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POETRY.
The Drunkard's Child.
I=
In the crowded street I met her,
• Jest as twilight veiled the sky
Never, never to forget her,
And the tear-drops in her eye.
T'air as summer ' s fairest blossom,
Played the curls upon her brow,
While beneath them heaved a bosom
Whose deep anguish flu ills mu now
"Father. father!' sit:At , she mildly,
'•.\lother prayed you would not ntay!"
"Father, father!" cried bile wildly,
'Come, oh, come with le away.'
'•flush thy tongue!' the father tered—
Fur the draneshop door w•as nigh—
Aid her heart with terror fluttered,
As he bade her horneseard
Sail, and faint, - mid. breken-hearted,
Turned that little child away
To the home from whence she starred—
Where hF'r•gtav'ring mother lay.
All that witlL!grief and and sorrow,
Watchful they, prayed they hoped in vain?
Till.tho daylight of the morrow
Brought the drunkard home again.
IStre and croxft, the wretch beheld theist,
Wanting e'en a crust to cat;
Likt twu beasts the fiend expelled them
From the hovel to the struct!
Bitter,'bitter days they bore it—.
Grief the world may never know—
Till tbe bier with .ahfe o'er it s
'Eased their burden here below.
Side by aide the two are sleeping.
Fachld stalk and withered rose ;
'Neath the,silent willow—weeping
O'er the - grave of to woes.
Ola, my God! is this a story—
Or a sight . for every day?
This a part of human glory—
Let the tongue of ages say!
What OF Courts, and what of battles,
What of deeds beyond the wave—
When around our hearth.sido rattles
All this pageant of the grave !
Dim the eyes, and cold the ernlwrs,
Pale the cheek and dark the sky,
And what joy the soul remembers.
Gives to grief ;t darker dye.
Here's the Fpot to pause and lieteu ;
Here's the woe to meet and heal;
Whatsoever watch-atats glisten,
ilere, 0 Warrior. lift your steel.
From the Templar an l Watchman
The Overthrow of Nations.
Virtue affords the only safe foundation
for a peaceful, happy, and, prospetous
government. It is as true now as it was
three thousand years ago, that ~ When
. the wicked bear rule, the nation mourns."
Arid the causes which have resulted in
the destruction of Nations and Empires,
are just as potent at the present day as
at aar former period in the world's his
tory. And these are not so much the
nation receives from without, as the
moral impurities she feels within. Dis
ease and corruption affect the body
Politic, and produce pain and dissolu
tion, with the same certainty that they
prostrate the physical powers of man.
If the head is disordered, the whole
. heart is sick. If the• political fountain
becomes polluted, its dark and turbid
waters will eventually impregnate every
branch with the contagious miasma.
The history of the past fully proves the
truth of these assertions,
Rome was once the mistress of the
world. In her greatness and pride of
power she became corrupt. Her states
men and lawmakers were the first ex
amples, illustrative of the debasing in
fluences at work
,in the empire ; her
common people, as a matter of course,
soon felt the power
.of these debasing
influences, and cheerfully patterned after
the example of the great, until the entire
nation became a moral putridity. The
historian has drawn a truthful, though
a fearful picture of, the condition of the
Roman Empire at its overthrow, and the
causes which produced it, in the follow
ing vivid language:-,-.' When the Em
pire of - Rome crumbled from - her own
tremulous migh ; when the corrupt
ness, and crnalfty. and-intemperance of
her people completed the destruction
4otnmenced by .her powerful rival in
AfriCa, and the mistress of the world,
after a reign of nearly fifteen centuries,
skould see the fate of Assyria and Mac
edon, the last glimmer of science and of
moral i fluences was extinguished, and
on ma kind icomer§ed in Tartarian
1.
gloom -• •
Never since the antideluvian age had
ignorance, superstition, and cruelty so
tornpletely degraded man as during the
period to which we now refer. It seemed
es if,tho- over-ruling -power bad. with
drawn the last check to :the baser pas
- •. -
DEV,() . T4I) TO : THE PR;NCI,PLES OF bEMOdRACY, AND TH I;II,SS,F.MI S I t,ORALI . I ' WS
eiobs, and lekthe Empire to tholovern
ment of
,the prince of darkness;:a . idedhy
his able viadjutors in hnman form.
