The Columbian fountain., 1845-12-30
OPINIONS OF GREAT MEN.

Woe unto him that giveth his neighbor drink
drunken.-Holy ayrit
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 t--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 into1cation.-H Hem
'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 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 and
orphans or which is causing nine-tenths Of all the
crimes, or nine-tenths of all the paupers in the
community. y.--Francis Wdyland.
am deeply convinced that the evils Of intcm-
perance never cease, till the yirtuous in socic-
ty shall unite in pronouncing the man who attempts
to accumulate wealth by dealing out poison and
death to his neighbor, as infamous.-7John Pier
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-Lynan
Beecher.
They who keep these fountains of pollution and
crime open, are sharers, to small extent, in the
a. a.
gateway Of that mighty flood 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.--Smnuel Spring
Say not ~ will sell by the large quantity-I
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 "poi-
soner general - Uiibur Fisk, ID. 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; rei-
ther does their eye pity nor spare. And what is
their gain' Is it not the blood of these mcn;--
WHO VIII envy lilCl ldlSc Saiito5 etu ouuiptuou-
palaces? curse is in the midst Of them. The
curse Of God is their gardens their walks, their
groves ; a 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, 1t applies
to the of God. And as the drunkard cannot
go to heaven, can drunkard Makers Are they
not, when tried by the principles Of the Bible, il
view Of the developments of Providence, mani
festly immoral mena-men who, for the sake o
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 other
to commit murder, and furnish the known cause o
their evil deeds, wi if they understand what the,
do, and continue to rebel against God, be shut ou
of heaven.--,J,lstin Edloards, d. d.
You create paupers, and lodge them in you
aims houss--orphans, and give them residcnc,
in your asylun- --convicts, and send them 10 yori
penitentiary. You seduce men to crime, and thel
arraign them at the bar Of justice-immure then