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"lVith sweetest flowers enrich'd
From various gardens cull'd with care."
The annexed feeling lines are from the Norfolk
(Va.) American Beacon. They wore addressed
to a young Boy, who supposed himselfrebuked
•
for his affection, replied,
44 1 aw not too old to love my 21lother.09
1 did not think to check the flow
,Of thy young heart's deep love, my boy ;
And with ungentlo hand to throw
A cloud athwart thy sun of jey ;
Would—thong:li fast coming yearawill steal
The'boyish freshness from thy brow—
Thou neeersoouldst be "too old" to feel
The- memo pure love that airs thee now!
Would that thine heart might over be
Linked to thy mother's by a spell
As strong as human destiny,
Ard love, that years, nor cares may quell;
That manhood might not load away
Thy thought from the maternal knee—
The spot whore thou are wont to pray,
The lip that only blesseth thee! •
Yet vain the wish—a mother's voice
May not forever win thine ear,
A mother's heart bid thine rejoice;
Nor - blend - witlrthine - a - mother's tear!
Thou wilt commune with men—and yearn
For the endearments childhood know,
And sigh, when later friendships burn,
For those—the early loved and true!
And they will quit thee not—no cluiiin
----Ling-awkbout, our allot yeariLL
There cometh a matettital charm
To mould our course, or stay our boars,
And thou wilt look in sorrow back,
On many a joy-enlivened scone,
But find on manhood's wayward track s
Not like a mother's love, I weer': ,
Then think not I could bid thee seal
Thy living heart up in thy breast,
Or would that thou sho'uld'at cease to fool
All that hath_power to make thee blest?
0, no! let thine affections now
Gush out, whero'er their promptings ruby°,
flieroafler, it may be that thou
. Wilt find no human thing to love!
oclLß'thl.c.),'&ll2Lbtga.
SPORTING WITH 'FEMALE AFFEC
TIONS.
Man cannot act a more perfidious part,
Than use hts utmost efforts to obtain
A confidence in order to deceive.
Himont. and integrity ought to be the
leading principlgs' . of every transaction in
life. These . are virtues' highly requisite
notwithstanding they are Rio frequently dis
regarded. Whatever pursuits individuals
are in quest of, sincerity in profession, stead
fastness in pursuit, and punctuality in dis
charging engagements, are indispensably
incumbent. A man of honest integrity, and
uprightness in his dealings with his fellow
creatures, is sure to gain the confidence and
applause-of all- good men; whilst lie who acts
- from dishonest or designing principles, ob
tains deserved contempt. Dishonest pro
ceedings in word - or deed, are very often
sive to, and unjustifiable in the sight of God
and man, even in trivial, but much more so
in consequential affairs. The most perfect
Uprightness is highly requisite between man
and man, though it is too often disregarded,
and is much more so between the sexes.
Every profession of regard should be with
out dissembling, every promise preserved
inviolate, and every engagement faithfully
discharged. No one ought to make any
oilers Or_pretenSions to a lady before he
,is,
in a great measure certain - that her person,
her temper and qualifications suit his cir
cumstances, and agree perfectly with his
oiVii temper and way or rliiokifig. For a
- Vivi ty - of maidMid---inannera-is.-vory_nr...
cessary to render the bonds of love perms , :
nenrkand those of marriage happy.
"Marriage-the happiest--state of life would be,
b ath ie W *49 . 011
. 1y 19 klllfityV4PlCl ilpp.o 8 agree,"
The man of uprightness and integrity of
heart will not only observe the beauties of
the-mind- r the_goodnessof the heart, the dig
nity blhentiment and the delicacy of wit,
but will strive to fix his affections on such
permanent , endowments, before he pledges
. , hip faith to any lady.