Every restraint of law and-reason-was
entirely diaregaided,"arid =anarchy. 'and
confusion usurped. the • phice of - liberty
and order. • - -
The MD. then, as now, lit the East and the
West,
Gilding treetop and billow, and hillock and
glen;
But slowly and sadly he sank to his rest,
As he wept o'er the crimes and the follies of
men."
And what was true of Rome, has
been true of other ancient, and of modern
nations. And ii she - Will not' leain
dom from the pait, the. same also . may
prove true of_our own nation.
Our nation is powerful, and hgr great
men are corrupt ; and in the pride of her
power she is fast verging• to that point,
or period in her history, when she will
fully adopt the principle•of .her future
action, that ".might is right." Indeed,
as a nation, we are not Jar from that
point at the presen i t time ; and the evi
I n
(fence of this isseen not only in the
immoralities
: and ice of our statesmen
and lawmakers, bu also, in,the disregard
of treaties and sole n .compacts, and in
the spirit so tiniVe - sally manifested to
oppress the weak - and defraud the de
fenseless. The infiunous Nebraska bill
now before the national legislature is an
illustration to the . point, and shows the
ease with which corrupt politicians can
dispose of compacts and treaties made
in good faith by purer and better men.
That bill, while it introduces slavery
into a territory which should by compact
forever be free, at the same time pro
poses to violate and utterly disregard the
treaties made with all those Indian tribes
who have b-en removed by government
to that territory. These treaties were
intended to be perpetual, and were
solemn pledges on the part .of the
government that these tribes should find
herr, unmolested, their homes and hunt
ing grounds for - generations to scome.
But the white man's arm is strong, and
the African's and the Indian's arm is
weak, and, therefore, they must be op
pressed. Such an outrageous and shame
less disregard of national faith and obli
gations only shows how corrupt , and
depraved is . the nation's . heart. The
consequences of such a course of action
must res: upon the' nation. Ex-Senator
Clemens, in reply to John Van Buren's
letter on the Nebraska 'bill, has perhaps
given a bird's eye view of what. these
consequences are to be, in the following
..)-
extract :
"1 am too much engaged with pro
fessional duties toyay much attention .to
politics, but I have seen enough to be.
certain that the Nobra3ka as re
ported by Mr. Douglas, will pass, and I
think I can foresee the consequences.
That they will be anything but agreea
ble seems too clear to admit of a doubt.
A floodgate will be opened, and a torrent
turned loose upon the
. country, which
will sweep away in its devastating course
every vestige of the comprotniseof.
I do not speak of.its immediate effects;
I look beyond. ' For the present it may
be looked upon at
. the South as a boon,
and by a portion of the. North as a tri
umph over fanaticism. The word peace
will be upon the, lips of its advocates
everywhere. Like the angel of the
Lord, who stood among the myrtle trees
and said We have passed to and fro
through the -earth., and behold ! all the
earth sittith still and is at rest," even so
shall -we have it proclaimed that the,
country is at rest—that all is 'peace ; but
greatly fear they will soon find th - ey
have raised a spirit
_which will wing its
way through storm and tempest to the
funeral pyre - of the republic." '.
The hope of safy, in our case, is,
that virtue, wisdom. prudence, patriot
ism, and moral integqty yet remain with
the people, though our rulers may have
bartered all these virtues for office and
for, gold.
The towering waves of political in
trigue and demagogue influence must
be rolled back by the people, and the
purity of motive and love of country
that impelled the sages and heroes of '76
to noble and Godlike amino, must per
vade the hearts of our rulers, as ,well as
the people of the nation, or what has
been ivritten of Assyria, of Macedon, of
Rome, will also be written of our nation.
