Lexington union. (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-18??, 1842-07-23
NO. 33

Of hypocrisy, TO the virtue Of which he is
40 utterly destitute. Properly directed,
it is the shield Of domestic felicity: the
guaranty rsociaI propriety, and the pail
ladium Of a nations liberty. Yet, who
has not seen the bravest unnamed the
most s'ernly incorporating, dwinded
down to servle sycophancy? And he,
Who was but yesterday, the honorable, The
magnunimous; the answering champion
oil virtue and Of 'ruth-to-day, the debased,
Vasciia'ng, pusiIanimous nebriate.
There is yet, another distressing efiecs
81 The continued lmmoderale use Of spirit
uous liquors.
Long before ltusurps the empire o! rea-
son, or exhibits iIsellin the appalling form
OF detirian freacns. 1t gradually and
imperceptlbly undermines the better feel.
ings OF the soul; converting tho milk Of
human kindness, into the gall ofbiilerueas
Creating impressions, surmises aud siis-
plcions' alike iIliberaI, upgencrous and
anJlsi; though vague and intangible, not
ihe less permanent in their effects. For
It olten requires months ofthe strictcst So
briefly to eradicate, totally, all traces Of
IEose !ouI creations Of morbid imagination.
And there is still another ei1ect,at which
The soul recols with shudderirg horror. :
snail attempt to describe in Tue effort
would be iruitIess. ....
The most vivid imagination, or the
most fertile iarcy, rabidly, 10 search oftho
awful, the horrible and the appalling,
could never sufficiently portray 1.-THE
o. the terrific scenes, that fit end chance
with electrical ropidity, or stand with
sowing defiance, before The subject of
dettriam heacas; all bearing the lndubi;s-
bic impress OF truth and reality Involving
death aud despair IN a thousand shsres.
0ut nope, or mercy, or safety in nome
49, prept9Ss, as II were,
. ''F'PS microscope 10 The evils, The dan
gers and the horrors Of life; and. f "a,
VIII excuse the smile, an inverted teIes.
cope to every thing that would paiIia,e or
please. SeE8aiiyely alive TO woe and ,,;o.
cry but torpid aud dead 10 every aleyia.
ing sensation, Ia fact, fr the time. Tho
subject, mentally, suffers the excruc;at,,n
orments OF she worm that never dies
Nor is hopeless, incu:abe INSANITY nv
Uncommon result; the bare mention Of
'bich, ought TO deter every rational beiop
rom participating in the pleasures Of D
onviVal glass aaa
have not spoken fortune, fame and
happiness, rocked, blasted and
'st forever. Nor will ], require An eaort
the 'mngmaIlon OF my hearers to suppIv
ie omission. v.nE.
Neither have Itraccdthe MANI bicker.
'gs, 'nnults, combats and Iomicidssy
hlch owe their existence to the practire
drinking, and that long before lhe
ind i. materially impaired. But have
Il The record Of our courts Of justice, oar
-Isons, peniientiaries. and ministers az
e law, TO make tho unweicome and az
1nding revelation. @ 8 aHt
But why has a custom fraught with 50
any and such diref1l catastrophes. be.n
'couraged and promoted BY the patriot
I'd the phllanthropisi21 Surely not. for
e dcmoEiacnl purpose, Of " mockinr the
in he has wrought" but from nm ioDo-
nee or inattenton to its calnmitous re-
its. None became drunkards or pror
otc drunkenness in others with malice
orethought. Yet every one will admit
At his boon companion may possibly
come a hopeless uebriate. While none
u patiently endure the suggestion offs
'st remote possibility as to themselves.
The youthful drink in imitation ofinan-
ID; the liberal from the generosity Of
nature; the social 10 augment his CON
iol feelings; the melancholic to dispel
GLOOM; the distressed 10 allay his
cf; and the joyful to add zest 70 delight.
d why is it, that men Of the most TRIMS
dant abilities, have not been exempta
y il not be to gra,ify, that love or ex.
,ment, which is pecuia:Iv tbs attFlbute