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The following remarks were made
at a meeting of the citizens of Pitts
field Mass., to take into considera
tion measures most advisable to stop
the sale of intoxicr.ting drinks in that
place. Mcdad Pomeroy, a good cit
izen, and beloved by the whole com
munity,—an affectionate husband,
ami doating father —when sober—i
came to Itis death by fulling across:
the rail-road, while in a state of
beastly intoxication. .
Governor Briggs, said : “he had j
been informed that the day before'
yesterday, the widow of that poor nn-|
for tun >.te man, went to the grave-'
vard through the snow, and talked to;
the col<l grave ns though she was
conversing with her lost husband,
that her reason was hut led from its
throne, and she a maniac, walking j
the house day and night refusing to
he comforted. Although a professor
of religion, and belonging to the
Church of God, she was unprepared ;
to receive such awful intelligence.
The Gov. stated “that when Mr. J
Mcdad Pomeroy arose from his bed ;
on Monday morning to leave home, i
and after bis poor wife luul prepared j
his breakfast, he was very anxious
that his little children should get up
mid eat with their father, ns be was
going to Pittsfield to work all the
week, and tboy would not eat with
him again until Saturday night.”
Tito little children, continued he,
“did get up and eat, for the last time
with their father, and when they
saw him next, lie was a inundated
corpse!! murdered by the ILLE
GAL TRAFFIC in intoxicating
drinks.”
'File wife, too, said he, being on
an errand of mercy that fainl after
noon, assisting in laying out the dead
child of a neighbor, hurried home,
telling her friends that she expected
her husband, and must be there
to fneet hi in. She went home, mid
at the first sound of footsteps at the
door, she exclaimed »o her little in
nocent children—“ there your father
has come:” When In! a messenger
came with the awful tidings of the
death of her husband, and the father
of her little ones.
In speaking of the one who sold
that brandy to the poor man, we nev
er heard such a flow of soul-stirring
eloquence fall from the lips of any
man. Ho said—“ VVhat must be
the feelings of that individual who
supplied Mcdad Pomeroy with the
cause of his death—when lie sees at
midnight his mangled body standing
before him, and in his hand, thrust
toward him. a bottle of brandy—with
features distorted, and with intense
ngonv, saying,—“ You sold it to me!”
Rev. Mr. Todd said nearly ns fol
lows :
In the circumstances which have
called us together, Bir, I iccognize a
meaning Providence. I have listen
ed to the remarks which the gentle
men who have preceded me have
made, with an interest that was pain
ful. 1 have been surprised at their
self-control, while in language and
tones the most eloquent, they have
ventured and walked on ground so
difficult to tread. They have made
us to see the footsteps of a demon,
and shudder at his handy work.—
They have brought before us the 5
mangled remains of a fellow-citizen
cut ofl' in a most fearful moment;
and, so vividly have they painted the
whole scene, that even now I seem to
bear the low meanings of the maniac
widow, as she wrings her hands and
walks her chamber night after night.
I seem to see those tat hci less child
ren as they take the cold hand of
their mother, and gaze into her tAre,
cold and unmeaning as marble, be
cause the fountains of the heart have
been crushed by the blow. And 1
am not at all sure, Sir, that we can
leave this room to-night, without
some more substantial evidence ol
our pity than our vote, however de
cided that may he. Pity in this case
should unburden itself thro’ the
pocket.
If I rightly understood His Excel
lency, Governor Biuggs, lie said
something about a quaitcr of a dol
lar which the man made, who sold
this bottle of rum t<> the man who is i
now among the dead. I uni not,
Mr. Chairman, in the habit of deal-1
f ing in such articles, but I presume
' this estimate is far to high. I pic
sumca rune-pence is all that could be
, the gains on it. A nine-pence!— :
And life, and blood and soul and
i eternity—a w idow left penniless, and ;
; orphan children left to want, to be
j pointed at, and told that their father j
died a poor drunkard, all this—for a j
nirv-penct! And would you, or I, or j
any man here, taken world and all
it contains, and he in the situation of
| that widow, or have our fumilies in
I the situation of that family? For
¥
j what would you he the limn who sold
| that bottle of spirits ? For what
would you own that nine-pence ? !