SALE OF THE Pu OLIO WORKS.---T wo
Or three bills are before the Leg,islatuie
for the sale of the public works of the
Commonwealth, but such is the tenacity
with which Locofacoisin holds on to the
offices they afford, that it is not at all
lately either will pass unless the people
unite in a general MoVement in.favor of
the measure. It appears by the report
- of the Audit& General, that the whole
receipts from these. works during the
last fiscal year, were $1,503,20F 14,
while the 'expenses reached '5'2;780,850-
79—=showing a loss to the State sin
gle yet!. of *897,589, 64 !*• It appeatis
.
from the :nine 'report, according to the
Peitstritori"Lldger, l that if' 'the:i &rife
were to sell herlinpfeiementi for 915;-
000;000, thus roducina We' dibt to $2l;-
'OOO,OOO, the current revenues •of 'the
Po7l . 7p4 l CCi:tiN:i7 * H l PA,, MBRca 3, /854..
Stets from other sources_ than the.Publie
Works would, duringthe pastiyear, haie
paid all the current expenses of govern=
ment, 6per cent interest upon 27,000,-
000, and have left. in round numbers
8 1,000,000 in the Treasury as a Sink
ing Fund. What do the Tax Payers
think of that! Is it not high time that
the State . Robbers who are now eating
out the substance of the people should
receive a "notice to-quit," which a sate
of Ahe public works would instantly ef
fect.—Reading Jdurnal.
Social Treachery—lts Baseiess and
We can conceive of no vice more in
effably and miserably base than Social
Treachery, or the disposition to become
acquainted with family secrets with the
object of betraying Them, and thus work•
ing injury to the parties. In olden time,
anything that was told in household con
fidence, or within the limits of the family
circle, was considered its inviolable, and
not to be communicated under any cir
cumstances. And so, too, with private
information, heard even - by accident.
And this we regard as a doctrine and a
policy entitled to the highest commenda
tion. There is Acarcely-n family in the
land that is not marked by some sensi
tive point of disposition or history: I3ut
to the honorable and the high-minded
this should be considered as forbidden
ground, to be avoided on, tilt occasions,
whether in public or private, just as we
would have others avoid our own peculiar
idiosyncracies,, peculiarities; foibles, or
infirmities.
A social traitor, one who is so, delibe
rately, wantonly, and wickedly, is' one of
the baseit of his species, and should be
avoided • and execrated by all who can
appreciate generous and noble qualities ?
or who cau, adequately scorn
,their op
posites. Alas for the misery Which the
indulgence of this. vice has produced !
How many hearts has it larcerated r -lioty
many gentle-bonds of friendship; 'affec
tion, and good will has been broken 7 -hovy
many families. - has it disturbed and 'em
bittered, and with what a Bend-like spirit
has it gloated over all this wreck and
ruin! And yet, strange asit may ap
pear, - there are individuals Who'Seem to
take delight in the indulgence of this
infirmity. They are stealthy. watchful,
ard serpent.like, Steal into the confidence
of the generous, the unsuspecting and
confiding, and then coolly and vilely
make use of the information thus ob
lained for base and unworthy purposes.
- We some time since heard of an in
stance in which a villain of this class
wound himself into the friendship of
.
another, and calvldailthheitans-
himself
o a r a s n el o fi p sh por n t ' tn u i v t;
to do the other an injury, the effect of
which will linger with hirh to a certain
extent through life. It amount'ed.to an
act- of social treachery of the vilest and
blackest character—an act, too, that was
perpetrated at the moment the parties
were, us they supposed, in th 7 enjoy
meat of mutual confidence and reliable
friendship. Nay, there is scarcely an
individual :who has not his unguarded
moments—moments in which a remark
or an expression may be taken advantage
of to his injury, by one who is so dis
posed. Indeed, we could point out sev
eral post estimable persons, who are,
nevertheless, thoughtless and impulste;
and who are constantly making strange
speeches, which, if tortured by the ma-.
lignant, or misrepresented--by the base,
would "constitute a source of difficulty,
dispute, and serious personal misunder ! .
standing. They talk freely, frankly,
and sometimes rashly, but those who
Inow.thern know that no harm is meant
or intended.. Nevertheless, on more
than one occasion, they have been
caught, so to express it; by some social
traitor of the hour, who has repeated
and exaggerated their remarks, and thui
made a serious offense of what was in
tended as a. mere, jest. Fortunately,.
these, vile betrayers soon become known,
and they are, therefore, watched and
guarded against. Their very presence
indicates the nscessity of restraint and
-caution; and they are and should{ be
avoided as a mortal pestilence.
