Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1851-12-10

Thus ended the first trlsl in our County
under the act of A. Those who arc ac-
quaiuted with Judge Hester, know, that
what he undertakes he will accomplish,
and as he has undertaken TO abate this nui-
,ance, We feel satisfied he viii accomplish
it. Twelve years ago he undertook to
break up petty gambling and hustilns IN
his Township, and he effected it, after IL
ning sixty individuals We call upon the
orderly portion Of the community to su'-
tain him in his efforts at reform.
For the Lcvi,burs Chronicle
The preceding article, from late liar-
burg paper, is worthy of the notice Of the
citizens of every town in the land, where
there are any boys or young men thought
less or wicked enough to disturb public
congregations of any kind, to any extent,
There are few places exempt from such
characters. The evil is not in all cases
caused by love of deliberate, wanton
mischief, and therefore the punishment as
well as the general estimate Of the crime
should vary with individuals. But even
when it is simply boyish thoughtlessness
the irregular outbreak Of youthful viva
city-even then, its results are the same,
and the wrong done and the feelings
wounded are Just as certain as when the
injury is perpetrated with malice prePense,
In one case wrong is done with a bad mo-
! tive; in the other, the same wrong Is per-
petrated with Tess Jad motive, namely,
the qualification of self at the expense Of
the rights and wishes of others. Every
person who is liable to be drawn into such
company and conduct, should remember,
that although there is no maltciousaess i'll
his heart, there is disgusting seIis''nesS
equally heinous in the sight Of God and
equally injurious to the person or persons
injured.
Were all youth to adopt as their guide
through life. the Divine rule, ado unto
others as you would that others should do
unto YOU" offences of this kind would
never occur.
There is nothing more worthy the true
nobility of a YOUNG MAN, than respect
for the rights and feeling of all. 1t is
a sad mark of want of manliness, to
see the young, lawless and wanton-offen-
ding the delicacy and alarming the fears
of Woman-and casting contempt upon
God a. well as Man by mocking at and
interrupting Public Worship.
Many who are not chargeable with the
more odious and fragrant crimes above
enumerated, are however frequently doing
wrong in other ways. Thronging around
entrances to places Of worship, needlessly
standing upon the corners Of streets, tt
gaze into the face of respectable females
and above all polluting the house of Goo
with tobacco spit and nutshells-these are
lesser evils, but evils still, and should b'
avoided by every youth who has any self
respect or regard for the good will of Others
81 have been young, and now am OLD,
, but never have | known one of those char
' acters, best described By the word "ro'rdy,
to prosper, SO long as they maintained tha
l character. Some of the class have reformed
, and have maintained good standing il
u the world, not in consequence of previou
: delinquencies, but IN spite Of them. No
n have | known over two or three criminal
Il in the eye of the law who did not acknowl
= edge that street lawlessncss was a procu
! ring cause of their degradation and downfall
And here it may be well to advert t
S the source of such habits And in tn
: first place, the fact is evident, that thos
! who indulge them were not i" well-brough
. up" or, they have renounced their educa
/ ton, for such practices are the worst proof
q of ill breeding. Many of these are tn
$ sons of outcasts, of ignorant foreigners, o
careless fathers, of widows, or of over-fon'
and indulgent parents, who know little ant
care less of the places of resort and com
e pany kept by their children, or, who tLinl
: themselves unable to restrain them.-An
: other fruitful parent of this as we'll as othe
evils, is, the Intoxicating stimuidnt, and it
/ concomitants, cigar-smoking, ground-nut
e munching, dirk-carrying, cane-swaggering
e and /" rowdyism" in general. A few day
: since, two youths in a small town in thi
: State met, one heated by liquor, and tn
!, other armed with dirk, and murder en-
r sued. Now, what right, human or divine
b had any merchant, druggist, or hotelkeep
f er, to furnish those minors with brand
i and dirk? Who was the murderer-th
= reckless youth, or the cool seller of tn
. drink and the weapon? The youth ha
n no possible want Of either, and the selle
e who furnished the weapons was guilty Q
u robbery in the first instance, and accessar.
9 to murder in the second. Under existin
. laws-and certainly under the law Of righ
a and rectitude-this unlicensed granting t
# minors Of everything desired, whethe