Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1833-09-21

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INTEMPEKANCE-AN EXTRACT
Let any one Of Is set down anG
count up the number Of its victims
which we have known-and thei,
standing in society, and their pros
poets, and their happy families and
what change a few years use Of ar.
dent spirits has caused, and what they
and their families are now. What a
Catalogue Of wretchedness might any
one Of Us make out. Very few but
could remember 20, 30, SO, or lou
families, ruined in this way-some OF
them once our most intimate friends
and their story is soon told. They
were once Promising-excited high ex
|Pcetations. we're high spirited, despised
every mean, and had a special con.
tempt for dru"sard; and bad a pro
Phet proclaimed that they themselves
shoc:d be all that they despised, they
would have rerelled it as thing i'm
possible. SIS thy servant a dog" as
said Hazael, shat he should do this
thinsy'
But they could drink occasionally,
just for IL spree, for the sake Of com.
Pany. In this way the taste was ac-
CURED, and dissipatcd habits formed.
They became idle Of course, and Of
course uneasy. And they drank part
" to crafty taste, and partly to quiet
conscience.
They saw that the tide was coming
IN upon them, and for a time, perhaps,
made some earnest, but irregular
against it--butit gained upon
thesa--cvcry flow Of the tide drove in
some barricr-thc resistance became
weaker and wcaker-by and by the
struggle is ended, and they float with
the tide--and where are they! One
has been focnd by the Temperance Re-
formation, a mere wreck-in property,
character, body and mind, mere
wreck-and, o, miracle, reclaimed:
After years Of d,ssipation-affer caus.
ing unspeakabse misery, he is saved,
yet so as by fire. Another is dead
his constitution could not bear such a
continued course Of dissipation. An
other died in fit. Another was found
by the roadside one cold morning, a
st'ffencd corpse. Another was thrown
from his horse, and is cripple for life,
but still can contrivc means to pay a
daily visit to the grocery. Another is
a mere vagabond, unprincipled and
sha'nelcss--wandering from grocery to
grocery-6t companion for the lowest
comPany-drinking upon their bounty
yea, drinking their lcaving--the mere
rinsings ofthe glasses--a nuisance to So
ciety, and a curse to his kindred. Anoth.
eri" the penitentiary, for crime which
he committed in drunken frol,c. Col
Into the crowded court house, aud you
may see anothcr-his countenance
haggard and ghassly, aud his eye Wild
" rolling in despair. What has he
done? One night, after spending all
his money, for drink, and lettering A.
bout till all the shops were closed, he
returned to his miserable habitation.
lie found few Goals on the hearth.
and his wife and children by them.
lie threw ono child this wax. and an.
other that, for he was cold. His wife
demonstrated, aud withsi told hum that
what little fire there was, vas nope of
his providing. With many a horrid
oath he declared that he would not be
scolded after that sort. He would LET,
her know who should govern, and by
way Of supporting his authority, beat
her brains out with the last remaining
stick Of wood.-He did not mean to
Kill her. Her dying struggles brought
him to his senses, and he stood horror.
would give almost any
hing that the deed were not done.
Il that could restore her life, he would
be almost ready to give pledge never
o taste ardent spirits again. Now
Ook :it the wre:chedness Of this fami.
y. For years he has made very little
provision for them; they have lived as
hey could--falf naked, and halfstar-
'ed. and not educated ut aii-with a
most wretched example before their
,yes. What encouragement had the
vic or TIC children to a.temp: ANY,