The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1852-04-29
For he Gafeste.1
TEMPERANCE.

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/ never yet been connected with any pare
/ / will venture 10 offer in my incompetent
manncr) /. lew items according 10 my views
on the great, and important subject .
Temperance and Intenperancc, winch !
causing so much agitation aud excitement
Throughout the whole cough. 10 bel c'v''ize'
world. feel interested 10 every th'n'
| that tends to advance the cause ol Temper
ance. that word, so dear 10 thousands, an'
which has been productive Of so much good
| believe that harsh and denunciator,
language never did, and never can do any
cause, no matter what may be its characte
and object, any real good. The drunkart
cannot, certainly, be reached BY repraach
es, or BY making him the subject Of ridicnlt
and contempt, such course 10 my view
- contrary 10 the spirit Of temperance
which seeks ia all instances to rescue The
iuebriate, however vile and abandoned h
may be, give him back the possession Of BIZ
reason, restore him 10 friends &c. To d.
this, he mus. be approached in the spirit o.
triendliness. He must be reformed by the
power OF love and kindness, aud not by ma.
king his follies aud misfor,unes the suhjec'
of Jest and raiIlerv. believe the object d
Temperance is to SAVE.
Ia regard TO those individuals in society
who slill persist IN violating the laws oilhe
land and Of God, who are, without remorsc
OF conscience, by their nsiarious traffic,
making havoc in families, and destroy ing
thousands Annually, lei such remember the
admonitions of the old Proverbs, and il they
have any Of The sensibilties Of nature left.
will acknowledge them TO be truths. will
here note some Of the most important.
"Woe unto him ,Aat giselh his neighbor
drink, that putte,h the bottle 10 him and
maketh him drunken.
'.Woe unto you, for ye shut up the king
3oEn Of heaven sgains, men; Tor se neither
enter in yourselves, Deither suffer SO them
ha, are entering 10 90 in.
..Wee unto him that buildeih his housf
BY unrighieousness, that useth his neigh
oors service wilhon, wages, and giye,h hn
aaught for his money.
..Woe unto him thai gaine,h an evil gain
o his house, &c
These passages apply with mos, fear
al import TO drnnkard mixers.
'.i'he treasures Of unrigh,eousness sooh
pe!i away.
..He that oppresse,h the poor, shall come
o want, for he reproaches his maker"
When God prononnces a woe, a curse, i
means something. Let the scep.ic look al
er the liquor sellers Of our country--ltt
i'm see and consider their ruined fortunes.
md more than. rained families. Let hia
count them nd their victims, iu tho poor
houses, the prisons, &c. in some Of The old
States, and he will DO constrained 10 ac
tba, these passages are truly yep
Iiica BILE.
sWho hath woe? who hath SORROWS? who
,a,h contentious? who hath babblng? VIII
18th wounds without cause2 who hath red.
ness Of eyes? They that larry long al ,hs
vine"
But says the dealer, '.The spirit trade
is the most lucrative business, aud profess.
ing christians give it their cheerful counte-
nance. have license from the court ;
nd if DO not bring these evils upon You
else nil; live in a land Of III
erss." But il is Of no use TO cayii, such
may for time appear to prosper in pecu
nary matters. but there is no mistake, thai
the end ofsuch, will be guilt and den,h.
ain glad !, with 50 many others 10 This
community and elsewhere. are free from
the centagion. g. T. F.