The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1844-03-25
Temperance Department.
For tho Caledopian.
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AN EXTRA Sc.
"SVbo hath wo' who hath sorrow "h" nam
,orientions, who hath bubblings who hath
,,,o,nd, vi,Irou, cause9 Who hath rcdness oyeSf
They that ,nrry long al the wInc they that go TO see
mixed wine" Strong drink may exhiliratc for
moment, bu, cat tho last il biteh like serpent md
s,ingetl like adder Can any slave-'or'"rs De
moro overwhelming than this
Glance your eye once moro the poor Airica"
captive, tracs his bloody footsteps 10 the Sh'P-'s'
your sympaties all cluster around the sufferer IN tho
hcrrors Of tire middle passing follow hun thence TO
tho plantation and thence through years OF toll and
pain 10 his refuge in the grave Then look again ut
tho selrmmoatad victim Of intanipernnce, hob
bling ucerntcd-- bloated dnverous-heshess, -
every ncrvo and muscle and sensitive organ Of HE
body quiverng in tho deadly grasp Of como merci-
less disease, occasioncd by swallowing the fiery
clement. Follow him, too through the middle pas
sage from health, freedom and happiness TO NIL the
woes Of habitual intoxication; and thence through
scenes Of the most crushing bondage that ever dis
graced and tortured humanity, 10 his final resting
plnCc, then tell me which of lhsso slaves suffers
most.
Shall speak OF shame, MS prolific crmcnlal hegra-
dnlion and Ho. What has tho meniced and starry
ing captive done, stolen from His home, Of which
he should be ashamed? lie fought for liberty ns
long ms he could or fed from bondage with the ut.
most speed.
But look at the incorporate man. Surely one
can become n sol, and rcprob,e, without suffering
extreme modification, especially in the earlier stages
Of hi. downward course. ladced, tho yOrest drunk.
ard even when half intoxicated evidently duePisrs
himself from the bottom Of his he1rt. hundred
times in yoar does he wish himself dend from nern
self contempt. From the public gaze, ns You have
often seen he tries stulk away to horse shcd
or other place Of cOuceament. .r....... ais
For days together after debaach, he shuts him
self up to brood over his degradation. and when NJ
last no ventures abroad how does he shrink from the
glance Of every eye, and creep his way along like
sheep -scaer Ia n still more vital point the parallel
applies. What ever Of bodily torture the slave may
be compelled to endure still he has cenr conscience.
lie did not sell himself He never sceraied his
lesh nor plucled the bread fron'h own mouth -
Poor and half naked indeed he is but not OF his
fault In bondage he must gu, his life, bu, no
did not forge and rive his chains, no thrust him
velr into tho dungeon which conveyed him to mar
ket Ifhis parents died with grief after no left them,
he was not the guilty Of il. II his wife has
sank down by his side with broken heart, gladly
would he have saved her irhe could. II his children
are az wrrtchcd and hopeless himsef ia not thro'
his voluntary agency No, Of all this guilt the Afri-
slave stands acquitted at the bnr of Conscience.
But how is it with thu bond slave Of intemperanee!
What tormenter was over fierce aed relentless
guilty conscience? She charges him with the
ness of driving himself TO market, Of selling his
flesh and blood for nothing to the most cruel master,
Of buying, and when hs money is gnue, Of begging
the privilege Of slave, drunken siare Sho up.
brads him with tho guilt Of wasting his property sac
rifcing his heah blasting his character destroying
his usefulness, dissracing his friends, violating his
connubia| vows, entang poverty and infamy upon
his children, and running his own soul.