Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1848-12-08
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FARTHER EXTRACTS.

FARTHER EXTRAcTs.
Among the evils of intempeTanoe, much
importance IS given To the poverty Of which
It IS the cause. But this evil, great as Is Is.
Is vet lrht IN comparison with the essential
evil Ct iutempersnee, which l am SO anxious
to place distinctly before YOU. W hatmatters
Il that nam be poor. Il he carry into his pow
erty the apirit- energy. reason. and virtues Of
q man What mates it that a man must.
for few years. live I'm bread aud water -
How many Of the richest are reduced by dis
ease to a worse condition than this9 Honest,
virtuous. nobie-minded poverty IS compare
lively Ugh evil. Tie ancient philosopher
chose it as the condition Of ylrtge. Il has
been tho lot Of many a Christian. The pow
erty Of the Incorporate man owes its greatest
misery to its cause. He wh9 makes himself
g ggar, by having made himselfa brate, is
miserable indeed. lie who mas no so}aee,
wse ls only slgcissz-s.5 seeo1teet1>sas slia a.r-
rowing remorse. Is he looks on his cold hearth,
his scanty table, his ragged children. has I'M
deed 70 bear a crushing weight of wo. That
he has brought on himself this suffering by
the voluntary extinction Of his reason, this
is the terrible thought, the Intolerdble curse
We are told, that we must keep this or that
man from dfunkness, TO save him from 'coIa-
ING GA the town, from being burden to the
city. The motive is not to be overlooked
but cannot Beep my thoughts fixed for me-
ment On few hundred or thousand dollars,
which the incorporate cost When ! GO g
the poor house, and see the DEGRADATION, the
spiritual weakness. the abectnesE, the kalfI
idiotimbecilitv written on the drunbaSSS2s coun-
tenance, sees ruin which makes his support
. errsin ~ 5,fsf in the scale. am sorrv that
societyis taxed for the drunkard. ! would
the burden Of sustaining him weTc 50 heavy,
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eI,lI sr,d re r,,isarias ba,-6,d ifs9'r tl,9+ NJ
-, 80, sI7II e,,fTar,lca tba- the M,
- q ms IAN 5re,,-- ,flers Wifi, bi., if ,.ot
NO - olIilr af Iast if, = ,,7-tio, of his ,,-o
If one member of a social BODY suffer. others
raust snffo- too. and this is well. This is
ono Of tb7 danenaarcias. b,- which we be.or,a
) interested In one another's moral safety. aad
are summoned 10 labor for the rescue of the
fsllen.
Y.,toro,,era,,oe IL =, he -,;fiaa ard abl-r-al
f,r rs o,tr sal-a. nncb more th7r r,r ~ o0--4
,ze.rd oon7aoraeoes. Those consequences
owe their chief bitterness 10 their criminal
source. We sneak a. the gniseries which fhe I
g3rarly-rd carries INTO his family. Bat take
49, bfs own brptaIitv. and how 1iglt5ned I
zvo,lid Ne tbeze raizeries. We talk aeIis wife (
and children in raos. I,et tharacs continue :
hut snancsa Them ~ b. the effect Of an inno-
ce,,+ cs,Isn c,-s,. .I,e 1-r.,l.srd =, be4-o
bae, q rirt,7o,,s husband. and am aaastionsts
.ther. an4 fbaf sickness aot vice HIS bFaaaht
has r513il- 4giifs-fo-r-. Surnoeo his wife and
bil5rao I,-l +, Him bva stron- love. which
. IifA of1,.}or far their s4Inport and of anVaa-
rie3 Kindness has awakened: suppose theu TO
y AZ = - 81 10 kag Ara.