Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1844-04-02

planned Of, and might reform them il they
loved money less and God and his crea-
lures more. And until they set better ex-
omples by their practice in these respects,
all their ten thousand projects TO reform
and evangelize the community, will be as
Intellectual as an attempt to bale the ocean
dry with gil-cup. But | have no hope
Of change for the better in that quarter.
The Church has become proud aristoc:a-
cy, and, withaI, about as corrupt as polti-
cal parties. Money-making and proselyt-
ing are the orders Of the day. 'Ephraim
is joined 10 his IDOLS LET him alone'"
FATHER MATHEW IN AMERICA.
FATHER MATHEW, that great, good man
esteemed almo4t a prophet in his native
land, where, IN a few brief years, he has
accomplished a century-work Of meliora-
ton OF his race-comes 10 us with the
pleasant gales Of June. His presence will
be as welcome and his mission as fruitful,
we devontIy hope, as the early showers Of
summer. Mighty work has been done here
already in the cure of human madness and
the extinction Of the poison which creates
1t, yet much more remains 10 be accom-
Pllshed; and we, with hundreds OF thous-
ands beside, shall hail the presence Of the
Irish Apostle Of Temperance amongst US
as something that is to impart new life, en-
ergy and enthusiasm to the great cause o.
! physical AMI moral regeneration amongst
our countrymcn.
There are moments when all reforms
J q l,,.i (. 4
wards-when the stoutest hearts begin &c
be troubled for the issue. and the mos
hopeful faces shrink behind a veil OF gloon
ana dependency. The rcucting principle
IN human nature is 50 stronger rather
exhaustion SO soon follows unusual eyer
tlon-that nothing bat constant and rapic
succession OF new and stirring incidents
can prolong an action after the excitement
which gave the first impulse has passed "a
way. In the long intervals Of action, too
the freshest and most important enterpri
Us become dusty and perhaps Diseased
and the momert when a superficial re.
former begins to think Of reposing peace
! fully upon his llurels, is the very time il
which they are in the greatest danger, anc
require the closest attention-the larges
expenditure Of intellect and enthusiasm.
The Temperance Reform in this country
Is one OF the most remarkable events OF
record. The Crusades formed scarcely ;
more distinguished characteristic Of the
time than this Of ours; while the results 0
| the former become insignificant when com
pared to those Of the latter. That it Shout
now begin TO fl G litle-to lose some
what Of its impetus, and to cease enargin,
lis sphere of action-wou!d be natural; bu
we are not aware that any particular evi
dcnce Of this has Ueen exhibited There
are local 'dcfecfionS; but on a general sur
rey of the groand it will appear that the
cause is still making its mighty way, ant
the ldoIatrous and heathenish temples G
drunkenness, whose worship makes mer
mad, are one by one disappearing before
It's irresistible progress.
Nevertheless, right glad are we tina
/ Father Mathew is to come amongst US
Coming as he does fresh from his gigantic
labors of love amongst the warm-hcarteC
Irish, there will lln-cr about him some
thing OF the deep poetical character of tina
people which it will be good to inhale.-
The sound of his voice cchoing Throughout
our broad and glorious land In behalf o
Temperance and Virtue, will be as trum
pet call, rous.ng all true hearts 10 renewe,
eNortions. Heaven bless hin, and keet
him long upon the earth!
Notwithstanding all that has been &C
complished by the Temperance reform, TIT
good old man viii find enough to call on
his keenest Sympathies, to demand his mos
untlrlng labnrs, even amongst his country
men by nativity. Although he will no
find whole nation 10 first awaken from
the horr!d sleep of intoxication and then t,
save from death, yet the foul fend has lef
his Shiny trail upon much that is fair anc
lovely; and many q cankering ulcer, un
known but by the fever and the ghastines
which il sends to the surface, lies eatin.
at the very heart Of society. The metro
politan system, which we are so raoidl,
adopting, brings with it It's neyer-falin,
comcomitants of dissipation, bebaucher,
and crime-its corrupt administration o
the laws, its prohgacy in high places, it
extravaganza in high life, and all the TEL
thousand curses that the present organiza
non vi SocletN increases upon itself a. /
adds TO The number and extent of ever,
separate community. The root Of these
evils. perhaps, lies deeper than has beer
reached by any mere practical reform; but
if we cannot hope TO retrieve the cons'itu
ton, we must still exert ourselves TO checl
those diseases which threaten dissolution
OF these, lntemperance is doutless one o
the most terrific in its progress, most Ger
tain in its consequences. A community
of drunkards is, or is very ready 10 be
come, community of criminals and va
grants-as the Individual drunkard is no
toriously exposed TO every temptation anc
I far on the road to total ruin.
THEoRALD MATHEW is a native Of Thorn.
asiown County of Tipperary, and is rela,
led 70 the family Of Lord Landoff. Soon
alter his ordination to the Roman Catholic
PRIESTHOOD, lin which he is of the ordor oil
franciscan Friars,) he was appointed to
oihcIate in Cork, where he has since that
'lme resided. In that city his early servi-