Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-07-09
IMPORTANT QUESTION.

IHtemperance, knoten 10 and appreciated
By society?
We answer this question in the mega
tive. The extent of this vie is not known.
The evils consequent on is indu lgcnee are
not appreciated Why? Because the Gus
tom has made us Gallons to the evil. We
see men crowding the tayerns by Scores
we see men reeling in the s,reets-wo
can smell them afar of, with the fiery ser
penis yet Kissing red hot in their ihroais-
bul We are not shocked by this dreadful
spectacle, because we see il every day.
What we become accustomed to see, fails
to make proper impression on the SEN
SEES. II is custom, and we heed it moi. 1t
is the same with the vices and crimes that
intoxica.ions leads to. We hear so often
of murder, suicide, and other dreadful
consequences Of intemperance, that we
grow callous to their enormity! All soci-
city burns and crackes with th1 flame Of
alcohol--but we fail to be shocked by IL
because il is familiar. A thousand dens
vomit forth :heir reekipg votaries, to an
noy the public, disturb the peace, fill the
air with obscene words, muttered curses,
incipient rawlings, blasphemous maledic-
tons; we cross the street 10 avoid the rum
lunatic, lest he should soil our apparel, but
we are no longer shocked in the heart
with this monstrous outrage on human
nature, for custom hath stated it to the
eyen Mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers,!
oh! why sleep We en- the brink Of the roar
ing volcano, because flower grows upon
the margin, and the eye Of love is blind to
the vice that now only appears like
burning spot of beauty on the check! On
" seventeen! and disguised in liquor!--
Not drunk, you say, but disguised. He
only takes an occasional glass! Don't
believe il! No young man ever yet took
an occasional glass;" who did mol create
another occasion for another glass. Only
seventeen! and drunk at tavern Is
there power in the human mind, to ena-
BILE men to avoid destruction, and will not
that power rise into action when told that
youth of seventeen will pour down. his
throat the fiery serpents Of death, vice,
crime, and insanity? Look we'll TO your
own HABITS, but also look with kind anxi-
ely 10 The habits Of your friends, and those
you love. Mothers! look ye 10 The habits
Of your sons! Have no consideration for
| the excuse of mn occasional glass;
Sisters! look well to your brothers The
midnight robher comes moi with more
deadly, silent, and stealihy step than the
rice Of intemperance disguised in hues of
beauty. Beware Of the rose tint on the
cheek Of him who handles the cup. The
tends first approach is one not so revolt
Fling. He comes dressed in smiles. He
remains frowning with terror lie Fri
umphs in the huwlings Of discord. Mu-
sic aud dancing announce his approach.
The pail Of death, and the chords rafting
around the coffin, celebrate his triumphs!
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| Your SONS SHOULD LEARN A TRADE. -
There is an important feature in the regu-
lations Of a master Mechanic, which is
frightful to some kind parents hearts:--
And that is, the five 10 seven years np.
premiership the boy that learns trade
must submit to. But it is an excellent dis
cplinc. II takes the lad at critical pc
riod Of life, when he perhaps has dispo-
sition averse 10 steady employment
when he islnclne1 to roam at large a.
mid the contamnaiing influences about
him, and puts upon him steady round Of
duties, severe at first, but soon becoming
Iron habit agreeable: and when his steady
habits and industry are established, be-
comes forth man. the master Of q trade,
Of Fixed principles and good habits--a
blessing 10 himself and to the community.
If parents would but look at The right.
they would declare that, had they many
sons, they should learn trades. Contrast
The youth Just alluded 10, with him, who
having horror Of On apprenticeship is
allowed % run at large. AT the most
critical moment Of life, ior forming habits,
be is forming those that are the reverse
of.indusiry. He is not fitting himself 10
be- man, BY wearing away his boshood
in idleness. The partial parent sees this,
yet has not forliiude 10 avert il. Al
twenty-one years Of age, when the first
named lad comes out good mechanic, il
is wonderfuli If The other has not fastened
habits upon himself that will be his ruin,
liz he be not ruined already More than
lone excellent man 10 our community, can
say with thankfulness, that il turned oul
%, that 70 his half dozen years ap.
premiership he knows he is injsbred for
lie habits Of industry and sobriety BE has
obtained. That when he was PHI but n
d trade, he was on pivot, a. il weFe.
\ Had il not been for the hfmness u bis
parents, he would not have become ID ap-
prentice. II he had not done -, scarcely
\ q doubt be has that he should have been a
ruined lad, ere his minority expired. This
was the turning point.
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