Is „ bawd m ew; st..Clearfittd. PC. by D. NV, MUODE
ditot and Proptittur. swan the follOwlagg very lavorabllx.=
El It 14 15
ONE writ 6DI 11 YEAR, IN ADVANCE, , $1 01
IP NUT PAID IVITHIN THREE MONTH, 1 28'
ity NOT PiOD WITHIN 81X MONTHS, 16c
IP NOT PAID WITHIN NINE MONTHS, 1 96
IV NOT PAID WITHIN TWELVE MONTHS, 0 00l
1
otraho shorn terms mem Merril as thoso o exactedthei
country paper in tho Biala. and will ho .
tiodiscontinuanou will , b., allowed wail all arrommtell hay ,
been paid.
• DUTY AND LIABILITY OP POSTMASTL'I IB •
Postmasters neglecting to nail's' the on blither. as directed
by law. of the fact that men monist lifted by those to whom
trey are directed. are themselves held tesporslble for the
amount cf the subscaptron urnnep
Persons lilting papers mid rested to thermion. or to Other'''.
twoOlroo subsctibers. and ore liable for the price of subunit).
Cm. •
one naval, now castled by mall throughout the °cunt?.
free of eharse. _ .
-- -- .
TEIIIPERANCE ADDRESS. ... I deny, then, Mr. President, that there is
:Delivered before the Clearfield Co., Wash. any - real declension in this cause, especi
ally
Temperance Society, Jan 'y.. r. i i
speak lly any declension that is to be lamented.
of no particular locality or section.
sth 1852, by Wm. C. Catlin, and pub- On the contrary I believe it is slowly, vet
iished by request of the Society. surely recovering a healthy,sound and vig-
Ma. PRESIDHNT:—Ladies and Gentle- orous state, that state in which alone it can
.men:--[ am aware that the subject upon be permanently prosperous. I nsk for no
which I propose to address you has the zeal in. this cause, except that which is
reputation of being "hackneyed"—that it prompted by principle. Such ulono will
is considered as worn out. It is true that prods in the'endialvantageotid: - I believe
the subject has been discusSed by some of that the time never existed; when the true
.our wisest Divines, statesmen and scholars, temperance principle, total abstinence from
and every man who should presume, at all intoxicating drinks,had so strong a hold
the present 'clay, to elicit or develop any upon the minds of nil, as now. - Individu.
new truths upon the subject, before an au- al instances, there doubtless aro and at,
<knee, composed of citizens of this Repub. ways will.bei of lamentable infidelity to the
'tic and especially this portion of it, would pledge, but the great account stands vastly
be considered vain-glorious indeed. But in our favor. The time was never before,
shall this benevolent cause, because it is when our young ladies. and gentlemen,
so "hackneyed," n 5 gentlemen say, be left lasses and lads, were so deeply imbued
to droop, wither and decay ? Is it right for with the principle of total abstinence ; the
gentlemen professedly and practically tern- principle itself, having withstood the pois
prance men to refuse to speak upon this oned arrows of the enemy, now stands
subject because they fancy it worn out ?iinvulnerable, respected and revered by all
If they are sincere in this objection, I ask classes of society, even by those who will
then in all candor why they do not apply not practically obey its dictates.
the same reasoning to other subjects 7 The It appears to me.shat the' most import-
Tariff is a "hackneyed and worn out sub- ant question to be Diked at this time, and
jest," on the same principle. Scarcely ai at all times, is: what duties does the tem
new idea has been advanced upon it in ; perance cause demand of every citizen of
many years—yet we find it to be usually ! this nation? Let each one answer this gees
'the very first question adopted for discus-! tion for himself, but let him be guided by
:"sign, in almost every debating society,from ' reason and an enlightened conscience, not
:Maine to Texas. The finances of your i soy by present gratification. Were Ito
..state and nation have been long and ably ! attempt to answer, 1 should say, first, sign
:discussed, and I hazard nothing in saying the total abstinence pledge—not because
:that our citizens arc nearly us %, ell in-; you cannot live perfectly temperate with-
Armed on this subject as on that of win- out signing it-1 um well aware that there
*re
an abundance of gslitlelllell are many men thoroughly temperate whose
*re found,ready to inalte themselves hoarse :
names are not on the pledge, but because
tbp i ,on the stump reiterating the doctrines there, and there alone, your infleunce will
land sentiments on this subject long since, most effectually tell in the quarter du here i'
readopted by their respective parties. The is most needed.
