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MECHANIC.. . . . •
Composed fxjr anil sung at tbo fate rinnivorsnryCdpbratlon
jftho Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association. , ' *
LilVlip'thy tnll-woVVliaAd,’ '
Thou of the stalwart framenml tearless ore t' '
Lift promlly now thine ir«n,han<| on high’l, , <i
Firm and undaunted stand I,
No need hast thotiofiemß'- *' '
To deck thn ({lorinu* loinnle-ofthy thnueht;’
Thou hast the jnwclp which ll)y mind hath wrought,
Jticlmr than diadomal
•' Thou 'art our God's high priest, ‘
Standing before great nature’* mighty *hH ne s ’ ■
Fur the whnlo wothllha glorious task is tliina /
To spread thn eternal feast. .
Even like thoTfcbrewChief. 1 ‘
Sirik’sl thou upon the rock,’ and from the deep
Mystcrinueheart the living waters leap ; ■
,T,u.givf.llm world rcllefl.
Mighty among thy kind;
Stnmlfißl tlniu, man bflroii toll, midway
llutwecn ilia earth-ami heaven, all things to sway
By thy high-,working .mind!>,
Tlnti ransl dclYfl iu tho.eartli,
Anil from its mipldy clontha bring 'forth pare BolJ!
Ttmii tlnr dmlifrf inmnavidi rolled,
-Ami gfvo the lightning birth!- . i
... 1-t, •ir :iJ ■ ", ■ If.
T.hotj hast tho stormy spa ■
Cliainbii to tliy‘6hnrl(,t wlibols.nmt ttib WIM (vimls
Obuy-lhP o’errun lntclli?cl that bimln- - ‘ •
. (//'heir rushing wings to theol.,-,. • - ;■ > ;
TJ\ou cnnst.qmv hamls create,
Where tho wlWjmlnnjf wave nn mastery owns;
Ami iheyasi iilsiaiico of oiiiioshig.zones . 7 ,
Cnntd thou annihilate!
■, Lift, then, thy hand tn Ilonvou 1.-
Spread lliy ImMceplro oVr thovon anil land.
Thou limit ill** world entrusted tn tliy'haml;
Mnrtli to l(iy chargc is givoitl
3WtqcrUn«cow».
' sr : ELI*A CORWIN|'
OR' THE CHIEFTAIN’S OATH.
A LEG CKO OF NAUMKEAG.
‘ A hrigllt and joyous creature was Ello’Cqrvvin, at
tins ago of fifteen, a laughing hoydenfch, and thought-
Jess miuden l '4iut'Mrbeuutilul one withal, who delight
ed, when Hie summer Jiinq -qain^.on, to romp over
the green hills qmi "fpeky of, her nutWo
village,.which although’it hotitiiniilly,.bore its .pre
sent title,*iit ihe'tuno nf-whidh .wo drb speaking,. in
the year,l67l, was-called by the,people generally, by
its Indian’ iiumq of The place bus
changed since lh.it dale, frunfa quiet village, to a
populous’city, and tlic Improving hand of lime, pus
sing heavily over it, bHsidauscd many of its green
hills to bexovered with.busy workshops,.whoso occu
pints have been /bund to'b.Ujgrcut adepts in turning
nature into art, by lcvulling:hiil» to valleys, and des*
iroyirig. vestiges of the jprmer aa Tastaqd sometimes
faster lha;t was Out therein
one spot .which neither lime, nor Improvement’has
altered, a little,,grass coyerpd hill, situated not a
a great'ways from'Hathorno’-a Point; near whaL is
nowcalled Salem, Neclr. ~ f . i,:
It wns on the top oflhc little hill mentioned above,
that Ella Corwin had'chosen to rest. In company
with aTemalo companion,. wHb/n-Wo-shaUcall Annfcl
le Arnold, oiler revelllngj iind .romping nboul lhq
green fields, for u grcalorpart of liio afternoon .of a
warm day in August, 1671.
•• This isa.beautiful spot to rest upon, da you not
think it is Anncttu 7” epid Ella, after tho two.had
remained seated for t few moments.in .silence..
“ 1 certainly do think bo, doir Ella,” replied An.
nolle, •* lor hear wo havo on excellent view of the
broad b.iy, and the fair Inlands .which rest,upon the
now tranquil bosom, and—”
••A picturesque view of several Indian wigwams, l ’
laughingly Interrupted Elli, “whoso very interesting
occupants, the squaws,and-the papooses,-.you. can
observe, arc now cngjgcd in, sunning-them.
selves in the glade below.** v ~r -
“0, Ella,” answered Annette,fadly«‘‘ how you do
delight to turn every thing into ridicule.*’
“That’s just what my father, lolls me,” replied
Ellui “sp I suppose,it is. so—but there, I declare, 1
cannot help it, although as 1 grow older I shall grow
wiser, and leave off my wild talk, at tbo.flamo time
lhalJ.drop my wild actions.’’., . :
‘ “! hope, sincerely then, that, Jho. lime will soon
cpntc,” replied AnriqllP, who was more staid, more
scrtpiis, and. ujtio somewhat' older than her conipan?
IOhJ ' 11
.“perhaps it may como sooner Ilian you expect it,
dear Annette,” responded Ella, as a slight shade of
sadness .momentarily covered jier fair brow, .“us next
week I,sail,for England, there to be—”
“ What?” interrupted Annette, eagerly.
/• Married !” piißwcred Ella.
" Ua—you going.to bo married,” repented Anncl*
to, with tinleigned astonishment —“hut no—you njusl
certainly he joking now,” ,
“ On the contrary, I never whs mope serious in my.
life.” , ' , ‘ > ,
“ Dill did yon hot tell me, Ella, no longer age than
yesterday,” sold* Annette, earnestly, M .tli,at,-you. had
plighted your .Iroili to IC unira, fho young
the Narragunßcilit, who has lately comphoar
something of the manners and customs of the Eng
lish” - ' ” - " - - ' •
* “ Certainly," AWotle,”-replled-Ella,*!l did tell you
that I had engaged -myself to, .Kapiaru, mid that is
the truth, but Ihen it wes all in fun, you know ?”
, M What\y aa I*ll, in fun,, maiden,?”- exclaimed ; .n
strange voice, which proceeded from il)e;lipp, of a
tall, but handsome young Indian,who had approach
ed the two girl* uppercuivod,:ftp(n.lhP3PPP ot dlo B^°
oflho hill.. M*{ J'.'- i
‘ “For JCamara, where have you come
froth,” asked'Ellii, soniQwhat' startled,.ut, the. chipi
lion’s sudden'approach before her. . » ,
'“Froth hlelow/’ansWored Kamnra, witltin biller
sneer, “where the squa'wsand pppoosed ore busily en
gaged ih tlio Interesting oecup ilioti of sunning.lhchi'
Selves, 11 ‘ r ' l ' ! •• •' •" ■' •
.•• lilt 7" exclaimed Blls', 1 ” m j'dtt hi\Wbcun lU(cn
,ng to our conversation. That was manly business,
certainly.” • . . ,
“ Manly or rtol, t ditVlfoten lo'yolir conversation
-and Ujjyi 11,dc^|gn IpJisl.cn, r l w i^tpll.yon
how I camo tp. dp sp. lir ; ’ . , • ."‘“s ~! 4' .
