The Arkansas advocate., 1835-08-14

 or necessity. He stakes bis money from eovetous and ayagiciogs motives, 10 elicit the money of another, in order to deprive him of it, without the least intentian tn ren- der him . reeouapense or equivalent. The intention and the practice are, therefore, fraudulent, and ean become the habit of no hoaest man. IL is tho controlling spirit whieis reens in the bosom ei the !t.e! !t.e!, ss,..;s ss,;s pirate, aad the highway fobber. Yet, this Is the practice to which he ihaaghss, the talents and the life of the gambler are dedicated.
 The gambler is reprehensible for render ing himself useless 10 society. Society has no right to admit into it's ranks any individ- ual possessed of ordinary capacities, who contributes nothing to its well-beng. But the gambler, when not engaged in his neta- nous pursuits, is. to say the least, a useless lounger. He has no aims of benefit to apy one. He withholds from the community what every one acknowledges IS due toit,
 But the gambler not only does no good, he causes immense eei. By his practice and example, society IS corrupted. Idle- ness, dishonesty, dissipation and q general prostration of moral principle are encou- ragged.
 Industry, in some lawful calling, is ea. sentia alike 10 a healthy tone of morals, end to general prosperity. Nothing has a great CT tendency to unnerye the arm of honest industry, than the exhibition of gambling, When permitted to become public, t soon becomes general The inlatnaion spreads and all classes are in danger of being car ried away in the deusion. Will the me- chanic toil in the shop, or he farmer in the field will the merchant depend upon the tardy sale of his goods-Mlll tho attorney continue the pefpleXing ihtrieacies of his profession, or the physician rise at midnight to pursue laborious occupation, when be 1 believes that fortune can be procured by the turn of eard, or the toss of die2 True, he whose habits are fixed, and whose principles are established, will escape the snare. But will inc young and the laexpe- rieneed? No. All experience proves that wherever the evil is tolerated, maltitudes of this character, encouraged by the lalla- cious expectation of obtaining q livelihood without exertion, are led into the practice; and idleness, with its attendant train off evils, casts death-shade over the prosperity and the happiness of the people,
 Dissipation and drunkenness are twin brothers of gambling. The dishonesty and immortality of the practice are foo giaring to admit the uncorrupted 10 rush into t with open eyes. Consequently. the almost in- variable custom Is, ,JI9st, to drown the mo- raj sensibiities with saetriatiae drinks, and thus, when judgment and reason arc deihfoned, to strip him of the last dollar he can stake.
 Much of the evil consists in the conse- quences which follow the loss oJf money by gaming. Suppose a person 10 possess 6 sum of money. part of which Is due to honest creditors, and another part to tho support of his family and the education of his children. But he stakes t at the ga-
 ming table, and loses Ii all. Here is an ln- jury, the fall extent of which caa never be fully traced out. His creditor is probably reduced to bankruptcy by hs eet. His wife IS reduced to pooegtg, while ignorance may be entailed upon his children, because deprived of the means of an education. And how bitter aud how agcnizing must be his own reflections, when he remembers that his own impsudent act produced it all
 But what ideas can fully represent the enormities of the practice, when il IS ceoly and deliberately followed as q 25rofe8aSoss Indeed, 1t IS easy 10 perceive that, while the dishonesty of the highway robher is 'tot gfeafsf, the attendant immoralities and consequent evils of his practice, are feaeet- than those of the gambler. The one has his solitary retreat in the depth of the forest, whence he rushes forth and plunders the traveller of his money, but leaves him with lis character uneontatninated, to return with the same habits as before. But the other, with the exterior of a gentleman, min- gles with society, and insinuates himself on- lv 10 deceive and 10 defaud. He performs tte saase aet as does the high-yay robber, but it Is by slow and corrupting process; wasting lis time, injufing his health, under mining his morals, and finally leaving him pennyless and dispirited. The conse-. quence is, that he often has recourse 10 au- geide, or follows life of uselessness and disgrace.
 It more than most other vices has tendency to ertinguish tlte tincr feelings of orT natafe. It encourages a spirit of dis content and misantbropy, and disqualiGes for the enjoynents of social liie.-Wife, children and friends, (if be has them,9 are generally abandoned, and bis associates are the refuse of the earth. It Is worthy of .l, tt.. lty