On Board For Reform!

Ever since the Second Great Awakening, it has felt like there are reform movements popping up all over the place. Reforms that has taken up a resonance with me is the Temperance Movement and abolition. I'm not one to go out and campaign like there is no tomorrow for my causes, in all honesty, I'm more of the silent, reserved type who agrees with ideas but is more concerned with other things... like running my law firm. Temperance has stood out to me as important when I was talking with my wife one day and she mentioned that she knew of a woman who has a husband that drinks every day and even hits her! I find this behavior reprehensible! Alcohol in excess is a poison to society, one that needs to be eradicated. In addition to temperance, abolition has always been important. The enslaving of Africans is a practice I find vulgar and ancient and crude. One that America could ultimately do without, even if transitioning out of it will take a while. For now though, I'll just donate some of my copious amounts of money to these causes because there are other things I can be doing with my skills and time.