“ 0, ni listen fast enough, if that’s all yon want,
answcrcil’ EUd, ds'hci I ’v6ico rang out In a‘clear loud
Hugh at the; Vpiuig plilbaViny Solemn purpystness.
. Folding his arms, nnd Vogarding her with u look
‘h'which fovchgoi l contempt and IOVO seemed to 1 bfi
»trart ffc |y blended, Kamora addrosßod Ella thus? ■
V Dul a: little, while ago, Kamila 1 loft his native,
fribo, and came hero to Naumkoag, toilodrn the lau«
gunge of tho pnle'faccfl, their mannear and customs.
Hero ho had not .been long, before ho ww tho P“MJ
juco maiden, who now. eisls before ,lnin» l°vpd
her... Ay.Kamaro Jovijd.tho polo fuped maidpn, bo,.
c amo licr fuot. wore as swift as the niounl® n
deer, her, voice waalasspfl as, that of the summer
niglitingalo’i. ttnd because her Matures werpasboau.
Plul aallniso of an angel; whom, ho hat| ilronippl of
BB dwelling 'in thb spirit Idnd. Ka mark told tins
gulden ofllio love he boro Inwards her, to d her that
h« ( for her sake, would throw off his Indlan lmbils,
fnd try <6 bcqoiWjn langWpe manners oven as
ho while man, and she,* what answer did she return
lo all this-?*’ • ‘
“ Ha, ha, hd *» laughed Ella, “I suppose that means
IP O, Well, good KamarAitgoon, and 101 l the answer
I ‘Ud return to your long love story.’’
,* ■pWyoii not toll mo,” bitterly replied Kafnora,
waited putlpnliy'the lops of three, years
yop would th6n become thy* wife?’’• "
. Ye",” nnsworod'Ellh; " and t have* lold pcrhiips
‘ 1 other's the same story 1 , but‘What of that? 1
, “H bbIU in ruii." ” ■ ' 1 .... 11
} n bln!'anil pray what may that m,nn7i7 asked
. l .,? l di " n soornfeliyj- ~■.!» '- -I ■ ■ ', !1 ' '}:> ■•)
1 17 mail ns,” iinnWorcil 11 o. cnricssly, ’ that
111(1 tiol'm o ,„ Vlitil I suld/tlWl's all." ,
i.'n.,
“That is all;lfl ,; 'it?”said Kdmarn; bjUqrly, “ ’lie
a? I suspected.,., Yotthavo paid / Ella Cor
win,’now 1 to llie Cmeftain’s.Oath, ‘Byydnder
thaTJa'd^out'to\eoi* , oTbr < 'Chygrdv > Gp ! of'iny fnth-.
era—tv tlib 'wild’'formal wfticli the whito man 1 has
ruthleßsly red Indian—by tho green - ’
grass/wlilch jrilitbrb Has‘ spread'profusely under my
lebtTT.fey tlia red blo’o/J which courses freely tjirbagh
the veins ot m'y Cr.ibci 1 • swear. on ttyis ’spot, and‘ In
yoqf presence,; that the 11 fe of cither y ourfu I ufe hus.
band,or your .first born child,'shall bo.tno forfeit of
jnur br-oljten faith, 1 Now will Kamara go and join
his tribe; ebrsirtg, I 'lcbfhing,'haling’llid, ;, ‘whiie’ men
and, hls fatherless brood. ’ rtcmehrber, Ella Corwiri;
the Chieftain’s Oath. jKamata ifl J gdrie. 1 * .*
So saying the.young chieftain'quickly disappear*
ed from Iho maiden's siglft, rfri'd 1 as ho did sb',' El!a
turningtodier ceinpahioh saidy' ; ! 1
pon’t yoa'ihihk Kdmara (diked vcryatrangely,
Anpclto?” -“ ' ,v ' [" / -
'“lf.whntjio says is truc,Tthink ypii must atlcaal
hnvn octbd'slrahgejy lowarHs'Him.” 11 ’ ;
“O, dear," replied Ella, “ what,makes ’you think
so, Annetie.?.becdupeT saw flt to tense him a little?”
v “ Ydiihlay possibly .have (eased‘him too much,
Ella,’’'ahsrmdd Annette.’ * •- 'V* • .' ' '
.“ O. I’ll ripk 1,1,” said Elia, peevishly. :*• I’ll war-’
rantho'WlliTorget it In .less Week., ~
1 “Ah Indian never, Torgets;” replied Annette, earn
j cstly.-' !: ”• 1 ■ :
Well,' I shall rdrgct'if.iriij'don’t answered El
., la, “-so lei us go home now, Anno'ttc.’andsay nb inore'
.. nhonl f |f. ' V‘‘\\ ’• i'
HaVing' lhus'spd|{ch, Ella'took’ ho? companion's
nViri', and then ibp ,lwo 'maidenB : proceeded to their
respective homes.’ ’’ '• ‘ a lf ’■■■ ■ '*•
•-.1-*- *- r/r
...... t t •* . , 7 , , . i
Flvd'yo’brs passed' a’mldqlghlbreath; ,
and in the interim, Ell tiCo rw inh a d bccomb’ ti wife ■
and d Sho.had left her liomu for Engldnd,V
a short time after the .occurrence ofdlie 6veriW be |
fore narrated; where she'Was marfiod Id) a«,young ,
physician, to whom, throdgh tho agency bfher pa. <
rents, she had been previously belrolhdd*/(J r -i . j
As wc Imvo bcfdro said, fiVo- years pad‘lcd...awdy,
and then Elli Cordrin, or‘rather Ella Mafl6nvn6cbm
panied by herihusbdnd and ihfanl boy, returned 110
N’numkengvnndbec'iine located in a .small cottage
near ■ tho Point, before tno'nlioncd, which'had ‘ been
built for thorn on their arrival. : “'« ' ! . r
It was’a bright moonlight night, ; !n ! tlic*monthldf
Augusl, 1676, when, ns tho old olocktold tho hour df
eleven, Dr. Mason was’called from >the i sido of his
much loved wife and child, to nttcnd'upo’n.hia dying
pntienl. The ensd Was
of no delay ; so, after imprinting’a btuhingikiss up*
on the fair.oheek of his'sleeping Wtfoi he quickly
responded to tho ball which had been blade upon his
professional services.; ! i
No sooner had lie got well clcar'oflho hodsojlhan
the tall form bf an’lhdinn’warrior.e’rncrged from tho
concealment which'had been afforded, by tho’dark
shadow upon the grabs; ihlo tho moonlight, andsical.
lluty approached lho : nutside door of the cottage.,
lie tried tlio,latch,.and found; to his grcat.joy, ;- lhat
thp door hpd been-left unfastened,-.Smiling, triumph
ontly, tfic Indian,.with,light and wary .footsteps en
tered. (he. house. The np*t moment ho stopd
hcd><ide of her whom ho hudoncc Ella
Corwin. Her. first born nestled by her sidc.-.-fThcy.
hoili slept soundly,-quietly, and sweetly, Kumarn
stooped over.them. , Gently, very,Ge.nllyHflid lift lift
the infant;ipjhip.arnis, | t.bq.ne*t moment ho was gqqc.