He looks upon marriage as a business of
the greatest importance in life, and a change
of condition that cannot be undertaken with
too mueh„reverenee_,; and deliberation:—
Therefore he will not undertake It at ran
dom, lest. he should precipitately involve
himself in the greatest difficulties. -He
wishes to act a. conscientious part, and con
sequently cannot think . (notwithstanding it
is too much countenanced by_eustom) of
sporting with the aff.ections of the fair sex,
nor even of paying his addresses to any one
till he is perfectly convinced his own are
fixed just principles.
AU imaginable caution' is certainly ne
misery be%rehand; but after a man's pro
fession Of - regard, and kind services and so.
leitatiOns hays made an inakpression on u
female heart, it is no longer a mutter of in.
srifreme*s, whether he perseveres in, or
wanks off hitt engagement. For he is then
. pticularly dear to her,: and reason, honor,
. .
"" ice, ail unite to oblige him to make good
hie engagement. When the matter is
. brought to such a :crisis, there is no retreat
ing, without Manifestly disturbing her quiet
and tsaoquility of mind; nor can any. Ailing -
but hati loss of virtue justify her desertion.
Whether Marriage haw been expressly pio
.. nfl itild.ar of little Signification. - For
if he.bas solicited and • obtained her nflite.
tioqa t 'oit ihuxupposition' that he intended - 'to
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man who basely imposes upon the honest
heart of an unsuspecting girl, and, after win
ning her affections by the prevailingltheto
ric of courtship, ungenerously leaves her to
bitter sorrow and complaining, acts a very
dishonorable part, and is more to be detest
ed than a common robber. for prixate
treachery is much more heinous than open
force; and money must not be put in com
petition with happiness.
PARODY OF A POACHER.
A poor strolling Mayer in England, was
once.caught performing the part of a poach-.
Or, and being taken before the magistrates
assembled at quarter sessions, for examina
tion, one of them asked what right he had to.
kill a hare, when he replied in the folloWing
parody on Brutus' speech to the Romans,
in defence of his killing Crosar:
"Britons, hungrymen, and epicures!
Hear me for my cause, and be silent that
you may hear; believe me for my honor,
and - have respect for my honor that you
may believe; censure me not in your wis
dom, and awake your senses that yen may
. better _judge.. If _thorn be any jai
sembly, an , dear friend of this hat*, to him
I say that al poacher's love for hare is no
less than his. If then he demand why a
poacher rose against a hare, this is my an
swer; not that I loved hare less, but that I
loved eating more. — Had You flith - e - r - Tliii
hare were living than I had died starving,
than that this hare were dead, that I might
live a jolly fellow I—As this hare was pretty
I weep for him: as he was plump, I honor
him; as he was nimble," rejoice at it; but,
as he was eatable, I slew him. There are
tears for his beauty, honor for his condition,
'oyfor his speed, and death for hisiooth
semeriess.
Who is here so cruel, would
see me a starved maul—if any, speak, for
him have 1 offended. Who is here so silly,
that would not make a tid-bit I—if any,
speak, fur him have I offrnled. Who is
here so sleek, that does not "love-his belly ?
if any, speak, for him have I offended."
"You have offended justice, sirrah," cried
out one of the magistrates, out of all pa
tience with this long harangue, which had
began to invade the time that his own bel
ly had arrived.
"Then," said the culprit, guessing at the
hungry feelings of the bench, "since JUstice
is dissatisfied, it must needs have something
to devour: Heaven forbid I should keep
any justice from dinner !---so, if you please,
I'll wish your lordship a good day and a
good hare to dinner ?"
The magistrates, eager to retire, and,
somewhat pleased with the fellow's last
wish, gave him a reprimand and lot him go.
PULPIT ORATORY.—The Rev., M.
Weston, when preaching .at_Eding.burg,
made the following division on the text:—
"Ephraim is as a cake unturned." "The
first thing we shall do with Ephraim is to
turn him, and this we shall do effectually,
Ist.. We shall turn him up side down. 2d.
We shall turn him outside in. 3d. We
shall • turn him backside fore. 4th. We
shall turn him iibout his business.
