The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-03-21
DAVENPORT, Co, THURSDAY, MARCH
CRIMINAL ABUSE OF HEALTH AND
WEALTH.

i CRIMINAL ABUSE OF HEALTH AND
WEALTH.
i The Boston Journal reports an ndmir;
Bile lecture before the Mercantile Librar
Association by the Hon. Horace Mann
the successor of Mr.. Adams in Congress!
The following extracts are worthy Of a
attention.
"The young man walks in the midst 9
temptation to appetite, the improper indu
gencc to which Is 10 danger ofproving hi
ruin. Health, longevity, and virtue de
pend on his resisting these temptations
The Providence Of God 10 no more respon
sible, because man by improper indul
gence becomes subject to disease, than 70
The picking Of his pockets. For youns
man to ininre bis health, is 10 waste bis pat
rimony and destroy bis capacity for virtu
GUS deeds Should man love God, b
will have ten times the strength for the ex
ercisc Of it, with sound body. Not onl.
the amount, but the quality Of mans Ia
Dor depends upon bis health. The prodnc
,ions oflhe poet, the man OF science, or tht
orator, must be affected by his health.-
Not only lying lips, but dyspep,ic stom
ach, is an nbomina,on to the Lord. Tht
man who neglecls 10 control bis appetite
is to himself what state Of barbarism il
to socie,y-the british part predominates
lie is to himself what Nicholas is to Hun
gary.
'Men buy pnins, and the purveyor and
market man bring home disease. Our pi
Gus ancestors used TO bury the suicide
where four roads met vet every gentleman
or lady who lays the foundation Of disease
with turtle soup or lobster-salad. as really
commits suicide as if they used the rope OF
the pistol; and were the old law revived
how many, who nre now honored with .
resting place at Mount Auburn, would be
found at the cross roads! Is it not amazing
that man, invited to a repast worthy OF the
gods; should stop to feed on garbage; or
when called TO partake Of the Circean cup,
should stop to guzzle with swine!
"If young men imagine that the gratifi-
cation Of appetite is the great source ofen-
iovment, they will find this in the highest
degree with industry and temperance. The
epicure, who seeks it in dinner which
costs five dollars, will find less enjoyment
Of appetite than the Iaborer who dimes on
a shilling. If the devotee Of appetite de-
sires its highest qualification. he must not
send for Buffalo tongues, but Climb noun
tain or swing an axe. Without health
there is no 9elicacy that can provoke ar
appetite. Whoever DESTROYS his health
turns the most delicious viands into ipecat
and aloes. The man that is physically
wicked does not live on, half his days, and
he is no, half alive while he does live
However gracious God may be with the
heart, he never pardons the stomach.
"Let young man pursue course o.
temperance, sobriety, industry. and he may
retain bis vigor till three score years and
ten, with his cup of enjoyment full, and de-
part pain!essi, as the candle burns Out
in its socket, he will expire.
"But look al The opposite. When man
suffers his appetite to control him, ne
turns his dwelling into Iazcr hnuse, whelh
er he lives in hoveI. clothed with rags, OF
in the splendid mansions and gorgeous
clothing of the upper ten.
'sLe, every Young man look on this pic
tire and on that, and tell which he will
choose Society despises the wretch who
debases himself, and treats him as the wild
horses do their intractabie members, get
him inside Of a ring, and with heels kick
him nut, 10 DEATH"
The pursuit of wealth for the mere sake
Of wealth. and not for the opportunities II
affords Of elevating ourselves and those
around ua, was another topic upon which
the speaker .swreaked" the energy Of his
dction. The gods Of this world said he
are fast diving ont. md one deity alone is
worshiped- Were il currently re-
nor,ed 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 wouid he directed e
Jerusalem insicad of San Francisco, in the
hope Of something more sterling than saiva.
tion.
Mr.. Mann disclaimed all intention Of
waging war against the accumulation OF
wealth. Il is the duty Of young man t.
labor for competence. But while all be-
low competence is misfortune, all be.
yond is mischief Inherited wealth IS Of
ten far other than blessing. When the
devil clutches the father for boarding, and
the son for spending. be proves the best
specula,or Of tho three. because he doubles
his capital on the snme investment.
SENTIMENTAL cotemporary says
"whcn we see neat, pretty girl, with
free but innocent air--wi,h checks like
roses and heavenly blue eyes, which seen
to repose in serenity beneath their s'lket
Iashes-,ce alwoys irish she mas near
mud puddle, and IRE had TO ut her orer.
one Of the courts Of Alabama has beer
irving to solve, for the last fortnight, the brit
and paren,,ge Of little darkey. who MAJ
fallen heir to quite an estate. Like Mnng'
Park, they are endeavoring to discover"th'
source Of the Niger" bu, whether they vii