Lexington union. (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-18??, 1843-10-07

Ne were carrying him into his house, we s
met his wife, married some eight or, ten n
months previous as aflectionate and es- S
timablea lady as ever gracedher sex, and a
never while memery endures, shall for /
rec ,hatdcspairing look of unutterablc woe ,
she cas, on her murdered husband. She {
fell iusansible, and was carried apparently
ms Ilclcss as her husband, into the house! ,
She recovered, but her babe, as yet un-
born, never saw the light, and one Of her
brothers who came down from Kentucky |
70 comfort and protect her, under her aw-
lul bereavement fine and promising
youpg man, fell victim to the climate.
When they first began rolling on the
alley, they asked me TO keep the game for
them. They then appeared as friendly ash
two men could be; but the Deamon 81
intemperance destroyed all this lriendEyl
feeling; and this awful tragedy was the
result; casting blight on, and blasting
the happiness of the relatives onboth sides
But if every individual case was chron-
icled, this house, large us it is, could not
contain the volumes. In fact, the lead
ing features of intemporance, at all times
and in all places, are poverty, rum cfime'
inlamy, diseases and DEATH
There are great many objections to
our society-some frivolous, and some
with an apparent foundation. | say aP~
narcnt, because when closely scrutlnlzed,
/ tbov vanish from the sight. shall no.
6co few of them:---One is, that the 81
|hlo revealed from God to man, authorizes
I,he use Of wines, II does. But they are
evidently not of tie kind thatintoXlcates,
being merely the unadulterated juice OF
the grape. If there is any Of that knd IN
This country, no person can object to their
use. But let US read the following seiec"
, lions from the old Testament, and hear
what it says: " 49,,
aWIne is a mocker; strong drink Is
RACING. and whosoever is deceived taere'
bv is not wise. BE not among VINE bi'
bers, nor among riotous eaters of flesh, loI
Itbe drunkard and glutton shalt come to
poverty, and drowsiness shall cloth a man
with rays. Who halh woe, who hath sor
row. who hath contentious, who hath bah
q ling, who hath wounds without cause
: who hath redness ofeyes!"
"They that tarry long at the wine, they
=. that 60 10 seek mixed wine. Look no
thou,upon the wine whom it is red; whel
: it giyeth its color in the cup; when
:, moyeth itself Alright; at the last 1t ll'etl
like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder
= Another objection some make WHO pro
= = TESS to be friends 10 the cause, Is that Il
! signing the pledge, they are signing ava.
:, their liberty; the glorious & godllke llbert
! of getting drunk. From the same obJec
y lion, those persons, to be consistent, ougll
/ 10 SIGN no agreement, no Htomlsory note
las they would thereby sign away theI
r liberties in thcsapc manner. But let an
!, person Of 10 lend any OF them 81 900
>, at two or four or even per cent. lqlare'
- and how quick would their liberty me
!, lump al it; no objections then about slgT
- ING a note for the amount. No, not one
and in fact would like TO know the MOI
!, al distinction these gentlemen make b'
tween a written promise to abstain iron
The use of spirituous liquors, and write
:, promise to do any other thing. For my
10 self, cannot see the smallest particle
Al difference.
~ Another objection uged by some is tn
o. they are friendly to the cause, but ohJe
~, to Join any combination or society, Tor II
~ purpose of checking the ravages Of lnten
.. perance. They are for putting il dow
~ by individual efforts, forgetting that n
iee great cause has ever prospered, except B
~, the combined efforts of many. AS We
W. W. might they say that this grand Of froedo
:, because what she has established ne
!, self amongst the nations Of the earth,
~, gainst the great and immense power
o., Great Britain, by Individual efforts,
~ say that the evils Of intemperance can
al pat down; eradicated from amongst US
" the separate and uncdunected efforts
in individuals, however great may be the
nd talents or influence.
Nv But let us enquire what are the caus
4 of habitua drunkenness! Who are the
w. who bring and keep this moral pesuien
: in the land! They arc those who, whet
ii. err they believe it or not, propagate u
w. prevailing popular error, that the tempe
in ate use Of ardent spirits, land they mig
,ra with the same propriety talk about =
~ temperate use Of arsenic or oplum')
y, innocent and even healthful and necessa
IN drink it regularly themselves, and E
Of courage others by example as well az az
Me precept, to do the same,
w., No man ever became suddenly dru
,r re kard; is by gradually accustoming y
,rs taste and stomach to ardent spirits IN y
III forms Of cordals, toddies, iuleps, &c,, I'll