Stiff the mother slept; on, as did.lho child, In Kama-,
ra’s arms. , ~ - 1 , . i,-.,,-
.Two; hours passed on,:nnd than the husbapd. and
filhcr returned to his homo. . : Ella still.slept, and'ns
he gazed admiringly,upon her 'beautiful.features, |ie
witipered /tor name. ,
She awake,'looked tenderly up, ond pimlcd,- ,
*'• Wheroippur cbild,Ella ?”■ asked the father, as
ho missed it from its accustomed place.. . .
** Tho child is here, my.Jovo answered Ella, ns
she confidently reached out her clasp it to
her bosom. , . . . -
“ My God, Horberti”'dho pxplaimcJ, pDcr.a mo
ment’s terrible'si|cncc,“ oiir child is gono!"
•• where v\ ■; */• 1 ' : !I ;; • ~
“I know not 1” exclaimed the |ranli.c h]othcr,' os
she jumped from the bed, apd'eagerly tore off its
covering. ’ ‘{’Tis not here, ’lift.riot here. ;0,(30d,my
child! my bpy ! : where js he? come iny Hcr
berf; let your mother licar you, and—ah, a. light
(lashes upon my brow, a rccojleclipn—a horrid re*
rncmbprunco*—the Indians,’ Herbert Mason, the Indi
ans hfVo got our child !•* ; , , ..
Lot us lone no time, then, in peeking.hi
them,” exclaimed the young raising a
loaded rifle, ho sprang out of the house,' followed -by
his frantic Wife. ' , ‘ ’ . (l , .
H.irdly.knowing whither they went, on .the berpov
eel. rah, nor did they stood ’oh'iho
verge of tho Point, which looked out upon,the culm
.waters of the liptlior. Hero .about forty rod,s frpm
the land, n dark object mdtthpif distracted view from
the midst of which a tail formed appeared. , , , .
Tin- dark object was an Indian cann’o, Tho form,
that, proudly from it was that of wamBrn,ch»pf*
lainof llio'NarragansoUp." .
Lifijng tl\o liny form ,of l|»o infant boy high above
his head, in a loud, clear tqno of voice, said ,
or'rallior shouted!‘ .. ' ,
“ EllajQorwin, thip is not Ip fun. Ronumibor JJio
Cliicflaih’s bath!” ’ ' ■ ' ‘
A-socond elapsed a lightpplash.disturbed tho'calm
sorchily of 'tho water as tlio i light draj)6ry pf.M|s
fini|)6y sank'beneath iheir level.
Another docond, end, the ball frpth S'nfle.
passed ttifniigh Knmara’s body $ another ahd.li ljoa- |
vlqr splash succeeded,anti Kmiiara bcuealhjlho
dark wnvcs trßi'mpliipg ’wildly in r.cybngo and death.
' One moment had scarcely passed, when, tlfoWhile
drapery of llio ififiinl boy hppbdfed pnop the BUffaco
of (lip- wafers { the inolhcr stijl shrieking, but fho
father rushed madly > inlo i lho,blllb^ , s—siicccctlpd in
reaching his child, and, Ip the Ahore. _,-
. As ho. luld Tt' in .his’, armp, the .mother; ga*W. P,
how'wistfully, upon its pali, wot foolnrcs,jhot H,
moved not., - There canto-,a -wild-unearthly .sjirjeh
from the mother’s lips—“my hoy, Ift dead!
was nof no,'for* ihq.,Val|o-|MUI mQl|icr,«yoioo
and as if, it rcoatlod; from up
iuto (l>9 of its frantic parent, amfs,woolly smiled.
Tho moral of this legend is oh, vjous* .!. . • • ..
noßrtowiNO.
-There is no class of people ; moro .nnnying In a
community tli.qii.tljoop wl>o,fl'ro, ctornully in Ihp h.liit
of' through; cxtfmno jisrsijnopy,
neglect to preside themselves with |ho vafioujt
clcs,,which aromonsldored in<jis|icnsiiMo li) a f*o||re.
dilated family, mid subsist almost .eo<,[ r ,ely.“ l ( i .l||d,
expenses, of their, neighbors. But ,it >» “
fiicu which WO daro soy many,qf.our reydprs wiM,
hoar Witness to,.that there.are^nj/amife,flho
aoein.tej ip,aka it die chief business of J(vps to
V’My dc.r-- .Sid Mrs. Grech to her husband
morning,' tho meal which wo borrowed fro|n Mr.
Itluch r ago is .almost out, must
ba '*^p^ ,o husband, 11 B.end and'^hfrow, ji^Jf
-a buslfol if Mr. While’s, fio sent 0 S J 'wo
* “ And }yJ?9P itequ.?., slmllwo
borrowed, moro than a month, ago-from tlio
»»W' tti cd.eyfl
it when she wootyjt, J(%se mie. #oyMe F-
Brown's, nnd ask jiinf to tend mo f|T«.e*J
voa go™lo*M™ d.r(tV.‘a»«, aSli hint.: to ,a
f “ L r _n„d do yon hoar 7 you may as well borrow
wonts to use it. What can ho want.with
.•Want s his l 00, eniw r t _ hul | rho lvnn tß
“bun COUNTRY—MAY IT ALWAYS UK ftiailT—BUT RIGHT OR WAONO,OUR COUNTRY.”
iCAEUgLE, PA: r TinillSDAY, MAHGH 9, 1848
-'1
Mrs. Green, ‘‘there. is pot’p particle of . butter,in iho
house—James, rim over to Mrs. Notab|p’s x shp al
ways has e*cc)]on'UbuUer/:in her diary, pad ask jhcr
io lo’dd rne<tt plateful.” ••
After a lew minutes James returns': “Mrs. Noiable
says she'has sent you the'bultor, but begs you; to re
member tliatlelio has already lent-you nineteen plate
fuls, which, aro sebred on-tho diary dpor,”- , j t
■Nineteen. platefuls]*? cxclahqcd ,tho. astonished
Mrs. ; Groen, holding both bpr,, hands.: ’[.“its ho sbeh
thing—l.ncvor had AoZ/.{hVquantity,'rmd if l had,
what is p, Hul’e plateful pf liuttcrl should
think of keeping an' account of suph a trilling ah af
fair—l dpclarb, I have a great mirid never to borrow
any thing of (hat mean creature again as. Jong as. I
live.” ... l 4 *'
After breakfast, Mr. Grpcn must shave.' ' His razor
is out of .prder—“John, where’s Mr*. Si'riilh’B hone
and strop?”’'
“Ho sent./or, it tho other day, sir, and said he
should, like to; have'lbb privilege of using it Himself
eoirt'elhnesj' " *’ “ '• - V;-
. “Sent Tor' il!' : Impertinent. Ho least
have waited till 1 was dond wilh it. : Well, go down
to ’Squire Steam’s, aml'ask.him to lend me his best
| razor, tell hint mine lb sb dull I can do nothing with
it. I knowih'c lias nn excellent bnb —for I, saw him
buy it last week at Mr.'Grant’s store* Be euro and
get tho now;ohe.” • •• v
A little girl enters; “Mother sent mo .to see if you
had done with \he secomi volume, of jlftiman’s History
of the. JewSj which . you 'haffowr.d of ,her several
months, ago.. Sku she w.puld like to rend It.’* ;
‘ MMy.dcariChjlcl, not yofir,mother sen^,ipr'
|it before? . ; ldeclarojf jdon’t know where it.ls how.
