Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1853-07-12
II.TElffERANCEs

W '''S'H " sY.sSsNtvot vt Z ne ~ .fsS
Grafton cf ouf'passiots, Most 'tnqucs'
the principal branch Of Tciil.
perancs is sd1rieia, vhichIis eGeetualIyi
presOribsd byr.ilse- ,unsrsing law, Of ina.
turc, that can never be cvadsd nor chea.
ted ou, Of any, offs dues; because that
law has a,all times sufficient vi,dlity,
to vindicsto itself. -
The man who subducs his passions
and always conforms his eonduc. TO
,ha. law, which prescribes self fpresor.
vn,ion, will fulfill the duties Of dOmes.
tic anil social life, his house will be q
place Of attraction 10 his friends, his bu.
siness will be conducted with intell.
gcnce, and justice, and his old age be
exempt from infrmiIy.- T., - ~,
"Hc will not spend his money in RENE.
dies, but will enjoy in mir,h and glad.
ness tho wealth which Providence and
his own industry have furnished him"
Drunkenness and slutlony are the vi.
ccs directly opposed to sobriety. The
drunken man first lnscs his reason, the
Divine principle Of his nature. his bo.ly
becomes overpowcre,l by the action OF
s,imuan,s upon his nervous system, he
thus loses control over his limbs, and
being unable TO guide his feet he stun
bles in the broad way, and prosra,es
himself upon the grounl. He fills the
hearts Of his friends with bitterness,
and his own home with dcsolalion and
mourning. .,.. a.... 49,.
The evil effects OF glu,;ony are not so
prominently o5;,rve a, ,h,se Of drunk.
encss, but they are equally certain in the
work of moral degra alton. Overoal.
ing the stomach with rich fool, and thus
absorbing the nervous powcrff,he sys'
ten in the process Of digestion. as com.
plc,cly s,upefes the mind as strong drink.
A man given 10 slutony, says Volney
is very liable to abandon him>clfto the
disorlerly impulse Of lust and anger; his
boly becomes bloatcl, heavy, an un-
fiji for labor; he suffers with cout and
other painful AMI expensive discmpers,
he seldom lives to be old, ard his age is
rcpletc with infrnlties and sorrow.
In.cmpcrance in some form or other
has in all ages been one Of the greatest
evils with which society has been al'
hic,cJ--Thc Holy prophet of Gol--The
wiso S,a,csnlan-I'hc mcn,'l philoso.
! pher--.anl the atheist, as well as
all Of the great mass of the common
people everywhere unite in general
cyecration Of imtemperancc, and ye
drunkenness has in all past ages, an
now is one Of the most common oi vices
Even d,unhcn men themselves are a
heart in favor Of sobricty.
Hear the testimony Of Charles Lamb
who was not "retormed drunkarI,'
but one who drank on ana continued tc
drink, until the Time Of lis death. 1t is
known to some OF our readers that Chas
Lamb, was one of the most elezan,
and able writer's in that constel lation O
literary worthless, composed of Shelly
Coleridgc, Hasli,t, and Keats; but mari i
what he says on the subjcc,o Of rcfornin:
his own will: ''"
"The waters have gone over me. Blu
ou, Of the black depths, could be hear
| would cry out to all those who have
but Sc, foot in the periIous fool
Could the youth, TO whom the flavor o
his first wine is delicious as the openin,
scenes of life, or the entering upen som,
newly discovered paradise, look into m!
desolalion, ana be made TO un Ierstan.
wha; a dreary thing it is when mar
shall feel himself going down preci
piece, with open eyes, ana a passire acill
to sec his destruction aud have no powe
10 stop it; and yet to feel it all the wa.
cmenalin5 from hims elf, to perceive al
goodness cmpticl out Of him, AMI not b
able to forget timc when it was other
wise; to bear about tho piteous specta
Gle OF his own self ruin. Coull he SCI
my feverc.l eye, feverish with last night
drinking. AMI feverishly looking for th
this nights repetition Of the folly coul.
he feellhe oily ofthis death on, of whicI
| cry hourly with feebler, anil feeble
out.cry to be deIivercl--it werv enousl
10 make him dash the sparkling beyer
age TO the earth in oil the pride Of it
desolating temptation" s-,.
Such is tho testimony oil the truly gil
ted Charles Lamb, on the subject Q
drinking. He tried every method, t
cure his passion for strong drink, bu
found no remedy. Whom we see mind
like his, and reflect that lord Brohm
Daniel Webster, SiIas Wright, and man
others possessing powerful intellccts
were excessively given TO the use
liquor, we arc led to'belevet tlrntn noa
is in safe position who permits hi ..el
to indul ge at all. Rl.R @-N .as <""i> %