American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1827-08-07

peculia. to any sect rank no,hg GIT
nothing which enlightened phil 'sorher would say, is
mot enlightened philosophy. The vivid col0rs in which
tne truths presented their na'ua coltrs we
see thai the representations exac aud think that he
mus, be above below the condition OF humanity who
would rise ON the pcrusa of this little work without
land Useful IDEAS, such would not only he ample remune
ration If his expense in the purchase, and labor reading
but such as he wonld not consent to be without and such
Ia he would be soic0us should be dffused through the
commit ity Does now abstain entirely from ardent
pirs! lie ought to read this book learn the value Of
his pviege, to be conf med in his resolution aud to be
s,Rt calculate Tie effects Of an evil which, it is true,
sees aud epores, but the extent Of hose ravages and
he peslence Of whose influence, lie may rely il, he
las sufficiently pondered Does he use ardent spirits
what is termed Prudent manners! Let him not delay
real this book. 1t con aims truth Of the greatest mo-
ncn to him. 1t will show hini imminent danger, where
dreams OF safcy Toevery one in every stage Of the
se &C ardent sprs from the rns moderate 10 the
confirmed ttper, this book will teach useful truth. To
mt, particularly, its lessons are invaluable.
My tentinn, however, was to offer few extracts from
work. and N, observations have already run TO alesth
phich will require me to curta these extracts.
81 Ia Introducing the subject the author remarks
III "No sin has fewer apologies than 1nemperance The
outrage Of The world against and yet there is sin
% max ed in its character nd whose commencement aud
rogress indicated by many signs concerning which
here is among mankind such profound ignorance. All
eprobae Drunkenness and yet not of the thousands
Who fall INFO H. dreams OF danger when lie enters the way
Mat leads TO IT,"
"No,lhng therefore, seems to he importsn, than
description Of this broad way thronged by 50 many travel
ers, that the temperate, when they come in sight, may
& know their danger and turn away"
81 The following remarks arc just and important
"God has made the human body TO be sustained by food
ind sleep, and the mind 20 be nvgorated by effort and
lie regular healthfuness Of the moral system and the
eerirg Influence Of bis moral government. And who.
ver to sustain the body, or invgora'e the mind or cheer
BE heart, applies habiay the stimulus of ardent spirits,
violence to the laws Of his nature, puts the whole
EN- mo disorder, and 10 i,empera'e long before the in
IL 8
lent spirits the brain aud the members Of the body is
I'm ing the last effects Of Intemrerance u is the moral
Hun, which II works in the soul, that gives it The denoni
aion Of giant wickedness. II all who are Incorporate,
rank ,nsensbhty and awakng could arise from the
ebauch with intellect and heart nnjured, il world strip
re crime OF its most appalling evils"
M person probably ever did will receive
lent Spirits into his system day and f,r'ity his
hutton against its teleerns eift exercise such
screon and self COVE nmen', rs that the quantity viii
lot be increased aud bodily inhrnes and mental nlbccl.
IN be tie result and in than half the instances, in
xbraon"
"Ihe use Of ardent spirits employed auxiliary to
hor, aruong tie most fatal, because the most
least ced, causes Of lntemperance II istili.
innocent, il is insisted necessary; bat no fac
completely established by experience, than that it
utterly useless and Ultimately injurious, beside all the
afi evils OF hab,ua ln'enperance, to which il leads.
Where in ardent srf All that does is, to
ncenlrae the strength Of he system r the time, be-
It's capacity for tegu'ar execution. Ii ~ borrowing
8rengh for occasion, which will be needed tor utur
Lee, two men of eol age and frnness of constitution
tbor together through the summer, the with md the
er without the excitement Of ardent spirits and the lat
viii the end with unimpared vigor, while
be other viii be comparatively exhausted.
"Amost the entire amount OF national ignorance and
&ime the offspring of incompetence. Throughout the
Md the Incorporate heWing dowa the pillars and I'M
Examining the foundation Of our national e'lihce."
Colleges are reared and multiplied bv public mnniti
ence willie Academies and common Schools enlghten
b. land But to what purpose when single vice sends
exbslaios enough to eclipse half the stars and suns
sined to enlglten moral hemisphere before they
bve eached their meridian !"
"rsik Of habit and Of prudent use, and little
r The uonacIs sake This is the way in which men
come drunkards."
The present abuse Of ardent spirit ha, grown out of
the prudent of it less than one hundred years
30: then there was little fntemperance in the iand-most
len, WIN drank all drank temporarily. But If the pru-
m use Of ardent spirits one hundred years ago, has pro
iced such results exist, what will the present In
importance accomplish in century 70 come J"
A nation of drinkards would constitute hell"
These extracts lose much of their force by being scpars
Iron the connection in which they stand.
had wished have exhibited few others, illustrating
peculiarly baneul influence OF lntemperance on Our
lee instu ons, its operation society by Withdrawing
iuslry and talent the hand and hhrdening It WIN
perism the other, and explaining the course OF re-
|rm But Ihavc not room. earnestly recommend me
Pok the careful perusal Of all 1t should be owned N
very family, and read at leas. once year by OF to all Its
embers. a.
III FOR THE WhTCHMhF.
A part of Mr.. Cowcll's Dramatic CorTS from
hiadep hia are on professional visit 10 Tins phce
he Company is respectable both in point Of mum
r. and eal t,ients and commPnce ell short