Dr. Franklin's Parable against Perse
rution.—Tha following beautifid imitation
of the historical style of the Old Testament
was written by Dr. Franklin, and by him
communicated ✓ to Lord Kaimes.
And it came to pass after these things,
that Abraham Sat in he door of his tent_ a=
bout the.going.downof_the : sun—_ .
And beheld a man berit - With:Ageteiniirg
from the way of the wilderness leaning on a
staff.
And Abraham arose and Met him, and
said unto, him, turn in - , -- Vprity — thee, and
wash thy feet and tarry all night, and then
thou shalt arise early on the morrow and go
thy way.
And the man said nay, for I will abode
under this tree.
But .Abraham peessed him.,gieatly, so he
turned and went eito the tent and Abraham
baked unleavened bread andattieydid
And when Abraham saw that the Min
blessed not God, he said unto him,.whi?",doet
thou not worship the most high nd, crea
tor of heaven and earth?
And the man answered and said, I do not
worship thy God, neither do I call upon his
name; for I have made to my sel fa God which
abideth always in my house, and provideth
me with all things.
And Abmham's_zgal was kindled against
the man, & he arose & fell upon him, and
drove him forth with blows into the wilder-
RCM
And• Gaitselled unto him, saying: Aiwa
ham, where is the stranger?
And Abraham answered and said, Lord,
he would not worship thee, neither would he
call open thy name; therefore have I driven
him out - froth before my face into the wil
derness.
And tod said, 'I :hive borne with him
these hundred and ninety years, 'and trur
ished him tirld clothed him, notwithstand
ing bier rebellion against me : and couldst
not thou; who art thyself a sinner, bear with
him oue night? •
The. world is• flooded with anecdote? .
Johnson. Lapse record an anecdote of one
of his *Aims. He an&Burke were nne e
-ttenntoj bell Ave at the Mime& Cotterell%,
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poets of antiquity. At length, it was settled
on the comparative merits of Homer and
Virgil. Johnson was for Homy; Burke for
Virgil. Johnson poured out a prodigious
qutintity of thought upon the vividness, ori
ginality and grandeur of the Greek. Burke
delighted in the sustained miqesty, the min
gled pathos and vigor, and the mellifluous
elotfuence of the Roman., The argument .
went on for hours,- while no one ptesent
thought ofinterrupting so noble a display of
genius on both sides. At length, a young
lady's eye glanced on her watch, and to her
surprise, finding that it was past midnight,
she whispered the. hour to her mother.—
"Child," said the mother, indignant. at being
disturbed, "tell me that thefire,
for nothing else can be an excuteaving
such conversation."
The Dutch Van Tromp, who
was a largo heavy man, was once challeng
ed by a thin, active French officer. "We
are not upon equal terms with rapiers," said
Van Tromp, "but call upon me to-morrow
morning and we will adjust the affilir.",
When the Frenchman called, he found the
Mitch Admiral bestriding a barrel of Gun
powder! "There is room enough for you,"
said Van Troinp, " at the other 'end of the
barrel ; sit down ; there is a mach; and as
you are the challentrer,kgive fire." The
Frettcbmari- NI, us thur?derstracit—nt
rible mode of fighting; but as the Dutch
admiral told him he would fight no other
way, terms of reconciliation ensued.
A map does not exhibit a more distinct
view ofthe boundaries and situation of eve
ry country, than its news does a picture of
e-genius-and
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.1 1 . 7 r 41)D1IES 8,
Delivered before the Temperance Society of Get
- tysburg• and the vicintty,ml the( I:nirt.house
in Gettysburg, on the 10th 1)oc, 1831,
BY DANIEL M. SMYSER, ESQ,.
By request of the Society.
[Concluded from last.wook.]