ucstion in regard to the expediency of The general object of nil temperance
'aital Punishment is another "hackneyed . associations, is, to reform the inebriate,
p I raise the fallen, and set the captive drink
_ übject."" No new poses or new argil
eats arise on this subject yet. I have' er free from his thraldoin. To acme
',. et to learn of the first society for discus.; plish this end, there is no other aspiration.
ion, that has existed six weeks without, The object you fully admit is a laudable
egaging regularly in this question. The ; o no. That it is attainable by the pledge,
-• me might be said of fifty other " hack- the happy experience of thousandi of re
, eyed" subjects which constitute the .Alpha formed inebriates must have demonstrated
'rid Omega of gentlemen who consider the', to your entire satisfaction. You can sue
ubject of temperance, too " worn out " to Geed in warding wall temptation, but not
• ; advocated 147 thein. 1 so with the inebriate—he never indulged
Sir; do not understand me as objecting ' the idea of becoming a habitual drinker
the continuous discussion of any or all l, any more than do you now—yet he is fbl
... i
est:) . subjects. These gentlemen. act up-. len beyond the reach of any thing but the
".,:i a wise principle, viz : "Keep it before I pledge. We remonstrate with him and
. e people.' So say 1,.0f the noble cause i kindly ask him to sign the pledge—lie ap
tenterence, ;'Keep it before the people,"' peals directly to you, and asks if you have
,id all I ask of the class of gentlemen re- signed it. On being answered no, his na
tied to is to vindicate their own senses- tive dignity asserts that he is as competent
tic v,either by forever dropping these oth- to take care of himself as you are. Then
gs - -
• , hackneyed subjects or giving to the, is our every attempt foiled: While you,
!'use of temperance an equal Share of without any self-denial, (for lam address
ir burning zeal and eloquence—yea, ing temperance men unpledged) can sien
• 're, inasmuch as this subject involves the the pledge and save that man, you refuse
, . ,
ghest physical, intellectual, social and to do it. But you say perhaps, you can do
' . cal good of man ; it is but just and rca- him just as much good without signing
noble to ask of them todemenstrate their yourself. Did you ever try it? If so,
ilanthropy in some more appropriate where are the fruits 013 -our exertions?—
': miner than by talking of Tariff, Finance, Show me the names on the pledge, pluced
•,.nexation and Divorce. there by. your instrumentality. Show me l
, Mr..Presinent, it seems to be quite lash- an instance of reformation brought about
able in these times, to inqure for by your labors. The inconsistency of the
causes of the declension in the cause thing is apparent. You are not the man ,
;temperance. This inquiry, of course, to counsel the inebriate to sign the pledge,
inits the existence of such declension.— until your name is there.
one sense I admit it, but in,another'and Understand me, I admit that so far as
! re important one I utterly deny it. you are concerned there may bo no ne
i• ere is undoubtedly a declension of all ecssity of your joining the society. I very
i
due and unwholesome excitement on well know that there are manTsuch per
': subject. That individual who desires sons—but what I object to, is, the supreme
.see a community in a constant feverish selfishness of neglecting to throw your in
citement on this subject, is,nt best; a fluence where it will save others ; when, by
,'staken friend of the cause, for it is a your own admission, you can do it with
'nciple in the moral as well as natural out the least personal sacrifice. Such is
. rid that preternatural excitement is tot- the present aspect of the temperance cause,
ed by a proportionate depression. If I ,that it is emphatically true, that "he who
• rrectly view the matter, there was some- is not for it, is against it." I mean so tar
'ng so noble, so self-sacrificing and with- as accomplishing the greatubject of the so
-so moral inshe accession of the Wash- eiety is concerned 7 -you may perhaps sue
'. tonian movement that the temperance coed triumphantly in your etforts• without
use reaChed a morbid degree of enthu• the pledge,but inasmuch as they never have
sm . and excitement. ThenOble hearted proved of lasting service, it is right to infer
formers told `their thrilling narrative to that they never will. There is no antidote to
.ismbled thousands. , Theirs was not the the intoxicating draught but the 'pledge,and
` , torical figure or the sounded cadence, when you 'sign it, then, and not till then,'
it the plain unadulterated language of will your influence tell'in its favor. Then,
th. Who that has a heart to feel, could and not till then, talk of patriotism, of Phil- 1
i . ten to their guileless story- and not feel anthropy, of improving the public virtues.