-The wretch tyho steals into the confi
dence-of.another, becomes possessed of
the Secrets- of his business or of his
heart, and then betra'ys the - one or the
other, either in a spirit of wanton mis
chief, or with the deliberate purpose Of
inflicting,injury, is one of the meanest of
human 'reptiles that 'crawls the earth.
He would not, - perhaps, take' the, life Of
a fellow being for a consideration, being
appreheniive of the consequences ---but
would rob that being of life's greatest
tharm,peaee of mind "
and contentmentof spirit. There are, moreover, a' few
who have attained the midway path on
thejourney of' human existence, who
have rforat,some time or other been de
ceived and betrayed 7 -iaken to their
boicims andtheir confidenne some cher
-fitied"-friend or assciainte; and , fottnertt
- last that they had been hourishirig a
viper.' "The bitt'e'ineis miff aticin of
such a djsmier:v i sarinot Ex* deseribeil.
- It is 611m:dated 'td'clarica? life in' a' ll'aiter
'time, -lci;•ei6ite
EOM
Fruits.
WA
and to induce h,wiittition with, regard tp
the wbole human race. Hence the fear,
fbl'ibiquity of treachery. It: not
Only inipairS'confidence in 'the' gUilty
.party, but provokt.s. distrust with refer
ence to mankind at large.
There is nothing in this world that is
more - deliciods -or-capable. of' affeirding
more genuine 'enjoyment, than the
thought and' belief that we possess the
confidence; the friendship and affeciiens
of some fellow ,creature, towards whoin
we entertain like sentiments arid feelings:
'Such tin association and faith are•calcu=
fated in, solace and sweeten life, to recoil: ,
cue us to many disappointments-and
reverses, and to afford •:us a constant
source 'of reliance ' and of. 'pleasure.
When, therefore, we find in some un
expected moment that, we have been
deceived and deluded, and that we have
been cherishing a social traitor• in our
heart of hearts, the disappointment, the
mortification, and the anguish are keen
and poignant. And what must we think
of the baseness of the individual whd
`would for months or years deliberately
pursim this policy? What must we
think of the vile and criminal being who;
under any circumstances; would win the
confidence- of. another, only to misuse,
expose, or betray it? • What. must we
think—what should all good men think;
of the plausible villain who calmly,
quietly,.and stealthily enters the family
circle.of•a friend or a neighbor, or be
comes acquainted with the private
ness of an associate or a companion, and
then basely betrays the secret, social or
pecuniary, thus obtained, toln.flict pain,
destroy credit, and perhaps produce dis
grace and ruin ? We can reply that, in
our.. humble judgment, the retribution
that will sooner or later be visited on
such, will be just, severe, condign, and
inevitable.—Pa. Inquirer: • "
From the Pittnlwg:VisiCer
Pennsylvania Slave-Elunting.
• We were in Indiana County last sat-ri
mer, and out in- the - forest sitting on
n 'log: Our companion, a gentleman,
pointed to a house not :far distant and
said, A year ago last winter, Dr. —:-:.
lived there: lie had a large family of
children, and one night about nine o'clock
a rap came to the' door. One of .his
daughters opened it,`and in walked It
large negro man,—another and another,
until eight were standing in the room.
' 2 The 'children began to scream with
terror and 'try to fly from the house. It
was some time before the• father could
get them pacified ; during all which
time the men stood silent [lnd immovable.
