The Ottawa free trader., 1850-07-27
For the Ottawa Free Trader
Be Temperate In all Things.

There are certain things in the vocabulary of
human l!t. which are essential to man. present
and future happiness Take, ifyou will. the man
who lives IN II howell thatched with straw, de.
pending upon his daily labor for support and we
may often see such one happier than our most
wealthy citizens. And whyl Because he has
been led from poverty into the proper channel
from whence happiness flows 1t is not in riches
that a man may ind the object Of his search, For
then we might with propnety fix our minds on
nothing else. We should enjoy happiness to the
fullest extent. Again we refer YOU to the red
man who roams over our western frouticrs-
Hunting and fishing i his occupation. " it'll Il
blanket tor clothing, Il wgwam for shelter, and
often nothing more than the canopy Of heaven for
coverug--he is contentcd and happy. While
the white man who has been raisJd to heaven in
point Of privilege, seU@5 after happiness in the
grahhcdtion OF h.s desires or natural propensities
The Indian, though with no knowledge Of the
arts and science, j, contcnted and happy. So We
see that j, Is not civilization alone that makes a
man happy.
/ We may however assert, that civilization to,eth.
or with the arts and sciences are the foundation
on which happnes, tle-tned for a certain cas,
Of manhindy to certain degree depends. We
would not discard therefore, the goods of thi,
world as having no value, They do possess with.
IN themselves both nominal and local value
But having said this we have said all we can say
for them. We have not yet found the true source
Of happiness
Among the recipients ola happy life are the
young. viz; those who have not learned the dis
tnciiun betwccnri right and wrong. Young minds
II Is sald, are more susceptible Of pleasure, than
those advanced IN life. Well We will admit this
for the sake of argument
/ We are aware that int,mpcrance has not com.
mcuccd It's rayagcs on the infant mind to that de
/ gtec, as to destroy It's happiness. Ii is true that
l"e chid learns 10 do wrong much easier and
quicker than 1. leatus to do right: and thc.e are
instances where very young children learn bad
habits But examples Of thi, kind are far more
rare than in older persons. Here then We have
found something that may direct Us ia a proper
Gimme! IN order to obtain what every one l., seek.
ing after, viz, happiness We find it not in H.,
I dram shop where the drunken husband goes tn
] spend the dIv and comes bIcl, unhappy himself
while he brings the same state OF feeling hom,
/ TO his family, We find it not in the families OF
/ the rich, where are found on their side boards al
! the luXuries OF which life Is heir to- We woul,
/ cite you ~ We have before, to the chld who h..
not c'hnown rigl. from wrong. Here we shall
hni one that Is happy. We do this for the very
reason that incmperance has not laid its withcr.
Ing baud upon tie child as vet. While it is
spreading devastation aud death all over our
land, children are IN IA measure exempt from it,
withcrng and bghtiug influences Would that
when they grow up to be men and women they
We're rs temperate rs when they were children
INT alas. OF but few are We prepared 10 say this
While the MAJORITY ot our race are wasting away
under the bligllug influence of intcmpcrahce. We
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