at heart burn within him, and when they Until then, however practically tomperate
ad of the infernal machinations Of. Lan& you may be, your influencegoes to sustain
rds, by whom they were b.!guiled, is it an evil, a : bane that saps the very founda.
. y Wonder that "one soul, shetild Intl! tion of all'that is lovely and beautiful in I
ate the assembly, and that with one ac• life--alt dint is noble in man. ;Perhaps I
s ly ; e c a o - k t n s re tr p a g l i l a y t on thisgubject-bitt !'free-.
" . rd no
A t la , cry. iol
and L a u l t lh u is s ai m ds s P Is ns t r deem' the
. course taken
.
'ender that people became excited at the by this class or men, the stronger barrier
tory of such wrongs? briny humble against the: progress of the temperance
inion the true cause of any apparent de- refOrmittiont and they aro Only the more
nsion at this time is that it is the natural ineXcuSablis; because • they could .lend us
ult of this preceding excessive excite- their aid without any sacrifice Whatever.
nt. . 1 am.aware that in prosecuting an I do fierinappgrilheir rnatiVes.' ' Of their 1
quiry for the cause of this, supposed de- acts and 'time effects resulting. froni their
nsion some have taken it updn thein to (Lets, We have a right to judge and' skak,
to and taunt the professed friends of the but We should - always , spealtydelictitely - of
so for supposed oblinuities'. Many a their motives,:even when , the act . upon- its
sy hariongue has relieved the breast-of face gives fair - evidence of that motive.7',
speaker, of much pent up wrath and Cu- There may be extenuating , circittestrineea
against the; members of ,temperance that woaro. not aware of. Another class
ietiei, rind 'ufideuliteilly, rtineh'truthlitts -Of men; whOse influence is . powerful' against
a intermingled With this low sleeltnii- this cause, ground' their ;,objection upon
- i that I scatters on, it hnoWe not :bow' the means used for accomplishing the ob
.
iivlty," ,indeed for aught that appears on jest.. They object to all voluntary-asses;-.
nrqcord, Satan, toldi mucb of truth When
,nti on fer,tbis,purpose,:nna Very piously. tell
‘e repiovettlie brethren. • ~•;.-. ',
--- -- us-Mat thti church -Is , ihe- proper,lnstru..
}
4 3!
1 ?2,.:••
• .`A]
; .5.•
'1 / /`c 47 --e? ,~ . ~ •
.
.. t
1 .1i1i..,,F1 • , '/.-,- ' , , ;
..',- . - . ' . ' i' ~
~ , 4 . ‘ I t
.. .-''' - ' r ' ./ ' . 4 . . ' ,
... .
1501 Crllle ~. .
a 1 le
#11311:1 liC A
lio
... . t
A ..,.
~. `' ,: ,:., itt .
t 1
_ _ ___ _ ---------- -------------. -- -------
IMill
A WEEKLY PAPER: DEVOTED TO LITERATURE' "AGRICULTURt'MORALITY; AND FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE.
• ....
Volume 3.
MEE
4 ‘ •
•
• ...,e.'er-e/ 1' 7 e-.
mentality for the cure of this and ever
other moral evil.