When order, was restored, they inquired
if lived there. He did not, but
a representative was soon found, and the
fugitives, for such they were, taken into
a warm room, where bread and coffee
were furnished them. They satisfied
their hunger, hnd in'a few moments all
but the leader were sound asleep on, the
floor. - '
He
•recounted the adventures of the
party, who were a band of 44 Chinley's
men." They had come from Virginia,
and had traveled every night for two
weeks. The night before, they had
waded a creek floating with ice, and
swollen almost to a river. - •
-The leader said some of the party had
I 'been sold to the south', he amongst the
rest, and that' upon the eve of his mar
riage, while his intended was to remain
in Virginia.
Upon being asked how he had left her
for Canada,, a:strange expression passed
his' faCe, and he said he expected ; she
would be there as soon as he would.
• 'After therhad taken some rest, they
were awakened to go on their journey,
for a party were in pursuit. A• wagon
was prepared, and they traveled until
noon th e next, day to 'the next stopping
place. Soon after they left, the purse
ing party came up, eight meb 'on horse
back, armed to the teeth with knives-and
weapons, and, one blood hound which
had traced the fugitives .thus far.
:It was
. .not yet daylight when this
party came up, and immediately they
took • the trail to follow on. One who
Inew the-country.better than they, took
-another trail, to overtake ,and warn the
fugitives.
That was a day or anxiety and earnest
prayers to those who knew the positions
of the two parties. The fugitives !must_
be overtaken.
so neat,
knowing their
pursuers were so neat, took
,dinneritnd
pushed apd had left before the mes
senaer, arrived to • warn 'them. , Their
lot:host hitched up Ails best team and
started after, thetn, while the
,linters -got
Within a short„ distancei .. of . ;his resi
dence—stopped at the suspected bouse,
scarched,The..iiremisee, refrestied their
horses, rested ihemsel•res, said asked
9uestions.
These vho
who answere, them.. knew
nothing of the circumstances,. but sus
pecting hoW it was, and'itimw7tng that
time. might be of advantage to those who,
Were before;- made no special hiaste ges
ting . ,r,eady'reTreShments, while 'haylofts,
cOwstables,
,Corncribs,' 4(l' garrets were
--..nity c tbey con
.Motieo. tfV!!4! - TijO: , ?
- t.
Werd 'very to. the
scrutiny. *bile in reality_ •they wnuld
gladly have kepi•them hunting thefe for
a week.
-The fugitiveklad passed them in the
night, and thus far the hound_heked hi,s,
two-legged; companionp, straight to.,their
prey. : ':• .•
- They rested. and rode : , on, the four-.
legged hound scenting out the track, and
arrived at 'the housu.whefe. , thel slaves
had dined.. The:master of, it - had re=
turned. -The horses were,in the stable,
the wagon in the shed, and nolsign el
anybody having been away- He , had
overtaken the fugitiyes:st the next stage,
and , brouiht them back five miles along
the road they -bad traveled = naade them
walk it, then took them in a wagon off
into a pine forest. • The dog coming
upon tbis.foot trail, bayed out, and, the
party galloped forivard to the hotise
which the slares had last left. NATI - Ide
searching the premises the hound was
shot, and for ten days his disconsolate
companions traveled that country all
over, while the slaves lay quietly in the
heart of the pine foreSi, sheltered by a
little hut of boughprand blankets, nd by
the .ravines. , •
• One orthe fugitives attracted atten- :
lion by his taciturnity, and delicacy, of
forth, by • the tenderness with which be
was' cared for by' his companions, and ;
the superior quality of his clothes.—
Finally itsva.s (Ncoveaed 'that this
.was
the leadyr's affianced, going with him to.
Canada to have the ceremony performed,
braving the terror's of a slave "hunt
Feli'ruary frosts in our 'northern forests
for a free' home with the husband of her
choice. ;When • the:mei) hunters left,
they:. were conveyed to a point from
whence they :reached titeotiter side Of!
the St. Lavvrence. •
' Dar'readets' may rely upon this ns
strictly true. narrative, and we give it
because:very few people know that me❑
and Women are hurued. with fourr-footed
blopd hoUnds in Penn Sylvania. J?,Zeier - 'theless such: is •the fact;' and our fr?.e
farmers are liable to• have their houses
searched tor stolen 'goods if 'they be Sus
pectecl•cif fegding the hungry, clothing
the naked, or giving shelter to the hous.2
The Power of tabit.
