The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1853-08-11

unfrequently editors of newspapers) who
are at this time raising great clamor against
the Temperance fanatics" who, they say,
are trying to 'lug moral question: into
the political arena" politics and morals not
being on speaking terms with each other
in their estimation! The primary allusion
of the passage, "This is the dog etc, is to
the fact that Lycurgus. for the impiety of
expatriating Bacchus from his dominions,
was severely punished BY the gods. II Is
even related that he was finally put to death
in the greatest torments by his wine-loving
subjects. who had been informed by the ora
Gle that they should not taste wine till Ly-
curgus was no more. It is thought, howev-
that the friends Of II modern Bacchus will
not be guilty Of similar folly!
"This is the COW, with crumply horn,
That toss'd the dog
That worried the cat
That caughtthe rat
That ate the malt
That lay in the house that Jack built"
"Tae Co,o'-Here the "Maine Law" or
power precisely similar, is certainly intend
ed. If there was doubt before, there is no
doubt now. Jonathan JunipeTberry is en-
tirely of opinion (and with him agree all the
learned) that this passage hath no allusion
to any event which had occurred anterior to
the time of the seer, but was uttered wholly
in the spirit of prophecy. The efforts OF
Tcetotalers in early times did not succeed.
1t was step too far in advance Of the age
Of the Athenean lawgiver. The minds OF
Lycurgus' subjects were not prepared for
his contemplated reform. The potency Of
law consists in its being fully sanctioned by
public opinion. Our prophet saw this; but
he saw, too, day when the men of this
land-then known, and in song only, as the
New Atlantis-shoull rise up in judgment
AGAINST the distllers and venders of alcohol-
ic beverages, and hurl their power for evil to
swift destruction. He saw, too, the instru-
mentality through which it would be effect
ed. He saw that many would 60 to and fro,
and KsowLrpGE would be increased-a
knowledge whereby man would be enabled
to put this, and ultimately, all other enc
mics under his feet. He saw the hosts of
Bacchus put to flight by the sword Of the
spirit, which is Truth, and the brightness q
the coming Of the Era Of Intelligence-he
saw, and was glad. The prophecy is being
fulfilled. The potentiality of public senti-
ment is constantly revealing itself, speaking
louder and louder through the thunders of
the law Let no friend Of temperance now
affirm that the public mind OF this State Isl
unprepned for the passage of the Maine
Law. You tha. ARE prepared, stand dup, and
let US count noses!
"This is the maiden, all falorn,
That milkod the COW, wita erurlly horn,
That ossd the dog
That worried the cat
That caught the IA.
That ate the malt
That lay in the house that Jack built"
"THe Maiden, all torlora"-Is VIRTUE,
Unhapply, she is not often seen in PUBLIC
PLACES! She is of a modest and retiring
disposition, and is too prone to shun the
public eye. Hence, many superficial OBJ
servers have been led into the error Of sup |
posing that, because they are seldom, if ev-
er, seen in company together, PoIITIcs Gan
individual of whom I shall speak more par
ticnlarly anon) and VIRTUE Cor MORALITY,
which is only another name for the same
lady) have not now. nor should they ever,
of right, have any dealings together, being,
as they imagine utterly opposed to each 9TH
er in nature. 1t is such persons as these
who put on long faces, and stroking down
their boards, tell you in a mock-serio, drawl- !
ing tone. 80, you're carrying OF it into
poLl-rIcs! believe in temperance as
strong as anybody-but it's too good and
too holy cause to lug into the political
arenar" But, to conclude:
.Th:si the bachelor, sh&ren ard shorn,
That wooed tho maiden, all forlorn,
That MIXED the COW, With Grumpy horn,
That toss'd the dog
That worried the cat
That caught the rat
That ate the malt
That lay in the hous, that Jack built"
1t is easy to guess who the "bachelor,
lis. PoLIrIcs has been paying his courts
to the maiden abovenamed fJr long, long
time. He is "shavcn and shorn;" by which
Il is to be understood that, having fallen into
the hands of otficia! demagogrcs, and design
ing knaves, and having been loaded by them
with errors and deformities, and otherwise