I reply, :hat theso means can only. be '
considered proper which havo proved
themselves adequate to the endi without
inducing collateral evil. The temperance
society has proved itself -all-sufficient for
this purpose ; bat how stones the matter
in the past history of. the church How
many centuries did she steep over; this
vice ? Ali ! how many centuries did she
R.lierish and foster it? How long is it since
the, minister of God was lhought unfit for
his solemn, dutics,, unless .huoyed,_up by
Alchoholic stimulus? ,Not • more than 20'
years since, in New England-4-41tatinur
sery of virtue, piety, and relinemeat, ns
well us the arts and sciences—New Eng
land, that some so delight to taunt and
jeer, with the disposition of tbe,,reani
mated reptile, but without his fangs to
sting his benefactor—in that goodly land,
at the period referred to, I remember a
boy, at whose father's house, the regular
monthly meeting of ministers took place,
and that boy's regular business, at such
times, was, to fill the decanters, get t
pipes and tobacco, and in the evening sit
down and hear their jolly stories. But
what a change is mow witnessed ! Not a
Clergyman do I recollect in an extensive
circle, who is not both a practical rind
pledged temperance man. Yet tl:c reform
did not commence in the church ; or Clergy
as a church. On the contrary, the church
ever has, and ever will owe to the pledge
all of temperance principles which it pos
sesses I admit, that at the present day,
the church can, and does, to sonic extent,
restrain beastly inebriation among its mem
bers, but further than this, it is practically
powerless. The church contains moder
ate drinkers and intemperate drinkers,
who have "grown with its growth and
strengthened with its strength." The dis•
ciplinc of the church government is not
adapted to reform the devotee of wine.—
Its ultimate and highest penalty is, ex
communication. Benumb a man's sensi
bilities by an habitual cohrso, of in.oxica
tion, and What cares ho for ex-communi
cation? However gentle church disciplin
may he in its early •stages, there is too
much coercion in the rens, to induce a man
to reform by that instrumentality. The
work must be entirely a voluntary one, or
no lasting g ood results will ensue. Finally,
when I sha ll see the church in her eccle
siastical capacity, carncstly moving in
the matter, and accomplishing any thing,
then will I award to her due honor a nd
merit, but until then, it ill-becomes the ob
jector to point to her ns the more fit and
qualified laborer in the temperance vine
yard. If there is not piety enough in the
society, we ask to our aid all that they can
bring us, with the'r namiss.
Another class of men, if I were not Op
posed te*niek-names, I would call Cninites,
for when you ask them to give the influ
ence of their names to the pledge, they re
ply in much the same manner risdid Cain,
when the Lord demanded where is thy
brother? "Am Imy brothers keeper ? '
I would not spend time in exposing the fal
lacy of the principle implied in this ques
tion. But carry it out and you strike a
blow at all law and order, virtue and reli
gion, that would fill the world with confu
sion and crime. We are, each, our broth
er's keeper, and in a very important sense'
too. Happily for the peace of society, the
very men who make this objection do not
on other subjects carry it into action. By
as rinuCkas example is better than precept,'
,by so much more are we accountable - for
that example. If it shall be such as shall ,
deter the inebriate froth fl ying to his only '
ark of safety, then is the- individual ac- ,
countable to his fellow citizens, his coun.l
try and his God.
Another class of men merge all other
ebjeetions to joining a temperance society
jA fault finding. It is the misfortune of
'tfiesOCiety 'never to .please them—forget
apparently, that the temperance
society is it voluntary operation, they ea-
Orly catch-fit the sayings and doings of the
oYer-lichtefl Zealot in 'the cause, and at
tempt I to !lOW the society respOnsible for
them." Some worthy and consistent tem
perance
,men, alarmed at the increasing
ovil of tile 'sale of intoxicating drinks, de-
Stririgent laws for its suppression.-L
'The :father sees his son, the- son sees the
father; ,die Wife tho husband being daily
IMMelated arthe bar of the landlord. Who
: feelings? Isit any wonder
tht{t they anatharriatiso the landlord arid
6year 'elerian'l-hoStility . to him and, his bu
iSire4s am Revere that very flinch bit
"ter iiiiiiiectition of a certain useless char
acter are dealt out to the dealer Of inteki
icatipg,flrinks,,but far he it from me to.let
imy• sympathy for him overlook the grief,
the sorrow,, and anguish which his business
';directly induces. I.saw a young man in
-the Niger of: his youth, buoyant with hope
arid. ,rejmning,le. the prospect, before him.