' :JOHN. B, GOUGH,- the eloquent tem
perance advocate, addressed an immense
audience in Exeter Hall, London, and
producedm deep impression. • We,cli p
the. following from a-'l_,ondon:•paper of
Dec. 2nd :
...The orator went on to combat the no
tion that a habit can be broken off at any
time and he did so' by means of a ser i es
of vivid illustrations--one of which pro
duced intense excitement:
• .44 remember riding from Buffalo to
the Niagara Falls,. and I said to a gen
tleman, 'What — river is that, Sjr?'
4That,' he said, 4is Niagara river.'
'Well, it is a beautiful stream,' said I ;
'bright, and fair, and . glassy ; how tar off
are the rapids ?' a mile or two,'
was the reply. 'ls it possible , that only
a mile from us we shall find the water
in the turbulence which it must show
when near the Falls?' 'You will find
it so, Sir,' ard so I found it; and that
first sight of the Niagara I shall never
forget. Now launch your bark on that
/Niagara river . ; it is bright, smooth,
beautiful, 'and glassy. There is .a ripple
at the. bow
.; the silvery wiike you leave
behind adds- to your enjoyment. Down
, the stream you glide, oars, sails, and
helin in proper trim, and you set out on
your pleasure excursion. Soddenly
saute one cries out from the bank, 'young
men, ahoy!' 'What is it? 'The rapids
are: below you.' Ha! ha! 'we have
heard of the rapids, but we are not such
fools as to get there. If we go too fast,
then we shall up with the helm and
steer for the shore ; we will set the mist'
in the, socket, hoist the sail, and speed
to land: Then on bays; dont be alarmed
—fhere's no danger.' 'Young men,
ahoy there !' What is it 1' •The rap-I
idsare below" you." ! ha! we will
latigh and 'quatl.. , Whet care we for-the
future ? ' No -man' ever saw it. Suffl
cient unto the day is the evil thereof. We
wilt' enjoy, life while ,tve,,May ; we will
emelt 'pleasbre as, it flies. Phis is en
joyinent ; 'enough - to steer out of
-clantfer 'when we arc sailing swiftly
-with the ciarent. tA r oungmen, ahoy !'
.TV hat is 4.V. --B eware. ! beware I: The
;rapids are below you.' Now,
~ C J see
theivater foaming all around. S ee how
fast.you pass that 'paint ! Up with the_
helm ; Now turn L nay Ilhard I—quick
quick tor your livesn—pull till
the blood - start's - freak your nostrils,,and
the fteitis 'stand like' whiPectid °lon the
traivi Set the Masl i'n the socket,horat
the. sail ! Ah ah .is toil late.
'Shrieking, cursing, howling, blasphe
ming—over they -go.' ...Thousands go
'ov4 the 'rapids eyery , *year, through the
'power bf eVit hlibit,'cryingcall the while.
;tindi - - out it'ih•nbjuring me,. I
it.
In 7 .:" : •
~,concluding, the .speaker, warned
yoistig den, in very impressivelainguage,
that . they , could not, evenVpentteace,
riMelid men arid') ti''.lthig . life of religion
a o uttefdiness; wash aut. the stains of
isrumßEit
early -dissipation, nornilnrays banish the
accusing spectres that would•riaelvea
in their-holiest moments, - He eat 44myfth
after
s tja9li .thanking, itoce for thp kinit
reception
,of
s ins address, amidst ieite:
i6eti •
The,Greatuess of a Nation.- -,
The greatness of a nation consists - not
So much in its'Aidpulation, wealth, Or
general intelligence;- as in its
Thus,: while' weate-rapidly increasing ,
in everything else, it ib fearful to reflect
that there is not a- proportional adritaca
in the morals of the people, especially
in our large 'towns and' cities. In them
there , is too much reason to fear that the
general prosperity is producing increased
intemperance, and a general decline, in
morals,,., Without virtue, on which t.
real prosperity of society depeods, our
rapid progress in arts, sciences; rind
population may be maturing, ageinst
some future day, the elements .of natiim.-
al 'commotion, perhips national over
throw. Whence is it, that.the advatice:-
ment of morals has_not kept pace. with
wealth and, mechanic improvements'?
