Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1841-07-17

j., Iodx orr ton n ,;>tAKE.-We fin
~ the Boston Wutchmtn the f~ollowipl
extract Of II lecture on Temperance, re-
Gently delivered BY the Iicy. Mr.. Turn
biIl, in the Odeon, furnishing a very STIR
ftng illustration OF The contact Of min,
III ~relbtlon to the dccciycr.
."Allow me for II moment, 10 trnnsbor'
you, In imagination, 10 the banks Of sons
lonely stream far of among tue hills,
There, Beticath tic shade Of II wide,
spreading fee, YOU perceive u lovely boy
asleep, III 'bc soft security Of uncor gciou.
innocence, The air is bland, the bees
arc humri'ttg Among the flowers, the birds
are singing ambng the branches, and all
nature is instinct with beauty and glad.
pcss. The boy is dreaming Of Bis ko,n,,
"f his mother, perhaps, Of bis little sister,
win whom he has been playing all the
morning in the woods. But look agair-
do you not sec that serpent glidi1t 5tonh-
iIy h'ong, with lis eve fixed upon The hoy?
1T oraWs nearer and ncarcr-ihcrt, il
mounts upon his body--crects it, rrcptcd
head--swclIs and quivcrs with rage, and
now-now, with the rapitltv Of lightning,
brticy its 1ungs in his neck. Awakened
70 the danger of his situation, he screams
With terror, and struggles for q moment
with his enemy, but nfl in vain. A
change comes over his CONFERENCE.-The
right tlIe eyes grow dina conclusive
sh. oder passes over hi. frame, and all ia
still. BY lind BY friends come TO the
place, t,scoycf tic melancholy calastro.
ply, carr The child to his heart.broken
parents, a:~d afterwards follow him with
slow and II. urnfuf steps TO the grave.
What will be q ne Win the s~crpent1 One
cries, "kill it" , net'' cries another,
"tlmt would be wnh,g! lie is 4 creature
of God! See how b,autifvl, his ~colors,
how graceful his movements! We shall
hlm-bring him un.fv discipline
use him very Moderately a.ad carcfn32y,
him into our houses, or pu' him into
bar-room Of the village, am. render
him a source Of infinite amusel. 'cnt.'
''But ~Ioot," cries a third, "there is biood
upon his jatrs; he has killed n child, aDt
ought to be stoned without delay" "No,,
quite SO fast, my good friend cxclaims
he former speakcr--"that was IL mere
lccfdcnt--it was no the fault Of the scr
ocnt, but of the child, who ought to have
Kept at home.' "But" snys an old, saga-
;lcug looking man--who til this time had
akcn no part in the conrcrsation-'I ad-
Use YOU all to look out for him, for he ,
nay bite again." "O!" it is replied, "wh ,
hall take care Of that 'I'1f sure he =,
wont bite mel" says ono. "Nor MT" ,
ars another. "Nor mel" Cries a Third. +,
20 cxclaim tho majority, in their unpar- /,
sasacity. The serpent is therefore ,
Introduced to the family circle and witt =,
ofne few PRECAUTIONS, is permitted 10 gam ,
with the children. :
why is it, that in this titF', the mos1 :
the most intelligent, ard perhaps =,
he most religious in the land, a much y
more malignant serpent is not only. suffer :
d to roam at large, but IS nufsed and .
by municipal regulations Why =,
= it that his trail is fonpd in every street, ;,
hat his frey eye looks out rom every -
and that he les coilcd Mp in eve -,
Y grog-shop? Why is it that he is per- =,
lifted to plant his dcadly sting in the -
carts of Dur friends, our acqusin'ances, :,
nd our colldren2 HIVE not wc~--havc :.
OF our municipal authorities, listened to ,,
10 shtieks of his dying victims, und fol- J.
wed them in multi,udcs to the gravel :,
Where is our ~beneyolencc, where is orr
lsdom, where, above all, is our religion,
we suffer this1 Can VIC answcr. It to 81
,r conscience, or our God, if VIC longer u !,
the monster to roam at large, or -
Ten to ~cxistl' s.: