Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-05-05

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mission that he - himself laboring under the evil
| IN question. and hies to this as means OF escape
! from il. This is grossly unjust view oil the mat
ter, and injurious TO our cause as II - untrue IL
is to the sober we here appeal. We call upon them
to rally TO the standard of sobrety; invite the
temperate to guard the sause OF temperance. shall
shame interpose heIel Can the man who loathes The
bottle, and shrinks appalled, from all the degradation
to which the bottle leads, blush to profess Openly The
honorable principles which he practicesl You who
are temperate, how can you withhold your aid from
| us-the aid simply of your name and eoun'enSneef
Temperate men refusing To JOIN temperance soeie'
tyl-withholdins their name and influence may,
throwing by their REFUSAL the weight OF both against
US IL is unnatural, il is pnintelgiblc, 1t Is cruel.
IL 10 cruel in those untanted by this Destroy
ing vice TO cast the whole weight of the cause upon
| its wretched victims, writing and struggling WIFE
the chain which darkly binds their strength, nor
stretch out the arm, free and unparalleled ny us
weight, 10 aid in rcnding lis links asunder nou
| IND NJ. here looked steadfastly and earnestly nj
| MIR wisel-you incur no risk; you make no sacr-
fee; you brave no painful notorety; your lives are
| as yet unstnined; your good name unscathed. Not
a shade darkens the fair field Of your unsued
escuicheon. There is no room for shame Nothing
but honor TO yourselves, and blessings to Others,
can follow your union with US. Ashamed OF pure
and perfect Temperance Oh, nc; true dignity
surrounds her; the dadem of honor sparkles on her
brow; and the flowing robes OF virtue encirele and
adorn her elastic and graceful form. Mine, SIR, was
| 4 different case Mr. President VIC oil the Total
4 abstinence ana vigilance society,", III meetings
| at the other end of the city. are so much IN the
habit OF "telling experiences" that have myself
fallen somewhat into i, and am guilty OCCASIONALLY
/ Of the egotism at making some small toniesslons,
| las small as possibly make them.'D Mine,
then, sir, was n tlerent case. had earned most
| uuenvisble no'oriety; bv excuses which. though
bad enough, did no, hiatt roach the regulation they
| won for me | never was an habitual lrunkaud,
| was OF your sprceng gentry. My sprees,
| however. began to crowd each ether; and NV best
IA. al. fhstv Ntfl her
! Perhaps my long intervals OF entire abstinence -
perhaps something peculiar in my form, constitution,
| or compeXion-may have prevented the physical
indications, usual OF that terrible disease wh'eh,
| all tcmpeiance societies achsc, was deemed incu'
! rable and ress;less. Perhaps had rOur>hed the
! vanisy to believe that nature had endowed me viii
| a versatility tich cnal ell me to throw down and
take M Al pleasure amy pursuit, AMI chose 20
sport with the gait II 81, vas brought 10 tie very
verge Of fearful punishment. Physicians tell
as that Intempetance at last becomes, ct Use {,
MT habit voluntarily inArlgej, but disease which
ITS victim cannot resist. had rot become IA y the
subi~c; II 'hat iend'sh thirst, tnat horrible vesrn
ing after the di>tation ''fon The alemhck OF hell,
which Ssid scurch m the throat. and consume
the vials OF the conhrmCl drunkard With hres
studded for eternity. | did become alarmed, and
Tor the frs, time, matter from what cause, lest
III. demons finss were fastening upon me, and |
was approaching that line which separates the n
who frO'ics, ana can qjit, from the lost nebriatc
whose appetite Is disease, and whose siil ~ dead
joined the socety on my own account aud felt
that must encounter the title Of reformed drunk
ard" annoying enough 10 mr., assure You. | ludg
ed, from tho cruel publicity given through the press
TO my froIics, what had n bear and brave. But
did brave It ali; and would have dare any thing
To break the chain which | ut last discovered was
rvettins on my soul, To Unc.asp the folds of that
serpent-habit whose iu'l embrace is death. Letters
from people | never had heard OF. newspaper
paragraphs from Boston to New Orleans. were
mailed and are still mailing TO me, 10y which am
very distinctly, and IA the most friendly and agree
able m1nner nppuset that | enjoyed all over the
republic the deec:able reputation OF a with ono
loot m the grave and an understanding almost totsly
overthroSn. doubt not, sir, that the societies who
have invited me 10 address them at different places
IN the Union, will expect 10 find me with an un. |
healed caTbuncle on my nose, and my body Of the !
graceful and manly shape and proportion OF dem-
John. ! have dared all these annoyances, oil this /
Celebrity. have not shrunk from being ieIi Tor /
preachers, and case Tor the Ouipourins
OF the sympathies OF people who have more phi an.
ihropy than polteness more temperance than taste.
signed the pledge on nv own account sir, an my
heart eaped to find that was free. The chain has !
fallen from my free born limbs; not link or iras- |
ment remains 10 tel ever wore the badseoi serv. |
tude. Mr. President, the temperate members of
or annoyance from the act 10 which invite them.