-Ho ;Wits virtuous, intelligent,
_industrious
and; piutient---7.his:paternal inheritance tint
ple,,tlittugh :not abundant, and riAture , bad
bestowed ;upon, 11011,11er choi4est gilts in
rich profusion. _He. led' to the hymenial
altari.stne, lovely; .obaste % and ; refined in
the ,highest degree, i and Alai . friends :who
,witnessedtho conjugal, love Lana, fidelity,
Inttrked4aPiPPgriv.9l.4heirholemn vows;
For a season "all is tatr and ,bright", tie
Clearfield, Pa 4, Jaii'y es, 1852.
fore them, and all the expectations of fu
ture good seerned about to be realiied—but
alas 1 a gradual change commences.
"The Racial glans.. t saw him seize,
The more with , aponiye wit to please."
"Gradual indulgence on him stole ;
Frequent became the midnight howl."
Time will not allow us to follow all the
sad unhappy changes of this once happy
pair. But, where are they to-day 7 In
poverty, want and disgrace.. Thu land
lord atter pampering the appetite of the
husband, until the habit of brutal intemper
ance was fixed, after opening his-doors for
his midnight bachanaliali orgies, until his'
cash and credit aro both gone—seizes his
home and turas his heart-broken wife and
wretched children into-the street—and that
abused and insulted wife mustlabor to pro
tect 'their children from starvation. But
where are all those noble qualities and, re-,
fined virtues, that once adorned that hus
band's character 7 Blasted and gone, and
his present degradation only the more ap
parent because of the high.„estato from I
whence he has fallen—and that wife—that
desolate wife—alas! who, who shall depict
her woo 7 who shall reveal the unmitiga
ted sadness of that wounded heart 7 what
balm shall heal that wound '1 what herb
has sovereignty enough to repair the ruin
of her social atThctions, and remove the
moral canker that is praying upon her vitals'?
Yonder isanother young man, whom the
social glass had nearly ruined, when by a
firm resolve and persevering integrity, he
is " snatched like a brand from the burn
ing," from the jaws of the destroyer—he
signs the pledge. The change made in
that young man in one short year, is appa
rent to, and remarked by all. Hope briiht •
ens his pathway, and ninny are looking
forward to a course of usefulness for that
young man—where, not long since all v. as
dark and drear—but alas, temptation as
sails him—the bar-room opens to him its
delusive"charms—in an evil hour, he is
invited ,to drink—yes, urged. Thrown
off his balance he accepts, and then plung
es reckless, headlong into the vortex of
intemperance and inebriation.
.If he be a
mechanic he is not to be found in his shop;
if a student; his books and lessons tell the
mournful tale of his sudden change; all his
future is again dark and forbidding; friends
remonstrate in vain. His appetite returns
with ten fold: rage. and the bar-keeper
stands ready, tp _consummate that man's
ruin by administering to his appetite.—
There is no imagination about these exam
ples mall—would to heaven they were!
They arc of daily habitual occurrence. I
am not . disposed to charge the bar-keeper
unduly in this matter, but when the friends
of these subjects, alarmed at this issue,
have remonstrated in vain. let not the
landlord cry persecution, when they de
.nand vengeance—rather let him bless
[God, that the laws of the land protect him
from personal violence. Let him esteem
imsclf fortunate if ho escapes only with
to imprecations and curses of the injured
party.
I say, then, I would not calumniate, vil
ify or abuse the dealer in Ancoholic drink ;
neither will I close my eyes to the misery
which his business induces, or the cries of
those immediatel.c affected by it : and what
I ask of this class of objectors is, to open
their eyes to see, and theit hearts to feel
as keenly for those as for the Landlord.
But this objection is unjust. The tem
perance society is not responsible for the
opinions and remarks of individual mem
bers. It is only responsible for its action
in its collective capacity as a society and
for the fidelity of individual members to
the pledge.
What Democrat acknowledges the re
sponsibility of his party to the vagaries
and ultraisms of a Wilmot or a Chase? or
what whip ° will admit that his party is ac
countable for the fanaticisms of a Seward
pr a Giddings? None. These men tell
you, and very properly, too, that, when
their respective partier4in their collective
capacity, adopt the narrow platforms of
thoso.dtstinguished individuals, then alone
do they: become responsible for their opin
itter—and yet these men are acting in full
'communion with their respective parties.
fellow ~Citizens, in regard to the other
objectioni which I have mentioned, I have
no doubt of their frequent sincerity ; but,
as to. this,l,confess I have always doubted.
