Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1849-05-11
sth. 1t weakens the power of motives to do right,

sth. 1t weakeus the power of motives TO do right,
and increases the power of motives to do wrong.
9th. II powerfully cOunteracs the efficacy of the
Gospel and of all means for the intellectual eleva-
ton, the moral purity and the pablo usefulness of
men.
10Th 1t endangers the purity and permanef1ce
Of free institutions
lth. Abstinence from its use, as a beverage, is
safe and sanitary.
18th. Should all adopt, and persevercinglv pur-
sue, similar course, drunkenness ard all its evils
would universally cease.
18th. For men to continue to use H. as a beyer-
age, make furnish i to be so used by others is
m1raILy wrong; and ought, universally, to be dis
continued
18th. Especially is it wrong for professcd Chris
tians to use, make, or furnish it !; and more cspc-
cally still, Tor officers Of churches and ministers Of
the Gospel-as the better the character, and the
greater the Influence Of those who pursue a wrong
practice, the more extensively it will be initiated
the longer it will be continued, and the greater the
mischief which it will be likely to do. This makes
it especially important that all who belong to either
OF these classes, and all who are, on any account
respectable or influential in society, should without
delay, renouuce this practice, themselves, and la
Dor, in all suitable ways, induce all others to do
the
9th 1t would benefit the country and advance
the cause of humanity, more than any other meas
Slave Trade, and Slavery. Are not the evils that
flow from tntemperGace, many times greater than
those that flow from the cnsaying of our fellow be-
ings Hard indeed, must be the heart that beeds
not cruel indeed the nature that weeIs not while
surveying the emacialon Of BODY the boatcd rhast-
Encss circumference, the paralzat.on of nerve the
poverty, and consequent meamncss, that slowly. il
may be, yet surely creeps the dealers custom
erS aud their conscicnccs must be callous indeed
they permit them without loud and reiterated
accusatlon-wIthout iorebodlugs Of present and fI-
tnrc rctrbutiOn, daily to observe and hourly to pro-
mote in their victims, tho gradual prostration of
intellect, the destruction of honor, the ohlteraon
Of shame, the iorgetiuness of religions obligation
and even of common honesty.
The loss of delicate feeling, the witherinr Of
reputation, the inseusbility to charactcr-in word
the destruction of the men. and their transiorma-
ton, first ntobrutes, aud then into frHds, which is
the constant and palpabIe effect produced by their
liquor traffic. Says a DISTINGUISHED civilian Of our
own country, a" it is of the utmost importance to
the temporal and eternal interests of our citizens
that stop should be put to the sale of ardent spr
It's as speedily possible. Satisfy thoJmrchcct-
ing yender Of intoxicating drinks that he is morally
responsible for all the crime and misery which his
maddcnIng poutlons naturH ally produce, and he will
rclnqulsh the demOrallzng traffic. Convince the
retailer who makes the drunkard. aud sends him
staggering home = abuse, and perhaps murder
wrctchrd wife and starving children. that the curse
Of Heaven is denounced against him who hodeth
tn cup to his neighbours lips, and surely he will for
bar. Let the attention Of the fond parent. who
s'cts to provide for his beloved offspring. by the
manufacture or sale Of ardent spirits. b. directed to
this whitening curse which may soon b, resting on
hr> own head, when he may be compelled 10 rescue
his own broken hearted daughter from the hides
cIblbe wretchcdness Of druukard's howell, or to
70 low his son to that hopeless depository drunk
rs a a.,