11,lent lt-to somebody—l.fprgct who.. I’ll make in
quiry.*.and if. I can-find lx, J,will send it.lo her .in the
course of a;fqw. vv?oks" ;::
|* In tho afternoon it rains—“ Wife, where-, is my
; .
| ’ “My dear, yourgreal coat has two grfcat holes un-,
',doi / the orpi-pits,'besides, it i* po shabby I nm asham
ed to spa- you 'wear It. Can’t wo’*borrow one sbrnc-',
where? Hero James go to Deacon Davis* aqd ask 1
him ifho will lend your father his hew surtout;;asil,
rains and his isi not.fit-to weaf. Ho will thkogood
care of it,'and return it when lip is done witli it.”—
And so on’to the end p‘f the chapter. [{
A friend once informed us, that about tefi o’cjbck,.
one cold stormy evening in the month of February,
when his family -was about retiring for to
their rcspcclivo;opartmentj, a loud rapwas heordot
>lhc door,.which an being opened,there entered a lit
|tle urchin who said Ip* mnmm, who lived but a few 1
Ipacca distant, hod sent her* wisliedMo
borrow a warming pan to warm licr tied, as thonight
was cold and they had none' in the house. Tho
worming pan was forthwith brought from tho kitchen
and handed over lolhr. Jiltlo follow, but .ho was not
yet satisfied—“Mothor;*oys if you lend us the wann
ing pan p.erhaps -you w.onld'lcnd us,-some eonfa too,
to pul into it, as our fitp is almost gone put,” .
. The humbly solicits alma,ab-yptir
gijlp, tells you ( lhsUho i'e . lhc chjld ofjppYcrly—nnd
hfs sqhatd features and filthy rags confirm InVlale.
You cheerfully render him all.tlio offoslajpcb in your
power,Vonsbious that virtue-Ametime's-dwells bo-
I ncalli ;a, tailored garb. ' The highwayman, who
1 knocks ',you v dowh» and then summons you to ijtaml,
gives you .» convincing, though’ rather, unwelcome j
iproof, that however- degraded the wrcleh 'may .be
fronvlhipresenco of virtue, -ycl slilj. enno
;b!os But tho ’.newspaper borfoWers docs
not possess one redeeming—irdyi»
our temper. ' * .
' “Visitors arc requested hot to stand upon tho Boats.”
is tho notice wo find at the bottom of thd bills of one
of oiir principal places of amusement. Wo expect
to sco a notice ; running “ Visitors.are requested to
abstain from standing on their heads during the per
formances!” This would ho No decent
person would for a moment entertain an idea’ nf blah.
dlng'“ on the beats," bhd indecent tie. a vulgar in
dividual, would pay but little attention to a piece of
advice gratis of that kind. “Gentlemen are respect
fully rcqucßlcd not to spit In each other*# hats,” is a
notice, painted in largo characters, on the wails of a
large hot.room belonging lo a fashionable ball room of
tho clty. “Genllchien ord rospectrulfy requested to
abstain from whittling the chairs, tables and mantel
cornices,looks down upon 1 the traveller from Ihesll
ting room of a first class hotel in the city of-Hart
ford. All these things HVo ridiculously conceived.—
It would bo as well toplacard tho* request Persons
nro respect fully requested to behonost among thidvcfl.”
If people Intended lo'do right they-will do so Without
notice or request.;;* If they don’t they won’t! «1J the
requests to the contrary noiwilhalahding;: Rue it is
a sorrowful reflection that VHndalism prevaili'ainong
our own people to such bn extent—that*they will
stand “ upon, tho scats in theatre's; 1 will “spit in
each other’s hats(praclic41 t |okihg, undoubtedly)
.will carve their names In the tables; and chairs, and
cornices of hotels; .will steal'where they can; (some
of them;) will perpetrate numerous frtnnyismß winch
have to bo remonstrated against In the public prints
and on the dead walls and alloy entrances’.
Whnta world this is!— Noah't WeeUy Meatenger.
DEATH OP'DARON Dlfl KAhB.l.
Immediately on’ receiving orders 'of departure', we
wailed on Iho good old Dp.Kolb lo'tako our leave,
and lo express out deep regret 41 parting with Kim.
*lt is wills great regret,'niy dear sir,‘that I part with
you,’ said he,‘because I'fell a prcaciltmont that wo
■ pai tto meet no more.’' We told hint wo hoped bet*
, tcr'lhihgs. ' ‘' ! ■ V ' 1 .
‘Oh no,’ho replied *tt is Impossible. 1 War is a
kind of game that'has it's fixed rules, whereby, when
wdaro’well acquainted willi'th'om; wooan pretty cor*
rectiy 101 l hdw the trial will go; ‘To-morrow, it soonis,
that the din is-lb bdoaolf and in my judgement, with
out the least chanco on our side. -The inilills I sup
pose will, ns usiini; plsy"tho heck-gome, that Is, gel
out of the battle as fakt as their legs will carry them.
'But that you know, won’t dd Ibr me. .I’ain an old
sdWier, alld dannut'rhn j'and I bolipvo I have some
bravo Celhtws who will stand by mo to Iho lost. 1 So
when you hear of oirr ba’lllo you’ will probably hoar
that your old friend.DoKalk is at rest.', r 1 !
I never was more affected in my life, ami I .per
ceived, tears in thoioyos of Gobi Marlon, Pa,.Kalb
saw. them 100, and taking 1 us by Iho handnho.sald,
with n firnvand nnilitaleii Inok—‘Nn. no, gentlemen,
no emotion for: me, Jiuti.thoso of congratulation. I
am happy.:, To.die is the irroveralhlo decree of Him,
who made us... Then,what joys, to bpa.hlo to.-ntpol
duatlKWitlioul dismay ViThank God, this is my.cpse,
Thothapplncas of man is my. wish, that happiness 1 1
deem ipeonpislont l .w|lli„sh ) .yory. , .And to avert so
irroal an ov)l fropvap innnconl people, 1 will gladly
meet the .British on to-morrow, at iny odds what-
Vao Ito spoke liiis p.firpftoahod from his eyes, which,
•coined to inb to demonstrate the divinity of virtue,
and the Iptmorlality of the.spul., VVo|qlVhim yyitls
feelings which I, ah,all pevpr,'fqrget, while pioinory
retains her seal th. my, brain., ... ',, .. :
’ |j was tli.b ntnqnlng pif,Apg!!»!.ls{!‘ WfOvkhat Wh
left the army in a good position nrifr Hugploy’s Mills,
twelve tnilps.frpinipamdon, where the cncmy lay.
