The Columbian fountain., 1845-12-13
OPINIONS OF GREAT MEN.

5sss II ~
Woe unto him that giyeth his neighbor drink,
that puttest the bottle to him, and makest him
drunken.-Holy io,it. @ @ aaf,
No proposition seems to me susceptible of more
satisfactory demonstration than this--and | am
sure no person can give it one hours serious
thought without asserting to it-that, in the pre-
sent state Of information on this subject, no man
can think to act on Christian principles, or do a
patriots duty to his country, and at the same time
make or sell the instrument of iDtoxication.-H Hem
'y Ware, il.
Can it be right for me to derive living from
that which is debasing tie minds and running the
souls of Others or that which is destroying forever
the happiness of the domestic circle, and which is
filling the land with women and children in con-
dition far more deplorable than that of widows and
orphans or which is causing nine-tenths Of all the
crimes, OF nine-tenths Of all the paupers in the
community Wayland
am deeply convinced that the evils Of intem-
perance can never cease till the yirtuous in socie-
ty shall unite in pronouncng the man who attempts
to accumulate wealth by dealing out poison and
death TO his neighbor, as infamous.-John Pier
pont.
Ichallenge any many who understands the ma
ture Of ardent spirit and for the sake of gain con-
tinues to be engaged in the traffic, to show that he
is not involved in the guilt of murder.-Lynan
Beecher
They who keep these fountains of pollution and
crime open, are sharers to no small extent in the
guilt which flows from them. They command the
gateway Of that mighty food which is spreading
desolation through the land, and are chargeable
with the present and everlasting consequences, no
less than the infatuated victim who throws him
self upon the bosom of the burning torrent, and is
borne by it into the gulf of woe.--Sanuei Spring.
Say not "I will sell by the large quantity
have no tipplers about me, and therefore am not
guilty" You are the chief man in this business,
the others are only subalterns. You are 'spoi-
soner general Wilbur Fisk, ID. ID.
The men who traffic in ardent spirit and sell
10 all who will buy, are poisoners general; they
murder his majestys subjects by wholesale; !; nei-
ther does their eye pity nor spare. And what is
their gain' Is ii not the blood Of these mem
Who will envy their large estates and sumptuous
palaces' A curse is in the midst of them. The
curse of God is on their gardens their walks their
groves fire that burns to the nethermost hell.
Blood, blood is there the foundation, the floor,
the walls, the roof, are stained with blood.--John
Wesley
1t is principle in law, that the perpetrator OF
crime, and the accessory to it, are both guilty. and
deserving Of punishment Men have been hang
ed for the violation Of this principle. II applies
to the law of God. And as the drunkard cannot
go TO heaven, can drunkard malzers3 Are they
not, when tried by the principles Of the Bible, in
view Of the developments Of Providence, mani
festly immoral men i-men who, for the sake Of
money, viii knowingly be instrumental in corrupt
ing the character, increasing the diseases, and de-
stroying the lives Of their fellow men. "
Not only murderers, but those who excite others
to commit murder, and furnish the known cause OF
their evil deeds, will, II they understand what they
do and continue to rebel against God, be shut out
Of heayen.-J,,siin Edon,ds, D. ID.
You create paupers, and lodge them in your
aims house--orphans, and give them residence
in vour asylum--convicts, and send them to your
penitentiary You seduce men to crime, and then
arraign them at the bar of justicc--immure them