I believe it is raised to hide a deep and a
-1 biding hatred to the pledge.
'Another class of men, whose frankness
entitles thorn to respect, Object to signing
the pledge, because, they say, they wish
the privilege of,jnclulg,ing an occasional
social glass. They say they "do not wish
to sign away their liberties.'' The respect
due to their franknesS does nqt, however,
add any strength or wisdOM to their ob
jections. Man has many liberties which
it is not expedient roi him to use, either, on
his own . account that of his neighbor.
The. apothecary,furnishes many other un
wholesotne and, PdiSonduSdrus. us well
as Alcohol-rltniqeg which ere Opium, Ar
senic; lienbane;tha , virtue's of which: are
'no more destructive r ict,tiegred than'AlCho
hol—indeol thev:helOng to the siinto
'clas's • remedies in tlie'.',Phartnaeo
peels' (A.r,4eritc eieep"ted). Tlittt; man has
rightto'inire:hito and tise,theao articles,
I.3°9PP•q!,liot,(l:!s9. one of iyoucalls
for them, exceo, ; uo,ti ti pire;!.
a Physician,and the moment convalescence
intervenes, you ask to be discharged. Now
it so happens, thatone of these articles has
come into common use. Mankind have
fancied that they aro thoroughly acquaint
ed with its virtues. They have allowed
themselves to tamper with it, fondly sup
posing that it was their servant until it has
become their master. They have used
this boasted liberty until they have become
effectually enslaved. This, then, is the
liberty which you are so reluctant to sign
away—a liberty whose direct and only le
gitimate tendency is to enslave you, and
in a most degrading vassalage. Oh, glo
rious liberty ! Oh, invaluable boon ! for
' the sake of which you will sacrifice your
fellow-than, already enslaved, together
with all the peace, good order and social
life of society ;—and, beware ! sir, you
may sacrifice yourself—yes, your boasted
liberty may end in enduring thraldom and
a drunkard's grave. I do not deal in phan
,toms bnt I speak a certain truth when 1 say,
there is absolutely nosafety except in . total
abstinence. I care not who you are, or
what your station, if you indulge in the
use of intoxicating drinks at all, you are
not safe. Clouds of mourning witnesses
attest the truth of this remark.
But admitting that you may posaly be
the ono that escapes out of hundreds
who fall, are you so supremely selfish as
to throw your influence against the bal
ance for the purpose of enjoying this pre
carious liberty 7
Only one - degree more insolent is the
man who Says, " I'll do as I um a mind
to ; I have a right to drink and I will do
so, if I please."
I deny the truth of this assertion in such
an unlimited sense. I deny that each man
has a right to do as he pleases. The as
sertion is a reckless casting off of ell moral
obligations. I have before hinted at this
class of objectors. The murderer dues
las he pleases ;—the highway robber, the
thief, the profane swearer, the libertine,—
and what is their influence in society ?
Picture to your mind a community of them
and you have the answer. No man has a
right to do an act the consequences of
which arc the infliction of wrong upon
himself, his fellow-mae, or society.
I have thus far endeavored to answer a
few of the objections made to signing the
pledge, in enforcing the position which I
assumed, that it was the duty a v ail men
to sign it. In the whole catalegue of moral
and social duties, not one is to be found,
which may not be evaded, and conscience,
the moral sense of the individual, by a
course of training, be lulled to rest and
sleep in security. Thus arc many now
training themselves, and studying not what
is their imperative duty in this particular
to their fellow-man and society, but how
they may most artfully avoid duty—how
they cue most AMU!y ward off the weap
ons of truth wielded by the temperance
cause.
Gentlemen, (if I address any such,)you
are engaged in an herculean task, and
your peculiar misfortune is, that you have
not his strength to compass your object.—
You may harrass,impede,delay and weary
the temperance army, but it*conquerors
you can never be. It may seem to you
occasionally that they'have beaten a re
treat, but you will find,•es heretofore, that
they will rally with increasing vigor and
impetus. Gentlemen, my advice to you
; is, that—remembering the old maxim,
I"Discretion is the better part of valor"—
lyou surrender while you may march out
with the "honors of war" and not be drag
ged to the wheels of our Trium'plittl Car.