At ton-lliat night.priors were given, Ip iparoh and
suppriso Ilia enemy, who had,at, the sfiiaa lima corn
moneeda march to .suppriso .the, Americans. To
their mutual astonishment Iho idVanco of the two
armies mef a'ttHpo’oluok'iend’began firing’at each
plliei l . l ' It waii scop discontinued by both panic*; who
appoared’willing lo leave iho'htalter to be deoliled by
day light. 4 ’ A council of wat* was called, In wnloH
Do Kalb advised thhl the arrriy should-(Hll back tti
Rugoloy’p JUIUc, and'wait to bo attacked. Ooh.Goldli
hot only Jlllib excellent council,butlhrew-oUI
an inalrinattort .'that originated in fear; Upbrt thhj
thobravi old man leaped from his horse ahd lilflccU
himsblf nt thehbad m Jiia command on fooli
with considerable, warmth, “ “ Well, sir', 1 porhuj)* a
few hours will showNylio are the, bravo.” ' IV , ' .
"■ As daylight incrcapcd tlie ‘frightened ‘nU, l . l *? b fs“"
to dlseefbr‘the woods reddened o|l nvorwllhtlieie'r
let unilorms of the British army, wh eh'.ounl VI h
rattling drums and thundering chhholii ccjne, rusu (
VANDALISM.
on to lbe charge, and they' scarcely' \vai(cd to i
give.them a dislaptfire before they broko_arid fled in’i
every direction. General Gates clapped spurs to his
horse, as.hc said, “to bring the rascals back.*’ How*|
cyer. ho;did,not bring himself back, nor did ho stop,
till ho reached Charlottc, eigbly. miles from the hold
of batllp.. .Two-thirds of the army havingthussbame-i
fully -.taken off; tHo brave old Do Kolb
and 'his handful of continentals were left, to,try. the
fortunes,of the day. More determined valor was nev
er displayed; for though outnumbered more than
two to ope, they sustniped the attack of tho whole
British force for more than an hour. Glorying,ln
tho .brayqry of his continentals, Do Kalb towered be
fore them like a pillar of lire. But alas I what can
valor-do,-, against equal valor- aided by such fearful
odds7:sAYbilo. bepding forward to animato his
tbo velerAnxeqcivcd eleven wounds. Fainting from
tho lossipf blood, ho fell to the-ground, while Brit
ons and Americans were killed over,him ,as they strove
to.dostroy bir to defend, —In tho, midst of clashing
bayonets,-,his only,surviving aid, Col. Do Bufryson,
stretched.his arms over llic fillpn >hpro and called
but “savoiAhc Baron Do Kalb.” , The British oflßccrs
then, interposed, and prevented .his immediate -dcs
trucliono > • ,
;De Kalb died ns ho had lived, thcunconqared friend
of liberty.-. When the English officer condoled with
Jiim for his misfortune, ho replied, “ I,thank you for
your generpus sympathy; bul l die the death I al
ways prayed for, the death of a soldier fighting for
the nghts.of.man." He. survived hi& 'a fow hoprs,
and was-biificd In the plains of Camden, near,where
his last jaatllp was’fought.
’ Manylyeaw after, when Washington Visited Cam
den, ho eagerly enquired for the grave of De Kalb.
It was shown to him. Gazing Upon it thoughtfully,
ho‘ ezbidioicd, with'a deep sigh, “So here lies' the
bijavb p.e ICulbi the generous stranger who came from
a distant jand to fight our battles, and to water with
his Mood the tree of our liberty/ Would to God hq.
Had jivedjiq share'its fruits,” . 1
'"1,.,!- I 5 ■S-l'-.i-TH-'-'' 7,! %!'UI
Ctmperanct.
. • .... AODKGS>
Ofr the Iter. JAMES LILTjIE,.In reply to the
- W. Mr. CHAMBERS. /
[Bei\ig‘ttie 'substance of a Discourse delivered in ths >
' Presbyterian Church, «/ Carlisle, on Tuesday i
the.lsth of Fehuary.] ! 1
Tl is pnjpcy at the outset of this reply, distinctly to
state ills real points in debate. I have'no. dispute 1
with jMn Chambers , whether temperance'bo a'good
thing, nor whether, in the duy in which wolive, total
abstinence may not be an eligible piethod of advanc
ing the.practice' of temperance. . Th 6 points discuss*
l ed uro lHcso two : first, whether, tolal.abslinoncc can
bo maintained on the ground that the use of intoxi
cating drinks as a beverage is condemned by the
ward of God; and second, whether the Order of the
Sons of Temperance is'an association, such as a
Christian can consistently support. \ I maintain the
negative oh’both these issues! Mr. C. is loud for the
affirmative. He tells us that in his former address
he assumed os the basis of his'remarks,.that into'*!,
eating ]lquor,'uscd ns a beverage, is a poison “,and
» curse.” Precisely Mr, Chambers assumed —ho did
nut prnvQ t _ if his infirmity id mistake assumption
fpr argumem* Ho dbcldrcs.that.ho Investigated the
claims df.thc dilTcrcnt temperance organizations, and
foimd the. Order of the Sons the best of aIT. . .Unforlu*
njjt'd? .however! Mr. C. docs not tell tis the stops of
Bils.■ investigation! Flo merely ’ gives us his word,*
fcjkJ those who are in the Habit of .looking lo God’s
word, arc not satisfied; they ask Mr.C. why do you
think so 7 And these doubts which his first speech
did not touch, arc just as perplexing as ever ih spile
of the three hours talking and reading, which Mr.
Chambers came all the way from Philadelphia lo
inflict upon ue. 1 . .
' In reply, to these assumptions I brought forward,
In my published discourse, ten passages from, the
’ Dibio to demonstrate that the moderate Use of wfnd
is not,condc'mpcci, but allowed;' besides lIRco reasons
why I could not join t|ie Order of, the Spiis. Instpad
of taking these texts separately and showing, that my
explanation of each was false, Mr. C. brings forward
17 places which ho asserts, aa usual, condemn the
use of wine. I might go through the whole of his
list, and show quo by one hoW absurdly they are
per,verted,! But ns Mr. C. lids not said one wbrd lo
prove theapplicabilily ofdneofllicm,I l am not bound
lb say anything lo disprove'lt; My word is,as gqod
as his,.and when ho .merely asserts, I orn entitled
ainfply lb .‘deny. ‘ Not however, to insist 100 rigidly
on this,TwillUkd the very first passngo.as a sample
of nil the rest, and show how basily'it may l}d turned
against him. Lcv.’x. 8,9. “Do not drlnjc wine nor
strong’drink; -ihou nor thy eonq with thee, when ye
go into the tabernacle of the congregation.” Mr. C.
quotes this lo prove that wine used aV a beverage is
u poison and a curse, and regards It ns an absolute
prohibition to tile priests ot all limes. Still, though
it were so*, wo' might demur and say that t|io prohi
bition lo the priest inplied the permission to the peo
ple,and os we. arc not Jewish priests, the passage
proves noting In T<?gatd to us any more than lo the
Jewish In general. Out the prohibition was not ab
solute and perpetual, cycn to Aaron. Uis expressly
limited to the lima when ho went into the tabernacle,
plainly implying that a) other times ho was at liberty
to drink wine. And it is on sueji passages that this
minister felics to prove his doctrine’ns In justify his I
denouncing mo in my o\yn paylsl; ns d hcroUcl,
The ground which Mr. Chambers most confidently
occupies, was the distinction of (he wines qf the Bible
Into good and brief, 'But hero, as usual, Im proved
nbthing. Ho’dld indeed rood at great length, or try
fo read Dr, NollVLcctures which insist on 'llils dis.
