Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1850-01-11

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J-Ailldvertscrnentc considered by the sqnars
unless otherwise agreed upon. and chaTgedtor un
I'll ordered out
OF showing Iiba-alisv. John Howard spent
an ample fortune. gave the nest services
Of his life. and finally sacrificed life itself.
So alleviate the suiIeFin-s Of humanity
Is the Ebera.i5v Of the drinking man cf
that order} Il cannot he Ike It in all re
spelts Iiowards liberaiity was. always
followed bv thankfulness aad tears OF
gratitude and there was no danger Of It's
ever being carried too far: nc one was ever
injured By It But on the other hand
Hberailty is very apt to 60 TOO far. it Is
very apt 70 give away money which II due
70 the cause Of the church. i Is very apt
to give TTav money which is due to the
cause ot education. it Is verr apt TO give
away money which Is due t. their faml=
hes. In order t0 pcocure for tacn nccessa-
- food and clothing Liberality Is 10 be
Judged of hr the motive IN giving the OBJ
jeet ln view aE.d in some degree the result
produced Taking these rales for your
guide, judge sc whether the lberaiity Of
tne drinking man Is OF the brightest or
der But Whatever he the effect of in
temperance 50 far rs liberality is concern.
ed 1t dehases the mind. and DESTROYS the
body. In the ordinary affairs Of life. if a
man is injured once he Is mare heedful of
danger next tim: If nc Is Knocked down
eaca. he stands upon his guard after that
bat II Is NOT So with tie man who Is
knocked down bv liquor. La steps right
mp again, and viii neither say enough nor
dodge the blow, until he receives a blow
which sends him into eternity.
hat can 1t Re. that 50 grasps men "as
Wi,1 hooks o. steel and draws them ir-
resls,ahly forward to destruction2 There
Is an arabian fable Of dark magnetic
mountain that draws ships irrasistabiy
towards it. and as they draw near. draws
out every bait and leaves them a shape
less wreck upon the waters 1t would
seem that there must be something Of this
nature drawing men onward in a course
oT intemperance. Or perhaps they imag-
Inc their Deity TO be like the Fairy Of
whom AFlosto tells us Sometimes. bv u.
mysterious law Of her nature. she assunl-
ed the form Of q loaths0me serpent. then
again She assumed the f0rna of the most
exquisite lHveIincss a1d beauty: and -
those abusing her when in her l0athsomu
shape. she forever shut out from sll the
blessings IL her possession. but upoa
those, who IN spite of her loathsome shape.
still treated her tenderlv. she lavished tho
whole treasury CT her joys But # their
Petty ne suca. Il seems 10 me she assumes
Size l2athsome shape far t53 great per-
sloE Of the time, 20 compensate her devo-
tees fer LUgging her TO their bosoms thus
-andiy- There is fable Of a convention
Il rats. that met to cons tIt upon the pro
prletE Of parts5iHg Of if1p Of arsenic
when had been placed within tEeir reach
The convention was large and as might
welLslo supposed, many different opinions
1eg2 EXPRESSED. Some said they knew
arsenic had killed rats, and they thought
the safe way was TO let il entitely alone
Then again some Of the speakers were
very enthusiastic. and yery independent
wI-hal. They would thank rats to mind
their own business; they should eat arsen-
se If they chose, even If It should kill
them It was nobolv's business but their
own But then there was no danger ef
that. just as il they had net got sense
e.7=1a 50 stop when they see that thew
we're like to get enough to hurt them
II TINS stage Of the debate an old rrev
rat ercse. ne was g sage among them. and
consequently his opinion was looked for
with anxiety Says he. Ladies and gen.
tlemeu rats, arsenic may he good for some
purposes, but yGU may dGgeud il is not
good for rats The council Of the old
rat prevailed rs the fable goes. and tho
rats We're saved IF men would act with
Is much fGreth0ught aud wisdom as did
saa laas. tney would discover that altboph
@.e1hoi was good for some purposes. it IS
net good for man. have row mentioned
tcw Of the evils Of intc1uTerance This
Is not hard to do, IN so common 4 disease
novice ean note its s0nptssius. and FORE
tell their tendency. But ii requires an
7i6 practitioner to apply the healing balm
Wath skill / speak to those who have lad
more experience. and have hestovea more.
taoTGat upon the best methods Of arrest
ING the se3se than ] have done. I can
not expect 10 suggest any new measures to
such men Ien whose ingenuity is equal
G. their philanthropy. and whose phifan-
turapy is broad enough to embrace the
whole human family Wee 7 called IN
on though. 20 say to what saurce we must.
IooE for strength to stay this food Of LIQUID
death That j. deIuging Gus fair land IL
w9ald uc easy TO say that in our coun-
t1E, VIC must continue 20 look 10 asso-
Gated individual effort. IT. Eurouean ra-
-t1uS- Dc Is customary to effect every thing
of tllz nature through the medium of the
king lie considers tho plan Of reform.
and either rec0r.rend5 Il. r..s~-ts Il. or en-
forces Il. J1st according to lis good pleas
ure- and the power he IS accustomed to
exercise over his subjects Hence 1t is
tie wonder and admiration Of foreigners.
shat We DO everything by association
De IoeGUeviile, in his instructive work
upon democracy in America, dweIls with
much satisfaction upon this theme. He
says that what Is done in Europe by kings.
IS done IN the United States bv pnbIic
opinion. TIE beginning Of the Washing.