Tho temperance cause is destined to tri
umph. Ido not expect to see its complete
victory, but it must prevail. Why? Be
cause it has for its object man's brightest
prosperity and interest in this world and
the next.
Survey the hosts composing its army.
The numerous and highly talented clergy,
of nearly all denominations, in one entire
body arranged under its banner. The med
ical profession hove given to the cause their
warmest symyathy, with their weighty o
pinions, founded upon %thorough knowl
edge Oldie whole subject in all its bear.'
ings. There is also-the greatest unanimi
ty among them. The highest mode of
praise is their due.. Their pecuniary in
terest is all on the other side, for certainly
one half of their practice is directly.or in
directly the consequence of the use of in
toxicating drinks. Yet, with a philanthro
py that. utterly disregards self, they rushed
into the fight, and nave ever been foremost
in the battle.
' The legal profession has furnished many
able champions in thecause, and ourablest
lawyerii.and jurists have given their names
to the illettlj and their eloquence
. in
advocacy toqlii:catise. We ought, per
haps, then to be. satisfied nithotigh so few
of their number is - with:us. '
. . ,
Ofstatesmcn, we count the wisest and
most einident for yi rtue• and pat rietism.--
Of thb reformed; we. ba n ve a legion ofthem
selves: Of all clasSeS in society, we lieVe
the virtuous, moral .and intelligent, and
what erosvns the whole With beauty and
grace,and - oivesiertaltrio'inise of victory,
0 .
the Linizs are with us ;---iand ' yet, ".to
Make nee doubly sure,'tita boys and
hav'a'unMlieif the teinkranee•hatnier
tfnd• th abstin4ico is
„...,
..•
Prices of Admitting;
...- • r •
) low!. martlint. 0006 3 tqoarcftrenntht,
L; d o , B. do Ito ;do •0 wane, ,740
Vaal salmi:mane do, Ur 3 do Irismonthie, ' 10.4)
0 eriunre.t 8 monthe. 2 Eli I half column. 3 month , . 500
1.1 mohthe. 4 le, t do do 0 idoeiloi, fy no
do• .11 months, i d no da ,13 do, 12 00
8., do 8 months. 4 Of.
1
°alma mont h'.
leen "
do '0 month,. t do .8 -
do 12 months. BhCl du ,do 82 00
A liberal roduotion will be made to Ale.ohno'n and 0 keie
who itilvettiro by the year..
Oar paper oirouletes in every 'e ich bothered. end ie Merl-b 7
I nearly every lIMItiT to the oonnty—opdAthoratora alto de
Panvanient and chew means tar tho botheree Men et' ant
00013. r—the merchant. trechatou, nod all others—to extel
the knaYledge of their !erection nod hairiness Wry Wont
like to 'melt "A Card" for *tete hleChaant.fthroh , l
Prolessional man to loonanety. We have plenty ' room
without enorocehrmy coar rcediew Weems. bed .I‘o mint
to tl
a legitimate brisiarr will lore by advottchee eaten
for, ma a genemlin to leo meat er.time iv .ly a man stiveiniseir
thcgrepter will be hit proliti.
Pitennher 9.
Banks, Jobs and Dinka;
OF EVERY DFALMIPfION, PktINTC.I) '1141": Tut
AY BEST 61:1'1. 1 ". Amy Stu we
NOTICE: AT T 111; ()Frick: 0•1 , Trdu •
-übt.:AuEt;LD ILF.II.II;bILIAN' !' "
'"
growing with their' gr{iwth and strength
ening with their strength."
Don't you believe, opposes', you hpd
better take my advko I
Mr. President, perhaps lam detaining -
you :go long; yet there is another diitt,
after signing the pledge, upon which I
should like to say a little. It'is this
Keep the pledge inviolate:
Consistency is one of the brightest or
naments of human character. Without it
character has neither grace nor dignify.
It always commands respect, mien 'ls;y
those who are opposed in principle tit Ole
' •
person exercising it. ' •
That there exists, a lamentable ineen
sistency on the part WI TS of
the pledge, is manifest. Vdr the reforrned
man who sincerely signed the pledge and
yet in onto of temptation ,'yielded, I can
readily conceive a fair' excuse, and 'MY
feelings towards him are those, of syniptt
thy and commisseration. Such 'I 'iyould
kindly urge to try again. Try in earnest.