linctlon. I say Iry to read' for I saw at onco his
niter Incompplcndy lo speak on this subject, when he
did not known nominative from a dative,and fancied
himself ppbnking Latin, 1 When ho was actually favor
ing us willi Italian: : I donot say this because I take
any 'pleasure In plucking n brother so bare, but
because fidelity to Bible truth demands it. Tins gen-
Hemnn has sot Ills oulhorlly against wlmt I hold (o
be the plain word of God, orid I am determined lo
prove his authority worthless. Let God bo true,
whoever should turn out d liar. ,■ * *
•' This distinction about good wine and had , Intoxi*
eating and unUWlcnllnp; n curse and a , blessing,did
not'originate with Dr. Nott any more than Mr. C.—
1 Rev; John Marsh, Secretary of the American Icm
peronco tlhioh, tells us In Ills Introduction to Anti
Baclius. P, 20,tlioUho;Rev. George Dumold, in 1835,
gave this vied/ lo ilia world In the pages oflho Now
York Evangelist. “ Mr. Duffiold’s suggestions! were
highly vahied by somVoriho dlslingulscd friends of
lempernnco. Profesibr Stuart'acknowledged his in
debtedness to them; and said *1 feel that there Is »nmo
advance ' made by liis labors, that we have now a
broader basla’on which to build.’” But what do we
behold now? Prof. Stuart In,his letter to LucliirM.
Sargent, (soo Am. Tom! ‘/our. for 1847, P. 76,) do
dares •• the cause cannot bo. supported on any dis
tinction between' wines.” 'And'Dr.'Robinson, the
distinguished TrofosSor of Union Theo< Soininnry,
New'York, 1 calls tho distinction fanciful. (seo'P. 39.),
But what, though those respectable and erudite
professors weVe to agree with Dp. Nott, I, should not
be moved affairs.breadth Rom the grbimd 1 occupy.
t.lroUld Mill'.ppnlto anbnnwladjcd «nd undoni.
able autli.rfitic. Vt. N.' prfnla, and Mr/Cliamtart
tr'dn.crlbo. 'mill tend. •• yuym mcnn. »llliu;-ftr
merited or unformcnlod jnlnn of,the *«£»• ■JW I
fltniSnrilv denv. and I ms nluin the proper and on y
; l 3 i. tiro formanlod Join.
Gt T iu " r„!r. r ;
,l lX.aS;r.wVm.S
No t d«"J“'.‘l ’ "“S'i 0 f ..Colloco-ndmlroblo
WcoT.nrXr''Mia .pint and ''dormanco aalubikd in
especially . , . n l i.| |m fan)D lectures. ■ Still• 1
maintain la i.*» Dntl.orlty in Hebrew. and llj
maintain I .inulrtfril lira lebture. havo .allied It.
’VheroTs undoubtedly a dUTereHco hclvvcomTlrosh
and Yuyln—a 1 dlflVrcnco liiatuiislbd Mr. Duliiold,'!
and for a time some oiliors. ftcsdnlus (ferities It m'uat
new wine. It is once applied, to.the juice of the
clustro; still It. would be‘absurd to limit it to, this
[ moaning, or even to represent that as'llio usual 'ndnsi.
'Gescniussays the word comes from a root signifying
to get possession because Tirosh gots> possession
of the brain or. inebriates! Hoaco, iv. 11, of itself
shows undeniably'that any such distinction In favor
ofTirosh lfl absurd. “Whoredom wtno (yayin) ond
new wine (Tirosh) take away the heart. 1 ’- -
Mr. C. is very euro that Pharaoh dfank fresh juice,
not only because I>r, Nott says so, but because it is
a standard topic,with moat temperance lecturers.—
It is however a ineio asscrtion-r-a’mistaking of a
dream for an argument; . It would just be as logical
to infer that the lean klrio of Egypt were’ wont to
devour their plump neighbors,Tor certainly
was dteanibcl as well as the other. Though this is |
enough for Pharaoh; still nriild such profusion ofhr
fument ap my causeTurplshes, 1 ctih afford lobe
Iberal—even to lavishness. I.therefore add thot.wo
hayc cycry reason that the case admits'of, to believe
that urifcrmcnled grape juice was not the beverage
of the courtof Egypt., I toko it for granted, that if
the prime ministcr.gnye his guests! intoxicating drink,
and .of.febHrieidrlnk li htmsolftthni thq sovereign did
not content himself with grape juice. Now how do
wo know'thdt Joseph used intoxicating liquor? Be
cause' we read in the end of the 43d chapter that his
brethren drank and were merry with him. Mr. C.
indeed told us that they might drink and ba merry
ion coffco or milk;, and no doubt a more engllsh roo
| der might think the remark very plausible. Unfor-
I innately hoWcvcr’fbr Mr. C. and for those who trust
I in him, the word rendered to bo merry is ricyer once
used fqr drlnking'ariy thing but wine or strong drink,
I —it being the. very.root from which the Word for
strong.drink is derived. I chal'cngo contradiction.
The distinction between Bible wines, then, turns
out lo be a mere delusion. The different ways in
which it was employed. It might cither bo Used or
abused, and consequently,’prove cither a blessing or
1 a curse. The Bible does riot pronounce a woo on
those that drink wine, (Is. v. 2) but on those are
mighty to drink it. If wine is called a mocker (Prov.
xx .1) it is in reference to theunwico ones who arc
deceived by it. If the wise man holdup for warning
those who have, red eyes'and causeless wounds, it is
not those who have used wine moderately, but such
as have ferried long at it* If kings wore not to
drink wine nor princess strong drink, it wasoxccss*
ive drinking" that was meant; for it is immediately
added, (Prov.xxxi,s) “Lest they drink ond forget
the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the af*
fliolcd’’—such drinking ns slupificd the understand
ing and seared the conscience. •*; • •
. Still it may.be thought Mr. C. has some ground to
stand on in the Jewish passover,' He said a grg£l
deal about this, but, ns usual, nothing to the purpose.
He mainlained'that the Jews always use what Dr.
Noll calls unfermcnlcd wine at the passover. He
referred for proof to’M. Mi - Noah of N» Y. -Now, 1
might lake Noah's testimony and show that ho doss
nnl understand his otfn statement; but,Tor brevity’s
sake I will , bring (If 6 matter to a quick issue. The
! Rev; Kli Smith, in a letter to Dr. McLean, (Del.