Ii IS TO rescue others that we summon them. To
rescue oihers-ay, SIR, and place themselves be- |
yond the reach ola danger from which ncre are eX |
tnpN Auclc are men OF n stamp NA4l-1 SECURES ]
them absolutely from every thing which degrade
save only this one vice. There IS can- I
ger that man OF lofty mind, = hlsn-sp-si;- |
ed, WEI educated gentleman. ~ s-scp .
other vices which sink an1 dszr5 = n-zi1-.y. Re
Will not ne, ne can10. s-ea, &c 3 ll-a-1 o. 80
honor Death ilsef earroi 1rv. hlm % ne -e-
petration OF oaseness- Pov.r-y. v.1t, s-l-v1.c-
may sssai hin, he . proof against ken a. T
alone can drag his virtue down, ard aza.rs. ga .
genius can guard, what nagn1nmty sbie.1 us' .
Who has the %
Jestic, sink vanquishci beneath he poWeri' " no
has not seen genius PROSTATE, courage oi.ar-l.c /
manhood wIihered, before the march o. t,s Eel. ne
stroyer Of oil that great, and bright snd beautiful
Ii seems indeed, as IT. with the cunning ma .ce Of
tyranny, and the ambitious policy OF e conq.eror /
this grim king selecs the ioitiest victims ard from
those who otherwise formed 10 be tue or. /
nament and the strength Of their and and race /
Certain II IS that political ambition or elevation - OF
itself no safeguard. have been told that the 'ast
CHASTITY spectacle exhibited to US to- sh-the ruin
ed stomach Of dead Inebrate, once the living re.
cepiace oil Gods good and healtigl gifts and o by
nun intended to remlin-was part OF the frame OF
distinguished statesman and member OF thus House
man OF genius and oil eloquence, whose mind ed
once the councils OF his own Safe ard whose voice
has often resounded through this hall while listen
ing thousands hung with rapture upon lie accents
LOOK on that picture, and zine, n we can. the
horrors which must have preceded fate like that.
but, SIR, THIS poison stops not with physical destruc-
ton; II Is over the intel ectual ana mors that IL
achieves It's greatest uIumphs. The erect FORM the
muscular limb, the taper waIst-Oh how they
change under the transforming touch this monster
magician. But It is not the trembling limb the
bloaIed body, the bleared and Glmmed eye the
sluggish ear, the botched and liberated skin, the
poisoned breath, the destruction Of strength, and
cleanliness, and beauty, which most etfectualIy at
test the terrible power, and mark the wrecks with
which the demon srews his plth-it IS the over
throw Of the moral principle the extinction of con.
science, sensloiluy TO what IS right ond wrong,
charity, domestic Htiecuon-ail oil that makes as
men-tbe utter dispersion OF the moral elements
when hold the world together, and the entire i'm.
plicaton OF the weak AID the innocent the mother
the wife, the infant suffering for crimes Of which
they are the most wretched yet the guiless victims
Thes- are The proudest trophies, the most spIenrtI
fruits OF the victories Of the wine cup Oher vices
other crimes cave the physical, the icctu, tie
moral msn capable Of repentance, Of nmendmcnf.
and nj ectyni but this destroys him throughout
Dody' MIND, and conscience-yet leaves the wretch
survivor Of himself
Would, sir, that some Of ID. thrilling confessions
and narratives disclosed in tho'e home.y assoca
tons o. ours m distant part " the CITY could h.,
Ne 'fd ny this audience as have heard hem tie
confessions and narratives Of men whom The indie.
iatiga3e Oenevocnce Of the "Viglant Society of
Ioial Abstinence" has rescued from the very ker-
nell Ihey arc not your stately, refined, educated
gentlemen who qulh their rich aud costly NsJe,fa.
old and mild and fragrant and sparkling and ,edl
lent Of the true flavor of the cgtk-osct,r N n
gods 70 SIP, taken down bottle after boulc. rom
day 70 day, I'LL their compilations are purple os thr
crushed grape whose juice they dran-uU ,hel,
trembling hands can scirce cond let u1sped the
fluid 10 Their lips-till their feetar swollen and AGO
nizsd with govt while untold horrors Ii the rep on
whose ruin has been 10 night laiI Open 10 our Wow