Holly Springs gazette., 1845-09-27


Hs1ea, VIC repeat the question, for il is a
serious and solemn one How can man
be drunkard2 Let this Interrogation ad
tdfcss Itself forcibly 10 the under tanding Of
every Individual, male and female. old and
young but especially do We en,reat yop,
yonng man. who are now l.illng, TO your
lips the very cup Of hell hseIf, containing
the giddy draught, prepared by devils to
ufe you 70 destruction. 70 Pause ere you
taste the accursed poison. end with calm re.
hec:ion. ask yourself the question, How
can a man be drunkard2 What will be
the consequences, and what is to be gained
hat you should ihus plunge yourself head
eng into roia2
There is indeed much gained by bccom-
ing drunkard, yea. and much LOST bui
rrlsat is gained. and what lost2 Have veu
a good name2 Well, become a dIunkard
and il win soon have vanished ike feet
ing breath. That reputation which you
blasted, perhaps forever, and your name be
a by-word and reproach among men.
Y on YOU rseIf will be ''cast out a s evil and
as black spot upon tie face Of human ma
ture. Thus will that character which is
now SO dear, be swallowed up of ruin; and
for il YOU will have gained probably the
piiy, but not the respect OF your felIow-mor'
tails. Have you conscience Then per-
| severe In your course and become drunk
ard. and ere l3ng it will be scared as with
an ho. IRON" Though ii may now be sem
sible 10 the least approach of vice, You VIII
soon be able to plunge recklessIy into the
very den OF ipiquity i,seif, and 70 indulge ~
The most abominable excesses, such as
blaspheming the name of God and taking
the life of your f=llowman, together with
the outrage of all decencg and socitl order,
needing not the still small voice within,
which would fam point you to the miserable
deStry which lis but short distance a.
hea d. Thus you will have lost that high
sense of honor which is-the nobest Tart OF
man and in place of it have gained the
disposition of devil incarnate.
Have you wealth, so as to be independ-
ent. in The worIdl Then become drunk
ard, and your riches viii "take to them
selves wings and fly away" When you
return from the dram-shoPto your dwelling,
instead of finding The "abode of peace and
plenty,' as in your better days, you will
behold nought but The habilation of squak
| Iidness and poverty, over which haggafd
Want presides. ghastly terror, making
up spectacle heart-sicliening to look upon
Thus will be lost even the temporary bless
ings which God has bestowed upon you,
and in return you may have gained wretch
edness for companion and beggary iol
an occupation. Have you a05tc, young
and beautiful, upon whom are bestowed the
deepest affections Vf your soul, and aroun'
whom are entwined the tenderest chords o
your heaHl If so, just plunge youTsel
like a modman into the depths of drunken
cd and waned, the bloom will have fade
from her cheek, aud her now sparkling
or5s will have attained dali cold glare
giving mournful evidence ofthe intensity Q
her isery. When you return home fror
your-bacchanaian revels, instead of meet
ing he cheerful smile that was wont TO wei
I, come you in former times, you will be greet
: ed by the brimful eyes and half suppresse
sobs Of your 9reiched wife, which tell the sa
story of broken heari That dear idc
: of your heart and f,ithful psrtizan of you
bosom. whom you bad sworn to cheris
and protect, even with your hfe, you wi
have Fl led with the heaviest woes, and be
:. devoted soul have pierced through wit
many sorrows" Thus will you have 10
the very essence of all earthly happines
that oe the domestic circle, and ia
stead you will have gained the accusing
I" ola gully conscience, together with Il
, ruin and perhaps premature death OF a low
Iy wife.
Have you eAildre1, towards whom 70