Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1833-12-07

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Who ko0ws bot that - boy = a1aoa1y
born 10 Richmood, wbs shall, by the
force of his genius and the develop.
ment ofhis mind, soon take the lead II
che mechanic arts, fix the sPecimens Of
his taste upon the summit Of her hills,
and appropriate to useful and original
machinery, the power Of the steam
that rolls in her valley.
Intemperance does more than ces-
troy tn. powers Of the mind, 1t cor
supts the feelings Of the heart. and
gives a dark and fearful shade to the
moral character.
Man is said to be selfish being, but
the history Of the drunkard forms Al
exception to the adage, and only adds
another confirmation to the position,
that our interest or our happiness can
never be associated with the practice
or principles ofevii.
Tie drunken man, from the nature
Of the case, cannot be a virtaous one.
The gambling-housc is, commonly,
next door to the grog-ssoP, and the
cup is passport to every vice without
the recognition Of a virtue. lie stands
aloof from all the affinities Of recti.ude
the tone Of his passions IS made to
correspond with the temptations that
surround him, and those very elements
Of his nature, which could only be re-
strained BY the 6rmness and vigilance
Of a sober hour. are awakened and
lifted into fury-Evcry light is obscu-
red--the monitor Of his bosom sleeps,
and, like the mariner on 4 boisteTous
sea and in u starlcss night. without a
compass in box, or a pilot at the
wheel, he floats at will upon a troub
led and hopeless element.
We often pity the African, because
he is bound to a tyrant and task, bu,
he who bartershis freedom for the folly
Of the cup, is slave Of another sort.
lie drinks dowr. the letters and the
lash, and makes his soul Il bondman.
His life is "a low and lawless scrvitude.
He is slave to vice in all its aggrava-
ted varieties. He is a slave to the
and corroIings Of his uPpe-I
the dcpressions of his spirit
and the impulses Of his passion.-lle
is a slave to the depravi,y Of his heart
AID the imbecility OF his mind--to the
rebuke Of disease and the despair Of
Il rc:nedy-to the repetition Of the cup
ard the hatred Of Enthusiastically, tie
is u slave to any thing but what directs
him to the reformation Of his conduct
and to the Interests Of existence.
IL the ordinary course D: vicious
life, there is, commonly left some room
where the mind can be exercised and
the heart made to feel, but in this case
the whole man stagnates like the pool
il the wilderness, every green thing
wi.hers where its vapors la!l--the
fo~l will not dip her wing in its wa
tiers, nor the quadruped drink at lis
verge.
n gloom aG0 q vision come over mt:
while ] speak, seem to look out up
o. sterile soil which is never warm
ed with one vernal sun, nor watered
with one summer cloud see drcar
and barren waste, where no cherished
flowers bloom, ard where no fragrant
brecxes blow-l look along u rugged
path Of human folly and Of human wo,I
which is travelled without virtue and
terminated without hope. The s?i-
rit OF the vision says, 'sthat sterile soil,
that barren waste, that rugged path.
are the life and prospect OF him, who
gives il exchange, all the cherished
Of the present aud the living
hopes ofthe future, for the drum cards
drains aud the drunkard's song
J. DOwNING, MAJ. DowNINcvILLEI
MIL,rIA, 2ND Brio ADE.-(ue ike to
particular. We la. before our rea-
ders letter from our distinguished
friend, who as usual seems to lie en-
crossed with important matters. We
feel no compulsion TO applaud. but we
do venture to say. that among the
numerous happy illustrations which
are generally Hound III the Majro's let