The Columbian fountain., 1845-12-18
OPINIONS OF GREAT men.

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Woe unto him that giveth his neighbor drink,
that puttest the bottle to him, and makest him
drunken.--Holy lorit.
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, OF 90
patriots duty to his country, and at the same Tune
make or sell the instrument of ntoxication
ry Ware, j..
Can it be right for me to derive LIVING from
that which is debasing the minds ana running i'e
souls Of others, or that which is destroying forever
the happiness of the domestic circle, ana Whicl y
filing the land with women and children IN con-
diton far more deplorable than that OF widows ana
orphans; or which is causing nine-tenths OF all tiie
crimes or nine-tenths Of all the paupers IN uie
community Francis Wayfand.
I am deeply convinced that the evils OF lntem-
perance can never cease, till the virtuous IN socie-
ty shall unite in pronouncing the man VINO atemp's
to accumulate wealth by dealing out poison ana
death to his ncighbor, as infamous.--Joh' fser-
j
pont.
Ichallenge any many who understands the ma
ture Of ardent spirit and for the Sake OF gam con
tinucs to be engaged in the traft to show that ne
is not involved in the guilt q murder'--Lyn'an
Beecher.
They who keep these fountins Of pollution and
crime omen. are sharers to D small extent, in the
guilt which flows from they They command tile
gateway Of that mighty god which IS spreading
desolation through the and, and are chargeable
with the present and eyrlasting consequences, no
leo tba, the infatuata victim who throws him
se,f mon the bosom the burning torrent, and is
horne bv il into the hlf Of woe.-'Samuet Spring
Saw not az wiVsell by the large quantity
have no tipplerslbout me, and therefore amnot
ou;,tv.n You % the chiG man in this business,
tbe others arsonly subalterns. You are "poi-
.oner peneray-W Wilb,u Fisk ID. d.
The mepwho traffic in ardent spirit, and sell
70 all whewill buy, are poisoners general; they
,a,rdsr i majesty's subjects by wholesale nei-
ther do their eye pity nor spare And what is
,he;r lhi Is it not the blood of these meni--
whofin envy their large estates and sumptuous
n.lIs' A curse is in the midst Of them The
of God is on their gardens, their walks, their
Tes a fire that burns to the ncthermost hell.
ood, blood is there: the foundation, the floor,
he walls, the roof, are stained with blood.--John
lWesley.
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 It applies
to the law Of God. And as the drunkard cannot
60 to heaven, can drlnkard makers? Are they
not, when tried by the principles Of the Bible, in
view Of the developments Of Providence, mani-
fcstly immoral mcni linen 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--,Jusin Ed,omds, d. ID.
You create paupers, and lodge them in your
aims house--orphans and give them a residence
in yo,r asylum--convicts, and send them to your
pententiary You scduce men to crime, and then
arraien them at the bar Of justce--immure them