The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1849-07-12

For
DAVENPORT:
IT. present Condition, ~ Youth, &c.

IT. present Condition, ~ Youth, kc.
In seasons Of general distress like the present,
when IN epidemic seems to psrvads our land,
even from the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean.
among the high and the low, the rich and the
poor. the public mind 10 turned to preventive
or remedy, and the cleanliness Of every town
or village 10 marked with precision not only By
citizens but by strangers In incorporated towns,
its thiness or purity 10 attributable to the encr-
gies or iardiness OF its Common Council. Since
the prevalence Of tho Cholera in the West, I
have visited many towns and villages, not only
upon our river, but in the interior Of the State
and upon the Lakes, and in no one instance have
seen . town or village present % neat and
hcal,hful an appearance ~ ours At the present
time. Oar Council and Marshal, through much
difficulty, have, BY unrcmitted exertione, perse-
vered until not street nor alley, house or yard,
seems to have escaped their notice, and the pu-
rity Of our atmosphere 10 almost like that Of the
broad prairie. No threats or murmurs Of the in.
habitants seem TO have Diet. rrcd them from duty,
particularly the Marshal, and never before has
Davenport presented 30 beautiful an appearance
as now: and although 30 many immigrants have
landed here, diseased, not only with Cholera but
Ship fever, vet but one or two cascs Of Cholera
have occurred among citizens, and none exists q,
present among any class. Our town was never
moro free Of sickness nj this season Of the year;
we need fear no relaxation OF duty upon the par,
Of our town officers, and il cleanliness 10 any pre-
ventive against cholera, think we may be sat-
isiied from the past, that they will do their duty
IN future. Many strangers are amongst us with
their families, and our town has become quite o
resort for annual visitors from the South a, this
season of the year, and while we should endea.
vor to render every thing agreeable not only TO
ourselves but to strangers, we should look 10 the
morals OF our town.
For the present We pass over remarks upon the
ndu, por ION II the inhabitants, but our youth !!
your children, on the Sabbath day. Many boy
can ] point on, upon the banks Of the river, or
on ita waters. in boisterous merrment ON the
Sabbath, even 10 the annoy ance Of the citizens,
whose father or mother 10 protesting christian
and probably at the very time, in the house Of
God! u this s.,raining up child in the way he
should go' a. perhaps you have promised to do,
when ut the bap.ismal fount! II the morals Of
our youth are so much neglected, when, and to
whom are we to look for a perpeiuity Of our
peaceful condition ~ . town, . State; or our
Union for the continuance Of our free
the pillars Of our glorious republic! And to
whom are we to look for . remedy to these evils
but to the parent, who should always know
where his child 10 on the Sabbath and ut night
Our concerts, and places Of civil smusemcn,s, ar
well Ne at times our places Of worship, nre much
annoyed by the youth, and il has been the re-
mark Of strangers that they were worse than in
orr eastern cities. II 10 bu, duty belonging to
parents, christian or merely moral, to remedy
this evil, but for which, and Sabbath breaking
among oil classes, particularly foreigners, our
town would vie with any in the west. Her beau
,iful location, her excellent schools Of learning,
the cordially and unity OF feeling in her numer-
GUS religious denominations, oil combine to rem
der her inviting TO the stranger. B.
July 9th, 1910.