The Columbian fountain., 1846-07-20
o. mer al intelltgenre.
keTJlT.WARD, Assistant Editor.
PRICE ONE. B., CENT. 4 j, u

! '' no are all the most I'M
mll'gated falsehoods The whole system
Of Intemperance isa lie. II promises wis
dom TO the fool, strength to the weak. heat
to the cold, happiness to- the miserable,
riches to the poor youth 70 the aged, but il
Is 9 base ne. e. These These ,ayerns promise com
asiluf loart and repose 70 mans and beast; but the
stencil Of theT bar room,iiss gambling and
swearing, the fetid breath of those rotting
around its fires, the beastly and lecherous
100 looks Is, OF those candidates Of perdition who
mere gamble away their all, the, stable, (if
any,) with It's miserable accommodation.
forbid comfort to either man or beast .,dg
lhe tool who goes to those rum. pitshe-
comes more foolish, the weak become
weaker, the cold become colder, the aged
become more infrm, the farmer loses his
farm, the merchant loses his, custom, the
physician, loses his, practice, the wife, loses
her husband, the father loses his son, the
young man loses his reputation, the man
ulacturer loses his factory, and the landlord
and the devil get all. O, speak 4, t,,, your
children on this snbject.s Y ou must inoc-
ulate them early with temperance ir YOU
would save them. The Spartan Lawgiver
made law by which the infants Of Sparta
were trained for the Stale by their mothers
and at the age Of seven years were placed
ln]the schools of the State. These were
the children who, with Leonidas, Spartan
KING Tor their commander, numbering only
SIX thousand, stood in the twenty feet pass
OF Ihermopyla, and conquered and turned
Aerxes with his two millions five hundred
thousand soldiers. You must begin iearly
with your children. Explain all these de-
ceptlons and lies of drunkenness tooyour
children. These are the things which i'm
press their minds. These are the objects
whose images are now being engraved on
the retma OF their souls. The two objects
which arrest the attention of your child as
he walks through this village, are the s.ee-
piles of its churches and its tavern signs: the
former points to heaven, the latter hanging
down towards hell. nioH aaNE aais8a
Sit down by the side Of your little boy,
and with slate and pencil draw picture
of tavern sign which shall be in accord
ance with the truth, where cause and effect
shall be groupedtogether. On the foreground
representa- mother refusing to join the Mar
tha Washingtonians and presenting to her
chlld the wine cup. In another group re-
present his father talking politics in bar
room with cigar in one hand and a glass
OF sling in the other. + In another group
represent his parents riding out on the Sab
bath, going TO visit their friends or to take
an excursion of pleasure, while he is leflto
skate on the pond, or to roll his hoop, or
10 go into the river to swim on that sacred
day. In another group represent this boy
as a young man about leaving his fathers
house amid the kisses and tears and fond
wishes of the domestic circle. in another
represent this young man in company with
others on their way TO the dancing assem-
bly,, ln another group represent this young
man as boarding at tavern where liquor is
sold, seated in the bar room with a cigar in
his mouth, listening to the discussion of po-
litlcs, or to the ridcule Of religion which
there take place. ~ HE
In another group represent this young
man as goiug TO the gambling house, and
there meeting with other Internal spirits
who hang about such places TO catch and
slaughter young men. In another group
represent this young man in yonder tavern
playing cards or dice. In another group re-
present him at the midnight hour issuing
from these suburbs Of hell on his way with
others half intoxicated, to the house of her
whose house is the way to hell going down
by the chambers Of death. Farther back
on this awful yet truthful sign represent the
family Of this young man perusing with
tears and sighs letter which conveys to
them the astounding intelligence OF their
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