The Temperance Reformation: Its History, from the Organization of the First Temperance Society to the Adoption of the Liquor Law of Maine, 1851; and the Consequent Influence of the Promulgation of that Law on the Political Interest of the State of New York, 1852 |
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... consumed under sanction of the supreme law of the land ; and all the wretched consequences of such a law , amounting to habitual drunkeness , debauchery , pauperism , crime , suicide , X PREFACE . murder , premature death , and an.
... consumed under sanction of the supreme law of the land ; and all the wretched consequences of such a law , amounting to habitual drunkeness , debauchery , pauperism , crime , suicide , X PREFACE . murder , premature death , and an.
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... crime of a life of drunkenness , and all the concomitant curses of intemper- auce . That little feeble band of temperance brethren , holding their quarterly and annual meetings in a country district school - house from April , 1808 ...
... crime of a life of drunkenness , and all the concomitant curses of intemper- auce . That little feeble band of temperance brethren , holding their quarterly and annual meetings in a country district school - house from April , 1808 ...
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... crimes , and pun- ishments , which are created and fostered by intoxicating liquors ; and the whole atmosphere of human existence will be sweetened into the social improvements and enjoy- ments of the ordinary and proper business of ...
... crimes , and pun- ishments , which are created and fostered by intoxicating liquors ; and the whole atmosphere of human existence will be sweetened into the social improvements and enjoy- ments of the ordinary and proper business of ...
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... crime , death , and the destruction of millions of souls of the human race . The history , cause , and present condition of appeals for legal aid in relation to the Temperance Reformation , pro and con , will now be analyzed and ...
... crime , death , and the destruction of millions of souls of the human race . The history , cause , and present condition of appeals for legal aid in relation to the Temperance Reformation , pro and con , will now be analyzed and ...
Page 70
... crime , which have their origin in the use or abuse of ardent spirits . The police power , which is exclusively in the States , is alone competent to the correction of these great evils ; and all the measures of restraint or prohibition ...
... crime , which have their origin in the use or abuse of ardent spirits . The police power , which is exclusively in the States , is alone competent to the correction of these great evils ; and all the measures of restraint or prohibition ...
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