We frequently hoar the drunkard complaining
of his misfortunes; (for by that mild epithet , does
he distinguish the consequences of actions at
which angels weep, and even fiends would blush;)-
and wondering wh_it is that all things prosper
so ill with him. 1 t hint make the following easy
calculation, arid imagine we shall hoar no more
il .
of his senseless idling at what ho chooses to call,
his destiny. I will suppose that every , man who
is in the habit of drinking ardent spirits, expends
12i cents for them daily. This would amount to
53 , 15. 6 in a year: a sum equal to the yearly In
terest of it76o—and sufficient to pay the rent of
a coilifortahle dwelling house. But there are ma
ny who expend two fold, and even ton fold this
amount, to minister to their leastly propensity.
Let him - take into consideraoon, in connection
"WitlilTilii; tireless of characteri the waste of time,
and the ruin of health; 'the less of public confi
donee, and the consequent decrine of business; the
habits of neglect and inattention to business,
which intompejonco, engende; and the number.
less mistakes, omissions, and impositions to which
it exposes him:- and the drunk*d will he at no loss
to account ter the unproinisitt aspect of his af
fairs. -
Intemperance impairs, an if persisted in,
eventually destroys the intone. .fleimath its in.
fluence, the fire of Genius lose] more and more of
its vvaritath and brilliancy, atfl dies slowly, but
surely away, untilit is finally; extinguished. Who
has mot_seea how at the _willieting -touch-of this
destroying demon, the firmest, lost compact, and
well ordered 'intellects have f len to pieces, and
been resolved into the disjoi ed ,and shapeless
firmest,
atoms that float in the brainof :he maniac? True,
it is - allegod by - some. that - winci,ey (piiekening the
flow, of the animal spirits,briglf_shailienleasi and..
(involves !Nein i ii" lilac' Iciiiiii Oil liiilliiiiiriiiCeiiii:
sion. Alas! Those transiors flashes, like the
lightning's fitful gleams, Leadenly to reader more
palpably inanirest.Alte.dare,,fl4rlLaight of vague
stupidity that precedes and-!plows them; this false
-and-momentary gleanicserrsi but to light the dark
and downward path thairiekis to the destruction
of all the mind's noblest ent4ries! And who, that
has listened to the ribald jests; obscene witticisms,
and licentious orgies of a 113acchanalian revel,
would consider them an adequate compensiition
for the degradation ofintellea and the profanation
of decency which they intro's? Their very ex
hibition proves that:the Millibar. already loSt one
of its strongest stays—the Freer of regulating
and controlling its min iiiipthes in subservience
to the dictates of sound sonmand practical mor
ality.
Nor is the voice of experie ee silent on this part
of our subject. It has been st d,ortunquastiona.
ble authority, that betweeshee fourth and one
third of the insane persons eilnitted into the Penn
sylvania Hospital , became 4 through too free an
use of ardent= spirits. Neton, whose bold and
grasping genius led him tonvestigate and teach 1
to a wondering world, tile hes which govern the
wheeling planets and circhg spheres, and fbr
whose mathematical and ell ordered mind no
subject was either too vastr too minute—Locke,
whose daring and adventurix intellect fleet sound.
ed.the depths - of mind andaplored the thitherto
unknown regions of the uterstanding, with no
other guide or compass ths the acuteness and
discrimination of his own Mceptions,sensations
and perceptions.-Sir Willi* Janes, whose m imi
was a capacious reservoir oevery thing curious
in modern learning and anent lore.-.and our own
illustrious countrynian, Frail:4 at once the pro
found statesman,enlightentithilosopher and skil
ful mechanician—were allitnarkaele for a tem
perste and even
,abstemiothourse af life. Does .
any one believe that additial excellence would
have been imparted to Netin's "Prfircipia," or
Locke'smilmirable "Essay dire Understavaliag, ,"
had 'Wei° distinguished indltiult/e
_worshipped at
the shrine of the Moloch olnkernPesancel No:
by keeping the bxain clear ad uneloudeil by the
fumes of inebriety, they inirted alike clearness
and peleipicuity to their Mt.. 'llan* ga n one o f
that flighty brilliancy abeutleinvvelfrah ima ,„6 - 0.
times mei( in. the waning letlent. °Co g ,. ~,,i i, l ,
Of disaipatioateilin illi ii liaPay al ..imptune, er r
a flash of more tin usual bjlibl~ioheirjtisMi
the point of expiqier birt-insitiono,,t and
elaborate. laws 41 . :408,. thews I eike . ieltt*,l , of peke!