Enq. No. 1, P.‘3o) states that the chief Rabbi at He
bron treated him with formeiited wine during the
feast of unlcnven bread. ■“ 1 knew,” -says Mr; 8. “’ll
wos fermented, not merely from its taste,but because
I had a discussion with him pn ths inconsistency of
having U in his house' at a lime when ho had pro
fessedly banished every Jhing Ihat iyos leavened.*’—
Of courap th,o inconsistency was' in the Imperfect
knowledge which Mr*-S, had taken with hioi.from
fspac Looser, the Rabbi of Philadelphia, m nleltcr
to Mr. Dplavan (Enq. No. I,‘ page 99,) says t “ I re
gret I cannot arisWeryour query os the tenor thereof
indicates,for wo use intoxicating and uninloxipaling
wines without, discrimination, in • the celebration of
( our passover. 1 * , And he adds towards Oio close, “the 1
Scriptures inveigh against drunkenness,' or excessive)
drinking; and do not prohibit.the partaking of wine
I though its abuse might lead to deplorable consot
; qucnccs.” •. ,
, - Tho Rcv/Mr. ScliaufHor, for manyyoais missions
ry -fo.tho; Jews of. Constarilinople, J (See
Prlnc.Repl for .Qct. 1841) “But what makes an end,
to all strlfe on (ho subject, is (ho Invariable practice
of (ho synagogue in tho celebration of the. passover.
► • when wine can ke hod every Jew, even the
poorest! must have four cups of wine, and if he can.
not get suflicicnt alms together for the purpose, he
mu l sell 1 whatever’he Inland buy ,lhq requisite
proportion of fermented wipe." Where,docs Mr. C.
stand now 7 Let ns sec, 1 had argued from tho mode
of 'living pursued by Christ, from the Institution, of
tho Supper, from the Miracle ofCaria, from the chureh
of Corinth and from the injonctlo.ns of Ponl, that
wine— intoxicating not prohibited as n
beverage. And how docs Mr.'C/mCet aR Ibis? Yon
shall boar—J will quote one passage ip full:
“ Now, let mo ask the gentleman, in tho name of
suffering humanity, in view of the best interests ot
eralli and Koavcn.in view of those invennmed adders
(hat lark beneath tho flowers that wreath the spark
ling bowl, in view of tlio elghlv per cent of moderate
drinking which results in drunkenness, disease, death
and hell, which of these two kinds ofwino would our
Saviour have recommended as a blessing, when lie
: said ‘loud us not Into temptation 7’ WnuUMio have
recommended that n> o bleeping, llm effects of which,
‘ about him, bo could not fall-16 toad in lettera of liu
: man blood, aa tho moat damning cur.o that ever
visited God's fair earth 7 , Would bo ho»o Mid, with
some oflho clergy oflbo preaont day. that tho bless.
. ing consisted in Ibo modcrato n.o of that which baa
done no mooli jn exchanging tho virtues of earth for
I the ftiriea officii? .Aa readily; would l.s tmvq recoin-
I mended moderation In theft, burglary and mtlrdor.—
I hope Ido not err, but, rather than believe such
dpclrino to (m stomped with Divinity, I would barter,
. for a incss porridge, my hope of Heaven,
i And ibis is ibo reply to nn elaborate Scriptural
. argument! If metaphor run mud cun.overturn plain
, Scripture texts, those who follow this gentleman s
load have sdnio dlmnco of osooplng pity. ‘ hot mo
! ask tho gonllo'mnn.’ crioo Mr. C. but ncil till ho hud
done oil he could to itjfto my reply—till ho had bar.
gained with llio trustees of I ho Ist Church that there
ahonld bo no answcrlhg on the spot. Uo boasts that
1 if boron uwojl lllb flrnt time, it was to como back
and fight Idol night. , Dot surely never woo poor
Iludlbra. so inap(lv quoted. Como book to fight Mr.
C 7 Oh, no! Two nt least are required fur o fight.
But yob took gnbd oqre not to como within reach 111
my hands word tjed. But to (be question; Which
of theso lwo kinds of wine would our Saviour havo
recommended?'’ 1‘ have proved Iho doctrine
two kinds of wlno to bo on nbsurdity, and therefore
tho very grband of tho question ioieinoyed. Bosidca
Mr. C/|» far 100 ready In dogmatising abo wh t
, Christ Would doj inslosd of simply '".V 1 ,,,
and finding-out. by aotna osamina'lon. w a H'
done. Ho la like many wl.ofir.tmake
SISSSSS,
n'T^iVl h m ar. ohrlstlan men drawn Into.
by their hatred of drunkenneM and <
thrlr benevolence towards drunkards. Still the r
10 J ininnilnm will not prevent Ibo mischief nf Uiolr J
inennl'istoncy. Wonitf Christ rnako an Intoxicating
drink I “y o-ki and when they are very sore Mry
3 nm do it! they think the inference • il'.'urer,
Christ would not, Inaamucli os he is 'h" l ' i l ’
But the dalkmg Is ifopli.li and loftdol in I(s
tendency. Wo are not fit judges of what Christ wilf i
ifo, Ha^has done things‘already which wtlld never
havo entered into Iho wisest man I heart j lo conceive,
nnd, no douht, ho will do an again. Him UnlvoranliaU 1
oaks, with nn much , confidence no Mr, C, toonfd the
kind, tho merciful, the nohipns.ltmale, the meek and
lowly Jesuo. burn poor',dinner), in-elernal Brea?—l
Shocking'! Horrible blasphemy 1 ; Bbtlier than be,
llovo this I would give up my.-Biblo nUogotlior.i nr,
aa filr.C. sayo "batter,'fof a’,rtitarfif porridge, my
ATOfIO.PEB.ASIIOIfK iff?
hope of,Heaven!” Tho avowed infidel goes a,step
farther* Ho takes Christat his word—soys, beeaaso
jjd loaches such horrible doctrine, ! abhor him. The.
contradicts Christ's work—the Infidel
rejects' Christ for' that work. . There is no essential
difference between them.'. Of the two universalis! i
is the more beeahso ho 1 Is on infidel In a *
mask. j. ’ *'*,
Nnw, I charge this minister of Christ with 100.
denial of his ‘Master's* work. The Gospel declarer
Christ made wine; yes, Bays bat”not.infO*i-•.
eating drink. This merely proves that ho does not
know llje meaning of the Greek word onto#. * I lorn
to Lidel &. Scott’s Abridgement of Passow's Greek
Lexicon, and find the meaning wine lt Uip fsr*
mented juice of the grope.” There ,is not one syla*
Uein tho whole article to unfermenled •
drink is ever boiled onlds—-wine. 1 And, If this gen*;
tlemnn betray ignorance of the meaning of the Greek,,.
