The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1819-12-08
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from tnsss evils, which naturally increase
win the Years OF our republic, which be-:
long to the luxuries and extravaganza Of
prosperity, or which a,r adopted with Inc
loibes and fashions and refuse population,
OF Europe--still there arc those existing
amongst us truly alarming in them effects.
Permit nae to name single vice---a wee
o-extcnsive wi,h our Country--a vice
whose dcsolating march may be traced
by its ravsgcs iiom the splendid PALACES
of the opulent to the humblest DIV ching
OF povrry.---a vice, which ii none other
existed in the land, by its tegrading and
destructive nature should srouse the Ut
most efforts oil every patriot, phiIanthrop-
isl and christian TO check Its destroying
progress IL speak Of the Inlempera,c
use of ardent spirits !--of DRUNKEN
NEss!! s -
''lt is impossible to contemplate tho
effects Of this vice, evtn upon an iGdlyld-
ual, but with the extremesi torture to all
the better feelings Of human nature. Our
fellow man is endowed with faculties to
promote his own happiness and TO rise in
intellectual improvement to knowledgr
Of the wonderful wolks and lertections OF
that Con who gave them. Should ne.
by misfortune or disease, be deprived
the use OF. those faculties, the heart is
aeamaht that would not hlelt at the scene.
What cD,piions must affect us, then, to
behold fellow being in the exercise Of
all the powers Of mind. volunt ~.,y sur.
rendering them and placing himself be.
low the level OF the brutes. Oh that
men should put an enemy in their mouths
| 10 steal away their brains"---" to be now
a sensible man, bye and Bye fool, and
| presently beast" Keen indeed is thcn
the reproach contained in the poets panc-
gyric upon the d;gnify Of oar nature TO
awhere Is thr r,an who with enoob'ihg pride
nehclds not his own nsturo l Whctc IN he, ~
| who bat with deep srhasen,ent awe allied, ~.
Must muse ,tI,e mysteries Of Inc human mlads
| The miniature Of Deity f
Look upon victimto intcmperanet ahd
suppose he has parents to witness his deA
gradaiion--" Sharper than an adder's
tooth is the ingrs,itude Of such thank.
less child" Is he husbandA--a lxihefY
the gulph in which he pluuges Is the
grave too of the partner Of his buson'---
his unofFcnding offspring. And is this
| its most hrrrid feature g--Shall il be told,
| that the female sex descend to inyok<,
| this curse ?---'rhut the scenes of do,neh-
| tic quiet have been converted to td& ~
| pies of Bacchus; and womah---vc6mqf
herself not only dcvoee, ,'but IninistciSs
| ing priestess at the altar! j'oaronse ouk
dread of such a scene, must We approsch
the gulpli to look upon the condh;ot' q
the damned !? +ftt 'fA w
| Il is too true, the transforming magic
| Of intcmperauce has sometimes converted
to /" fcntls and demons dire thoss, wbc,
| in the walks of domestic virtue, are cvrr
Justly esteemed ni,Aiste,igg angels 70 sll
leviate the afflictions oT our pilgriiaaSes
Fatal influence oi m,oxicaiion +" II tl,Qli
last no other name to bc known tx'tt
MS call thee dewitt" = ~ Il 80
! But how surali portion Of this evil
have we witnessed In It's eE'et tupcn ~:
diuidnai elsa'aefet or TIC domestic srelf|
The poison Of its atmosphere, like ti,e
| fatal sir,oon, spreads universal desolatsq|l
in its progress. A learned jadge, l9n(
conversant in criminal courts, has ~
nine tettbs-A-and might have said fit!z1
| nine hundfeths Of crime originate O. "
use Of ardent spirits.--Almust -ey<l
grade from trivial assault to the .fotj
murder commences first in dronkpne
Is there tumuh, riot in your streel
The Intoxicating cup is there.
anneal expense for the support Of
I pers in this state is now more thar
| hundred thousand dollars. Som
may be found in your aims house
misfortune has brought there.
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