Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1849-06-29
From the New York Organ.
Am APPEAL TO PARENTS.

Fror.a an OVERLOOKING heart and a deep con
yiction of the unspeakable evils of intemper
lance, would earnestly entreat parents over
whom we may have the least influence, to ex
.ert themselves to protect their children from
this dreadful and insidious curse.
/: You'haye sons in tender years-they are
she light and JOY of your home, and you spend
anslny aR hour in thinking Of their future wei
sare. 1ut consider what they may become,
$hvuld the tempter grasp them. The boy
wtb now looks up into your face with affec-
tion and reverence, may one day be a poor,
| miserable, degraded drunkard-his better ma
| ture dead-his hands, it may be, stained with
human blood. He may spend years of bitter,
iinavaillng remorse in a prison, OF even exri-
etc his offences en- the gallows. All that is
necessary to put him such course, is in
temperance, and all that is wanting to make
iliHl Incorporate is the habit of Moderate
Drinking Thousands of others. rs promis-
ing yerar son, have pursued that course
and persisted miserably.
You have daughters, and experience shows
that evea daughters are not safe from this de-
stroyer.s Multitudes Of lives written in tears
and blood have been lived by females, and the
same Temptations and SHARES are laid for the
destruction of others.
Think parents, of the bitter woes which
would wing your hearts, should beloved
daughteS acquire an appetite for stimulating
drinks, aud proceeding from step TO step in
degradation and sin. should at last fill drunk
ards grave. What in such a case must be
her suffering and yours! Do you spurn the
thought IS impossible7 All, take heed! Let
him that thinketh he staudeth beware lest he
fail
Above FALL, what would be your horror and
distress. 4 your children should from intern
Perate hasits rush upon ruin, through your
influence, What ifyour daily glass Of wine.
beer, ale or cider, or brandy and water, should
lag the f:Lndation for your children's ruin
Suppose you can do it in safety, are you sure
your chi,:iren will never go beyond your ex-
ample "a nd If, when they plunge into the
depths of yice, poverty and wretchedness
you feel That you did nothing to sink them
there
PARENTS God and nature have given you
tremendous influence over your ehildren's
character.Snd destiny. and awful is the re-
spGnsibiify you incur when you encourage
in any decree the Intoxicating cup. Every
parent should use his utmost endeavor to Gre
ate. in his thidren's minds an adherence, a
shisering dread of strong drinks-he should
aim to for.fy them against the temptations
they will fheet with in society-they should
be taught 10 abhor the cup in all its forms as
they woriil poison, suicide and murder.
Moderate drinking fathers, wine drinking
mothers, tpr the sake o! your dear, innocent
and: now E.,ppy children, put away the glass
Listen, ot..hs;en, to the deep, heart-rending
waE of anguish which comes up from the
worluior inremperance, and say, can you SEND
your son, Sour daughter, to join the company
of the lost and undone? Be eDtreated as soon
as you have read this article, to form pledge
OF total abstinence Put your own names to
/ it, and explain it to your children and take
/ their pledge also. Then live consistently. and
/ in al probabiiity your loved ones will be saved
! from The ss,ares oe the world, and live happy.
our duty, 10 yours