The prevailing use -of intoxicating
drink is sufficient to account fur it.
Th'is:rieceSsarity resUlts in intemperance,
and intemperanee producerevery species
of vice. The pecuniary-cast of Initif
cating liquor, to the consumer, is bus . '
:mall item in comparison , to; the Yili9.4
evil. Weltive no doubt that for evct i ll
dollar which finds its 'way into the pock :
ets' of the dealer, the public sufrers'in
indirect loss of double that' sum, in the
diminished productiveness of labor, lim
es by sea and land, costs of lawsuits,
doctors' bills, etc., the amount expended
upon asylums, Woilc houses, and prisonsj
and the county poor rates conseqp - triik
on drihking. habits. •In fact, We lisive
.not a doubt, that the cost to %hid nfitlon
directly, or indirectly, of the traffic tied
use of intoxicating drinks, may be safely
estimated at two hundred niillionsrof
dollars yearly.' • A Prohibitory Lily
would not cure the evil all at once, but
it would interpose a strong borriOr -to' Ita
progress, and in time,. would render the
traffic and use so diireputable and crinii
nal, _that .it -would be confined to the
lowest dregs of society ;'and When they
reach that point,: then; even stronger
laws than now-asked for, 'vi-ontd be de,-
maaded if nececsary; by the 'people,-td
remove the evil entirely .-/-Irohibitionistc
Who Ruined Him.
, In passing along one of our streets
the other day, we were started by comT ;
log suddenly • upon the form of a mat,'
lvmg upon the sidenalk. Our first
thought was that some one 'had - bee
murderedi but we found.he.was alive
anal beastly drunk.. It. was intensely
hut; and the sun was shining down into
his bloated face. . He was in the prime
•of life, and it can -be but a few . teari
since he was' the joy and pride of a fond
mother, and the inspiration of a ftitheem
futurg, hopes. Ills fellows . may• have
!nuked to him as a young man of thq
brightest prospects- and most eniiablai
powers; ,but all such hopes are dead,
and all such prospects blasted. He . lay
before is • a poor, drivelling drunkard.
cursing 'us •for asking him what- ailed
. -
him. .
We could not but ask the rinestion-:.
Who wrought this ruin ?' Within.
sigfu rose the smoke-blackened
_and
hideous walls of an old distillery,.whert
the liquor, was fitted up' on Which he -
got drunk. The - -groggeries in whick
it was set before him with all the Fluire
seller's art, were . on the next street.
The members of the Board of,Excise,
who licensed these groggeries, were hie
fellow townsmen ; rising over our ',w
ine. were to be seen the spires of the
,churches in which the professors who
helped to- give these men their oßtaed
met to worship ; and which some of
the ministers, who dare not reprove
such voting, preach.
Putting •these • things together,. we'
came to the conclusion, that this OM
wretch, with many others, was ruined
b..cause the distiller . wanted the
share" of the money Which the raniself=
• rs are daily plucking from their victim's";
the rumtellers want to live on - the
.ing of such men's pockets; the nienabe.re
of the board which grants the license d
Want to continue in offic e; _ the 'profev
w
ors who .vote for them ant to suPpOt
their party, and to keep the harleycinte
ket open ; and the :preacher, who daris
no' rebuke such voting, wants his bread
and batter; 'combine:to
fleece such wretches as the one berate
as. —E.iihrinrr S. e Paper. •
The velvet mo - tis — irowS an a .sterila
rock—the mistleta flourisheron the nth:
ked branChesthe ivy clings to ttio
manldering rains—the pine Uncl-Ce4r
remain fresh and fadelett amid the mu
tations of the passing year. and • heaven
be praised, something green, something
beautiful to see , and grateful to the soul. .
will the darkest hour of , fato,l still
twine its tendrils around the caunitilitag
altars and broken arches ; of theid •*4
WITIPIes atibe.human heart. • ••• • nt
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