AND
Danner.
and consistency of design—a just adaptation of
moans to ends—very .different tlmn the wild, mu
l.table, and momentary inspirations of the bottle.
It may . not he amiss to glance, for a mo-,
meta, at some of the inducements which are
sometimes offered as apologies for their cock
duct by the intemperate—
Some have recourse to it to drown care
and banish reflection. To such I would
say, that the remedy is fur worse than the
disease. It is, (to use it homely saying)
curing the itch, by scratching the skin off.
Will it lighten the burthen licare, or idle
viate the poignancy of their reflections, to
yield to a vice which their own consciences
—the general sense of mankind, and the
precepts of inspiration, unite to• condemn?
NO:: when the factitious excitement has sub
sided, and ttoymiviken from the delirium of
intoxication, they will find that thertheite
but infused another drop into their cup of
bitterness: to the pangs they formerly endu
red, will now be added the sting of self-re
proach: they will feel humbled and degra
ded in their own eyes: and to drown the
maddening sense of this superadded torture,
the will again seek_teAteep themseliesin_
lie - oblivion of the. bottle: and thus they go
on from one degree to another, until at length
they sink into confirmed irreclaimable sots,
past cure, past hope—and
"Society grown weary of the load,
Sh.flterhermicumbe i d l.w, alict .tv-them-eiiti.
Persons of a melancholy, hypochondriacal
temperament are peculiarly subject to the
operation of this cause—Domestic afflictions,
losses in business, and other similar causes
also drive many to this pernicious resource.
Wretched delusion ! Seeking to lose the
remembrance of pain, they add fresh poit
Dailey to their sufferings I -
fh , xhilar-
l)thors have recourse to exhilaration of
the bottle, to supply the want of natural
gaiety and vivacity. Self-convicted of dul
ness, they strive by this artificial stimulus,
to force their spirits to keep pace with those
around . them., Such.. persona display mot
only an obtuseness of intellect, but a want of
common sense; otherwise they would never
jeopardize both body and scan for au object
so little conanenstrate with the risk. Some,
either from an irritable nervous tempera
mein, or from a sheepish bashfulness as
alien to true modesty as vulgarity is to wit,
quake and 'tremble like a convicted felon on
his way to execution, when circumstances
compel them to mingle in the circles of so
ciety, and have 'recourse to• the bottle, in
order, as they style it, to steady their nerves.
I pity the man who cannot encounter his fel
lows without previously doing that which
ought to render him ashamed to look any
decent person in the face. He whose spirits
ebb and flow under the periodical influence
of the bottle, in like manner as the Moon is
supposed to influence the fides, is, but a poor
acquisition to society, and might very well
be dispensed with. Besides, he is pursuing
the very course which will eventually shatter
and ruin his nerves instead of stre gthening
them. There is no man so nervous as the
drunkard.
Slime are led to Intemperance, by the in
' iluence of a social, convivial, and withal a
• thoughtless disposition. Such are the very
materials out of which the Devil loves to
manufacture drunkards. Such persons set
out with the_axiom, which has caused' the
ruin of many, that there is no harm in occa
sionally taking a social glass with a friend,.
