The Columbian fountain., 1845-12-25
OPINIONS OF GREAT MEN.

Woe unto him that giveth his neighbor drink,
that puttest the bottle to him, and makest him
drunken.-Holy acrii
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
patriots duty to his country, and at the same time
make or sell the instrument of intoxication-fien-
ry Ware, il.
Can it be right for me to derive living from
that which is debasng the minds and running fne
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 deplorabe than that OF widows ana
orphans; or which is causing nine-tenths OF all the
crimes, or nne-tenths Of all the paupers IN the
community y.-Francis Wayland.
am deeply convinced that the evils Of intem-
perance can never cease till the vrtuous in socie-
ty shall7unite in pronouncing the man who attempts
to accumulate wealth by dealing out poison and
death to his neighbor, as mfamous.-John Per
pont.
challenge 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.-Lyma'
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 flood which is spreading
desolaton through the land, and are chargeabie
with the present and everlasting consequences, no
less than the infatuated victim who throws hlm-
self upon the bosom of the burning torrent and is
borne by it into the gulf of woe.-Sanuet 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 subaterns. You are 'poi-
soner general. Wilbur Fisk, ID. ID.
The men who traffic in ardent spirit, and sell
to all who will buy, are poisoners general; they
murder his majesty's subjects by wholesale nei-
ther does their eye pity nor spare. And what IS
their gani Is it~potFthe blood of these mem
Who will envy their large estates and sumptuous
palacesl 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 he'll.
Blood, blood is there the foundation, the floor,
the walls, the roof, are stained with blood-John
Wesley
1t is a 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 1t apples
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, manl-
festly immoral men '--men who, for the sake OF
money, will 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 if they understand what they
do. and continue to rebel against God, be shut out
of heaven.-J,stin Edtcards, ID. ID.
You create paupers, and lodge them in your
aims bouse--orphans, and give them residence
in your asylum--convicts and send them to your
penitentiary. You seduce men to crime, and then
arraign them at the bar of justce--lmmure them