Oh! il'ihe man he here wlm owns it
jand has got it, let him look at it!
| Don’t you sec the blood on it? In
your bar-room by the cask, don’t you
see that mangled body—don’t you
hear the steps of the naked feet ol
the orphan—don’t you see the wild
eye and the pale face of the hioken
hearted widow! Canyon look up
and see wriiten on those heavens,
“ no drunkard shall inherit the king
dom of God,” and then rejoice that
you have cut. one more such off from
life and hurried him to the judgment ?
Where will you hide that nine-pence, i
from which the blood will not wash ? j
The man who sold it is now olive,
perhaps is here! But he, too, must
die ! He must die and go into eter
nity. If he dies without deep repen
tance for this sin und all his sins,
wlmt is before, him, und what scenes
arc to meet him! Willi what
groans, and bowlings of despair,
what curses and shrieks of agony,
are his ears to he filled ! And what
will he say, when, ten thousand ages
ftnm this moment, he finds himself
alive, hut wending his way down in
the chambers ofdmkness ? O, then
will a spirit ruined, and caused, nnd j
immortal, meet him and glare upon ;
him and cry, “I am the spirit that j
you sold and sent here ! I can bald
ly remember the earth—it has dwin
dled to a mere speck in the menu ry ;
—hut you sold me—my body, my
soul, my blood, my eternity—and
you got a nine-pence!”
Mr. Chairman, arc these scenes to
bn repented, and is our iron path
through this village to he a Golgotha, j
or shall a voice go from this meeting
that shall stop this ciucl business ? j
I see around mo the fathers, the j
brothers, the, sons, the heart, nnd the
strength of Pittsfield. It is in tho j
power of this meeting to say what
shall he done ; nnd it will lie decided j
before we leave this room. The i
vote now to he taken will he like the
chain in the hands of the strong
angel with which to hind the De-j
stroyer, or it will unharness a demon
who will mock at woe, laugh at the
wail of the widow, end fatherless,
and revel in blood! Sir, if Ido not
greatly ei r, this meeting aie impa
tient to express their hearty uppio- 1
bation of these Resolutions, and their
determination to stand by them, nnd
I will not keep them longer from the
expression.”
The Resolutions were adopted by
acclama MON, without one dissen
tient voice.
A collection was then taken up for
the family of the deceased, which
amounted to 840,80.
From the Mass. Temp. Standard.
Mr. Editor :
Sitting in my study a few evenings
since, ruminating on the probable
influence of the late di-cussion in the
U. S Court, I fell into a dose. I
dreamed that I was in a bnr-rooin
surrounded by a motley company of
beings, whose external appealanee
betokened the most abject poverty
and wret« liedness, hut who neverthe
less, seemed in high glee. A group
that occupied the -pace directly in
fiont of the bar, seemed to he listen
ing with the deepest interest while
the bar-keeper read from a paper he
held in his hand. The appeatance
of one of the group was so striking
that I will attempt to describe him.
For his dress he had on what had
once been n coat, though much too
large for a persotvof bis size. Both
—l =
cuffs and the skirts had been torn off
und the hotly of iliu gmntenl, fasten
j ctl around him with a fragment of
rope instead oChmtons, contained a
sulKcient number of holes to admit
of all necessary ventilation. 11 is
hoots were entitled to respect from
their age. One leg of his pants,
which a| peared to have been sorely
scanty in longitude, had been slit
from the bottom to a distance above
the knee, was kepi as nearly as pos
sible in place by an old cotton hand
kerchief wound ab'Mtt it on the leg it
hat partially covered. He leaned
his left arm on the bar, thrusting out
the leg of the opposite side to its ex
treme length. In his right hand he
held art old hat which, from long and
hard usage, had become so flexible
that it might easily have been dou
bled together and put in the pocket,
iI is countenance was bloated, and
his huge nose so covered with pim
ples and projections, tlait, if severed
from the head and stuck in a flow
er pot, it might have passed for a
plant of the genus cactus. His hair
which was long arid uncombed, was
ornamented here and there with
fragments of straw or heads of clo
ver which he had ptobahly obtained
in some hay loft, and his eyes in
flamed and suffused with moisture,
were intently fixed on the bin keep
er, who, as 1 have said, was reading
for the instiaction of the company
As the tending progressed 1 heard
lhe following words—"‘The light to
import, implies the right to sell, to
the unrestricted use of nil the chan
nels of commerce, even the most
minute, to the consumer.” Tim he
io of the big nose instantly raised
himself to an ciect posture, and ga
zing for an instant upon the sui
ronnding group with tin expression
of perfect and inexpressible delight,
dashed his old hat to the floor, and
leaping into the air, littered at the
top of his voice the exclamation
•‘Good!” The joy scented conta
gions and of that peculiar character
which ordinary language is impotent
to express, and which only can he
expressed in song. A song was
railed for by him of the big nose,
who seemed to he the oracle of the
place “A song!” “a song,” was
echoed by n dozen voices, and the
Imr-keeper, who seemed to lie entire
ly devoted to the gratification of the
company, prepared to answer the
call. A ring was at once formed,
when, taking his place in the centre,
he dishnrthencd his month of an e
norrriotis quid of tobacco and assu
ming a sort of dare devil expression
of countenance, lie sung ns follows,
while “Sir Oracle,” with two toddy
sticks, drummed an accompaniment
on the head of agin cask which oc
cupied a cm ner of the apartment
The pc i forma nee was frequently in
terrupted by loud bursts of applause.
