The Columbian fountain., 1846-01-03
OPINIONS OF GREAT MEN.

Woe unto him that giveth his neighbor drink,
drunken.--Holy ,crit
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 intoxicaton. Hem
ry Ware, Jr.
Can it be right for me to derive a living from
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-
diton far more deplorable than that of widows and
orphans; or which is causing nine-tenths OF all the
crimes or nne-tenths of all the paupers in the
community Francis Wayland.
am deeply convinced that the evils Of intem-
perance can never cease till the virtuous in socie-
ty shall unite in pronouncing the man who attempts
to accumulate wealth by dealing out poison and
death to his neighbor infamous.-John Pier
pont
challenge any many who understands the ma
ture of ardent spirit and for the sake Of gain con
tnues 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 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 bon the bosom of the burning torrent, and is
borne by it into the gulf of woe--Somuel Spring
Say not 81 viii 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 subatens. You are "poi-
soner general H. 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 gaini Is it not the blood of these men'-
Who will envy their large estates and sumptuous
palaces A curse is in the midst of them The
curse of God is 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 bood.-John
Wesley.
1t is principle in law, that the pcrpctrator 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 drllnkard 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 men i-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 m,rderers, but those who excite Others
to commit murder, and furnish the known cause O
their evil deeds, will, il they understand what the,
do, and continue to rebel against God, be shut on
of heaven.--J,stin Ed,oards d. ID.
You create paupers, and lodge them in YOU
aims house---orphans, and give them residenc,
in your asylum m--convicts, and send thcm to YOU
penitentiary You seduce men to crime, and theI
arraign them at the bar Of justice-mmure then