Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1852-02-12
TEMPERANCE ADDRESS.
BY REV. M. L. EADS.
Delivered in Huntsville, on the Evening
of the 18th Jany, 1852,

OF the 18TH Jan Y, 1907,
Woe INTO them that rise up early in the morning,
that they may follow strong drink; that continue
until night, till wine iname them. Isaiah 9th chap.
11th verse.
This part of a glowing, though true pic
ture, drawn by divine inspiration, of ma
.ton abandoned to intemperance and vice,
sinking down into ruin and death under the
frown of an offended God. At the top of the
canvass is penciled out the harp and the vial,
the tabret and pipe, the giddy multitude rev.
cling in the feast, mingling wine and strong
drink. The middle of the picture is occu-
pied by the chains of captivity, the misera-
BILE skeletons of poverty, the walking ghosts
of famine, pestilence, and disease. At the
bottom of the canvass, in bold relief hell
opens her mouth without measure; and the
jewellers, and their glory, and their multi
tude, and their pomp descend into it. What
picture! And can this picture apply to
this nation? The subject presented is In
temperance; and | propose to remark upon
some of its causes, its symptoms and pro-
gress, its effects and its remedy. lst. That
among the causes of intemperance is, paren-
tai indscretion. No mortal was ever born
into the world drunkard: children have no
natural appetite for inebriating drinks; this
appetite is cultivated and gradually increas-
ed by fond foolish parents. The feeble in
FAINT, having none but the appetites of nature,
scowls, and writhes, and strangles, at the
first dose of this vegetable poison. To make
it tolerable, and to prevent strangulation, the
liquid fire is diluted with water, and made
sweet with sugar, to disguise its burning
taste, that the child may be beguiled into the
draught: this is done by parents hand!-
Alas, dear mother! dost thou know that thou
art creating a taste, which if not checked,
will become as Unsuitable as death; make the
darling of thy bosom drunkard; and bring
thy grey hairs with sorrow the grave.
AS the child grows up and goes abroad with
his parents, he must taste their sling at the
hotel, and to Ike p out the cold he is urged by
those tender guardians of his life and health
TO drink off the sweet bottom, and is told il
will do him good. In this way, and by {
frequent repetition of the habit, an artifcia
taste is created; the repugnance OF nature
to the stimulating bane is overcome; The
child relishes what he once loathed; and by
degrees he dispenses with the water to di
. lutte, and the saccharine TO sweeten, anC
S swallows the dose for its own sake. ADD
TO this the force of parental example, whicl
is all but omnipotent with the child. Chill
dren are the creatures ofimitation; they almos
invariably do what they see their parents do
And what are the examples ofparents in thi
i particular? To say nothing Of a drunkel
T. father, whose jug, and bottle and glass, ar
i arranged on every shelf, and are hourl
/ emptied in the presence Of his children, tax
, y the case of what is called temperate mar
S, His friends drive up to the door are ushere
- into the best apartment; the side-board
81 emptied of its contents, and on its polishe
II surface are ranged elegant decanters, tumt
lers, pitchers, filled with various liquors,
varying colors, from the crystal gin to III
s. bushing crimson wine. The guests, in til
N N most courteous manner, are invited to drinl
I'd The father makes his most respectful ODE
! sance, as he pledges their health with fu
glass in his hand. The establishments
"' polite society are thrown around the circl
all seem happy cOnvivial, and free. As II
S, glass passes round, they become witty al
talkatiye; the little ones Of the house al
spectators of this scene, they are enchant'
70 with the elegant furniture charmed with Il
N, manners, and wit, and rcpartee of the con
a a. pany. In drinking they associate with q
that is fashionable and genteel. As tho
: come forward in life, they mimick, the ma
gc ners of their parents. At the grocery, at Il
recess, in the ball room, they, too, prese
tho hottie and the glass are polite, eonyiy