The Columbian fountain., 1846-10-15
Rev. J. T.WARD, Assistant Editor.
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DieSslng Teaped from Staying mat tlde oil
moral desolalion, which, like an overflow,
ing scourge, was sweeping over our land,
and fast laying waste the gfaireyt portion of
the world-will not and cannot be told, till
that great day, for which alldayswere made
shall disclose them. IF s.ira inis2
This mighty river, which seemed al FIRST
but little Iill-which sprung up in, the
hearts Of a few sons OF New England, and
which has been already augmenekd BY hum
dreds and thousands Of tributary streams,
and which isnow making glad every por.
tion Of our land as il rolls on its smooth
and equal course, will bear down on its
gentle current,to the latest posterity, librr-
ty, civil and religious science, human and
divine; peace, national and domestic; re-
putation, honor, plenty, health and happi-r
ness. anticipate the period when this
nation-the asylum OF the Pilgrims, the
cradle OF liberty and the glory Of ali lands
shall be totally emancipated from the ac-
cursed beverage Of intoxicating liquors !,
when the pulpit, the bar, the hall Of legis-
lation, the shop Of the mechanic, aud The
field Of the husbandrnan when every
in every house in the land, from the cellar
to the garrett, and every vessel on the wa
ter, from the cabin Of the gallant ship that d
doubles Cape Horn, to the lorecas,e Of the |
smallest sloop shall be kept pure from this i
scourge Of our nation--this moral miasma
this deadly upas, which for years swept \
to drnnkard's grave. thirty thousand hu-
man beings; among whom were many df
the fairest forms and brightest intelIects--- --''
around whose lips the smile Of beauty ever
played, ,orf from whose thought the lightning
Of tho't ever flashed, or from whose tongues
the thunder ofeloquence flowed. Then shall
New England be as it oncewas; distinguished
above all lands for moral and religious prln-
ciple; then shall our daughters be as cor.
ner stones, polished after tie similitude of a
palace, beautiful as Tirzah and comely as
Jeruzalem. Then shall our sons conse-
crate the best Of their days to the service Of
in the pulpit, be like ApolIos; in the church,
ike Aaron and Hur to Moses in the forum,
like, Tully and Demoslhenes !. in the hattie L
field, (if battle field there be,) like Wash !
ington and Layette and in the vineyard, ,or
at the plough, like Abdolonymus, the Ro-
man, or Elisha, the son Of Shaphat.
Our ancestors signed the declaration Of
American Independence. We rejoice that
they did it.. s< fi ~ 49e u =
| 10 conclusion, my respected hearers, 1
have only to ask: Will you sign The declar-
alton of American independence from all
intox eating liquor2 Let this be done, and
we shall be free indeed. As you wish to
be free from the oppressor, press you to \
sign this declaration. Suppose all felt on +
this subject as one of the soldiers of the
revolution did, when the constitution Of a
temperance society was presented 10 him.
As he was about to sign il, some kind friends
attempted to dissuade him from il, by tell
ing him that he would injure himself; that
he was aged and infirm, and had need of
the stimulus, and that he would soon die
without it, The veteran OF seventy six re-
piled, at is true, ! am aged and infrm, and 8
! have long used a little spirit, supposing
that needed it. But when my country was
IN danger from foreign opposition, was
sick yet arose from my bed, shouldered
my musket and marched to the aid Of my I
friends to rescue my country from oppres-
sion. My country is now in danger
mightier oppressor than Great Britain has
his grasp upon it; and the temperance socie-
ty is the only remedy. lllsign the pledge,
III sign it.'' II every lover Of humanity,
and every friend of his country, felt like q
him, we should indeed be a saved people;
saved from a far greater oppression than
could be laid upon us by any nation on
earth ! ask, then, Who Of you will sign
the declaration. Or, rather, Who Of you
will not sign 1t @"y" s'''''ia ''s
But the temperance reform, in its moral
tendency, far out-shines the effects of any
thing performed by the patriots Of seventy
six. One man liberated from a moral lhral-
dom, is vast conquest. "He that ruleih
his spirit is better than he that takeih a
CITY," But in a religious point of view,
the temperance reformation has done won
ders. II has often prepared The way of the
Lord, like John the Baptist II has been
the harbinger Of many revival of religion.
II has raised hundreds and thousands from
the lowest state of degradation, and intro
duced them to the sanctuary, and hence to
the Kingdom OF heaven. Let us go on in
tins blessed enterprise.
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