The organ of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, O. [Ohio]) 1852-1853, 1852-07-02
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Regard this melancholy picture, one drawn
from memory sombre in its drearinesS, not a
light amid the heavy shade. large family,
} husband and wife, sister and six children,
varying from ten years to ten months in age,
are scattered in ghastly groups upon that base
and filthy floor, Smoky and crumbly the
walls, the door broken from its hinges, the air
noisome, added to the wretched and wasted
human forms with their glaring eyes, and skinny
fingers twitching in pain, might aPpal the
stOutest heart, and send shudder through the
most iron frame. Suddenly seized one after
the other with that terrible emigrant scOurge,
the ship fever, they yielded to the disease, and
no one is left to lend assistance to the sufferers.
Here they lie, the very picture Of despair,
| groaniug, uttering inCoherent exclamations, and
raving after water 10 quench their Unsuitable
thirst and the burning heat that consumes their
| body. But all do not groan; four are dream
ing Of reality along the eternal slope, whose
first step is reached through the grave. Where
ills come not, nor cares, their subtle essences
pervade world; all glory, and all peace.
An infant there, that the fever just has
touched looks round with its laughing eyes,
as if it had caught a hOpe-gleam from its
parents gaze. 1t clasps its tiny hands, and
waves them to and fro. Can it be sporting
with the spirit of its mother, Or returned to bear
its kiss to heaven as peace offering for her
sinsi The dead and the dying there, terrible!
These regarding those, and praying for their
fate, which tardily pproa3hes--awaiting, per-
haps, the soul purifeation, to give death an
angel shape. Not foot prOfanes the wretched
; piece, not kind face beams over that wreck Of
earthiness. All! yes, dog, mans last, mans
best, fast friend, watches each suffering face
; and means in concert, as though he would offer
assistance, if he could. He would die at least
for those about him. Who could do mOre7
Examples Of tins kind might be multiplied.
But why need theyi During the late ravagss
of the cholera, who, that visited its thousand
victims, witnessed not such scenes as we have
paihted-even more barbarous and revolving,
and terrible onesi Maay died alone, and 9TH
ers unknown to the public; and yet others were
quietly nuFsed by some uupretending Chris
tians--not of your long featured, splendid pew
renting kiRd. As the Board Of Health heard
Of such cases, and sent their officers to afford
pecuniary and other assistance, these good Sama-
rtans OF the humane Sisters Of Charity-whO,
whatever the opinion Of their religion, acted no.
bly,, womanly, religiOusly, self-sacrificingly--
might have been seen stealing out, noiselessly,
secretly, anxious to escape detection. They
want not their good deeds vaunted forth to the
world. Acting in spirit, not for effect, good
deeds are deeper craven in the eternal book,
when their perfume is not robbed by babbling
tongues. The poor emigrant received much of
comfort and assistance from, and many a life
was preserved by, those modest types Of true
greatness, silent but acting, universal philan-
thropists. ....
The condition OF only portion Of the emf
grants is such as We have sketched but almost
all-during the first years of their probation,
before they become acquainted with the man.
uers customs, people and institutions Of the
country, before they in some manner grow
Americanized- through severe ordeal,
many falling by its severity, before they have
reached their mind goal.
The emigrant finds, after all, this country
similar to his own; where he has to labor, but
is protected from injury and aggression; where
the broad basis Of equal rights exists, and where
every citizen, native or adopted, can by his own
exertions, acquire for himself wealth, influence
and honor, 'Tis indeed glorious land Who
would not exclaim Columbia,
-''My country, with all thy faults, love
thee, still,'