provided one stops in time, and does not take
too much. 'llluenter orrthe --- of --- de - -7 -
)iiirciFiViiii a faettsleteratimuion-(as—they
- - -
finiey) to limit themselves to a certain quan
tity and to stop when_they have arrived at a,
certain point. That point is attained; but
seditced - by ihe - Contagion of example, (for
-drankettess Is - lu - contagious as a ta:t
cial vice) and excited by the :liquor they
have already quaffed, they go, on drinking
potations deep and strong, until they are as
drunk as any of their beastly associates.-- ,
With the ensuing morning come 'nausea,
vertigo, arid head-ache, qualms of the con
science and of the stomach; and with them
come, too, sundry good resolutions of future
abstinence.. By the next evening, these
qualms are gone; and with them, mire fled too
their praise-worthy resolutions. They re
solye7—fintrless souls I to brave the peril once
more; determining full surely to profit by the
' experience they have purchased, and refrain
in season ) , this time. It is, I presume, need.
less to say,that this resolution, like the pre
.eeding, is .miidc only lathe broken. And , .
thus they go on, resolving and re-resolving
that each tnuisifitsilica shall be the last, and
transgressing, and, with each repetition
of chi 'dangerous indulgence, losing more
rand more of the inclination as well as the
ability to withstariljt, until - at length, they
cease to struggle, and yield willingly and
unresistii , igly to the current
,that is hurrying
them to destruction:--whilst Heirs caverns
re-echo with .the fierce 'laughter of exulting
fiends, as they contemplate their victim
spepding swiftly on to the . consummation of
his dark and fearfiil-destinyt
It would .be trespassing too-41inch upon
your patienCe, to enter into a minute analy
sis of the causes of this wide spreading evil.
Theft' is one however, deserving of notice,,
and which I must not pass: it is the needless
MultipliFttiton of taverns, or rather licensed
G rog;skro . _and-trippl ing houses (feu .many
of them ars.no better;).m.sur Janet. It has
been' a subject ofastouishinent to foreigners
*ravelling 41irtaigli our: cotuitry, to wane*
r
,',
,
Terniti—TWO DOZLARS'pet
payable half-yearly in whams,. Nersuit---,
Bcriptioni taken for lm than six months,
none iliscogived until all sneaiges are pirW ,
—A failure to notify a discontinuance, *lir
be considered a new engagement ind tiVa
paper forwarded accordingly. • •
114621 Q scoaQiiiivc..ascb
Whole *umber, 91.
the vast number of houses of this description,
with which ,it abounds. freely can you
travel three miles on a ity of our public roads,
without encountering one of these license*
pest-liouses—
•"Pass where we may, through city or Hero! taint'
Village er hamlet of this merry land t
every twentieth pace,
Conducts the ungarded nose to such a whiff
Of stale debamdt, forth issuing from the swat
That law bath licensed, as maketi Tempeeime.
reel."
Havine'aivelt at such length Upon the
mischief, it remains that we, in a few words,
should point out , the remedy. .This, we say, .
consists in a. TOTAL ' anvil:amen from--the
use of ardent spirits. Nothing. short ((this/
will be found an adequate and efficacioutt
remedy. lam aware that it has been - eon;
Anded by many that the moderate use of
ardent spirits is not injurious: that it is only
the excessive use, which is prejudidial. 'But
is this so? Chemical analysis and physi ,
ological science prove that in very few eases,
are ardent sirits, taken in any quantity,
i.,
beneficial to e system; and even in these,,
only when taken So . the same footi that
-other-medieines-areadministered:- ' • -
the opinion of every scientific man of the
medical profession, who has investigated the
subject: and are their opiniems to be otit ,
weighed by the crude finicies,,*hims,-and
percbance prejudices, of everydreinkieisk i ___
er .„ Moreover, - the moderate use, is toe apt .
to lead men into excess,- by imperceptible
degrees. The process may be more or lei*
rapid in different individuals: but the reindt
is sure. Every drunkard was once a mod. -- -
emte drinker. No one was aver_lxunsit-------,
drunkard, or deliberately designed to bee'
come al drunkard. 'The only security mine
sitintLetieeabstineptce. , ---Blitl--lanv-itti thin
to he attained? The means are found is the
institution of Temperance Nocietiso. Let
the orderly, respectable, and temperate pore
Lion of the community, unite in these 'An.
