Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1820-03-21


Sec. 10. .4nd be IL .further enacted,
That this act shall be in force from the
thirtieth day of September next.
IL. CLAY,
Speaker If the House Of Representatives..
JOHN GAIILARD,
President ofhe Senstc, PRO tempore.
February 10, 1920. Approved,
JAMES MONROE.
a LITTLE WILL NOT HURT YOU"
These words have done more mischief
among mankind than perhaps all the ar
hllery of Satan besides. Il little taste
q The Forbidden fruit, said the arch
tempter to the mother Of mankind, 7yiH
not hurt you. 1t 7oW on the contrary
ehen yoar eyes 10 6eAo!d hidden my8te-
ries. The unsuspecting fair believed
TOO readily, and VIC all know and feel the
consequences. Il is indeed, as every
person of observation knows, by title
and htie, that every species Of human
irailty gains upon its victims, till it sub
dues their mental fortitude and bids de-
iance to their noblest resolutions. A
httIe 7oine will rarely hurt one--but that
Httie, too often repeated, becomes in
temperance; intemperancc produces
idlencss, idlcness confusion Of affairs,
debt and embarrassment, and these lead
directly, if not to fraud and embezzle-
mcnt, to -penury, want, and the limits Of
Jail. Here is a pretty climax indeed,
OF human frailty and weakness, and all
Tor the want of little fortitude and firm
ness to refuse at first TO accept title
sideboard hospitality.-In short Httie
sleep III the mornln9--a little punch at
noon--a little wine and bitterS before
dinner--a little more wine and a little
rest after dinner-a little visiting, and a
little more drinking at night; all these
soon wind up the Industrious concerns OF
the Plough Boy, the mechanic, the
merchant, or professional character;
and leave them all alike, the victims,
not Of a little, but of great deal of
wretchedness. We beseech the Plough
Boy, OF all others, to avoid these little
beginnings, which lead to such great
evils, and such wrctched ends. Instead
of indulging the freaks of appetite, and
hankering after luxurics which never
fail to destroy The wholesome habits es-
sential to their prosperity in life, let them
cling to those habits a. saipWrecked
mariner would to-the last plank of his
i'll fated bark.
1t was said by the illustrious Edmund
Burke, in the very meridian Of his splen-
dor, that he made his dinners OF the
simplest food; and that he would fire.
qucDtly invite such men as Pitt, Fox,
and other shining characters Of that day,
to dine with him upon a boiled leg Of
mutton and turnips, and a bottle or two
of mild clarct. twas " the feast frea-
son and the flow Of SOUL" and not the in
diligence of sensual, irrational appetite
that was sought by those illustrious
champions of Ensland's fame and glory,
Such was likewise the temperance and
frugality Of our FRANKLIN, whose i'm
mortality is built upon the same basis as
that of the Burkss and Pitts of old Eng
land. From such examples let us learn
to despise and TO Danish luxury and dissi
patton from our houses and our festive
boards; and let the Plough Boys be the
first to pursue this path Of domestic viz
tue and economy, Let them never sick
en- at the labor which they cannot avoid,
because Providence has decrecd it, as
the most salutary means Of human sub
sistence. Let them rather rejoice, that
they have always labor enough, if they
choose to pursue it, to keep the Depil
from catching them idle, that he may
draw them into his snarcs of dcstruc-
ton.
C1NoIHNATus, the Roman Patriot,
wedding in his turnip garden; Burke,
the British Cicero, dining upon NUT
ton chop, and Franklin, one Of the patri-
OTIS of America, feasting upon bread and
water in printing Office What illus
trious examples for modern patriots, for
modern philosophers, and modern Plough
Boys !-.4l5any Pi0ugh-Boy.
THE MACEDONIAN FR.GATE.
Letters have been received from the
Macedonian, dated Valparaiso, Oct. -,
1919, from which we learned she sailed
on the 25th of April, from that port for
the coast of Mexico, and in consequence