Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1852-05-29

the anguish oil distress 10 fhui'Iply
thc wants oftte poor. And since III"
day vixen Alcxandc. the Great e%plr-
ed in fit Of drunken Jcbuuclery, tar.
uishing by an inglorious death, life
most ilnsirious and brilliant, until the
present hour, this destructive agency
!,ns delighted to strike down The nigh
". Were we n'd forbidden by Il sense
uf tlcIicacy and propriety, how many
nfVirginia's il!nstrious men might we
name es the victims Of this fell dcs.
trcygr!
Her sons Of rloguencc, and song,
Of science and ART, have sickcncd. and
%iihercd and died beneath the nox-
isus touch Of its leprous hand Like
the arrows Of Hercules, dipped in the
pall "t' the hydra, its wounds are in
cnrGh!e
"AlI beauty it tirns to corruption, :;
jshi couliers tie might ofthe brave. v
Flow often has ii successfully as.
-,,Io ,1,a ,nr,, ,,,i,,;,,ays OF ttnIi 'EInw
$50 .:, , .u w., 49, ",,l,r H. 1nnj,y in.
49, ,e ,'t h,,a , Tnritsr from
,H"ir Mob os,,taT jfnw often have
thew who faithfully cried aloud as the
messengers of HEAVIER, that mo.
.lruaEanl snal! inherit the Kingdom o!
Cod" been preripita;et from the tow
rrs of Zion into the very pcrlition
,,a, prrscLed against ! At this mo-
men s,riir and anarchy, produced by
the .vroads of this monster, are dis.
,rac;ing The peace, and destroying the
fellowship, Of one of the mos, popu-
Ions 1,r::influenlial diuccses Of lead.
ing christian fraternity. Where has
it not produced: disorder 7 Where has
!; no! created strifs! Where has il
failed to carry ruin and death On
i'r sea, and on the dry land I'm the
city full, aud on the desrr, waste -,
in,chureh and in state, II has spread
hight aud r.ildcw. It's presence Is
invariably distinguished by the destruc-
ton Of whatsoever Is pure, whatso-
ever rs true, whatsoever Is Just' "ha,,
soevrr is lovely I'LL" u s"o' i'po.'.
In the language OF the accomplish.
ed william Writ" II paEalyses Tue
arm, the brain, the heart. al the
i'est affections, all the energies OF the
mind wither under its Influence. The
nan becomes maniac, and is locked
Up in hospital, or iinbrncs his hands
ntnc b!eod of his wife and children,
aud is sent t6the gallows, or doomed
. 10 'h' ense",,u'! VI ho hocor ~SapoS
. .meHG e'" nos;;iemcc ~ ,,r,b miser,.
~, %a'n" res.F NV, w i.o,rsa,.,r 10y ~ M
"'e n it''nIe H.; ",1 ''1''' ~ "''
VINO oen ~, ","'
III. The third proposition ls:-
N0' ms,esnsS@spt'0S, % sp'T'tu0Hs u
gNFors as errcrHseS Pr"dSets TuS a.
MONT q Ma'se@ee' >a1so'ate paper
'sm' ant p'r:0n@ s9Ger'ngii ana as
moreoeef. em'"ent9 atsaSfroSs 20 a
''rH regulated ane prot7rr0ss Pohf'ca''
economy
The lrief manner III which we have
discussed the physical and moral evils
Of the use Of spirituous liquors, did
-nnEsrisa from any paucity of argn,,
.lcnts or pertinent facts, connected
with that aspect of the subject; but
from the consideration that these evils
have long been prominent topics oi
discussion, and were, therefore, more
familiar 10 the public mind.
In,be inyes,ira,iottuf the branch of
lis ..smh;sc, now presented: we beg
iSnvs 10 he more particular and more
ssn,.c;nlly So since il is unfortunately
,h' c,so ,bo, orr nubl;c men have too
GENERALLY discarded the idea, that civil
laws hai any thing to do with the mo-
rails ofIbc community. or that the
,,Mrrl' ;reoepees Of ,icir legislation
,..nrr.,on,,crs oI lro;,imate c9usidera.
,;o., r. ,is;r lcrol cnac,mcu,s, Hence
= 't :. ~ to-, ,he ;1,rnJnc,;on of ,rob;b.
;,nry ars .g,;nst tho liG,,or traffic has,
i 10y ,oy;s,e3 mnon Tho nlca ,hal the
evils II. be re,nedi.d we're properly
,,,.',,,,ns oF c,nsc;rncc and tlta, com.
p.iancc with such acquisitions Would
,;,E,or 20 tho snii.;t nf nrieStrrnfi