! wnrd, he is equally unconscious of tho real import ,qf
j the English word icitie. Turn to Noah \Vcbaler‘and ;
? you find the' leading meaning the fermented jalco or '
(he grapc. and though he gives three meaning* more, <
not one of them will bear the construction that fey
mentation ,npd. ,wine, can ho separated. TuCn : to
Walker’s, Johnson’s,yon will find the same; tike l^o•;
comiponcsl school Dictionary and l.challenge you to.
find the slightest conhlenance to the rediculpqs.se-'
scrlion (hat wlno means any thing but fermetned of
intoxicating drink,. ~ ~ . , • ~ -.y j,
But I said in.my published discourse that my plAin,,
English render emild be al no loss what
was meant in the account of.the miracle at Cona^tt'
The good wine Was brought out first, and when
had f well drunk,” (that is, when wlnehaj^-^
I blunted their perceptions,) then the *,
I dnccd. That the phrijxe,”’well drunk,” refersjo tho"
Influencoof an intoxicating liquor, I challenge any.
scholar to deny. The good and wise Mathew
speaking on this passage says, “this wine Had a
strongerbody snd betlerflavorthanordinary..*! Afad’.
ho expounds tho phrnte toArn tAey Hate
Ihus, *.* svhen (hefr heads ore confused.;” I Jhaje
never examined (Scott on this point, but 1 borrowed
this volume, and turn to It now for the first time, so
sure do I feel of my ground* He says: “The original'
word which is rendered ‘have well drunk* is often
used for men’s drinking to intoxication; yet,learned
men have shown it does not necessarily imply, that,
idea, but merely a moderate exhilirotion consistent
with temperance.” Ah, poor Thomas Scott, what a
pity you did not enjoy tho light of the middle of the, -
19lh .century, and find out whal wns done atyan*v
boforo you died. And Mr. C. really imagines,that
nil Hebrew,* Greek and ErfgHsh Lexicons, and. ell'
Commentators worth mentioning, ore to'bo overturn*
cd by somfc inpertlncnt rant about Menvcnonied.ad
dera, flowers and sparkling bowls!” ';No doQbt,”h«?
that desires to be a Reformer, desire* an jmnbrablo
office.. But, after all, some knowledge is rcqtilrea to
begin with. Without it, wo may thrust ourselves
Into notoriety, but it will not b 6 aja chviablp one. r
Leaving other matters to a more convenient oppor
tunity,T. come now to repeat my published quostionv
Is THE OIDLE TURN AGAINST TOTAL ABSTINENCE? ‘ - And
I answer it as l.did before, NOJ t think not. ..The
Apostlo Paul, by tho authority, of W# master and
.mine, declares “ it js gpqd 0011001’ to eat flesh; nor to
drink wine, nor pny thing whereby thy brother slum*.
blelh or is offapded. or i« m®do weak.** If .a clilis-
Uaw cannot dtlniH ffjnp without tempting his neigh
bor to drink 100 much, or to commit sin’ in any other
way, the' Apostle says il.is good in that case nofjo
drink* I have offered again and again in public, in
this town bfCarlisto, to abstain totally if iny^profes
sing brethren would honor Christ by recognizing this
passage as the only ground of total abstinence, but I
have only got nbuso and misrepresentation for.’my'
pains. It is not fair to infer frppi this that the lqad
ors in, this movement hqvo soiqctbing else In vicnr
than total abstinence.’ They allow the force of the
ApoiflcSjprinciples,then not oCton it. 'I main
tain thefo is rfa.nlhef'groond for totol abstinence,bnt
this, In either Testament, if there is,let Mr. allow
, it. Can the.cause nf total .abstinence be really pro
moted by abandoning the chrialian ground t and
. going down to that where none hut anlofidcTcan
(eel intelligently at home.? d’cno'onied.as a/f
enemy of temperance m Carlisla, os I,was iniCham?
bersbu'rg in the. Synod of Philadelphia.. But.thos*
who brought tho charge there were glad to retract jt
before the day was done, and I have ho fair before
this cause.is finished, (hstmy maligners hejo ‘,w|ll
I wish they Jiad held their tongues.' ' instead'
bring before their wicked lies I look, their, author*
down this day, while I denounce them, with all tho
authority qfa tru'e minister ofChrfst/asyihiWMilfwifl/
enemies 6f temperance and this' cross of'
What is it that has brought tho cause of tempera noe
trfllio miserable plight in which.\yo now behold,it?
if,U bo riot (Hnt its very life blood.has,been almost
( withdrawn In consequence of the poisonous principles
that have been slcalthly brought into it. W.ehnvo
John .Marsh’s teatitnqny thal.Che N.-Y.-Slate Tem
perance Society brgnn.lo pine when VVasliinglpnian
ism came forth from its kennel in Baltimore, to sweep
the land. And secret associations finished the work;
ns I find,’an effort hn* just been mode at Syyaeopp
to resuseiato it once more. But, though no prophet,
( predict it will fail, if the Order (Afire, It Is ;ib
excrescence—a vile tumour hanging and feeding on
tho body nf the temperance cause, having po inde
pendent life, and which, if not cut off by n. bold aqil
skilful hand, will Inevitably kill it. .The N. y. ,clly
• T. B. has also been brought to .the, gates of death, If
1 not within them. Otherwise, why should the. best
friend* of the cause In-that city hove organized, a
1 a new society on Christian principles. ; They lire
■ right In my judgment, when they declare ’that .fad
, cause wants a fresh Infusion of Christian principle.*
, Dot I should stifle my convictjou If I did nol.add,
1 that I nm persuaded they committed, a groat mistake
, when they allowed a Bon of Tempbranco to bo lhoir
leading speaker, even though that fender wasals.qa
1 son of Dr. Beecher.. Tho New Christian Society
; will yet find out, If they do not know, that .secret
i societies and temperance societies are incompatibly.
Tho attempt to unite them must fail, and do we net
behold it failing before onreyes? ‘ ThoCorisfiohockon
Division of Montgomery county, Pa., was broken up
, by tho Grand Patriarch,in the person of the Grind
Picklmnds, because they would not tolerate tlio
drinking of beer, stronger than Porter or Ale.. Thus
. it is that the good angel of
ing Ilia lilcaalnga round 111. Blobe. and pinihg Tor
’ aomoyenra nodor 11.0 Imnd.ofllioV-.lingonan
| fanalica, i.‘lhrofllencd will) final anniliil.Uon,ip. IJip
den ofo secret association. .. ..
, But I denounce these prlnclpfca aa hMlito.pol
1 merely to the cause of fatal abstinence, but what la
, infinitely more Important,-and what mainly compels
mo to pursue the coorso I do, os enemift of the eroii
ofChrltt. They assail the immaculate glory .that
shone forth with convincing splendour WPCT
They endorse the plssphemy that the Holy One apd
(ho Just was a ivinb bibber—an inleinpcrote.man
himself, and (may God forgive tlmso-wbo do it Ikho*
rantlv!) a minister to, the intemperance of other*
If he'who hung on Cslvary was not perfection llselft
then you ahd I are ruined men, this temple' Is art
| imposition, (his pulpit an absurdity, and this Blbltf
an essential lie. But If tho vila principles I oppbaa
are true, then by undeniable consequence, thesoi re*
suits cannot consistently bo gainsaid. ( ./j
One word and 1 have done. ( !“ am tola lllat llio
doctrine ! hold has been perverted by bolne Inlofnpo.'
rale men Into an encoorogemonl In ifidr excesses,’
I will now cutoff occasion from those wjm thus sock
it, by decfarlng rhy dolerminnlmn to abstain IVbrh'
eycrytlilng inloxicstlng for the spaco' of one ycaf’
from this,day. I am also strengthened in this reso. 1
lutroh' l»y Christian regard to Mr. Chambers. _Wy,
fasting wlhC mice In 12 monllia'nl n marring© party,
Rlumhiod'l'im *0 fanih that Ho actually' befdmo MJ
1 to odiutn, in a neighboring, pulpit, ns
Temperance. lam pluascd to an vo myMow* ,rom
1 suOh lomplnttons for nrio year at . - *
1 • Atlhaii&h 1 was not allowed b«*
Mr. 0. oh tho .pot, I Ohorclii If
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