Ye ti-plers and topers rejoice!
Aml ye who hav ; ' hats, swing them high;
Shout! jo : n every tremulous voice,
The hour of our triumph is nigh.
For what is imported, they say,
We’mav without Linden n e sell,
Though it slaughter its hundreds a day,
And hurl its consumers to hell.
Come ye who can stand, join the ring,
And flutter your rags in the dance;
Shout all! and exultingly sing,
Long life to our treaty vilh France.*
Your grog you shall In nceforth i njoy,
For now without fear we can sch it,
To break down all laws that annoy,
We’ve engaged Messrs. Wcbsterand Hallct.
They are giants, ha ! ha!! never (ear,
And then we’ve the Senator Choate,
“ The channels of Commerce’’* they'll clear
From out wharf to the poor drunkard’s throat.
Ha ! ha! dear the track, boys, we come,
Our course shall aston sh the nation,
With Brandy, and Whiskey, and Hum,
We’l. give them hot Hell’s irrigation.^
* It was argued in the Supreme Court by Mr.
Choate, that our License Law can have nobit.d
mg lone, while our treaty with Frame remains
l>> v\h eh ye have stipulated to receive their bran
dy, when imported in quantities not less than
tiltecn gallons.
tMr. Webster used the followirg language in
his plea before the Supreme Court: “ *1 lie riohl
to import implies the right to sell, tothe unre
strictid use of all the Channels o( Commerce,
even the ino4 minute, to the consuTr.er."
t Mr. Webster in speaking of the diffusion of
mpoitcd articles through the community, said,
“ they flow out through a multitude of channels,
like irrigation.” It is to he regretted that he hod
not illustrated his view of the diffusion of import
ed articles,especially Rum and Brandy, by refer
ence to some other process than that, by which
our fields and gardens arc supplied with pure wa
ter and rendered green and fruitful. •
it shall flow where the waters now flow, )
And soon its«ff« ct*shall be seen;
Tire country thus moistened shall show I
A color much darker than green. «
Ha ! ha! it shall flow hoys, away, j
Through every township and village,
Nor tarry by night or by day,
And the Devil will look to tlie tillage. •
Come ye who can stand, join the ring,
And flutter your rags in the dance,
Shout aI! and exultingly sing,
Long life to cur treaty vith France.
C. Jewett.
A It oval It cproof.
During the reign of Dionysius (he El
der, one of (he young nobh s of Syracuse,
returning home after a debauch, was at
lacked !>va robber who stripped him ol
everything, even to his clothes. The
next day the thief was discovered and
brought he fore the king, whose known
•everity made the criminal tremble with
ipptche nsion. The noble having related
nis storv, and other witnesses having
roved that the property was found with
the prisoner, the king, after meditating a
moment, asked the young man how lie
could reconcile it with his reputation for f
courage, to be robbed and stripprd by a ,
single man. He replied that lie was too 1
much under the influence of w ine to de- J
lendhttuself; on which the king ordered ,
ihe rohber In be discharged, and sternly i
addressing the voting noble, said : “So | 1
it is wine that deprives our yotiih of their 1
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from this hour I will rather favor than 1
punish those who are the instruments of j 1
chastising unmanly debauchery.” j i
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Ist. I nat oi Physiol, gy. 1 hough, tors, veral
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