The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1849-12-28

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CRIMINAL ABUSE OF HsALTH AND
WEALTH-The Boston journal reports
an admirable lecture before the Mercan.
tile Library Association by the Hon. Ho-
race Mann--the worthy successor of Mr..
Adams in Congress. The following ex-
tracts are worthy ofall attention:
THE young man walks in the midst of
Temptation to appetite. the improper in.
diligence TO which is in danger of proving
his ruin. Health, longevity, and virtue
depend on his resisting these temptations.
The Providence of God is no more re-
sponsible, because man by improper
Indulgence becomes subject to disease,
than for the picking of his pockets. For
young man to injure his health, is to
waste his patrimony and destroy his ca.
pacty for virtuous deeds. Should man
love God, he will have ten times the
strength for the exercise Of it, with a
sound body.-Not only the amount but
the quality Of mans labor depends on his
health. The productions of the poet,
he man of science. or the orator. must be-
effected by his health. Not only lying
lips, but dyspep,ic stomach, is an abom-
inulion to the Lord The man who neg
lects to control his appetites. is to him
self what ttate Of barbarism is to soci-
ety--the british part predominates. He
is 10 himself what Nicholas is to Hunga-
ry.
"Men buy pains, and the purveyor and
market man bring home disease. Our
pious ancestors used to bury the suicide
where four roads meet; yet every gen.
tleman or lady who lays the foundation
of disease with turtle soup or lobster sal
ad, as really commits suicide as if they
used the rope or the pistol; and were the
old law revived. how many, who are hon
ored with resling-place at Mount Au.
burn, would be found at the cross roadsI
Is il not amazing that man, invited TO a
repast worthy of the gods, should stopto
feed on garbage; or when called to par
take ofthe Circean cup, should stop to
guzzle with swine!
"Ifyoung men imagine that the graft.
hcaiion of appetite is the great source
of enjoyment. they will find this in the
bighes, degree with industry and tempe.
rance. The epicure, who seeks it in
dinner which costs FIVE dollars. will find
less enjoyment of appetite than the la
boTer who dimes on shilling. Ifihe de-
vOtee ofappetite desires its highest graf
ification. he must not send Tor Buffalo
tongues, but climb mountain or swing
an axe. Without health there is no del.
icacy that can provoke an appetite. Who.
ever destroys bis heal,h, turns the most de-
lcious viands into ipecac aud aloes. The
man that is physically wicked does not
live out halfhis days, and he is not half
alive while he does live. However gra.
cious God may be with the heart he nev.
er pardOns the stomach
"Let young man Pursue course Of
temperance. Sobrie,y. industry, and he
may retain his vigor till three score years
aud ten, with his cup of enjoyment full,
aud depart painlessly;--as the candle
burns out in its socket, he will expire.
but look at the opposite. When a
man suffers his appetiles to control him,
he turns his dwelling into lazar house.
whether no lives in hovel clothed with
rags, or in tho splendid mansion and
gorgeous clothing of the upper ten.
LET every young man look on this pic.
ture and on that, and tell which he win
choose. Society despises the wretch
who debases himself, aud treats him as
the wild horses do their intractable mem-
bers-get him inside Of ring, and with
heels kick him to DEATH" 81
The pursuit of wealth for the mere sake
of wealth, and not for the opportunities it
affords of elevating ourselves and those
around US, was another topic upon which
tho speaker "wreaked" the energy of his
diction, The gods ofthis world. said he,
are fast dying out, aud one deity alone
is worshipped wealth. Were it cur
rently reported that the river Jordan was
bedded with gold, the church and the
world would vie with the Jews in their
strife for The Holy Land--all faces would
be directed to Jerusalem instead ofSan
Francisco, in the hope of something mere
sterling than salvation.
Mr.. Mann disclaimed all intention Of
waging war against the accumulation of
wealth. 1t is the duty Of a young man to
labor for competence. But while, all
below competence is misfortune, all
beyond is mischief. Inherited wealth
Is often far other than blessing. When
the devil clutches the father for hoard
ing, and the son for spending, he proves
the best speculator ofthe three. because
he doubles his capital on the same invest.
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