The native American., 1838-07-07
TEMPERANCE.

We know that the very caption OF any article with
this word is offensive to the sensibiss Of great
Der Of persons who, though practically absemios look
upon all advice Of this kind trenchng upon the inde
pendent rights Of individual Judgment Many there
who consider temperance societies many congrega-
tons Of ascec beings who are envious OF tie social
Ijoymets Of their fellow men, and therefore endeapor,
der the gnise of moral action to deprive them Of their
pleasures The result however, of these societies proves
that all prejudice must give way to the general good they
accomplish, they are the true Philanthrore who teach
mankind, through the Of moral influence, how 10
disarn their passions and plant in their stead the virtues
that yield bright examples Of honor and make society ap-
proach state OF comparative perfection. "
There those who reason with the philosopher Cleo
hous that rue virtue consists in moderate enjoyment
Of all thngs this is aphorsm that applies only to those
who are in condition OF habit to practice it, but it is
an evil saying for the weak and wandering mind for
those inclined to Indulgence, who under the sanction Of
wise proverb begin with moderation and end in excess
We have heretofore directed public attention to the in
crease Of crime throughout the United States being
correlatve with The increase Of petty averns and tip
ling houses and the latter multiplying in proportion
population increases by the immigration of foreign
vagrans. panpers and convicts.
In this city, but few years ago, had only small
number of such establishments, and those the
mains OI l'Hcs Wnhn me nHilence OF temperance
societies had either not begun too young to be
felt. Since then they have grown up like the spurious
and rank weeds amid the sweet flowers, and all the
efforts Of the good scarcely repress restrain the
tainted atmosphere Of the vicious within their limits
The true method Of succeeding would be to prohibit the
municipal authorities from granting licenses to vendors
spirituons liquors in small quantitiesto suppress all
tavern bars not belonging to public houses of actual
commodaon for travellers and not to elect any to
any office Of any kind, who is either the keeper the
patron Of such places We know that the icentious
the side, and the merchnarY the other, would cry
aloud against this tyranny to be resisted but if the
friends Of good order firm. the would ere
long succeed as it derives its strength from humanity
and its influence from virtue s8a
| We led to these remarks by melancholy
renee which took place in this city on Monday last An
industrious but nlngent citizen who had invited
of his companions to drink at small tavern stand, be-
came engaged in controversy with lad of IS years old,
who kept the bar about the number of glasses which
drank amounting to fifty cents; the end Of it was that
the excited youth plunged deadly weapon into the
bowels Of his guest, who is since either dead dying.
We pity the poor father Of the boy pity the parents
Of the dying but we lament still that the Of
neperance that stalks abroad in land, by day and
by night hourly adng its victims to the grave, while
with the power of public opinion at command neglect
to apply its influence and destroy the vice.