arternoon,
To git a drink, by de light ob de moonj
Dar I see dat 'same Old Coon'
A sittin' on a tree
A sittin' on a tree, ' "
A sittin' on a tree, "
A sittin' on a tree
And looking worry glad.
, Says I to him, "wot make you grin 1
Do Lolcies say you's as dead as sin;
But dar you is de same old skin
A sittin' on de tree, &c.
'Ob course I ar,' says he, 'and soon
De Whigs will sing de good old tune
About dis worry 'same Old Coon'
A sittin' on de tree, &c.
'When Massa Harrison bless his soul !
Begun de great Whig ball to roll,
Why, here 1 sot, and see de whole
A sittin' on dis tree, &c.
'One ting dar was in dat campain
I hope to neber see again
It give dis Old Coon so much pain -A
sittin' on de tree, &c.
Lookin' tverry bad.
'De way 'Old Weto' 'd take you in,
I oilers thought would be a sin;
It almosc made me shed my skin,
While sittin1 on de tree, &c.
Looking mighty mad:
'Now, when you git into de fray
Dat will be fout for many a day,
And end in 'lectin' IIarrv Clay,
I'll sit upon dis tree, &c.,.
Looking werry glad.
'And den, I hope, if you put on
Your flag tie name of any one
Wid his'n 't will be an 'honest John,'
Or else not none at all!
So says dis 'Same Old Cuox.' '
IT T t F l T- . 1
we cony, says me aaitna rree rress. ine
following from the back of a note of the Mobile
Bank, of Alabama. The writer's not exactly
oui of the way:
Hark from the Banks an awful crash,
Mine ears attend the cry.
Here is a bill thai calls for cash,
But oh! 'lis all in my eye.
JSpigraiia.
As the lone, hungry loafer views
His tattered, torn, and worn out shoes-,
"Alas! cries he, they is full of holes,
These am the limes what try men's soks!"
Adam was created out of Paradise, Eve was
created in it. Hence comes the superior bloom
and brightness and beauty which every where
distinguishes woman, and mark her with more
of ihe purity of heaven than has fallen to the
lot of man.
Information Wanted.
Did vou ever know a lady wilh white teeth
put her hand over them when she laughed?
Uid you ever know a gay lad and sprigmiy
lass who couldn't pick berries in one basket?
Did you ever know a woman lhat never had
any thing stolen from her clothes yard?
Did you ever know a voung lady who was
too weak to stand up during prayer time al
church, who could not dance all night without
being tired al all?
Did you ever know a young man to hold a
skein of yarn for his favorite to wind, without
getting il strangely tangled?
Did you ever know a man with a shocking
bad hat, a long beard and a ragged coat, who
conjd find a respectable hotel that was not full?
"l)id you ever know a pretty young lady that
had not a cousin to wait upon her to lectures
and parties?
Did you ever know a young lady lhat did not
have some very curious piece of sewing lhat
she couldn't let the young gentlemen see?
All 3Ladics.
In Queen Anne's reign the Lord Batema:!
married three wives all of whom were his ser
vants. A beggar woman meeting him one day
in the street made him a very low courtesy.
'Ah bless you,' said she, 'and long life to you;
if you do but live long enough, we shall all be.
ladies in lime.'
'Do see how that beautiful pea fowl expands
his posterior appendage,' said a modern belle
when a peacock displayed his tail in a barnyard.
A gf
entleman in want of a wife, addressed a
passionate billet-doux to a lady, and added ihis
postscript: -"Don't be long in answering,
have somebody else in mys.yc"
as
No. 31.
l--"' The Treat y.
Bass Lynch and Jake Rogers met hy acci
dent on Wednesday evening, near the Poydras
street market, and as the winds determined to
have a "blow out," the ancient friends conclu
ded h was best to take a bench and watch ihe
progress of the storm. Bass was the first to
break the stillness of the hour by one of his
"yaw yaw, yaws."
"Wai's you latfin at, Bass?"said Jake, rolling
up his optics in a very peculiar manner.
"Wy, Jake," naid Bass, wilh another scien
tific burst, "l's been tole dat de lightnin leabs a.
black mark whar it strikes, an' I was jist laffin
to link dat if you should be so misforttmale as
to catch a dart, and be kilt, de gemrnen of color
ob your acquainsauce, cou'dnt tell whar it hii
you is so highly colored, as Jemimah says!"
