The Columbian fountain., 1845-12-16
OPINIONS OF GRE.AT MEM


Woe unto him that giveth his neighbor drink,
that puttest the bottle to him, and makest him
drunken.--Holy lrrit
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 intoxication.--Hea
,y Ware, Jr.
Can it be right for me to derive living from
that which is debasing the minds and running the
souls Of Others OF that which is destroying forever
the happiness of the domestic circle, and which is
filling the land with women and children in con-
dtion far more deplorable than that of widows and
orphans; or which is causing nine-tenths Of all the
crimes, or nine-tenths of all the paupers in the
community --Francis Wayland.
I am deeply convinced that the evils of ntem-
ty shall unite in pronouncing the man who attempts
to accumulate wealth by dealing out poison and
death to his neighbor, as infamous.-Jchn Pier
pont. at
challenge any many who understands the ma
turo 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. . e
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.--Samuei Spring
Say not ''I will sell by the large quantity-l
have no tipplers about me, and therefore am not
guilty" You are the chief man in this business,
the others are only subalterns You "poi-
soner generaI"-W Wilbur Fisk, d. d.
The men who traffic in ardent spirit, and sell
to 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 it not the blood of these mens-
Who will envy their large estates and sumptuous
palaces' A curse is in the midst of them. The
curse of God 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. @
It is principle in law that the perpctrator of
crime and the accessory to it, both guilty, and
deserving of punishment. Men have been hang
ed for the violation of this principle. 1t applies
to the law Of God. And as the drunkard cannot
go to heaven, can drunkard makers ! Are they
not, when tried by the principles of the Bible, in
view OF the developments of Providence, mani
festly immoral men '--mcn who, for the sake Of
money, will knowingly be instrumental in corrupt
ing the character, increasing the Diseases and de-
stroyng 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 if they understand what they
do, and continue to rebel against God, be shut out
Of heayen.--Jslin Ed,oards, ID. ID. 0 nn51
You create paupers, and lodge them in your
aims house--orphans, and give them a residence
In your asylum--convicts, and send them to your
penitentiary You seducc men to crime, and then
srraign them at the bar Of justice in them