tart'-associations,.. for the purpose of . i i
pressing intemperance by distotterierig . lie' .-
use of ardent spirits. z Let such a Mast
direction be given to public opinion, to - ... .
render it not only disgracefid to be sees
drunk, but also, discreditable to be seen
drinking. Thus, and thus only, can your
drive ardent spirits out of cirealation, and
consign them to their proper and legitimate
place, the shelves of the Apothecary. The
true aim and proper scope of Tetaperunee
Societies, are not - so much to reclaim the
habitual drunkard, as to arrest the career or
those who are in danger of becomin such.
The confirmed sot is, perhaps, irreclaimable
by any thing short of a miracle. , Bat the
moderate drinker, who has not yet reached
the point of excess, but is-last verging to,
wards it, is an object that den - inds all our ' •
aid and claims all our sympathies., -
,And, let me say to those who are associa.
ted with me in this noble cause, that if„ by
our influence and exertions, we cad succeed
in checking one votary of 41temperance ii
his dark and perilous career, and restore him •
to respectability, and return him, reclaimed
.and regenerated, to the wife, the ehildren,or •
the parents who have long and bitterly
mourned over his degeneracy ,- i s will be a i. l .
rich reward fur all our sacrifices: and, in - 4.
any case, we may be assured of one corn.
pensation which ie dependent neither upon
success-or e lisappointnietit- the smiles g
as
approving conscience. - Should :disappointe---„
h m n en :::i
hover over our prospects and the, rank
breath Ofcalninny dim the brightness ofou
r
her
iekerinfhopetintat'ilid6ihe,gafne- -
,
ering gloom of despair. But the . presetti
aspect door cause does not justify the lan.-
2,. age of despondency. Already, within the ...
contracted sphere of our own eperatione,
- the - re has "been a very sensible dirnimitiors
effected in the consumption_of ardentviritas
whilst every post brings us the most grati6 , .. ' •
ing and animating accounts of the onward
and successful march of the champions a(
Temperance. In many sections of the mime:
try, the circulation ofardent spirits has beets
almost wholly arrested. The votary of in
temperance no longer pays his- *owe to ltie
God openly, in the face of day, as thoafil
he gloried in his shame; bat, by , the itrests.
tibia force of public opinion, he ts.constraitt
' ed to offer them up in secret and hydealth;
or, Whey-has the hardihood to brave
_,public
sentiment, you may see the coward blush of .
conscious guilt, crimson his boated visage.,
The” drunkard is new regarded with loath
,, lug muldisgust, as a monster too vile to be •
admitted within the . pa :liens Of civilized see : g
ciety. So let it be. If he is so fait icy .
shame and hardened in g u ilt, as to be Imre.
cessible to the voice of reason, entreaty, nail '
remonstrance, let him &el . that th eme is 0
vindicatory principle in society, which will
not be defied with impunity. Let. hint fed
himseig what he really is, a despised, istobre'.
ted being; an object ofcontempt and sir., ~ ~,'
renee;--.a fit subject for the unerrtrg fl uor' ' '
of scorn tcrpoint at. And now, in moles. ,
sion, let ate , 4 *a name ofharnanity, lathe,
name or pbliVorcler, the conserratiou of
tliekeneraf weiffire, mid every thing that le •
or ought to he dear to you, ma4e , gutappeat .
to one and all of you, no longer te content •
..
yoirrselve with *mining m a state or. .. ... -
douttfid 'neutrality, ,which,, Auttever yell .-) -'
may think, is not altogether devehr•of
'andresporiet6io; but to Omit roma' rilAnTrOa".a
manfully, and honestly, and contribute you • ..,'‘ . ...•
aidandrecorli your
.approtkatmi of this So:- - .
bleatereauses., '. ' . „ , .; [.. . ,
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