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is mot the fact established, that our land


was solelys oppressed by intemperance ,---l


It.was indeed . frightful oppression. II any,
doubt it, let them make the superstition,


that foreign nation should demand Of us,


and take from us, fiftymillions of dollars


annually; should subject.us to laws that


destroyed the peace of our country, neigh


borhoods, and families, to the same extent


that alcohol has |; should main and destroy


the health of as many of our citizens, and
derange and render insane as many minds;
and aska'if this would not be oppression 4


Itiwould be such oppression as would not :


Do You ask where, this oppressionr reign-ai
|ed25 ,Ianswer, every swheIe.rln this stown,y1
lin every town, in every village, and every1a
|cty, throughout this vast country II was 4


alcohol, in some ofits combination, that was )
filling the channels Of death 70 overflow h
ing. ~. $500 o.,,,.,',
II is believed that this was the giant sin, in %
the master evil Of the day; that all the
other evils and lcursessof heland -all the :"
the ,judg gements andthe resources that ever


visited; this devoted world of sin and death,
were small in-comparison with thisJ In {
temperance is the sin of sins, the scorpion o,
Of scorpions, that can single handed out-do o.
them all, We'll, may il, be called legion, ii
for its evils many. II has the ferceness Of q, ~
wounded tiser--is uncomfortable as FAM
.ished wolf-and, as 1t has stalked through


our land, It's path has been marked with


human gore. saIt'las spared no age, sex,


character or condition-Amanifested no re- %
'lentings- Knocked the at the cries OF thedT
helpless --snatched from the achild the last 3,
morsel Of bread, thrown him houseless and
pennyless into the streets. aAa sastl e dguD1d


Who will dare say that the nation was r.
n OF oppressed gss.. n, is .4I,1lq asi d.lv
nd 2 The patriots Of these colonies bore bore
tn oppression Of their sSfather land" for, a.. q
long time @Ina every stage Of these, OPP
= say they, ave have petitioned
for redress in the most humble terms. Our
repeated petit ;ons have been answered by


repeated injury We have warned them
from, time time,v SC. Good men bore the
oppression of int,emperance for a lohg time.


They saw and felt the evil and remonstra-


ted against it, but in vain. They knew


not the remedy. ministers preached, leg
islatures enacted laws, and all drank on. ,'''''
."" Fla2T'. i7a(7o be continued. y 4''.'.t '