THE TRUTH in A NUTSHELL.
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The following cogent reasons lor not grant
ing licenses 10 sell rum were adduced al meet
ing recently assembled at Cooperstown. Otse-
90 county, N. Y. Read them.


Resolved, That no government can give,
and no man can have. right 10 do wrong.


Resolved. That the offering Of one man 10
another Of meat or drink that he knows to be
noxious. whether gratuiously as an act Of hos.
pitaliiy or courtesy, or for consideration in
the way of business. is wrong.


Resolved. That in the words Of a distin-
guished moral philosopher. 'it is impossible
that an act that is hostile TO the general good,
should ever lose its essential elements Of inn
mortalily".-and if the amount Of evil that is
known to result from an act, is the measure oi
its immortality. il follows that the traffic in in
toxicaling drinks is one of the grossest i'm
morali,ies known in this sinful and suffering
world.


Resolved, That if il be true that ''he who
steals my purse steals trash," in comparison
with him "who fches from me my good
name." il follows that he, who, by offering ME
inducements and furnishing me facilities,
leads me into temptation 10 sin, and thus
robs me Of my virtue, a greater good than ever
good name. does me greater wrong than
The slanderer or the pickpocket.


Can il be right to grant license to do
wrong? Would any SET Of men. no matter
how exalted they may be in society, dare TO
grant license 10 steal, or commit felony p
The moral sense Of society would revolt at
such an attempt, and wo would be the portion
of those who granted such license to any one;
yet class Of our citizens are permitted 10 sell
indulgences to madden the brain, 10 steel the
heart, and obliterale the moral sense Of their
fellows, and society sleeps under the affliction.
and no hand is raised 10 pity or to save
Friends Of Temperance, will ye not arouse,
and do something to stay the tide Of evil which
sweeps over our land? There is work TO be
done, and united effort will effect good. Let
it be made a #sHa4