Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1839-03-16

q tenn of benevoence known 10 mankind. If "
d would reap future reward. we must bear heav
cross. We are to love neighbor as oursel
+ 10 bless those who prosecute US, and care mott
: ing for the honors and professions Of this worle
: here is a cross. So in the moral temperance r.
J, form, to aid in it. accomplishment, me must sui
: init to bonds We pledge ourselves, neither
1 touch nor taste, ard by all possible means to d
countenanc the use and traffic Of the pcrniciou
: fluid This is asking great deal of the inten
: perate man, one whose appetite is moulded TO th
! drink, and who would nearly part wit
his life, as with his bottle. But is it asking TO
/; much OF the temperate man? We think not see
ing that the object in view IS great and impol
tant one.
Our blessings and privileges are very numer
GUS; we are an especially favored people; and
!, in token Of thankfuness, should yield freel
some Of redundant liberties to the public good
For reform, them in the Of intoxicating drink
we believe il necessary, the only efiectua, rem
edy, to Withdraw wholly from its use, as an arti
Gle of beverage, and to discounienance it in eve
ry shape
We find in the history Of Rome, that about 300
years before tho Christian era, there occurred. by
means Of an earthquake, vast chasm or open
ing of the earth, which it was found impossible
to fill up--as this a time ofheathenism, when
tabled gods and goddesscs supposed to pre-
side over human affairs, and when sooihsayers
were consulted, 1t was agreed to consul, one Of
these oraces, and the decision was, that sacri-
fico must be made, to appease the angry gods
Upon this Marcus Curtius, a noble Roman, offer
ed himself as the victim; and mounted upon a
splendid horse, and in the presence of the assem-
bled city, he dashed headlong into the pit Such
was the patriotic sp;ri, Of a heathen-he threw
away his life that possible good might arise.
We are not called upon like Curtus to leap in
to deadly pit, but country calls upon us,
to arise in such strength as we are able, and to
stand up in body, TO oppose our friends and
neighbors and our brothers, from marching into
pit which they have digged for themselves-the
deep pit of intemperance.
Young men, you who just coming forward
upon tho scene of action, would earnestly ap-
peal to you lay hold of the pledge for in it there
is perfect and entire safety, ii adhered to-
You look forward to the pleasures and possess
ions Of this world with delight; but you must ex
pect to encounter difficulties, and trials, and vexa-
tions and temptations-for this life is full of
them; and in the journey along, you cannot be
too well protected. Trust not to the strength of
your resolution: hundreds and thousands have
been decoyed in this manner, and have found
when too late, that their trust was upon "broken
reed"
''Weak and irresolute is
The purpose of to-day,
Woven with pains into his plan,
Tomorrow rends away!''
tell you, there is no dependence to be placed
ia unassis,ed human nature; and that the strong
rs, guards throw around US are, at times,
protection quite fraii enough. Do you wish for
honor and distinction BE temperate; for there
S road to dishonor than the path which
eads to the tipping shop. Do you wish TO sus-
ain your credit?-Be temperate then and sober,
md you will succeed. Few men understood hu-
nan actions better than DR.. Franklin; his advice
m this subject, is to the point: ''The most trilng
Ictions," says he, switch affect mans credit
re to be regarded. The sound of your hammer
t five in the morning. or nine at night, heard BY
creditor, makes him easy six months longer
But if he sees you at the billiard table, hears
our roice in a tdrern. when you should be at
york, he sends for his money the next day"
How far should this pledge extends many in
uire The answer is obvious-to all that in
oricatcs. Let the embargo be general: for it
GEMS like child's play, to exclude strong liquors
lone. The pledge as it now stands in the Con-
,itntion is plain and explicit, and is just what it
hould be. 1t strikes the root Of the evil, aye,
I the very fbres of the root. What good example
o we set, five indulge in wine and in the lighter
averages? Why, it is as clear the noon
ay, that the example amounts to nothing.
The Temperance Society claims to set its face
ganst the practice itself,-not so much to OPP
csc this, and that item Of drink-to allow the
ne, and not to permit the other; tits against the
hole series as a beverage: To reject brandy,
nd permit wine, is mere trifing; for the only diff
rence is in their mode of preparation and in
,eir strepgih.-They all intoxicate; they all
AXE drunk, and this will apply equally to every
,ecies Of fermented or distilled drink.
IF our house takes fire, Go rot eA,inguish
lrt and leave the remainder to burn; but we
row water upon it all, and eztinguish every yes
ge ola spark-for if any remain, il will to a GER
inty, spread. and be great confagraton as