The Northern star, and farmers' and mechanics' advocate. [volume] (Warren, R.I.) 1830-1834, 1830-02-20

spirits. The tongue. with which he - com
manded. and made ? HAL priv'leeo % praise
God his Maker with refuses 10 Speak ought
hut the insane ribalry Of fools, or the i nd
and IDIOT laugh which procaims his own deg
radiation and ruin. And is this all oh no.
You NAV in i'm ,ginaiisn, follow him from the
scenes Of his srevelry, to wha. should have
been hin home. Tho haven OF rest, the bo ~
er of pea co and loye-the abiding place Of
bspoiuess and what q scene of distress and
aoonv 4 there. Behold the fair fern Of her
VIII, left the shelter of fathers house 1.-The
arms Of a mothers love, and the home OF in
nocenc,. and coniided all these treasures to
the honor, the tenderness AMI love OF him
who il il now her wrctchedness to call nor
usband, with unsuspectng commence
common and endearing trait in the female
character. And is this the being she once
loved Oh /! what other feeling but an un-
mingled and unutterable sense ot her own
desolaton and agony, now fills her, bosom.
Tho man she loved, degraded ato brute
With what deep and choakirg emotions must
Oh . look upon the little family oil children 4,
who must call this wretched being father
To whom, in this world can she look tor the
necessary substance TO supply their wants.
and for council, for fiection, for guidance
and support in the arduous task oil. rearing
this little family not to the miserable being
with whom she is BY hard necessity united
Before her, and around her, feeling oi q 4
olation wi,hos and dries up the fountains OF
all that locked like happiness. And mIser e'
iror- hand relaxes not ts grasp, until nature
sinks and she seeks refuge in the kindly
bosom sfthe grave, which her husband de-
| MED her. And is il likely, that the children
will be moro fortunate, than the wTetchet
mother! But on the contrary, is il not mo
ally certainv that they who receive Their frs
! lessens from the dram chop, will end the
days in ignominy. find the maxim, that Il
bring up a child ia the way he should 70 ,an'
when he Is old no will not depart from it, j
not very likely in this case 10 be reversed
How extensive 10 the mischief which on
drunkard 10 calculated to produce he no
only destroys the happiness and peace Of hi
own family, but he scatters FIRE brands ant
death over the community to which he be
ngs. His vocabulatory ID oaths and OBJ
sc, nity, lying, theft, and murder, fare among
the crimes with which he 10 familiar, and IN,
! gaIlows 10 too frequently his end.
Have +, in what have said, exaggerated
= were il impossible. There has not yet ,
language been found, that can speak witt
that energy the subject demands. Is il
misrepresentation lsok AT our own town
for an onswer. II teens with the midnigh
brswlers, who at the dead hour Of the night
reel from the dens Of their foul and lsath
some orgies, shame even the darkness Of tn
night, and staggering 10 (if they have any
their homes or the barns, or what 10 the nor
common places ofrepose, the streets. ther
10 lay ill the morning shall arouse .hem, :
renew their exhausted nature, by renewin
their potatiou.. And thus, they have drink IN
and sleeping. &c. re, ill at length the
die, and their spirit sscends before the drea
tribunal Of Jehovsh. fhe:e 10 rocs:vs it's un
alterable doom. hnd shall such scenes pas
continually before our sight, without excitin
our feelings, for the disgrace and shame o
our fellow men. trust not, and am cheer
ed with the hopes. that the day is not 70
distant, when this curse 10 our land, shall b.
barished forever. Temperance.
| P. s. II is my intention, n your next pa
per. 10 ex,ond my re marks still farther.
Bristol, Feb, Ie, 1859.