Jake did not relish this complimentary allu
sion to his complexion, and replied .very tartly
to the lasi remark. Explanations followed, and
in a few moments the friends were on as good
terms as ever.
"1 knows you hab a way ob finding out'ehe
ry ting, Bass," says Jake, "and as we can't Ieab
here afore de rain stops, I'll feel myself under
de greatest obligashuns lo yu to gin me your
opinion on wat de wite folks call the Ratierfer
cation ob the Treaty."
"Dat 1 will, wid de greatest ob pleasure,"
said Bass, "do you is a mighty ignorest nigger
wid a sconce dat was neber made for de cou
siderfication of de politerical affairs ob de na
tion." "Neber mind my sconce, Bass, but out wid
what I ax you," said Jake, giving his- dilapita
led Panama a Beau Brummel set.
"WuII, vu sees, Jake," said Bass, "Uncle-
Sam be get into mighty fuss 'bout whai dey call
de boundree and swore he'll tan de red coats
like Massa Jackson did wen yu an' I was so
big, Jake, if dey don't gib us a riber dey stole
de red coals say dey won't, and Uncle Sam get
reddy to lam 'em when dey send ober wat dey
call de Lord to settle de fuss, as yu knows."
"Yes I knows dal; but wat's dat lo do wid
de treaty dey talk so much 'bout?"
"Hold yer tongue, Jake, an' I'll tell yu, do its
hard to 'splain any ling to j'u," said Bass.
"When de Lord cum ober, he find Unci
Sam rader wulfish 'bout de neck and shoulders,
an' tinkm he gwan to lose de deal, as we sport
in' gemrnen say, he call htm in an' treat him
mighty fine wid de werry best dar gib him
big dinners whar de niggars hab a gold baud
round de wool talk to him as sweet as Jemi
mah does lo dis chile, and dats wat dey call de
treaty! Afier de old feller get enough, de cou
gressioners hab a smack wid de folks 'bout
Washington, and dats wat dey call de ratterijl
cation tf de treaty 7"
"Yaw Yaw Yaw!" shouted Jake, wli
was about to express his satisfaction at the ex
pose of his friend, when the gun fired, and tl -worthies
took French leave of the market. TV-'
O. Paper.
Tlinnder made to order. ,
The Grand Rapids Enquirer tells of a man
those 'diggins being informed that thunder
was death to cut worms, and being much trou
bled wilh their depredations in his garden, and
despairing, too, of any thunder of nature's man
fuacture, resolved lo hare some of domestic pro
duction. Fursuant to his determination, he
charged an old musket, muzzle full, took a pail
of water and a lantern proceeded to the cab
bage garden rained on the plants copiousiv
from his bucket made ihe lantern open at d
shut sesame, by way of lightning, and then in
hot haste let off old Copenhagen lor thunder
The worms 'cut and run,' while the manufactu
rer of the domestic article lay with his back to
the earth, rendered oblivious from the knocks
caused by the re-purcussive action of the ihuu
dor machine.
Severe.
'Whai do you suppose the world to hink of
us?' inquired a pedantic young man of Dr. Johju
son. 'Why, 1 suppose,' said ihe doctor, 4iiat
they think me a bull dog, and. you a tin Nellie,
lied to my tail.'
The pcorcsl of all family gunds are indo!er
female's. If a wife knows nothing of domestic
duties beyond the parlor or the boudoir, she i
a dangerous partner in these times of pecuniary
uncertainty. The present embarrassed state -f
affairs, we think, is sufficient warning to parem
lo put their daughters in the kitchen, and pu
them lessons o:; the frying-pan and wash-tit .
in place of the mother making a slave of heeii
to bring her daughters up in idleness.
'John, said a rich Quaker to his extravagant
son 'I'm afraid thou art getting to be a'rakf."
'Nay, father, returned ihe youth drily, it's thee
lhat haih raked, "and 1 am spreadiitg it for thee.
The.Harrisburg Telegraph says it has been
discovered, by a certain Docior Squib, lhat the
Night-mare is produced in nine cases out often
from neglect to Pay the Printer.
'Root Beer; Mr. Root lately married a Mis.1 f
Beer, down east, .