Persevere, and victory will crown yoUr
efforts. Re-sign thc pledge and ,
temptation.. Shun the places where 'fitiu
have been accitstomed to imbibe the
onous draught, at least until practice has
strengthened your resolution.
But, I am persuaded that many sign
the pledge With no intention of keeping it.
Such conduct is in the highest degree dis c
honorable and hypocritical. One such
name on the pledge . is of more injury to
the cause than twenty open opposers. If is
the gravest insult that can be offered to the
society and the public. No man, it' 'ap
pears to me, with a particle of honor in
his breast would so degrade himself.' The
temperance pledge is a promise to the so
ciety and the public, that you will abstain
from the use of intoxicating drinks as
beverage. The language is plain and un-
equivocal. Ifyou place your name under
it without sincerity, you stand before the
world as a bane hypocrite and deceiver.
You endc aver to appear what you ore net;
but, unsuccessfully. The society has its
mark upon you. Every honorable man
in society, though unpledged,despis'es yoor
conduct. Give 4e a pure, consistent so
ciety. Give me ten thoroughly sincere
names rather than a thousand heartless
professors. I ask no man to sign the
pledge, unless he is convinced that it is
best and acts from principle. I would
coax and conjolo none to sign, and the
best Mliice lean giVe roy friends to
adopt the same rule. There has been
quite too much of flattering men to sign
the pledge. Quite too much for the pros
perity of the cause. No—rathet''presctit
the claims of the Pledge with candor,trUth
and earnestness. Impugn no man's
riio
lives. Do not become insane in the
for law, law—stringent law. Induce a
sound and healthy state of public opinion,
and it is of more essential service than
any law. Above all—keep the pledge
inviolate yourself.
In conclusion, fathers and mothers, the
temperance cause appeals to you for sub
stiaitial sympathy and aid in tones or deep
earnestness us well as alarm. The enemy
is directing his shafts nt all those tcsigy
tics and ardent hopes which cluster around
your domestic circle. Ile is spreading his
delusive charms and deceitful enticements
before your children, and already flatter•
ing himself with anticipated success. 'Be
ware, lest, deceived by the gilded coat pithy
serpent, they find themselves effectually
within his evils. Again I say, I do not
'deal in phantoms. I have been a silent
but close observer of events the past few
months, and unless fgreatly err, there is
mischief in embryo, mid which may thwart
and, disappoint your loudest anticipations.
I do not assume to point out a retitedy.
For ought I know, every parent's name is
on the pledge and his practical teaching,
therefore, i n favor of temperance. finless
it be, I freely confess that I should . not be
surprised if your son is unable to with
stand the increasing allureinente of King
Alcohol's aids. It is not enough that the
names or your children Aire pledged,—
They need your constant, vigilant eye.—
They need the encouragethent of your
precept and example. As a general rule,
it ii: certainly true, that in morals, no son
will rise higher
,than. he is taught by the
example of his parents'. If the'y discover
by your pexamplo as well as precept, Unit
you love the temperance cause, it is ittO
most powerful - -incentive to them, tb ley('
it also. Therefore, every parent's eauits
should be pledged if fur no ottioe Ottscpii,
except an example to the child
.
Young men, the cause. Of ,tempentce
has claims upon you of peceliar force and
power. You are the architects of your
own, fortune. I care not vA,ta .
t is your
parentage
,or ..expz.ted ,importance..,• Pti
have it in your powet.to wreCk,the ()right
o§t. hopes. or happily .disaPpoint. the_ moat
gloomy Unticipattous.. Soon Will defofro
upon you the active,:ufies, of secieii.—%,
Even now you exert no little intlUencein
giving to it • its,
.clutructer. When your
litthers "Stitifiled off!this..
mortal coil,' whet 'Shla 'that society' be,?
You may evtida'this‘ question'tieW; but . v . Ou.
Must answer it; you must practically
wet:l4.llnd that' Vtly 600 n.:
ye.ro the itee,,tif in &m
tOviCatinz ican.
,
• , •
ue,tritieu "yttn, praett,o
ble , for yon , to'go t h roqghlil'q,tufting,,otllx